1  These are the words of the covenant which YHWH commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which He made with them in Horeb.

2  And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Ye have seen all that YHWH did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

3  the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders;

3  The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles

4  but YHWH hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

4  Yet the Lord God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.

4  But the Lord has not given you an understanding heart, and seeing eyes, and ears that are able to hear, even to this present day.

5  And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

5  And he led you forty years in the wilderness; your garments did not grow old, and your sandals were not worn away off your feet.

5  He led you for forty years through the desert. Your garments have not been worn out, nor have the shoes on your feet been consumed by age.

6  Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye might know that I am YHWH your God.

6  Ye did not eat bread, ye did not drink wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.

7  And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them.

7  And ye came as far as this place; and there came forth Seon king of Esebon, and Og king of Basan, to meet us in war.

8  And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.

9  Observe therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may make all that ye do to prosper.

9  And ye shall take heed to do all the words of this covenant, that ye may understand all things that ye shall do.

9  Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and fulfill them, so that you may understand all that you are doing.

10  Ye are standing this day all of you before YHWH your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

10  Today, you all stand in the sight of the Lord your God: your leaders, and tribes, and those greater by birth, and teachers, all the people of Israel,

11  your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

11  your wives, and your children, and the stranger who is in the midst of your camp, from your hewer of wood even to your drawer of water,

11  your children and wives, and the new arrival who dwells with you in the camp, aside from those who cut wood, and those who bring water,

12  that thou shouldest enter into the covenant of YHWH thy God--and into His oath--which the YHWH thy God maketh with thee this day;

12  so that you may cross into the covenant of the Lord your God, and into the oath which the Lord your God strikes with you today.

12  That you may not transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, and the oath of the LORD your God, which he made with you this day;

13  that He may establish thee this day unto Himself for a people, and that He may be unto thee a God, as He spoke unto thee, and as He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

13  So shall he raise you up as a people to himself, and so shall he be your God, just as he has spoken to you, and just as he swore to your fathers: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

13  Because he will establish you this day a people to himself, and he will be to you the God, as he has promised you, and as he has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

14  Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

14  And I do not appoint to you alone this covenant and this oath;

14  And I am not forming this covenant and confirm these oaths with you alone,

15  but with him that standeth here with us this day before YHWH our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day--

15  but to those also who are here with you to-day before the Lord your God, and to those who are not here with you to-day.

15  but with all those who are present as well as those who are absent.

16  for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;

16  (For you know how we have sojourned in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by;

17  and ye have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them--

17  you saw their abominations and filth, that is, their idols of wood and of stone, of silver and of gold, which they worshipped,

17  And you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood and stone, overlaid with silver and gold).

18  lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from YHWH our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

18  Perhaps there is among you a man or woman or family or tribe whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; or perhaps there is among you a root that springs up and bears poison and wormwood;

19  and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying: 'I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart--that the watered be swept away with the dry';

20  YHWH will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the YHWH and His jealousy shall be kindled against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven;

20  But the Lord would not ignore him. Instead, at that time, his fury and zealousness would be very greatly enflamed against that man, and all the curses which have been written in this volume would settle upon him. And the Lord would abolish his name from under heaven,

21  and YHWH shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.

21  And the Lord shall separate that man for evil of all the children of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in the book of this law.

21  and consume him unto perdition out of all the tribes of Israel, according to the curses which are contained in the book of this law and in the covenant.

22  And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith YHWH hath made it sick;

22  And the subsequent generation would speak out, along with the sons who will be born afterward. And the sojourners, who will arrive from far away, will see the plagues of that land and the infirmities with which the Lord will have afflicted it,

23  and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which YHWH overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath;

23  having burned it with sulphur and molten salt, so that it can no longer be sown. And certainly no greenery would spring up, as in the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overturned with his wrath and fury.

24  even all the nations shall say 'Wherefore hath YHWH done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?'

24  and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what is this great fierceness of anger?

24  And so, all the nations would say: ‘Why has the Lord acted this way toward this land? What is this immense wrath of his fury?’

25  then men shall say: 'Because they forsook the covenant of YHWH, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;

25  And they will respond: ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, which he formed with their fathers, when he led them away from the land of Egypt.

26  and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that He had not allotted unto them;

26  and they went and served other gods, which they knew not, neither did he assign them to them.

26  For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them

27  therefore the anger of YHWH was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book;

27  And the Lord was exceedingly angry with that land to bring upon it according to all the curses which are written in the book of this law.

27  For this reason, the fury of the Lord was enraged against this land, so as to lead over it all the curses which have been written in this volume.

28  and YHWH rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day'.--

28  And he has cast them out of their own land, with anger and fury, and with a very great indignation, and he has thrown them into a strange land, just as has been proven this day.’

29  The secret things belong unto YHWH our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

29  These hidden things of the Lord our God have been revealed to us and to our sons in perpetuity, so that we may accomplish all the words of this law.”

30:1  And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt bethink thyself among all the nations, whither YHWH thy God hath driven thee,

1  “Now when all these things will have fallen over you, the blessing or the curse that I have set forth in your sight, and you will have been led to repentance in your heart among all the nations to which the Lord your God will have dispersed you,

30:2  and shalt return unto YHWH thy God, and hearken to His voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

2  and when you will have returned to him, so as to obey his commandments, just as I have instructed you this day, with your sons, with your whole heart and with your whole soul,

2  And shall return to the LORD your God and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul;

30:3  that then YHWH thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither the YHWH thy God hath scattered thee.

3  then the Lord shall heal thine iniquities, and shall pity thee, and shall again gather thee out from all the nations, among which the Lord has scattered thee.

3  then the Lord your God will lead you away from your captivity, and he will take pity on you, and he will gather you again from all the nations to which he had dispersed you before.

30:4  If any of thine that are dispersed be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will YHWH thy God gather thee, and from thence will He fetch thee.

4  Even if you will have been scattered as far as the poles of the heavens, the Lord your God will retrieve you from there.

4  If your scattered ones are in the outmost parts of heaven, O Israel, from thence will the LORD your God gather you, and from thence will he fetch you;

30:5  And YHWH thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

5  And he will take you up and lead you into the land which your fathers had possessed, and you shall obtain it. And in blessing you, he will make you greater in number than your fathers ever were.

30:6  And YHWH thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the YHWH thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

6  The Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, so that you may love the Lord your God with your entire heart and with your entire soul, so that you may be able to live.

6  And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, and then you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, because he will give you rest.

30:7  And YHWH thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.

7  And he will turn all these curses upon your enemies, and upon those who hate and persecute you.

7  And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

30:8  And thou shalt return and hearken to the voice of YHWH, and do all His commandments which I command thee this day.

8  But you shall return, and you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God. And you shall carry out all the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day.

8  And you shall return and obey the voice of the LORD your God, and do all his commandments which I command you this day.

30:9  And YHWH thy God will make thee over-abundant in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good; for the YHWH will again rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers;

9  And the Lord your God will cause you to abound in all the works of your hands, in the progeny of your womb, and in the fruit of your cattle, in the fertility of your land, and with an abundance of all things. For the Lord will return, so that he may rejoice over you in all good things, just as he rejoiced in your fathers

9  And the LORD your God will make you plenteous in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body and in the bearing of your cattle and in the fruit of your land, for good; for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers;

30:10  if thou shalt hearken to the voice of YHWH thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto the YHWH thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

10  but only if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies, which have been written in this law, and only if you return to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

30:11  For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.

11  This commandment, which I entrust to you today, is not high above you, nor has it been placed far away.

30:12  It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?'

12  Nor is it in heaven, so that you would be able to say, ‘Which of us can ascend to heaven, so as to carry it back to us, and so that we may hear it and fulfill it in deed?’

30:13  Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?'

13  Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you would excuse yourself by saying, ‘Which of us is able to cross the sea, and to carry it back to us, so that we may be able to hear and to do what has been instructed?’

30:14  But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

14  The word is very near thee, in thy mouth, and in thine heart, and in thine hands to do it.

14  Instead, the word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.

30:15  See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil,

15  Behold, I have set before thee this day life and death, good and evil.

15  Consider what I have set forth in your sight this day, life and good, or, on the opposite side, death and evil,

30:16  in that I command thee this day to love YHWH thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances; then thou shalt live and multiply, and the YHWH thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

16  If thou wilt hearken to the commands of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his ordinances, and his judgements; then ye shall live, and shall be many in number, and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all the land into which thou goest to inherit it.

16  so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and so that you may live, and he may multiply you and bless you in the land, which you shall enter in order to possess.

30:17  But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

17  But if your heart will have been turned aside, so that you are not willing to listen, and, having been deceived by error, you adore strange gods and serve them,

17  But if your heart turns away, so that you will not hear, but shall go astray, and worship other gods and serve them;

30:18  I declare unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.

18  I declare to you this day, that ye shall utterly perish, and ye shall by no means live long upon the land, into which ye go over Jordan to inherit it.

18  then I predict to you this day that you will perish, and you will remain for only a short time in the land, for which you shall cross the Jordan, and which you shall enter in order to possess.

30:19  I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

30:20  to love YHWH thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the YHWH swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

20  and so that you may love the Lord your God, and obey his voice, and cling to him, (for he is your life and the length of your days) and so that you may live in the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them.”