Deuteronomy 29

1These are the words of the covenant which Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

1These are the terms of the agreement the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement he made with them at Horeb.

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

2Moses called all the people of Israel together and said to them: 'You have seen everything the LORD did right before your eyes in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to his entire land.

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

3You saw with your own eyes those great tests, those miraculous signs, and those amazing wonders.

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

4But even to this day, the LORD has not given you a mind that understands, eyes that see, or ears that hear.

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

5During the forty years I led you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, and your sandals did not wear out on your feet.

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

6You did not eat bread or drink wine or other fermented liquor; this was so you would know that I am the LORD your God.

7And 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:

7When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to fight us, but we defeated them.

8and 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.

8We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

9Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

9Therefore, follow the words of this agreement carefully, so that you may succeed in everything you do.

10Ye stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

10All of you are standing today in the presence of the LORD your God—your leaders, your tribes, your elders, your officials, and all the men of Israel.

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

11Your children, your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps are here too—from the person who cuts your wood to the person who carries your water.

12that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

12You are here to enter into a covenant with the LORD your God, an agreement he is making with you today and sealing with an oath.

13that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

13He is doing this to confirm today that you are his people and that he is your God, just as he promised you and swore to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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

14I am not making this covenant and oath with you alone.

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

15I am making it both with those of us who are standing here today in the presence of the LORD our God and with those who are not here with us today.

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;

16You yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled through the nations on our way here.

17and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);

17You saw their disgusting idols and images made of wood, stone, silver, and gold that were among them.

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

18Make sure there is no man, woman, family, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that produces bitter and poisonous fruit.

19and 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, to destroy the moist with the dry.

19If anyone hears the words of this oath and invokes a blessing on himself, thinking, "I will be safe even if I follow my own stubborn heart," he will bring disaster on the well-watered land as well as the dry.

20Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.

20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him; his anger and jealousy will burn against that person. All the curses written in this book will fall on him, and the LORD will wipe out his name from under heaven.

21And Jehovah will set him apart 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.

21The LORD will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.

22And 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 Jehovah hath made it sick;

22Future generations—your children who follow you and foreigners who come from distant lands—will see the disasters that have hit the land and the diseases the LORD has brought upon it. outdoor.

23and 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 Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

23They will see a wasteland of sulfur, salt, and fire. Nothing will be planted, nothing will sprout, and no grass will grow. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his fierce anger.

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

24All the nations will ask, "Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this great and burning anger?"

25Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,

25The answer will be: "It is because the people abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, which he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.

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

26They went and serves other gods and worshiped them—gods they had not known and gods the LORD had not assigned to them.

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

27Therefore, the LORD's anger burned against this land, bringing on it all the curses written in this book.

28and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.

28In fierce anger and great rage, the LORD uprooted them from their land and threw them into another land, where they are today."

29The secret things belong unto Jehovah 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.

29There are secrets that belong only to the LORD our God, but the things he has revealed belong to us and our children forever, so that we may obey all the words of this law.