The Lord's Covenant with Israel in the Land of Moab
1 These are the terms of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab; all this was in addition to the covenant which the Lord had made with them at Mount Sinai.
2 Moses called together all the people of Israel and said to them, “You saw for yourselves what the Lord did to the king of Egypt, to his officials, and to his entire country. 3 You saw the terrible plagues, the miracles, and the great wonders that the Lord performed. 4 But to this very day he has not let you understand what you have experienced. 5 For forty years the Lord led you through the desert, and your clothes and sandals never wore out. 6 You did not have bread to eat or wine or beer to drink, but the Lord provided for your needs in order to teach you that he is your God. 7 And when we came to this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to fight against us. But we defeated them, 8 took their land, and divided it among the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. 9 Obey faithfully all the terms of this covenant, so that you will be successful in everything you do.
10 “Today you are standing in the presence of the Lord your God, all of you—your leaders and officials, your men, 11 women, and children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood and carry water for you. 12 You are here today to enter into this covenant that the Lord your God is making with you and to accept its obligations, 13 so that the Lord may now confirm you as his people and be your God, as he promised you and your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14 You are not the only ones with whom the Lord is making this covenant with its obligations. 15 He is making it with all of us who stand here in his presence today and also with our descendants who are not yet born.
16 “You remember what life was like in Egypt and what it was like to travel through the territory of other nations. 17 You saw their disgusting idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold. 18 Make sure that no man, woman, family, or tribe standing here today turns from the Lord our God to worship the gods of other nations. This would be like a root that grows to be a bitter and poisonous plant. 19 Make sure that there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him, even if he stubbornly goes his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike. 20 The Lord will not forgive such a man. Instead, the Lord's burning anger will flame up against him, and all the disasters written in this book will fall on him until the Lord has destroyed him completely. 21 The Lord will make an example of him before all the tribes of Israel and will bring disaster on him in accordance with all the curses listed in the covenant that is written in this book of the Lord's teachings.
22 “In future generations your descendants and foreigners from distant lands will see the disasters and sufferings that the Lord has brought on your land. 23 The fields will be a barren waste, covered with sulfur and salt; nothing will be planted, and not even weeds will grow there. Your land will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, of Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed when he was furiously angry. 24 Then the whole world will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce anger?’ 25 And the answer will be, ‘It is because the Lord's people broke the covenant they had made with him, the God of their ancestors, when he brought them out of Egypt. 26 They served other gods that they had never worshiped before, gods that the Lord had forbidden them to worship. 27 And so the Lord became angry with his people and brought on their land all the disasters written in this book. 28 The Lord became furiously angry, and in his great anger he uprooted them from their land and threw them into a foreign land, and there they are today.’
29 “There are some things that the Lord our God has kept secret; but he has revealed his Law, and we and our descendants are to obey it forever.
Moāba zemē atjaunotā derība
1 Tad Mozus sauca uz Israēla dēliem un tiem sacīja: “Jūs redzējāt visu, ko Kungs Ēģiptē darīja jūsu acu priekšā faraonam, visiem viņa kalpiem un visai viņa zemei, 2 redzējāt lielo sodību, visas lielās zīmes un brīnumus. 3 Līdz pat šai dienai Kungs nav jums devis sirdi zināt, acis redzēt un ausis dzirdēt. 4 Četrdesmit gadus es jūs vedu pa tuksnesi – nevienam drānas uz miesas nenovalkājās un sandales kājās nenoplīsa. 5 Maizi jūs neēdāt un ne vīnu, ne stipru dzērienu jūs nedzērāt, lai zinātu, ka es esmu Kungs, jūsu Dievs. 6 Kad jūs atnācāt šurp, tad mums pretī uz karu iznāca Hešbonas ķēniņš Sīhons un Bāšānas ķēniņš Ogs, bet mēs viņus sakāvām. 7 Mēs ieņēmām viņu zemi un devām to mantojumā rūbeniešiem, gādiešiem un pusei Manases cilts. 8 Tad nu ievērojiet šīs derības vārdus un pildiet tos, lai jums būtu saprašana it visā, ko jūs darāt.
9 Šodien jūs visi stāvat Kunga, sava Dieva, priekšā – jūsu cilšu galvenie, jūsu vecajie un jūsu virsnieki, visi Israēla vīri, 10 jūsu bērni, sievas un svešinieki, kas mīt jūsu nometnē, no koku cirtēja līdz ūdens smēlējam, 11 lai tu varētu stāties derībā ar Kungu, savu Dievu, un zvērestā ar viņu, ko Kungs, tavs Dievs, šodien ar tevi slēdz, 12 lai viņš tevi šodien varētu ņemt sev par tautu – viņš būs tavs Dievs, kā pats tev ir solījis un kā zvērējis taviem tēviem Ābrahāmam, Īzakam un Jēkabam. 13 Ne ar jums vien es slēdzu šo derību un zvērestu, 14 ne tikai ar tiem, kuri šeit kopā ar mums šodien stāv Kunga, mūsu Dieva, priekšā, bet arī ar tiem, kuru šodien šeit nav. 15 Jo jūs zināt, kā mēs mitām Ēģiptes zemē, kā mēs gājām cauri tautām, kas mums bija ceļā, 16 un jūs redzējāt viņu preteklības un elkus, kas tiem bija no koka, akmens, sudraba un zelta. 17 Lai starp jums nav ne vīra, ne sievas, ne dzimtas, ne cilts, kuru sirds šodien novērstos no Kunga, mūsu Dieva, un ietu kalpot to tautu dieviem, lai nav jums saknes, kam indīgs un rūgts auglis! 18 Un, ja kāds no jums dzirdēs šī zvēresta vārdus un svētīsies savā sirdī, sacīdams: labāk man klāsies, ja pēc savas sirds stūrgalvības es darīšu! – tad padzērušais tiks aizrauts kopā ar slāpstošo! 19 Kungs tādam negribēs piedot, un jo drīzi sāks kūpēt Kunga dusmas un viņa greizsirdība pret šo vīru, un tam tiks uzlikti visi lāsti, kas rakstīti šajā grāmatā, un Kungs izdzēsīs viņa vārdu zem debesīm! 20 Kungs ļaunuma dēļ viņu nošķirs no visām Israēla ciltīm pēc visiem derības lāstiem, kas rakstīti šajā bauslības grāmatā.
21 Nākamā paaudze, jūsu dēli, kas nāks pēc jums, un svešinieks, kas nāks no tālas zemes, kas redzēs visas šīs zemes brūces un slimības, ar ko Kungs tai būs licis sirgt, teiks tā: 22 sērs, sāls, viss izdedzis, visa zeme neapsēta, nedīgst nekas, tur nepaceļas ne zāle, tā apgriezta otrādi kā Sodoma un Gomora, ko Kungs apvērsa savās dusmās un niknumā! 23 Tad arīdzan visas tautas teiks: kādēļ Kungs šai zemei tā darīja?! Par ko šī lielā dusmu kvēle?! 24 Tad sacīs: tādēļ, ka viņi atmeta Kunga, savu tēvu Dieva, derību, ko viņš ar tiem slēdza, kad bija tos izvedis no Ēģiptes zemes, 25 tādēļ, ka viņi gāja un kalpoja citiem dieviem un tiem zemojās – dieviem, kurus tie nepazina un ko viņš tiem nebija atvēlējis. 26 Tad pret šo zemi iedegās Kunga dusmas un pār to nāca visi lāsti, kas rakstīti šajā grāmatā. 27 Un Kungs niknumā un lielās dusmās izrāva viņus no pašu zemes un aizmeta uz citu zemi, kā šodien! 28 Kas apslēpts, tas Kungam, mūsu Dievam, bet, kas atklāts, tas mums un mūsu dēliem uz mūžiem, lai pildām visus šīs bauslības vārdus.
