Conditions for Restoration and Blessing
1 “I have now given you a choice between a blessing and a curse. When all these things have happened to you, and you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you, you will remember the choice I gave you. 2 If you and your descendants will turn back to the Lord and with all your heart obey his commands that I am giving you today, 3 then the Lord your God will have mercy on you. He will bring you back from the nations where he has scattered you, and he will make you prosperous again. 4 Even if you are scattered to the farthest corners of the earth, the Lord your God will gather you together and bring you back, 5 so that you may again take possession of the land where your ancestors once lived. And he will make you more prosperous and more numerous than your ancestors ever were. 6 The Lord your God will give you and your descendants obedient hearts, so that you will love him with all your heart, and you will continue to live in that land. 7 He will turn all these curses against your enemies, who hated you and oppressed you, 8 and you will again obey him and keep all his commands that I am giving you today. 9 The Lord will make you prosperous in all that you do; you will have many children and a lot of livestock, and your fields will produce abundant crops. He will be as glad to make you prosperous as he was to make your ancestors prosperous, 10 but you will have to obey him and keep all his laws that are written in this book of his teachings. You will have to turn to him with all your heart.
11 “The command that I am giving you today is not too difficult or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in the sky. You do not have to ask, ‘Who will go up and bring it down for us, so that we can hear it and obey it?’ 13 Nor is it on the other side of the ocean. You do not have to ask, ‘Who will go across the ocean and bring it to us, so that we may hear it and obey it?’ 14 No, it is here with you. You know it and can quote it, so now obey it.
15 “Today I am giving you a choice between good and evil, between life and death. 16 If you obey the commands of the Lord your God, which I give you today, if you love him, obey him, and keep all his laws, then you will prosper and become a nation of many people. The Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are about to occupy. 17 But if you disobey and refuse to listen, and are led away to worship other gods, 18 you will be destroyed—I warn you here and now. You will not live long in that land across the Jordan that you are about to occupy. 19 I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life. 20 Love the Lord your God, obey him and be faithful to him, and then you and your descendants will live long in the land that he promised to give your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Dievs paliek uzticams
1 Kad pār tevi nāks svētība un lāsts, ko es lieku tev priekšā, un tu ņemsi to sev pie sirds tur starp visām tām tautām, kur tevi Kungs, tavs Dievs, būs aizdzinis, 2 un tu atgriezīsies pie Kunga, sava Dieva, un klausīsi viņu it visā, ko šodien tev pavēlu, – tu un tavi dēli – no visas savas sirds un visas savas dvēseles, 3 tad Kungs, tavs Dievs, ļaus taviem gūstekņiem atgriezties atpakaļ un apžēlos tevi, un atkal sapulcinās tevi no visām tām tautām, kur Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi izkaisījis. 4 Kaut arī tu būtu aiztriekts līdz debesu malai, pat no turienes Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi pulcēs un no turienes tevi paņems. 5 Kungs, tavs Dievs, aizvedīs tevi uz to zemi, ko tavi tēvi iemantoja, un tu mantosi to, un viņš būs dāsns pret tevi un darīs tevi lielāku par taviem tēviem. 6 Kungs, tavs Dievs, apgraizīs tavu sirdi un tavu pēcnācēju sirdis, lai tu mīlētu Kungu, savu Dievu, no visas savas sirds un visas dvēseles, lai tu paliktu dzīvs. 7 Kungs, tavs Dievs, liks, lai visi šie lāsti nāk pār taviem ienaidniekiem un tiem, kas nīst un vajā tevi. 8 Un tu atkal klausīsi Kungu un pildīsi visus viņa baušļus, ko es tev šodien pavēlu. 9 Kungs, tavs Dievs, darīs, ka gana labi ir visi tavi darbi un tavas miesas augļi, un tavu lopu augļi, un tavas zemes augļi, Kungs atkal ar prieku darīs tev labu, kā viņš ar prieku darīja taviem tēviem, – 10 ja tu klausīsi Kungu, savu Dievu, un ievērosi visus viņa baušļus un viņa likumus, kas rakstīti šajā bauslības grāmatā, ja tu atgriezīsies pie Kunga, sava Dieva, no visas sirds un visas dvēseles.
Izvēlies dzīvību
11 Jo šī bauslība, ko es tev šodien pavēlu nav nepiepildāma un neiespējama, 12 ne jau debesīs tā ir, ka tu teiktu: kurš mūsu dēļ uzkāps debesīs un paņems to mums, ka es to dzirdētu un varētu ievērot!? – 13 un tā nav aiz jūras, ka tu teiktu: kurš mūsu dēļ šķērsos jūru un paņems to mums, ka es to dzirdētu un varētu ievērot!? – 14 tās vārdi tev ir jo tuvu – tavā mutē un tavā sirdī, tikai pildi tos.
15 Redzi, šodien es tavā priekšā esmu nolicis dzīvību un labo, nāvi un ļauno, un 16 to es tev šodien esmu pavēlējis – mīlēt Kungu, savu Dievu, staigāt viņa ceļos un turēt viņa baušļus, likumus un tiesas, tad tu dzīvosi un vairosies, un Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi svētīs tajā zemē, kuru tu ej iemantot! 17 Bet, ja tu novērsīsi savu sirdi un neklausīsi, ja tu atkritīsi un zemosies citiem dieviem un kalposi tiem, 18 tad šodien es jums saku: jūs ietin iesiet bojā, nebūs ilgas jūsu dienas tajā zemē, kuru iemantot jūs ejat pāri Jardānai. 19 Šodien es piesaucu par lieciniekiem pret jums debesis un zemi – dzīvību un nāvi es esmu nolicis jūsu priekšā, svētību un lāstu! Izvēlies dzīvību, ka paliktu dzīvi – gan tu, gan tavi pēcnācēji! 20 Mīli Kungu, savu Dievu, klausi viņu un pieķeries viņam, tad tu paliksi dzīvs un paildzināsi savas dienas, dzīvodams tajā zemē, ko Kungs zvērēja dot taviem tēviem Ābrahāmam, Īzakam un Jēkabam.”
