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 call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: 5 And the LORD 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. 6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. 9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine 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 LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
11 ¶ For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
15 ¶ See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; 16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
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.”
