Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 29

Deut 29:1 These are the words of the covenant which יהוה commanded
Mosheh to make with the children of Yisra’ĕl in the land of Mo’aḇ, besides
the covenant which He made with them in Ḥorĕḇ.
Deut 29:2 And Mosheh called all Yisra’ĕl and said to them, “You
yourselves saw all that יהוה did before your eyes in the land of Mitsrayim, to
Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land.
Deut 29:3 “Your eyes saw the great trials, the signs, and those great
wonders.
Deut 29:4 “But יהוה has not given you a heart to know and eyes to see and
ears to hear, till this day.
Deut 29:5 “And I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your garments
have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.
Deut 29:6 “You ate no bread and drank no wine nor strong drink, so that you
might know that I am יהוה your Elohim.
Deut 29:7 “And when you came to this place, Siḥon sovereign of Ḥeshbon
and Oḡ sovereign of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we smote
them,
Deut 29:8 and took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the
Re’uḇĕnites, and to the Gaḏites, and to half the tribe of Menashsheh.
Deut 29:9 “Therefore you shall guard the words of this covenant, and do
them, so that you prosper in all that you do.
Deut 29:10 “All of you are standing today before יהוה your Elohim: your
leaders, your tribes, your elders and your officers, all the men of Yisra’ĕl,
Deut 29:11 your little ones, your wives, and your sojourner who is in the
midst of your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws
your water,
Deut 29:12 so that you should enter into covenant with יהוה your Elohim, and
into His oath, which יהוה your Elohim makes with you today,
Deut 29:13 in order to establish you today as a people for Himself, and He
Himself be your Elohim, as He has spoken to you, and as He has sworn to
your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya‛aqoḇ.
Deut 29:14 “And not with you alone I am making this covenant and this oath,
Deut 29:15 but with him who stands here with us today before יהוה our
Elohim, as well as with him who is not here with us today.
Deut 29:16 “For you know how we dwelt in the land of Mitsrayim and how
we passed through the nations which you passed through,
Deut 29:17 and you saw their abominations and their idols, wood and stone,
silver and gold, which were with them,
Deut 29:18 lest there should be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe,
whose heart turns away today from יהוה our Elohim, to go and serve the
mighty ones of these nations, lest there should be among you a root bearing
bitterness or wormwood.
Deut 29:19 “And it shall be, when he hears the words of this curse, that he
should bless himself in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the
stubbornness of my heart,’ in order to add drunkenness to thirst.
Deut 29:20 “ יהוה would not forgive him, but rather, the displeasure of יהוה
and His jealousy shall burn against that man, and every curse that is written
in this book shall settle on him, and יהוה shall blot out his name from under
the heavens.
Deut 29:21 “And יהוה shall separate him for evil, out of all the tribes of
Yisra’ĕl, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this
Book of the Torah.
Deut 29:22 “And the generation to come of your children who rise up after
you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, shall say when they see the
plagues of that land and the sicknesses which יהוה has sent into it:
Deut 29:23 ‘All its land is sulphur, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does
it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Seḏom and
Amorah, Aḏmah and Tseḇoyim, which יהוה overthrew in His displeasure and
His wrath.’
Deut 29:24 “And all nations shall say, ‘Why has יהוה done so to this land?
What does the heat of this great displeasure mean?’
Deut 29:25 “And it shall be said, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant
of יהוה Elohim of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought
them out of the land of Mitsrayim.
Deut 29:26 ‘And they went and served other mighty ones and bowed
themselves to them, mighty ones that they did not know and that He had not
given to them,
Deut 29:27 therefore the displeasure of יהוה burned against this land, to bring
on it every curse that is written in this book.
Deut 29:28 ‘And יהוה uprooted them from their land in displeasure, and in
wrath, and in great rage, and cast them into another land, as it is today.’
Deut 29:29 “The secret matters belong to יהוה our Elohim, but what is
revealed belongs to us and to our children forever, to do all the Words of this
Torah.