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Promesses et menaces

30 »Lorsque toutes ces choses t'arriveront, la bénédiction et la malédiction que je mets devant toi, si tu les prends à cœur au milieu de toutes les nations chez lesquelles l'Eternel, ton Dieu, t'aura chassé, si tu reviens à l'Eternel, ton Dieu, et si tu lui obéis de tout ton cœur et de toute ton âme, ainsi que tes enfants, en te conformant à tout ce que je te prescris aujourd'hui, alors l'Eternel, ton Dieu, ramènera tes déportés et aura compassion de toi. Il te rassemblera encore du milieu de tous les peuples parmi lesquels il t'aura lui-même dispersé. Même si tu étais exilé à l'autre extrémité du ciel, l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te rassemblera de là, il ira te chercher jusque-là. L'Eternel, ton Dieu, te ramènera dans le pays que tes ancêtres possédaient et tu le posséderas. Il te fera du bien et te rendra plus nombreux que tes ancêtres. L'Eternel, ton Dieu, circoncira ton cœur et celui de ta descendance, et tu aimeras l'Eternel, ton Dieu, de tout ton cœur et de toute ton âme, afin de vivre. L'Eternel, ton Dieu, fera tomber toutes ces malédictions sur tes ennemis, sur ceux qui t'auront détesté et persécuté. Quant à toi, tu reviendras à l'Eternel, tu lui obéiras et tu mettras en pratique tous les commandements que je te prescris aujourd'hui. L'Eternel, ton Dieu, te comblera de biens en faisant prospérer tout le travail de tes mains, tes enfants, les portées de tes troupeaux et le produit de ton sol. En effet, l'Eternel prendra de nouveau plaisir à ton bonheur, tout comme il prenait plaisir à celui de tes ancêtres, 10 lorsque tu obéiras à l'Eternel, ton Dieu, en respectant ses commandements et ses prescriptions écrits dans ce livre de la loi, lorsque tu reviendras à l'Eternel, ton Dieu, de tout ton cœur et de toute ton âme.

11 »Le commandement que je te prescris aujourd'hui n'est certainement pas au-dessus de tes forces ni hors de ta portée. 12 Il n'est pas dans le ciel pour que tu dises: ‘Qui montera pour nous au ciel et ira nous le chercher? Qui nous le fera entendre afin que nous le mettions en pratique?’ 13 Il n'est pas de l'autre côté de la mer pour que tu dises: ‘Qui passera pour nous de l'autre côté de la mer et ira nous le chercher? Qui nous le fera entendre, afin que nous le mettions en pratique?’ 14 *C'est une parole, au contraire, qui est tout près de toi, dans ta bouche et dans ton cœur,[a] afin que tu la mettes en pratique.

15 »Regarde! Je mets aujourd'hui devant toi la vie et le bien, ou la mort et le mal. 16 En effet, je te prescris aujourd'hui d'aimer l'Eternel, ton Dieu, de marcher dans ses voies et de respecter ses commandements, ses prescriptions et ses règles afin de vivre et de te multiplier, afin que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te bénisse dans le pays dont tu vas entrer en possession. 17 Mais si ton cœur se détourne de lui, si tu ne lui obéis pas et si tu te laisses entraîner à te prosterner devant d'autres dieux et à les servir, 18 je vous déclare aujourd'hui que vous périrez. Vous ne vivrez pas longtemps sur le territoire dont vous allez prendre possession une fois le Jourdain passé. 19 J'en prends aujourd'hui à témoin contre vous le ciel et la terre: j'ai mis devant toi la vie et la mort, la bénédiction et la malédiction. Choisis la vie afin de vivre, toi et ta descendance, 20 en aimant l'Eternel, ton Dieu, en lui obéissant et en t'attachant à lui. Oui, c’est de lui que dépendent ta vie et sa durée, et c'est ainsi que tu pourras rester dans le pays que l'Eternel a juré de donner à tes ancêtres Abraham, Isaac et Jacob.»

Footnotes

  1. Deutéronome 30:14 C’est une… cœur: cité en Romains 10.8.

Prosperity After Turning to the Lord

30 When all these blessings and curses(A) I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations,(B) and when you and your children return(C) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart(D) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes[a](E) and have compassion(F) on you and gather(G) you again from all the nations where he scattered(H) you.(I) Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,(J) from there the Lord your God will gather(K) you and bring you back.(L) He will bring(M) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous(N) than your ancestors. The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,(O) so that you may love(P) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. The Lord your God will put all these curses(Q) on your enemies who hate and persecute you.(R) You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.(S) The Lord will again delight(T) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, 10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law(U) and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.(V)

The Offer of Life or Death

11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.(W) 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven(X) to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”(Y) 13 Nor is it beyond the sea,(Z) so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”(AA) 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.(AB)

15 See, I set before you today life(AC) and prosperity,(AD) death(AE) and destruction.(AF) 16 For I command you today to love(AG) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live(AH) and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed.(AI) You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you(AJ) that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.(AK) Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love(AL) the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life,(AM) and he will give(AN) you many years in the land(AO) he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity

The Blessing of Returning to God

30 “Now (A)it shall come to pass, when (B)all these things come upon you, the blessing and the (C)curse which I have set before you, and (D)you [a]call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God drives you, and you (E)return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, (F)that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and (G)gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. (H)If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. Then the Lord your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. And (I)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

“Also the Lord your God will put all these (J)curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. And you will (K)again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. (L)The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the [b]fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again (M)rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, 10 if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

The Choice of Life or Death

11 “For this commandment which I command you today (N)is [c]not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. 12 (O)It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you, (P)in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

15 “See, (Q)I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, 16 in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, 18 (R)I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. 19 (S)I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that (T)I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your (U)life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:1 Lit. cause them to return to your heart
  2. Deuteronomy 30:9 offspring
  3. Deuteronomy 30:11 not hidden from