29 These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:

Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.

And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:

And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

10 Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:

13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:

16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

20 The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

21 And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;

23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

28 And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Божият завет с Израил в Моавската земя

29 (A)Ето думите на завета, който Господ заповяда на Моисей да сключи с израилтяните в Моавската земя, освен завета, който сключи с тях в Хорив.

(B)Моисей повика целия Израил и им каза: Вие видяхте всичко, което Господ направи пред вас в Египетската земя, на фараона и на всичките му слуги, и на цялата му земя;

(C)големите изпитания, които ти видя, знаменията и онези големи чудеса;

(D)но до този ден Господ не ви даде сърце, за да разбирате, очи, за да виждате и уши, за да слушате.

А Аз ви дадох за четиридесет години пътуване по пустинята, през което време дрехите ви не овехтяха на вас и обувките на нито един от вас не овехтяха на крака му,

(E)хляб не ядохте и вино и сикера не пихте, за да знаете, че Аз съм Господ, вашият Бог.

(F)И когато дойдохте на това място, есевонският цар Сион и васанският цар Ог излязоха против нас на бой; а ние ги поразихме,

(G)завладяхме земята им и я дадохме за наследство на Рувимовите синове, на Гадовите синове и на половината от Манасиевото племе.

(H)И така, пазете думите на този завет и ги изпълнявайте, за да успявате във всичко, което правите.

10 Днес вие всички стоите пред Господа, вашия Бог – началниците на племената ви, старейшините ви, надзирателите ви, всички израилтяни,

11 (I)децата ви, жените и чужденецът, който е сред стана ти, от дървосекача ти до водоносеца ти, –

12 (J)за да встъпиш в завета на Господа, твоя Бог, и в клетвата, която Господ, твоят Бог, прави днес с тебе,

13 (K)за да те утвърди днес за Свой народ и Той да ти бъде Бог, както ти е казал и както се е клел на бащите ти, на Авраам, на Исаак и на Яков.

14 (L)И аз не сключвам този завет и тази клетва само с вас,

15 (M)а както с онези, които днес стоят тук с нас пред Господа, нашия Бог, така и с онези, които днес не са тук с нас

16 (защото вие знаете как живеехме в Египетската земя и как минахме между племената, през които пропътувахме;

17 и видяхме мерзостите им и дървените им и каменни, сребърни и златни кумири, които са между тях);

18 (N)така че да няма между вас мъж или жена, семейство или племе, чието сърце да се отклонява днес от Господа, нашия Бог, за да иде да служи на боговете на онези народи; така че да няма между вас корен, който да ражда отрова и пелин,

19 (O)и когато чуе думите на тази клетва, да ласкае себе си в сърцето си и да си каже: Ще живея в мир, макар че ходя с упорито сърце и разорявам поливана земя заедно с безводната[a].

20 (P)Бог няма да му покаже милост, но изведнъж гневът на Господа и ревността Му ще пламнат против този човек; и всяко проклятие, което е написано в тази книга, ще падне върху него и Господ ще изличи името му под небето.

21 (Q)Господ ще го отдели от всички Израилеви племена за погибел според всички проклятия на завета, написан в тази книга на закона.

22 А идващото поколение, синовете ви, които ще дойдат след вас, и чужденецът, който дойде от далечна земя, когато видят пораженията, нанесени на онази земя, и язвите, които Господ е изпратил в нея, ще кажат:

23 (R)Цялата земя е изгорена със сяра и сол и нито се сее, нито покълват посеви, и никаква трева не пониква на нея, както при съсипването на Содом и Гомор, на Адма и Севоим, които Господ съсипа в гнева Си и в яростта Си.

24 (S)Всички народи ще кажат: Защо Господ направи така на тази земя? Какво значи огънят на този голям гняв?

25 Тогава ще им отговорят: Защото изоставиха завета на Господа, Бога на бащите си, който Той сключи с тях, когато ги изведе от Египетската земя,

26 и отидоха и служиха на други богове, и им се поклониха – богове, които не знаеха и които Той не беше им дал,

27 (T)затова гневът на Господа пламна против тази земя, за да докара върху нея всички проклятия, които са написани в тази книга.

28 (U)И Господ ги изкорени от земята им с гняв, с ярост и с люто възмущение и ги прати в друга земя, където са днес.

29 Скритото принадлежи на Господа, нашия Бог, а откритото принадлежи на нас и на синовете ни до века, за да изпълняваме всички думи на този закон.

Footnotes

  1. 29:19 От евр. Прибавям пиянството към жаждата.

The Covenant Renewed in Moab

29 [a] These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel (A)in the land of Moab, besides (B)the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb.

[b] And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: (C)“You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, the great (D)trials that your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders. But to this day (E)the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear. (F)I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet. (G)You have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am the Lord your God. And when you came to this place, (H)Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, but we defeated them. We took their land and (I)gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites. (J)Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper[c] in all that you do.

10 “You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God: the heads of your tribes,[d] your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones, your wives, and the (K)sojourner who is in your camp, from (L)the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water, 12 so that you may enter into the (M)sworn covenant of the Lord your God, which the Lord your God is making with you today, 13 that he may (N)establish you today as his people, and that (O)he may be your God, as he promised you, and (P)as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 It is not with you alone (Q)that I am making this sworn covenant, 15 but with whoever is standing here with us today before the Lord our God, (R)and with whoever is not here with us today.

16 “You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed. 17 And you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them. 18 Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you (S)a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, 19 one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike. 20 The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather (T)the anger of the Lord and (U)his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the Lord (V)will blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. 22 And the next generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, (W)will say, when they see the afflictions of that land and the sicknesses with which the Lord has made it sick— 23 the whole land burned out with brimstone and (X)salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, (Y)an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, (Z)Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath— 24 all the nations (AA)will say, (AB)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’ 25 Then people will say, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, 26 and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them. 27 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, (AC)bringing upon it all the curses written in this book, 28 and the Lord (AD)uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and (AE)cast them into another land, as they are this day.’

29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 29:1 Ch 28:69 in Hebrew
  2. Deuteronomy 29:2 Ch 29:1 in Hebrew
  3. Deuteronomy 29:9 Or deal wisely
  4. Deuteronomy 29:10 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew your heads, your tribes