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11 Fyrir því skalt þú elska Drottin Guð þinn og varðveita boðorð hans, lög, ákvæði og skipanir alla daga.

Viðurkennið í dag _ því að ekki á ég orðastað við börn yðar, sem eigi hafa þekkt það né séð _, viðurkennið ögun Drottins Guðs yðar, mikilleik hans, hina sterku hönd hans og útréttan armlegg hans,

tákn hans og verk, sem hann gjörði í Egyptalandi á Faraó Egyptalandskonungi og öllu landi hans,

hversu hann fór með herlið Egypta, hesta þeirra og vagna, hversu hann lét vötn Sefhafsins flæða yfir þá, er þeir veittu yður eftirför, og tortímdi þeim fram á þennan dag,

og hversu hann gjörði til yðar í eyðimörkinni allt til þess er þér komuð hingað,

og hversu hann fór með Datan og Abíram, sonu Elíabs Rúbenssonar, hversu jörðin lauk upp munni sínum og svalg þá mitt á meðal allra Ísraelsmanna, ásamt fjölskyldum þeirra og tjöldum og öllum lifandi skepnum, sem voru í fylgd með þeim.

Því að augu yðar hafa séð öll hin miklu verk, sem Drottinn hefir gjört.

Fyrir því skuluð þér varðveita allar þær skipanir, sem ég legg fyrir þig í dag, til þess að þér verðið sterkir, komist inn í og fáið til eignar land það, er þér haldið nú yfir til, til þess að taka það til eignar,

og til þess að þér megið lifa langa ævi í landinu, sem Drottinn sór feðrum yðar að gefa þeim og niðjum þeirra, _ landi, sem flýtur í mjólk og hunangi.

10 Landið sem þú heldur nú inn í til þess að taka það til eignar, það er ekki eins og Egyptaland, þaðan sem þér fóruð, þar sem þú sáðir sæði þínu og vökvaðir landið með fæti þínum eins og kálgarð,

11 heldur er land það, er þér haldið nú yfir til, til þess að taka það til eignar, fjallaland og dala, og drekkur vatn af himnum þegar rignir,

12 land, sem Drottinn Guð þinn annast. Stöðuglega hvíla augu Drottins Guðs þíns yfir því frá ársbyrjun til ársloka.

13 Ef þér hlýðið skipunum mínum trúlega, þeim er ég legg fyrir yður í dag: að elska Drottin Guð yðar, og þjóna honum af öllu hjarta yðar og af allri sálu yðar, _

14 þá mun ég gefa landi yðar regn á réttum tíma, haustregn og vorregn, svo að þú megir hirða korn þitt, aldinlög þinn og olíu þína.

15 Þá mun ég og láta gras spretta í högum þínum handa skepnum þínum, svo að þú megir eta og saddur verða.

16 Gætið yðar, að hjarta yðar láti ekki tælast og þér víkið ekki af leið og dýrkið aðra guði og fallið fram fyrir þeim,

17 ella mun reiði Drottins upptendrast í gegn yður, og hann mun loka himninum, svo að eigi komi regn og jörðin gefi eigi ávöxt sinn, og þér munuð skjótlega eyðast úr landinu góða, sem Drottinn gefur yður.

18 Fyrir því skuluð þér leggja þessi orð mín á hjarta yðar og huga, og þér skuluð binda þau til merkis á hönd yðar og hafa þau sem minningarbönd á milli augna yðar.

19 Og þér skuluð kenna þau börnum yðar með því að tala um þau, þegar þú ert heima og þegar þú ert á ferðalagi, þegar þú leggst til hvíldar og þegar þú fer á fætur.

20 Og þú skalt skrifa þau á dyrastafi húss þíns og á borgarhlið þín,

21 til þess að þér og börn yðar megið lifa í landinu, sem Drottinn sór feðrum yðar að gefa þeim, svo lengi sem himinn er yfir jörðu.

22 Ef þér varðveitið kostgæfilega allar þessar skipanir, sem ég legg fyrir yður að halda: að elska Drottin Guð yðar, að ganga ávallt á hans vegum og halda yður fast við hann, _

23 þá mun Drottinn stökkva burt undan yður öllum þessum þjóðum, og þér munuð leggja undir yður þjóðir, sem eru stærri og voldugri en þér.

24 Hver sá staður, er þér stígið fæti á, skal verða yðar eign. Frá eyðimörkinni allt til Líbanon, frá fljótinu, Efratfljótinu, allt til vesturhafsins skal land yðar ná.

25 Enginn mun standast fyrir yður. Ótta við yður og skelfingu mun Drottinn Guð yðar láta koma yfir hvert það land, er þér stígið fæti á, eins og hann hefir heitið yður.

26 Sjá, ég legg fyrir yður í dag blessun og bölvun:

27 blessunina, ef þér hlýðið skipunum Drottins Guðs yðar, sem ég býð yður í dag,

28 en bölvunina, ef þér hlýðið ekki skipunum Drottins Guðs yðar og víkið af þeim vegi, sem ég býð yður í dag, til þess að elta aðra guði, sem þér eigi hafið þekkt.

29 Þegar Drottinn Guð þinn leiðir þig inn í landið, sem þú heldur nú inn í til þess að taka það til eignar, þá skalt þú leggja blessunina á Garísímfjall og bölvunina á Ebalfjall.

30 En þau eru hinumegin Jórdanar, vestanvert við sólarlagsveginn, í landi Kanaanítanna, þeirra er búa á sléttlendinu, gegnt Gilgal, hjá Mórelundi.

31 Þér farið nú yfir Jórdan til þess að komast inn í og taka til eignar landið, sem Drottinn Guð yðar gefur yður, og þér munuð fá það til eignar og setjast að í því.

32 Gætið þess þá að halda öll þau lög og ákvæði, sem ég legg fyrir yður í dag.

Love and Obey the Lord

11 Love(A) the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.(B) Remember today that your children(C) were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the Lord your God:(D) his majesty,(E) his mighty hand, his outstretched arm;(F) the signs he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt, both to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole country;(G) what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots,(H) how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea[a](I) as they were pursuing you, and how the Lord brought lasting ruin on them. It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the wilderness until you arrived at this place, and what he did(J) to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened(K) its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them. But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the Lord has done.(L)

Observe therefore all the commands(M) I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,(N) and so that you may live long(O) in the land the Lord swore(P) to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.(Q) 10 The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt,(R) from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. 11 But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys(S) that drinks rain from heaven.(T) 12 It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes(U) of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.

13 So if you faithfully obey(V) the commands I am giving you today—to love(W) the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul(X) 14 then I will send rain(Y) on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains,(Z) so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. 15 I will provide grass(AA) in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.(AB)

16 Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.(AC) 17 Then the Lord’s anger(AD) will burn against you, and he will shut up(AE) the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce,(AF) and you will soon perish(AG) from the good land the Lord is giving you. 18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(AH) 19 Teach them to your children,(AI) talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(AJ) 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,(AK) 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many(AL) in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.(AM)

22 If you carefully observe(AN) all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love(AO) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast(AP) to him— 23 then the Lord will drive out(AQ) all these nations(AR) before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.(AS) 24 Every place where you set your foot will be yours:(AT) Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River(AU) to the Mediterranean Sea. 25 No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God, as he promised you, will put the terror(AV) and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.(AW)

26 See, I am setting before you today a blessing(AX) and a curse(AY) 27 the blessing(AZ) if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today; 28 the curse if you disobey(BA) the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods,(BB) which you have not known. 29 When the Lord your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim(BC) the blessings, and on Mount Ebal(BD) the curses.(BE) 30 As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, westward, toward the setting sun, near the great trees of Moreh,(BF) in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Arabah in the vicinity of Gilgal.(BG) 31 You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession(BH) of the land the Lord your God is giving(BI) you. When you have taken it over and are living there, 32 be sure that you obey all the decrees and laws I am setting before you today.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 11:4 Or the Sea of Reeds

11 Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day;

And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did.

Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;

And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:

11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

12 A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

17 And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.

18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

23 Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:

28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.