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The Blessing of Returning to God

¹“Now ⚓it shall come to pass, when ⚓all these things come upon you, the blessing and the ⚓curse which I have set before you, and ⚓you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God drives you, ²and you ⚓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, ³⚓that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and ⚓gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. ⁴⚓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. ⁵Then 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. ⁶And ⚓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.
⁷“Also the Lord your God will put all these ⚓curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. ⁸And you will ⚓again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. ⁹⚓The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again ⚓rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, ¹⁰if 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 ⚓is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. ¹²⚓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?’ ¹³Nor 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?’ ¹⁴But the word is very near you, ⚓in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
¹⁵“See, ⚓I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, ¹⁶in 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. ¹⁷But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, ¹⁸⚓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⚓I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that⚓I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; ²⁰that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your ⚓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.”

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Xaiv koob moov lossws xaiv lug tsawm foom

¹Thaus txhua yaam kws has taag nuav, yog tej lug foom koob moov hab tej lug tsawm foom kws kuv has taab meeg mej nuav, lug txug mej lawm, hab mej ncu txug tej nuav huv txhua lub tebchaws kws mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub lawv mej moog nyob, ²yog mej hab mej cov mivnyuas rov lug cuag mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub hab noog nwg tej lug huvsw kws nub nua kuv has rua mej kawg mej lub sab lub ntsws, ³mas mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub yuav pub mej vaam meej le qub, hab yuav khuvleej mej hab qaws mej huv txhua haiv tuabneeg kws Yawmsaub ua rua mej tswv rw quas sua moog nyob lawm rov lug. ⁴Yog mej muaj tuabneeg kws raug muab lawv moog nyob kawg nkaus qaab ntuj, los mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub yuav qaws mej hov ntawd coj mej rov qaab lug. ⁵Hab mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub yuav coj mej lug rua huv lub tebchaws kws mej tej laug tau nyob ua puab tug rov ua mej tug. Nwg yuav pub kuas mej vaam meej hab fuam vaam coob heev dua mej tej laug.
⁶Hab mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub yuav txav nrho mej hab mej tej tub ki lub sab tawv ncauj sub mej txhad hlub Yawmsaub kawg sab kawg ntsws hab mej txhad muaj txujsa nyob. ⁷Mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub yuav muab tej lug tsawm foom nuav tso lug raug cov kws tawm tsaam hab ua yeeb ncuab tswm txom mej, ⁸hab mej yuav rov noog Yawmsaub lug hab tuav rawv nwg tej lug nkaw huvsw kws nub nua kuv cob rua mej. ⁹Mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub yuav ua rua mej vaam meej nplua nuj heev kawg rua txhua yaam num kws mej txhais teg ua, pub mej muaj mivnyuas coob, hab mej tej tsaj txhu fuam vaam coob, hab mej tej laj teb yuav ntsu qoob, vem yog Yawmsaub yuav rov txaus sab ua rua mej vaam meej ib yaam le nwg txaus sab rua mej tej laug, ¹⁰tsuav yog mej noog Yawmsaub kws yog mej tug Vaajtswv lug, hab tuav rawv nwg tej lug nkaw hab nwg tej kaab ke kws sau rua huv phoo kevcai nuav, hab tsuav yog mej tig hlo rov lug cuag Yawmsaub kws yog mej tug Vaajtswv kawg sab kawg ntsws xwb.
¹¹Tej lug nkaw kws nub nua kuv muab cob rua mej nuav tsw yog yaam kws ceblaaj dhau rua mej ua hab tsw yog nyob deb ntawm mej. ¹²Txuj kevcai hov tsw yog nyob sau ntuj es mej yuav has tas, “Leejtwg yuav nce moog muab sau ntuj lug rua peb, peb txhad tau nov hab ua lawv le?” ¹³Hab tsw yog nyob dhau havtxwv saab tim u es mej yuav has tas, “Leejtwg yuav hlaa moog muab lug rua peb, peb txhad tau nov hab ua lawv le?” ¹⁴Tassws tej lug hov yeej nyob ze mej, nyob huv mej lub qhov ncauj hab nyob huv mej lub sab, mas mej yeej ua lawv le ntawd tau.
¹⁵Ca le ua tuab zoo saib, nub nua kuv muab txujsa hab yaam kws zoo, hab muab txujkev tuag hab yaam kws phem tso rua ntawm mej xubndag. ¹⁶Yog mej noog mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub tej lug nkaw kws nub nua kuv muab cob rua mej, yog qhov kws muab sab hlub Yawmsaub kws yog mej tug Vaajtswv hab ua mej lub neej lawv le nwg txujkev hab tuav rawv nwg tej lug nkaw hab nwg tej kaab ke hab nwg tej kevcai, mas mej yuav muaj txujsa nyob hab fuam vaam coob, hab mej tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub yuav foom koob moov rua mej rua huv lub tebchaws kws mej txeem moog hov. ¹⁷Tassws yog mej lub sab faav hlo lawm hab mej tsw yeem noog lug es raug ntxag moog pe hab ua koom rua luas tej daab, ¹⁸mas nub nua kuv qha tseeb rua mej tas mej yuav puam tsuaj taag. Mej yuav tsw muaj txujsa nyob ntev rua huv lub tebchaws kws mej saamswm hlaa tug dej Yalatee moog txeeb hov. ¹⁹Kuv thov lub ntuj lub teb ua timkhawv rua mej nub nua tas, kuv tub muab txujsa hab txujkev tuag, muab koob moov hab lug tsawm foom tso rua ntawm mej xubndag. Mas mej ca le xaiv yuav txujsa, sub mej hab mej caaj ceg txhad le muaj txujsa nyob, ²⁰hab mej hlub Yawmsaub kws yog mej tug Vaajtswv hab noog nwg lug hab tuav rawv nwg. Ua le nuav mej txhad tau txujsa hab nyob ntev, sub mej txhad tau nyob rua huv lub tebchaws kws Yawmsaub cog lug ruaj khov rua mej tej laug kws yog Aplahaa, Yiha hab Yakhauj tas yuav muab pub rua puab.