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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 Hmoov Lossis Xaiv Lus Foom Tsis Zoo

¹“Kuv cia nej xaiv saib, nej yuav tej lus foom koob hmoov lossis tej lus foom tsis zoo. Thaum muaj tej xwm no los raug nej, thiab thaum tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv ntiab nej mus nrog lwm haivneeg nyob, nej yuav nco txog tej uas kuv kom nej xaiv no. ²Yog nej thiab nej tej tubki rov los cuag tus TSWV thiab ua raws li nws tej kevcai uas hnub no kuv qhia rau nej kawg siab kawg ntsws, ³tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv yuav hlub nej. Nws yuav coj nej tawm hauv txhua lub tebchaws uas nws ntiab nej mus nyob rov los, thiab nws yuav pub kom nej lub neej rov vammeej dua. ⁴Txawm yog nej tsiv mus nyob rau txhua ceg kaum ntuj lawm los tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv yuav coj nej rov los; ⁵nej yuav tau kav lub tebchaws uas thaum ub nej cov yawgkoob nyob los lawm. Tus TSWV yuav pub kom nej huamvam thiab vammeej tshaj nej cov yawgkoob. ⁶Tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv yuav pub lub siab uas paub mloog lus rau nej thiab nej tej xeebntxwv, nej thiaj muab siab npuab tus TSWV thiab hlub nws kawg siab kawg ntsws, thiab nej yuav nyob hauv lub tebchaws ntawd mus li. ⁷Nws yuav muab tej lus foom tsis zoo no rau nej tej yeebncuab uas ntxub thiab tsimtxom nej, ⁸nej thiaj yuav mloog nws lus thiab ua raws li nws tej kevcai txhua nqe uas hnub no kuv qhia rau nej. ⁹Tus TSWV yuav pub kom tej uas nej ua vammeej; nej yuav muaj tubki thiab muaj tsiaj txhu coob ua npoj ntws, thiab nej tej teb yuav ntsu qoob. Tus TSWV yuav txaus siab ua kom nej vammeej ib yam li nws ua rau nej cov yawgkoob vammeej, ¹⁰tiamsis nej yuav tsum mloog nws lus thiab coj raws li nws tej kevcai uas sau rau hauv phau ntawv no txhua nqe huv tibsi. Nej yuav tsum tig rov los muab siab npuab tus TSWV kom kawg siab kawg ntsws.
¹¹“Tej kevcai uas hnub no kuv qhia rau nej, nej tsis txhob xav hais tias nyuaj thiab coj tsis tau. ¹²Tej kevcai no tsis yog nyob saum ntuj. Tsis tas nej yuav nug hais tias, ‘Leejtwg yuav nce mus muab los rau peb, kom peb thiaj hnov thiab coj raws li ntawd?’ ¹³Tej kevcai ntawd tsis yog nyob sab ntug hiavtxwv tim ub. Tsis tas nej yuav nug hais tias, ‘Leejtwg yuav hla hiavtxwv mus muab los rau peb, kom peb thiaj hnov thiab coj raws li ntawd?’ ¹⁴Tej kevcai ntawd nyob ntawm nej no ntag. Nej yeej paub thiab nyob hauv nej lub siab, nej cia li ua raws li ntawd.
¹⁵“Hnub no kuv cia nej xaiv, saib nej yuav qhov phem lossis qhov zoo, nej yuav txojsia lossis kev tuag. ¹⁶Yog hais tias nej mloog thiab ua raws li tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv tej lus uas hnub no kuv qhia rau nej, yog nej hlub nws, mloog nws lus thiab coj raws li nws tej kevcai, nej yuav vammeej thiab ua ib haivneeg coob heev. Tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv yuav foom koob hmoov rau lub tebchaws uas nej yuav mus nyob. ¹⁷Tiamsis yog nej tsis mloog nws lus, tsis ua raws li nws tej lus qhia, thiab cia luag coj nej mus pe luag tej vajtswv, ¹⁸hnub no kuv hais rau nej hais tias nej yuav raug kev puastsuaj. Nej yuav tsis tau nyob ntev hauv lub tebchaws uas nej yuav hla tus Dej Yauladees mus tua thiab nyob. ¹⁹Nimno kuv cia nej xaiv saib nej yuav txojsia lossis yuav kev tuag, nej yuav tej lus foom koob hmoov lossis tej lus foom tsis zoo; kuv thov lub ntuj lub teb nrog ua timkhawv rau tej uas hnub no nej xaiv. Nej cia li xaiv txojsia. ²⁰Hlub tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv, ua raws li nws tej lus qhia, thiab muab siab npuab nws, nej thiab nej tej xeebntxwv thiaj muaj sia nyob ntev hauv lub tebchaws uas tus TSWV tau coglus tseg rau nej yawgkoob Anplahas, Ixaj thiab Yakhauj lawm.”