Deuteronomy · Catholic Public Domain Version
Deuteronomy 30 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 “Now when all these things will have fallen over you, the blessing or the curse that I have set forth in your sight, and you will have been led to repentance in your heart among all the nations to which the Lord your God will have dispersed you,
1 Y SERÁ que, cuando te sobrevinieren todas estas cosas, la bendición y la maldición que he puesto delante de ti, y volvieres á tu corazón en medio de todas las gentes á las cuales Jehová tu Dios te hubiere echado,
2 and when you will have returned to him, so as to obey his commandments, just as I have instructed you this day, with your sons, with your whole heart and with your whole soul,
2 Y te convirtieres á Jehová tu Dios, y obedecieres á su voz conforme á todo lo que yo te mando hoy, tú y tus hijos, con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma,
3 then the Lord your God will lead you away from your captivity, and he will take pity on you, and he will gather you again from all the nations to which he had dispersed you before.
3 Jehová también volverá tus cautivos, y tendrá misericordia de ti, y tornará á recogerte de todos los pueblos á los cuales te hubiere esparcido Jehová tu Dios.
4 Even if you will have been scattered as far as the poles of the heavens, the Lord your God will retrieve you from there.
4 Si hubieres sido arrojado hasta el cabo de los cielos, de allí te recogerá Jehová tu Dios, y de allá te tomará:
5 And he will take you up and lead you into the land which your fathers had possessed, and you shall obtain it. And in blessing you, he will make you greater in number than your fathers ever were.
5 Y volverte ha Jehová tu Dios á la tierra que heredaron tus padres, y la poseerás; y te hará bien, y te multiplicará más que á tus padres.
6 The Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, so that you may love the Lord your God with your entire heart and with your entire soul, so that you may be able to live.
6 Y circuncidará Jehová tu Dios tu corazón, y el corazón de tu simiente, para que ames á Jehová tu Dios con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma, á fin de que tú vivas.
7 And he will turn all these curses upon your enemies, and upon those who hate and persecute you.
7 Y pondrá Jehová tu Dios todas estas maldiciones sobre tus enemigos, y sobre tus aborrecedores que te persiguieron.
8 But you shall return, and you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God. And you shall carry out all the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day.
8 Y tú volverás, y oirás la voz de Jehová, y pondrás por obra todos sus mandamientos, que yo te intimo hoy.
9 And the Lord your God will cause you to abound in all the works of your hands, in the progeny of your womb, and in the fruit of your cattle, in the fertility of your land, and with an abundance of all things. For the Lord will return, so that he may rejoice over you in all good things, just as he rejoiced in your fathers:
9 Y hacerte ha Jehová tu Dios abundar en toda obra de tus manos, en el fruto de tu vientre, en el fruto de tu bestia, y en el fruto de tu tierra, para bien: porque Jehová volverá á gozarse sobre ti para bien, de la manera que se gozó sobre tus padres;
10 but only if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies, which have been written in this law, and only if you return to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
10 Cuando oyeres la voz de Jehová tu Dios, para guardar sus mandamientos y sus estatutos escritos en este libro de la ley; cuando te convirtieres á Jehová tu Dios con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma.
11 This commandment, which I entrust to you today, is not high above you, nor has it been placed far away.
11 Porque este mandamiento que yo te intimo hoy, no te es encubierto, ni está lejos:
12 Nor is it in heaven, so that you would be able to say, ‘Which of us can ascend to heaven, so as to carry it back to us, and so that we may hear it and fulfill it in deed?’
12 No está en el cielo, para que digas: ¿Quién subirá por nosotros al cielo, y nos lo traerá y nos lo representará, para que lo cumplamos?
13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you would excuse yourself by saying, ‘Which of us is able to cross the sea, and to carry it back to us, so that we may be able to hear and to do what has been instructed?’
13 Ni está de la otra parte de la mar, para que digas: ¿Quién pasará por nosotros la mar, para que nos lo traiga y nos lo represente, á fin de que lo cumplamos?
14 Instead, the word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.
14 Porque muy cerca de ti está la palabra, en tu boca y en tu corazón, para que la cumplas.
15 Consider what I have set forth in your sight this day, life and good, or, on the opposite side, death and evil,
15 Mira, yo he puesto delante de ti hoy la vida y el bien, la muerte y el mal:
16 so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and so that you may live, and he may multiply you and bless you in the land, which you shall enter in order to possess.
16 Porque yo te mando hoy que ames á Jehová tu Dios, que andes en sus caminos, y guardes sus mandamientos y sus estatutos y sus derechos, para que vivas y seas multiplicado, y Jehová tu Dios te bendiga en la tierra á la cual entras para poseerla.
17 But if your heart will have been turned aside, so that you are not willing to listen, and, having been deceived by error, you adore strange gods and serve them,
17 Mas si tu corazón se apartare, y no oyeres, y fueres incitado, y te inclinares á dioses ajenos, y los sirvieres;
18 then I predict to you this day that you will perish, and you will remain for only a short time in the land, for which you shall cross the Jordan, and which you shall enter in order to possess.
18 Protéstoos hoy que de cierto pereceréis: no tendréis largos días sobre la tierra, para ir á la cual pasas el Jordán para poseerla.
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your offspring may live,
19 A los cielos y la tierra llamo por testigos hoy contra vosotros, que os he puesto delante la vida y la muerte, la bendición y la maldición: escoge pues la vida, porque vivas tú y tu simiente:
20 and so that you may love the Lord your God, and obey his voice, and cling to him, (for he is your life and the length of your days) and so that you may live in the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them.”
20 Que ames á Jehová tu Dios, que oigas su voz, y te allegues á él; porque él es tu vida, y la longitud de tus días; á fin de que habites sobre la tierra que juró Jehová á tus padres Abraham, Isaac, y Jacob, que les había de dar.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 8:47–48; Deuteronomy 30:15; Deuteronomy 4:29–30; Deuteronomy 30:19; Deuteronomy 29:28
- 2 Joel 2:12–13; Nehemiah 1:9; Deuteronomy 4:28–31; Lamentations 3:40; Ephesians 6:24
- 3 Jeremiah 29:14; Ezekiel 36:24; Psalm 147:2; Ezekiel 34:12–13; Lamentations 3:32
- 4 Nehemiah 1:9; Ezekiel 39:25–29; Deuteronomy 28:64; Isaiah 11:11–16; Isaiah 43:6
- 5 Jeremiah 29:14
- 6 Ezekiel 36:26–27; Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 32:39; Ezekiel 11:19–20; Romans 2:28–29
- 7 Deuteronomy 7:15; Lamentations 4:21–22; Jeremiah 51:24–26; Ezekiel 25:12; Numbers 24:14
- 8 Ephesians 2:16; Ezekiel 36:27; Jeremiah 32:39–40; Ezekiel 11:19–20; Ezekiel 37:24
- 9 Deuteronomy 28:11–14; Jeremiah 32:41; Jeremiah 33:9; Deuteronomy 28:4; Isaiah 65:19
- 10 Lamentations 3:40–41; Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 30:8; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Deuteronomy 30:2
- 11 Isaiah 45:19; Psalm 147:19–20; Romans 16:25–26; Colossians 1:26–27
- 12 Romans 10:6–8; Proverbs 30:4; John 3:13
- 13 John 6:27; Proverbs 2:1–5; Proverbs 8:11; Romans 10:14–15; Acts 10:33
- 14 Romans 10:8–10; Jeremiah 12:2; John 5:46; Matthew 7:21; Luke 10:11–12
- 15 Deuteronomy 11:26; Deuteronomy 30:19; Deuteronomy 30:1; Galatians 3:13–14; 1 John 5:11–12
- 16 Matthew 22:37–38; Deuteronomy 30:6; 1 John 5:2–3; John 14:21; Deuteronomy 6:5
- 17 2 Timothy 4:4; Proverbs 1:32; Hebrews 3:12; John 3:19–21; 1 Samuel 12:25
- 18 Deuteronomy 8:19–20; Deuteronomy 4:26; Isaiah 63:17–18; Joshua 23:15–16; Deuteronomy 31:29
- 19 Deuteronomy 30:15; Deuteronomy 11:26; Psalm 119:30; Joshua 24:15–22; Proverbs 8:36
- 20 John 11:25–26; Deuteronomy 10:20; John 17:3; John 14:6; Acts 17:25
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