Deuteronomy · Clementine Vulgate
Deuteronomy 30 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Cum ergo venerint super te omnes sermones isti, benedictio sive maledictio, quam proposui in conspectu tuo: et ductus pœnitudine cordis tui in universis gentibus, in quas disperserit te Dominus Deus tuus,
1 It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations where Yahweh your God has driven you,
2 et reversus fueris ad eum, et obedieris ejus imperiis, sicut ego hodie præcipio tibi, cum filiis tuis, in toto corde tuo, et in tota anima tua:
2 and return to Yahweh 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 reducet Dominus Deus tuus captivitatem tuam, ac miserebitur tui, et rursum congregabit te de cunctis populis, in quos te ante dispersit.
3 that then Yahweh your God will release you from captivity, have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples where Yahweh your God has scattered you.
4 Si ad cardines cæli fueris dissipatus, inde te retrahet Dominus Deus tuus,
4 If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there Yahweh your God will gather you, and from there he will bring you back.
5 et assumet, atque introducet in terram, quam possederunt patres tui, et obtinebis eam: et benedicens tibi, majoris numeri te esse faciat quam fuerunt patres tui.
5 Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you will possess it. He will do you good, and increase your numbers more than your fathers.
6 Circumcidet Dominus Deus tuus cor tuum, et cor seminis tui, ut diligas Dominum Deum tuum in toto corde tuo, et in tota anima tua, ut possis vivere.
6 Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
7 Omnes autem maledictiones has convertet super inimicos tuos, et eos qui oderunt te et persequuntur.
7 Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
8 Tu autem reverteris, et audies vocem Domini Dei tui, faciesque universa mandata quæ ego præcipio tibi hodie:
8 You shall return and obey Yahweh’s voice, and do all his commandments which I command you today.
9 et abundare te faciet Dominus Deus tuus in cunctis operibus manuum tuarum, in sobole uteri tui, et in fructu jumentorum tuorum, in ubertate terræ tuæ, et in rerum omnium largitate. Revertetur enim Dominus, ut gaudeat super te in omnibus bonis, sicut gavisus est in patribus tuis:
9 Yahweh your God will make you prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers,
10 si tamen audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, et custodieris præcepta ejus et cæremonias, quæ in hac lege conscripta sunt: et revertaris ad Dominum Deum tuum in toto corde tuo, et in tota anima tua.
10 if you will obey Yahweh your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 Mandatum hoc, quod ego præcipio tibi hodie, non supra te est, neque procul positum,
11 For this commandment which I command you today is not too hard for you or too distant.
12 nec in cælo situm, ut possis dicere: Quis nostrum valet ad cælum ascendere, ut deferat illud ad nos, et audiamus atque opere compleamus?
12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, “Who will go up for us to heaven, bring it to us, and proclaim it to us, that we may do it?”
13 neque trans mare positum: ut causeris, et dicas: Quis ex nobis poterit transfretare mare, et illud ad nos usque deferre, ut possimus audire et facere quod præceptum est?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will go over the sea for us, bring it to us, and proclaim it to us, that we may do it?”
14 sed juxta te est sermo valde, in ore tuo, et in corde tuo, ut facias illum.
14 But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
15 Considera quod hodie proposuerim in conspectu tuo, vitam et bonum, et e contrario mortem et malum:
15 Behold, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and evil.
16 ut diligas Dominum Deum tuum, et ambules in viis ejus, et custodias mandata illius ac cæremonias atque judicia: et vivas, atque multiplicet te, benedicatque tibi in terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
16 For I command you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
17 Si autem aversum fuerit cor tuum, et audire nolueris, atque errore deceptus adoraveris deos alienos, et servieris eis:
17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away and worship other gods, and serve them,
18 prædico tibi hodie quod pereas, et parvo tempore moreris in terra, ad quam, Jordane transmisso, ingredieris possidendam.
18 I declare to you today that you will surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
19 Testes invoco hodie cælum et terram, quod proposuerim vobis vitam et mortem, benedictionem et maledictionem. Elige ergo vitam, ut et tu vivas, et semen tuum:
19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants,
20 et diligas Dominum Deum tuum, atque obedias voci ejus, et illi adhæreas (ipse est enim vita tua, et longitudo dierum tuorum), ut habites in terra, pro qua juravit Dominus patribus tuis, Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob, ut daret eam illis.
20 to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (20)
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- 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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