Don’t forget the Lord your God. Don’t serve other gods. Don’t worship them and bow down to them. I am a witness against you today that if you do, you will certainly be destroyed.

你若忘记耶和华你的神，随从别神，侍奉敬拜，你们必定灭亡；这是我今日警戒你们的。

你若忘记耶和华—你的上帝，随从别神，事奉它们，敬拜它们，我今日警告你们，你们必定灭亡。

你若忘记耶和华—你的神，随从别神，事奉它们，敬拜它们，我今日警告你们，你们必定灭亡。

“我今天警告你们，如果你们忘记你们的上帝耶和华，去追随、供奉、祭拜其他神明，你们必灭亡。

如果将来你真的忘记了耶和华你的神，去随从别的神，事奉和敬拜他们，你们必定灭亡，这是我今日警告你们的。

你若忘記耶和華－你的神，隨從別神，事奉敬拜，你們必定滅亡；這是我今日警戒你們的。

你若忘記耶和華－你的上帝，隨從別神，事奉它們，敬拜它們，我今日警告你們，你們必定滅亡。

你若忘記耶和華－你的神，隨從別神，事奉它們，敬拜它們，我今日警告你們，你們必定滅亡。

「我今天警告你們，如果你們忘記你們的上帝耶和華，去追隨、供奉、祭拜其他神明，你們必滅亡。

如果將來你真的忘記了耶和華你的神，去隨從別的神，事奉和敬拜他們，你們必定滅亡，這是我今日警告你們的。

將來你若將永恆主你的上帝忘掉了，去隨從別的神，而事奉敬拜他們，我今日鄭重地警告你們，你們一定會滅亡。

如爾忘爾上帝耶和華、而從他神、事之拜之、必致滅亡、今日我以戒爾、

如爾忘爾上帝耶和華、從他上帝、以奉拜之、我今日告爾、爾必死亡。

如爾忘主爾之天主、從異邦神、奉事叩拜、我今日警告爾、爾必滅亡、

If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.

And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.

“ But I assure you of this: If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, you will certainly be destroyed.

If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods to serve them and bow in worship to them, I testify against you today that you will certainly perish.

And it shall come about, if you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and serve and worship them, I testify against you today that you will certainly perish.

Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the Lord your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

And it shall be, if thou shalt forget Jehovah thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

If you ever forget the Lord your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will perish.

And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

Now if you forget the LORD your God at all and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated.

It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.

Today I’m calling out to the heavens and the earth to be witnesses against you. Suppose you do these things. Then you will quickly die in the land you are going across the Jordan River to take over. You won’t live there very long. You will certainly be destroyed.

Their silver and gold won’t save them on the day the Lord pours out his anger. The whole earth will be burned up when his jealous anger blazes out. Everyone who lives on earth will come to a sudden end.”

But don’t be stubborn. Don’t continue to do what is evil. If you do, both you and your king will be destroyed.”

“ Suppose a servant knows the master’s wishes. But the servant doesn’t get ready and doesn’t do what the master wants. Then that servant will receive a heavy beating.But suppose the servant does not know his master’s wishes. And suppose the servant does things for which he should be punished. He will receive a lighter beating. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. Even more will be asked of the person who is supposed to take care of much.

The Lord says to his people,“ I have destroyed other nations. I have wiped out their forts. I have left their streets deserted. No one walks along them. Their cities are destroyed. They are deserted and empty.

I tell you, no! But unless you turn away from your sins, you will all die too.

Then you can be sure of what the Lord your God will do. He won’t drive out those nations to make room for you anymore. Instead, they will become traps and snares for you. They will be like whips on your backs. They will be like thorns in your eyes. All that will continue until you are destroyed. It will continue until you are removed from this good land. It’s the land the Lord your God has given you.

Be careful to follow all the words of this law. They are written in this scroll. Have respect for the glorious and wonderful name of the Lord your God. If you don’t,he will send terrible plagues on you and your children after you. He’ll send horrible and lasting troubles. He’ll make you very sick for a long time.He’ll bring on you all the sicknesses you were afraid of getting when you were in Egypt. You won’t be able to get rid of them.The Lord will also bring on you all other kinds of sickness and trouble. I haven’t even written those down in this Book of the Law. You will be destroyed.At one time you were as many as the stars in the sky. But there will only be a few of you left. That’s because you didn’t obey the Lord your God.It pleased the Lord to give you success and to cause there to be many of you. But it will please him just as much to wipe you out and destroy you. You will be removed from the land you are entering to take as your own.Then the Lord will scatter you among all the nations. He’ll spread you around from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship statues of gods made out of wood and stone. You and your people of long ago hadn’t known anything about those gods.Among those nations you won’t find any peace. There won’t be any place where you can make your home and rest your feet. The Lord will give you minds filled with worry. He’ll give you eyes worn out from looking for help. You won’t have any hope in your hearts.Your lives will always be in danger. You will be filled with fear night and day. You will never be sure you are safe.In the morning you will say,“ We wish it were evening!” In the evening you will say,“ We wish it were morning!” Your hearts will be filled with fear. The things you see will terrify you.The Lord will send you back to Egypt in ships. He’ll send you on a journey I said you should never have to make again. You will offer to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves in Egypt. But no one will buy you.

In that year I learned from the Scriptures that Jerusalem would remain destroyed for 70 years. That was what the Lord had told Jeremiah the prophet.

I tell you, no! But unless you turn away from your sins, you will all die too.”

If you do, I announce to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You are about to go across the Jordan River and take over the land. But you won’t live there very long.I’m calling for the heavens and the earth to be witnesses against you this very day. I’m offering you the choice of life or death. You can choose either blessings or curses. But I want you to choose life. Then you and your children will live.

“ Out of all the families on earth I have chosen only you. So I will punish you because you have committed so many sins.”

And they will hear the answer,“ It’s because the people living there have broken the covenant of the Lord. He’s the God of their people of long ago. He made that covenant with them when he brought them out of Egypt.They went off and worshiped other gods. They bowed down to them. They hadn’t known anything about those gods before. The Lord hadn’t given those gods to them.So the Lord became very angry with this land. He brought on it all the curses written down in this book.The Lord’ s anger blazed out against his people. So he pulled them up out of their land. He threw them into another land. And that’s where they are now.”