Deuteronomy 28 — Novel English Bible

1 It shall happen, if you shall shamai (hearken / hear) shamai (hearken / hear) to the qawal (sound / voice) of Yahawah () your Alahayam (), to shamar (keep/guard) to ishah (make) all his matzawah (commandments) which I tzawah (command) you this yawam (day), that Yahawah () your Alahayam () will nathan (give) you on ilayawan (Ilayawan) above all the gawayay (nations) of the aratz (Earth/land):

2 And all these barakawath (blessings) shall bawaa (come) on you, and nashag (overtake) you, if you shall shamai (hearken / hear) to the qawal (sound / voice) of Yahawah () your Alahayam ().

3 You shall be barak (blessed) in the iyar (city), and you shall be barak (blessed) in the shadah (field).

4 You shall be barak (blessed) in the paray (fruit) of your batan (body), the paray (fruit) of your adamah (ground), the paray (fruit) of your animals, the shagar (increase) of your livestock, and the Ishatharah (young) of your tzaan (flock).

5 Your tanaa (basket) and your mashaarath (kneading) trough shall be barak (blessed).

6 You shall be barak (blessed) when you bawaa (bring) in, and you shall be barak (blessed) when you yatzaa (go out / come out) out.

7 Yahawah () will nathan (give) your ayab (enemy) who qawam (rise up) up against you to be nagap (struck) panayam (face) you. They will yatzaa (go out / come out) out against you achad (one) darak (way), and will nawas (flee) panayam (face) you shabai (seven) darakayam (ways).

8 Yahawah () will tzawah (command) the barakah (blessing) on you in your asam (barns), and in all that you mashalawach (put) your yad (hand) to; and he will barak (blessed) you in the aratz (Earth/land) which Yahawah () your Alahayam () nathan (give) you.

9 Yahawah () will qawam (rise up) you for a qadawash (holy) im (nation / people) to himself, as he has shabai (swear / take oath) to you; if you shall shamar (keep/guard) the matzawath (commandments) of Yahawah () your Alahayam (), and halak (move) in his darak (ways).

10 All the imay (peoples) of the aratz (Earth/land) shall raah (see) that you are qaraa (called) by the sham (name) of Yahawah (); and they shall be yaraa (fear / be afraid) of you.

11 Yahawah () will yathar (make) you plenteous for tawab (good / proper function), in the paray (fruit) of your batan (body), and in the paray (fruit) of your livestock, and in the paray (fruit) of your adamah (ground), in the adamah (land) which Yahawah () shabai (swear / take oath) to your ab (father) to nathan (give) you.

12 Yahawah () will pathach (open) to you his tawab (good / proper function) awatzar (treasure) in the sky, to nathan (give) the matar (rain) of your aratz (Earth/land) in its ith (season), and to barak (blessed) all the maishah (work) of your yad (hand): and you shall lawah (lend) to many gawayam (nations), and you shall not lawah (borrow).

13 Yahawah () will nathan (give) you the raash (head), and not the zanab (tail); and you shall be mail (top/above) only, and you shall not be matah (beneath); if you shall shamai (hearken / hear) to the matzawath (commandments) of Yahawah () your Alahayam (), which I tzawah (command) you this yawam (day), to shamar (keep/guard) and to ishah (make),

14 And shall not sawar (turn) aside from any of the dabarayam (words) which I tzawah (command) you this yawam (day), to the right yamayan (right hand), or to the shamaawal (left hand), to yalak (go) achar (other) other Alahayam () to ibad (servant) them.

15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not shamai (hearken / hear) to the qawal (sound / voice) of Yahawah () your Alahayam (), to shamar (keep/guard) to ishah (make) all his matzawah (commandments) and his chaqah (statutes) which I tzawah (command) you this yawam (day), that all these qalalawath (curses) shall bawaa (come) on you, and nashag (overtake) you.

16 You shall be arar (cursed) in the iyar (city), and you shall be arar (cursed) in the shadah (field).

17 Your tanaa (basket) and your mashaarath (kneading) trough shall be arar (cursed).

18 The paray (fruit) of your batan (body), the paray (fruit) of your adamah (ground), the shagar (increase) of your livestock, and the Ishatharah (young) of your tzaan (flock) shall be arar (cursed).

19 You shall be arar (cursed) when you bawaa (bring) in, and you shall be arar (cursed) when you yatzaa (go out / come out) out.

20 Yahawah () will shalach (send) on you maarah (cursing), mahawamah (confusion), and magairath (rebuke), in all that you mashalawach (put) your yad (hand) to ishah (make), until you are destroyed, and until you abad (destroy / perish) mahar (quickly); panayam (face) of the rai (evil) of your mailal (doings), by which you have forsaken me.

21 Yahawah () will make the dabar (word / matter) cling to you, until he kalah (complete / finish) consumed you from off the adamah (land), where you bawaa (come) in to yarash (possess) it.

22 Yahawah () will nakah (strike) you with shachapath (consumption), and with qadachath (fever), and with dalaqath (inflammation), and with fiery heat, and with the charab (sword), and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall radap (pursue) you until you abad (destroy / perish).

23 Your sky that is over your raash (head) shall be nachashath (brass), and the aratz (Earth/land) that is under you shall be barazal (iron).

24 Yahawah () will nathan (give) the matar (rain) of your aratz (Earth/land) abaq (powder) and ipar (dust): from the sky shall it yarad (come) down on you, until you are destroyed.

25 Yahawah () will nathan (give) you to be nagap (struck) panayam (face) your ayab (enemy); you shall yatzaa (go out / come out) out achad (one) darak (way) against them, and shall nawas (flee) shabai (seven) darakayam (ways) panayam (face) them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the mamalakawath (kingdoms) of the aratz (Earth/land).

26 Your nabalah (dead) body shall be maakal (food) to all iwap (flying) of the sky, and to the animals of the aratz (Earth/land); and there shall be none to frighten them away.

27 Yahawah () will nakah (strike) you with the shachayan (boil) of Matzarayam (Egypt), and with the tumors, and with the garab (scurvy), and with the charas (itch), of which you yakal (can) not be rapaa (healed).

28 Yahawah () will nakah (strike) you with shagaiwan (madness), and with iwarawan (blindness), and with thamahawan (astonishment) of labab (heart);

29 And you shall mashash (grope) at noonday, as the iwar (blind) mashash (gropes) in apalah (darkness), and you shall not tzalach (prosper) in your darak (ways): and you shall be only ishaq (oppressed) and gazal (robbed) yamayam (always), and there shall be none to yashai (salvation) you.

30 You shall arash (betroth) a ayashah (woman / wife), and achar (other) ayash (man / husband) shall shagal (lie) with her: you shall banah (build) a bayath (house), and you shall not yashab (inhabit/dwell) therein: you shall natai (plant) a karam (vineyard), and shall not use its fruit.

31 Your shawar (ox) shall be tabach (slain) before your iyan (eye), and you shall not akal (eat) of it: your donkey shall be violently gazal (taken) away from before your panayam (face), and shall not be shawab (turn) to you: your tzaan (sheep) shall be nathan (give) to your ayab (enemy), and you shall have none to yashai (salvation) you.

32 Your ban (son) and your banath (daughter) shall be nathan (give) to achar (other) im (nation / people); and your iyan (eye) shall raah (see / saw), and kalah (complete / finish) with longing for them all the yawam (day): and there shall be nothing in the al (toward) of your yad (hand).

33 The paray (fruit) of your adamah (ground), and all your yagayai (labors), shall a im (nation / people) which you don't yadai (know) akal (eat) up; and you shall be only ishaq (oppressed) and ratzatz (crushed) yamayam (always);

34 So that you shall be shagai (mad) for the maraah (sight) of your iyan (eye) which you shall raah (see / saw).

35 Yahawah () will nakah (strike) you in the barakayam (knees), and in the shaqayam (legs), with a rai (sore) shachayan (boil), of which you yakal (can) not be rapaa (healed), from the kap (sole) of your ragal (feet / foot) to the qadaqad (crown) of your head.

36 Yahawah () will yalak (bring) you, and your malak (king) whom you shall qawam (rise up) over you, to a gaway (heathen / nation) that you yadai (have) not known, you nor your ab (father); and there you shall ibad (servant) other Alahayam (), itz (wood) and aban (stone).

37 You shall become an shamah (astonishment), a mashal (proverb), and a shanayanah (byword), among all the imayam (peoples) where Yahawah () shall nahag (lead) you away.

38 You shall yatzaa (go out / come out) much zarai (seed) out into the shadah (field), and shall asap (gather) mait (little) in; for the arabah (locust) shall chasal (consume) it.

39 You shall natai (plant) karamayam (vineyards) and ibad (servant) them, but you shall neither shathah (drinks) of the yayan (wine), nor harvest; for the thawalai (worm) shall akal (eat) them.

40 You shall have zayath (olive) trees throughout all your gabawal (border/boundary), but you shall not sawak (anoint) yourself with the shaman (oil); for your zayathayam (olive trees) shall drop off.

41 You shall yalad (birth / begot) banayam (sons) and banawath (daughters), but they shall not be yours; for they shall yalak (go) into shabay (captivity).

42 All your itz (trees) and the paray (fruit) of your adamah (ground) shall the tzalatzal (locust) yarash (possess).

43 The foreigner who is in the qarab (among / near) of you shall ilah (go up / offer) up mail (top/above) you higher and higher; and you shall yarad (come) down lower and lower.

44 He shall lawah (lend) to you, and you shall not lawah (lend) to him: he shall be the raash (head), and you shall be the zanab (tail).

45 All these qalalawath (curses) shall bawaa (come) on you, and shall radap (pursue) you, and nashag (overtake) you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't shamai (hearken / hear) to the qawal (sound / voice) of Yahawah () your Alahayam (), to shamar (keep/guard) his matzawah (commandments) and his chaqah (statutes) which he tzawah (commanded) you:

46 And they shall be on you for a awath (sign / mark / miracle) and for a mawapath (wonder), and on your zarai (seed) iwalam (eternity).

47 Because you didn't ibad (servant) Yahawah () your Alahayam () with shamachah (joyfulness), and with tawab (good / proper function) of labab (heart), by reason of the rab (abundance) of all things;

48 Therefore you shall ibad (servant) your ayab (enemy) whom Yahawah () shall shalach (send) against you, in raib (hunger), and in tzamaa (thirst), and in iyaram (nakedness), and in chasar (want) of all things: and he shall nathan (give) a il (over) of barazal (iron) on your tzawaar (neck), until he has destroyed you.

49 Yahawah () will nashaa (lift) a gaway (heathen / nation) against you from rachawaq (far), from the qatzah (end / extremity / border) of the aratz (Earth/land), as the nashar (eagle) daah (flies); a gaway (heathen / nation) whose lashawan (tongue / language) you shall not shamai (hearken / hear);

50 A gaway (heathen / nation) of iz (fierce) facial expressions, that shall not nashaa (lift) the panayam (face) of the zaqan (old), nor show favor to the nair (young),

51 And shall akal (eat) the paray (fruit) of your livestock, and the paray (fruit) of your adamah (ground), until you are destroyed; that also shall not shaar (leave) you grain, new thayarawash (wine), or yatzahar (fresh oil), the shagar (increase) of your livestock, or the Ishatharah (young) of your tzaan (flock), until they have caused you to abad (destroy / perish).

52 They shall besiege you in all your shair (gates), until your gabah (high) and batzar (fortified) chawamah (walls) yarad (come) down, in which you batach (trusted), throughout all your aratz (Earth/land); and they shall besiege you in all your shair (gates) throughout all your aratz (Earth/land), which Yahawah () your Alahayam () nathan (give) given you.

53 You shall akal (eat) the paray (fruit) of your own batan (body), the bashar (flesh) of your ban (son) and of your banath (daughter), whom Yahawah () your Alahayam () nathan (give) given you, in the matzawar (siege) and in the matzawaq (distress) with which your ayab (enemy) shall tzawaq (distress) you.

54 The ayash (man / husband) who is rak (tender) among you, and very inag (delicate), his iyan (eye) shall be raii (wicked / dysfunctional / evil) toward his ach (brother/kinsman), and toward the ayashah (woman / wife) of his chayaq (bosom), and toward the yathar (remnant) of his ban (son) whom he has yathar (remaining);

55 So that he will not nathan (give) to any of them of the bashar (flesh) of his ban (son) whom he shall akal (eat), because he has nothing shaar (left) him, in the matzawar (siege) and in the matzawaq (distress) with which your ayab (enemy) shall tzawaq (distress) you in all your shair (gates).

56 The rak (tender) and inag (delicate) woman among you, who would not nasah (adventure) to yatzag (set) the kap (sole) of her ragal (feet / foot) on the aratz (Earth/land) for inag (delicateness) and rak (tenderness), her iyan (eye) shall be raii (wicked / dysfunctional / evil) toward the ayash (man / husband) of her chayaq (bosom), and toward her ban (son), and toward her banath (daughter),

57 And toward her shalayah (young) one who yatzaa (go out / come out) out from between her ragal (feet / foot), and toward her ban (son) whom she shall yalad (birth / begot); for she shall akal (eat) them for chasar (want) of all things secretly, in the matzawar (siege) and in the tzawaq (distress) with which your ayab (enemy) shall tzawaq (distress) you in your shair (gates).

58 If you will not shamar (keep/guard) to ishah (make) all the dabaray (words) of this thawarah (instruction) that are kathab (write) in this sapar (book / scribed document), that you may yaraa (fear / be afraid) this kabad (glorious) and fearful sham (name), Yahawah () YOUR Alahayam ();

59 Then Yahawah () will palaa (be wonderful / extraordinary / marvelous) your makawath (plagues) palaa (be wonderful / extraordinary / marvelous), and the makawath (plagues) of your zarai (seed), even gadawal (very great/important/mighty) makawath (plagues), and of aman (believe / have faith) continuance, and severe sicknesses, and of aman (believe / have faith) continuance.

60 He will shawab (turn) on you again all the madawah (diseases) of Matzarayam (Matzarayam / Egypt), which you were yagar (afraid) of; and they shall cling to you.

61 Also every chalay (sickness), and every makah (plague), which is not kathab (write) in the sapar (book / scribed document) of this thawarah (instruction), Yahawah () will ilah (go up / offer) them on you, until you are destroyed.

62 You shall be shaar (left) mait (few) in number, whereas you were as the kawakabay (stars) of the sky for rab (multitude); because you didn't shamai (hearken / hear) to the qawal (sound / voice) of Yahawah () your Alahayam ().

63 It shall happen that as Yahawah () shawash (rejoiced) over you to do you yatab (good), and to rabah (multiply) you, so Yahawah () will shawash (rejoice) over you to cause you to abad (destroy / perish), and to abad (destroy / perish) you; and you shall be nasach (plucked) from off the adamah (land) where you bawaa (come) in to yarash (possess) it.

64 Yahawah () will pawatz (scatter) you among all imayam (peoples), from the one qatzah (end / extremity / border) of the aratz (Earth/land) even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall ibad (servant) other Alahayam (), which you yadai (have) not known, you nor your ab (father), even itz (wood) and aban (stone).

65 Among these gawayam (nations) you shall ragai (find) no ease, and there shall be no manawach (rest) for the kap (sole) of your ragal (feet / foot): but Yahawah () will nathan (give) you there a ragaz (trembling) lab (heart), and kalayawan (failing) of iyanayam (eyes), and pining of napash (soul);

66 And your chay (life) shall thalaa (hang) in doubt before you; and you shall pachad (fear / dread) layal (night) and yawamam (by day), and shall have no aman (believe / have faith) of your chay (life).

67 In the baqar (morning) you shall amar (said), “I wish it were irab (evening)!” And at irab (evening) you shall amar (said), “I wish it were baqar (morning)!” For the pachad (fear / dread) of your labab (heart) which you shall pachad (fear / dread), and for the maraah (sight) of your iyan (eye) which you shall raah (see / saw).

68 Yahawah () will shawab (turn back / repent) you into Matzarayam (Egypt) again with anayawath (ships), by the darak (way) of which I amar (spoke) to you, You shall raah (see) it no more again: and there you shall makar (sell) yourselves to your ayab (enemy) for ibadayam (bondservants) and for bondmaids, and no man shall qanah (buy) you.