Deuteronomy 11

11 ¹So make you love your Papa, and keep im requirements, im statutes, im decrees, and im commandments all di time. ²Know am today—I no dey talk to your pikin dem, wey never experience or see your Papa im discipline, im greatness, im mighty hand, im arm wey e stretch out, ³im signs and di things wey e do for inside all Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all im land, ⁴wetin e do to Egypt army, dem horses and chariots, as e pour di water of di Red Sea cover dem as dem dey chase una, and our Papa destroy dem reach today; ⁵wetin e do for una for di wilderness until una come reach dis place; ⁶and wetin e do to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab son of Reuben—wen di ground open im mouth swallow dem, dem households, tents, and every living thing wey dey follow dem, for di middle of all Israel. ⁷Because na una own eyes don see every great work wey our Papa don do.

⁸Keep di whole command wey I give una today, so una go strong, enter, and possess di land wey una dey cross go possess, ⁹so una go live long for di land wey our Papa swear say e go give una ancestors and dem descendants, land wey milk and honey dey flow for inside. ¹⁰Di land wey una dey enter go possess no be like di land of Egypt wey una comot, wia una plant una seed and water am with foot, like vegetable garden. ^a a v10 Egypt farmers dey use foot-operated channel to direct di Nile flood water across flat field — nothing like Canaan hills wey rain dey water. ¹¹But di land wey una dey cross go possess na hills and valleys, wey dey drink water from di rain wey dey fall from sky. ¹²Land wey your Papa dey care for; your Papa im eyes dey on am all di time, from di start of di year reach di end of di year. ¹³If una really obey di commands wey I give una today—dey love your Papa and dey serve am with all una heart and all una soul. ¹⁴I go give una land rain for im season, di early one and di late one, so una go gather una grain, una new wine, and una oil. ^b b v14 Di early rains dey fall for autumn to soft di ground for planting; di late rains dey come for spring just before harvest. ¹⁵I go give grass for una field for una animals, and una go chop and belleful. ¹⁶Take care make dem no deceive una heart, and make una no turn away serve oda gods and bow down give dem, ¹⁷our Papa im anger go burn against una; e go shut di heavens—no rain, di ground no go give any harvest—and una go soon perish comot from di good land wey our Papa dey give una.

¹⁸So make you put dis my words for una heart and soul; tie dem as sign for una hand, and make dem be like reminder for una forehead. ^c c v18 "Frontlets" na small case wey dey hold written portion of Scripture, wey dem tie for forehead — di practice wey dem later call wearing tefillin (phylacteries). Di command dey picture how una go keep our Papa im words always before una eyes. ¹⁹Teach dem to una pikin dem—talk about dem wen una sidon for una house and wen una dey waka for road, wen una lie down and wen una wake up. ²⁰And write dem for di doorposts of una house and for una gates, ²¹so una and una pikin dem go live long for di land wey our Papa swear say e go give una ancestors, as long as di heavens dey up di earth. ²²If una carefully keep dis whole command wey I give una—to love your Papa, waka for all im ways, and hold am tight, ²³then our Papa go drive comot all dis nations before una, and una go collect di land from nations wey big and strong pass una. ²⁴Every place wey una foot step go be una own: una border go be from di wilderness and Lebanon, from di River, di Euphrates, reach di western sea. ^d d v24 Di "western sea" na di Mediterranean Sea, wey dey for Israel western side. ²⁵Nobody go fit stand against una; your Papa go put fear and shaking of una for every land wey una step, as e promise.

²⁶See, today I dey put before una a blessing and a curse: ²⁷di blessing, if una obey di commandments of your Papa wey I dey command una today; ²⁸and di curse, if una no obey your Papa im commands, but una turn from di way wey I command una today, to follow oda gods wey una no know. ²⁹Wen your Papa bring una come di land wey una enter go possess, una go proclaim di blessing for Mount Gerizim and di curse for Mount Ebal. ³⁰No be say dem dey for di oda side of di Jordan, for di west, for di land of di Canaanites wey dey live for di Arabah, opposite Gilgal, near di oak trees of Moreh? ³¹Una dey cross di Jordan to enter and take di land wey your Papa dey give una; una go possess am and live for inside. ³²Carefully obey all di statutes and decrees wey I give una today.