Deuteronomy 29

29 ¹Na dis be di Covenant words wey our Papa command Moses make e make with di Israel people for Moab, apart from di Covenant wey e make with dem for Horeb. ²Moses call all Israel come tell dem: Una see everytin wey our Papa do for una eye for Egypt land—to Pharaoh, to all im servant dem, to all im land. ³Di big test wey una see with una own eye, dem mighty sign and wonder. ⁴But sotay today our Papa never give una heart wey go sabi, eye wey go see, ear wey go hear.

⁵"Forty years I lead una for di wilderness; una cloth no tear, una sandal wey dey una leg no wear finish. ⁶Una no chop bread, una no drink wine or strong drink, so dat una go sabi say na Me be una Papa."

⁷Wen una reach dis place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan comot come fight us, and we beat dem. ⁸We take dem land give am as inheritance to di Reuben people, di Gad people, and half-tribe of Manasseh. ⁹Keep di words of dis Covenant and do dem, so dat una go prosper for everytin wey una do. ¹⁰Today una all stand for una Papa front: una tribe head dem, elder dem and officer dem, every man of Israel, ¹¹una small pikin dem, una wife dem, and di stranger wey dey una camp, from dem wey dey cut una wood reach dem wey dey fetch una water, ¹²so dat una go enter di Covenant of una Papa, and im oath, wey una Papa dey make with una today, ¹³make una be im people today, and make e be una Papa, as e promise una and swear give una ancestor dem Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. ¹⁴No be with una alone I dey make dis Covenant, wey dem swear with oath, ¹⁵but with everybody wey stand here with us today for our Papa front, and with everybody wey no dey here with us today. ¹⁶Una sabi how we live for Egypt and how we pass thru di nations wey una travel among. ¹⁷Una see dem disgusting tin dem and di idol wey dem make with wood, stone, silver, and gold among dem. ¹⁸Make nobody among una—man, woman, family, or tribe—turn im heart today from our Papa go serve dem nations gods, and make no root among una bear poison and bitter fruit, ¹⁹wey dey hear di words of dis oath but still dey praise imsef for im mind, dey talk say, I go dey safe even as I follow my stubborn heart—wey go sweep di wet land comot join di dry one. ^a a v19 "Dey sweep di wet land comot join di dry one" — na Hebrew idiom for total, complete destruction: everytin wey dem destroy, di green and di dry alike. ²⁰Our Papa go refuse to forgive am; instead im anger and im jealousy go burn against dat man, every curse wey dem write for dis book go land on am, and our Papa go rub im name comot from under heaven. ²¹Our Papa go pick am comot for disaster from all di tribe of Israel, e go match every Covenant curse wey dem write for dis Book of di Law.

²²Di next generation, una pikin dem wey go come after una, and di stranger wey come from far land, go see dat land plague dem and di sickness wey our Papa put on am. ²³Sulfur and salt, di whole land burn, dem no fit plant anytin, notin no dey sprout, no plant dey grow there, like di ruin of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, wey our Papa ruin for im anger and im wrath, ²⁴all di nations go ask, Why our Papa do dis tin to dis land? Wetin be dis big burning anger?

²⁵Dem go answer: Na bcos dem abandon di Covenant of our Papa, di God of dem fathers, wey e make with dem wen e bring dem comot from Egypt land, ²⁶and dem serve oda gods, dey bow to dem—gods wey dem never sabi, wey e never give dem. ²⁷So our Papa anger burn against dat land, e bring on am every curse wey dem write for dis book. ²⁸And our Papa uproot dem comot from dem land for anger, for rage, and for big vex, and e throway dem inside anoda land, as e dey today.

²⁹Di secret tin dem na for our Papa, but di tin wey e don show na for us and our pikin dem forever, so dat we go do all di words of dis law.