Deuteronomy 30

30 ¹Wen all dis tins go happen to you—di blessing and di curse wey I don put front of you—and you remember dem for inside all di nations wia your Papa don scatter you go, ²and you turn come back to your Papa and obey im voice for everytin wey I command you today, you and your pikin dem, with all your heart and with all your soul, ³den your Papa go bring you back from captivity, im belle go dey pain am for you with tender mercy, and e go gada you again from all di people dem wia your Papa don scatter you go. ⁴Even if dem scatter you reach di end of di heaven dem, from dia your Papa go gada you, from dia e go carry you. ⁵Your Papa go bring you enter di land wey your papa dem bin get; you go get am, and e go bless you and multiply you pass your papa dem. ⁶Your Papa go circumcise your heart and di heart of your pikin dem, so dat you go love your Papa with all your heart and with all your soul, make you fit live. ^a a v6 Our Papa promise say na imsef go do di inside work — changing di heart so im pikin dem go fit truly love am. Na dis heart-change wey di new Covenant go fulfill, wen di Holy Spirit go write love inside us. ⁷Your Papa go bring all dis curse dem come on top your enemy dem and on top dose wey hate you and dey pursue you. ⁸You go obey your Papa voice again, dey do all im command dem wey I command you today. ⁹Your Papa go bless you plenty for everytin wey your hand dey do, for di fruit of your belle, di fruit of your animal dem, and di fruit of your ground, for good. Bicos your Papa go take joy for you again for good, di same way wey e take joy for your papa dem, ¹⁰wen you obey di voice of your Papa, dey keep im command dem and im law dem wey dem write for inside dis Book of di Law, and turn come to your Papa with all your heart and with all your soul.

Closer Pass As You Think

¹¹Dis command wey I command you today no too hard for you, e no dey too far. ¹²E no dey for heaven, wey you go fit talk say, “Who go go up to heaven for us, go bring am come, so dat we fit hear am and do am?” ¹³And e no dey pass di sea, wey you go fit talk say, “Who go cross di sea for us, go bring am come, so dat we fit hear am and do am?” ¹⁴Bicos di word dey very near you, e dey for your mouth and for your heart, so dat you fit do am. ^b b v14 Paul carry dis verse take talk about di gospel imsef — di word of faith wey dey near us, for our mouth and our heart, wey we take trust for Jesus and dem save us. ¹⁵See, I don put front of you today life and good, death and evil. ¹⁶If you obey your Papa command dem today—dey love am, dey waka for im way dem, dey keep im command dem, im law dem, and im rule dem—you go live, you go multiply, and e go bless you for di land wey you dey enter go possess. ¹⁷But if your heart turn comot, refuse to hear, and dem draw you go bow down for oda gods and serve dem, ¹⁸I dey declare am to you today: you go surely perish, you no go live long for di land wey you dey cross di Jordan take enter go possess. ¹⁹Today I dey call di heaven dem and di earth to witness against you: I don put life and death front of you, blessing and curse. Choose life, so dat you and your pikin dem go fit live, ²⁰dey love your Papa, dey obey im voice, and dey hold am tight, bicos na im be your life and di length of your days, so dat you go fit live for di land wey your Papa swear to your grandpapa dem, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, say e go give dem.