1 Now if you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep with care all these orders which I have given you today, then the Lord your God will put you high over all the nations of the earth:2 And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.3 A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.4 A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.5 A blessing will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.6 A blessing will be on your coming in and on your going out.7 By the power of the Lord, those who take arms against you will be overcome before you: they will come out against you one way, and will go in flight from you seven ways.8 The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.10 And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is on you, and they will go in fear of you.11 And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you.12 Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;14 Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.15 But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:16 You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.17 A curse will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.18 A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.20 The Lord will send on you cursing and trouble and punishment in everything to which you put your hand, till sudden destruction overtakes you; because of your evil ways in which you have been false to me.21 The Lord will send disease after disease on you, till you have been cut off by death from the land to which you are going.22 The Lord will send wasting disease, and burning pain, and flaming heat against you, keeping back the rain till your land is waste and dead; so will it be till your destruction is complete.23 And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust, sending it down on you from heaven till your destruction is complete.25 The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.26 Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.27 The Lord will send on you the disease of Egypt, and other sorts of skin diseases which nothing will make well.28 He will make your minds diseased, and your eyes blind, and your hearts wasted with fear:29 You will go feeling your way when the sun is high, like a blind man for whom all is dark, and nothing will go well for you: you will be crushed and made poor for ever, and you will have no saviour.30 You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.31 Your ox will be put to death before your eyes, but its flesh will not be your food: your ass will be violently taken away before your face, and will not be given back to you: your sheep will be given to your haters, and there will be no saviour for you.32 Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, and your eyes will be wasted away with looking and weeping for them all the day: and you will have no power to do anything.33 The fruit of your land and all the work of your hands will be food for a nation which is strange to you and to your fathers; you will only be crushed down and kept under for ever:34 So that the things which your eyes have to see will send you out of your minds.35 The Lord will send a skin disease, attacking your knees and your legs, bursting out from your feet to the top of your head, so that nothing will make you well.36 And you, and the king whom you have put over you, will the Lord take away to a nation strange to you and to your fathers; there you will be servants to other gods of wood and stone.37 And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.38 You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it.39 You will put in vines and take care of them, but you will get no wine or grapes from them; for they will be food for worms.40 Your land will be full of olive-trees, but there will be no oil for the comfort of your body; for your olive-tree will give no fruit.41 You will have sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go away prisoners into a strange land.42 All your trees and the fruit of your land will be the locust's.43 The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.44 He will let you have his wealth at interest, and will have no need of yours: he will be the head and you the tail.45 And all these curses will come after you and overtake you, till your destruction is complete; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, or keep his laws and his orders which he gave you:46 These things will come on you and on your seed, to be a sign and a wonder for ever;47 Because you did not give honour to the Lord your God, worshipping him gladly, with joy in your hearts on account of all your wealth of good things;48 For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.49 The Lord will send a nation against you from the farthest ends of the earth, coming with the flight of an eagle; a nation whose language is strange to you;50 A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:51 He will take the fruit of your cattle and of your land till death puts an end to you: he will let you have nothing of your grain or wine or oil or any of the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, till he has made your destruction complete.52 Your towns will be shut in by his armies, till your high walls, in which you put your faith, have come down: his armies will be round your towns, through all your land which the Lord your God has given you.53 And your food will be the fruit of your body, the flesh of the sons and daughters which the Lord your God has given you; because of your bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters.54 That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;55 And will not give to any of them the flesh of his children which will be his food because he has no other; in the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.56 The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;57 And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.58 If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;59 Then the Lord your God will make your punishment, and the punishment of your seed, a thing to be wondered at; great punishments and cruel diseases stretching on through long years.60 He will send on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which were a cause of fear to you, and they will take you in their grip.61 And all the diseases and the pains not recorded in the book of this law will the Lord send on you till your destruction is complete.62 And you will become a very small band, though your numbers were like the stars of heaven; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.63 And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and increasing you, so the Lord will take pleasure in cutting you off and causing your destruction, and you will be uprooted from the land which you are about to take as your heritage.64 And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.65 And even among these nations there will be no peace for you, and no rest for your feet: but the Lord will give you there a shaking heart and wasting eyes and weariness of soul:66 Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain:67 In the morning you will say, If only it was evening! And at evening you will say, If only morning would come! Because of the fear in your hearts and the things which your eyes will see.68 And the Lord will take you back to Egypt again in ships, by the way of which I said to you, You will never see it again: there you will be offering yourselves as men-servants and women-servants to your haters for a price, and no man will take you.

1 Si autem audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut facias atque custodias omnia mandata ejus, qu ego prcipio tibi hodie, faciet te Dominus Deus tuus excelsiorem cunctis gentibus, qu versantur in terra. 2 Venientque super te univers benedictiones ist, et apprehendent te : si tamen prcepta ejus audieris. 3 Benedictus tu in civitate, et benedictus in agro. 4 Benedictus fructus ventris tui, et fructus terr tu, fructusque jumentorum tuorum, greges armentorum tuorum, et caul ovium tuarum. 5 Benedicta horrea tua, et benedict reliqui tu. 6 Benedictus eris tu ingrediens et egrediens. 7 Dabit Dominus inimicos tuos, qui consurgunt adversum te, corruentes in conspectu tuo : per unam viam venient contra te, et per septem fugient a facie tua. 8 Emittet Dominus benedictionem super cellaria tua, et super omnia opera manuum tuarum : benedicetque tibi in terra, quam acceperis. 9 Suscitabit te Dominus sibi in populum sanctum, sicut juravit tibi : si custodieris mandata Domini Dei tui, et ambulaveris in viis ejus. 10 Videbuntque omnes terrarum populi quod nomen Domini invocatum sit super te, et timebunt te. 11 Abundare te faciet Dominus omnibus bonis, fructu uteri tui, et fructu jumentorum tuorum, fructu terr tu, quam juravit Dominus patribus tuis ut daret tibi. 12 Aperiet Dominus thesaurum suum optimum, clum, ut tribuat pluviam terr tu in tempore suo : benedicetque cunctis operibus manuum tuarum. Et fnerabis gentibus multis, et ipse a nullo fnus accipies. 13 Constituet te Dominus in caput, et non in caudam : et eris semper supra, et non subter : si tamen audieris mandata Domini Dei tui qu ego prcipio tibi hodie, et custodieris et feceris, 14 ac non declinaveris ab eis nec ad dexteram, nec ad sinistram, nec secutus fueris deos alienos, neque colueris eos.15 Quod si audire nolueris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut custodias, et facias omnia mandata ejus et cremonias, quas ego prcipio tibi hodie, venient super te omnes maledictiones ist, et apprehendent te. 16 Maledictus eris in civitate, maledictus in agro. 17 Maledictum horreum tuum, et maledict reliqui tu. 18 Maledictus fructus ventris tui, et fructus terr tu, armenta boum tuorum, et greges ovium tuarum. 19 Maledictus eris ingrediens, et maledictus egrediens. 20 Mittet Dominus super te famem et esuriem, et increpationem in omnia opera tua, qu tu facies : donec conterat te, et perdat velociter, propter adinventiones tuas pessimas in quibus reliquisti me. 21 Adjungat tibi Dominus pestilentiam, donec consumat te de terra ad quam ingredieris possidendam.22 Percutiat te Dominus egestate, febri et frigore, ardore et stu, et are corrupto ac rubigine, et persequatur donec pereas. 23 Sit clum, quod supra te est, neum : et terra, quam calcas, ferrea. 24 Det Dominus imbrem terr tu pulverem, et de clo descendat super te cinis, donec conteraris. 25 Tradat te Dominus corruentem ante hostes tuos : per unam viam egrediaris contra eos, et per septem fugias, et dispergaris per omnia regna terr, 26 sitque cadaver tuum in escam cunctis volatilibus cli, et bestiis terr, et non sit qui abigat. 27 Percutiat te Dominus ulcere gypti, et partem corporis, per quam stercora egeruntur, scabie quoque et prurigine : ita ut curari nequeas. 28 Percutiat te Dominus amentia et ccitate ac furore mentis, 29 et palpes in meridie sicut palpare solet ccus in tenebris, et non dirigas vias tuas. Omnique tempore calumniam sustineas, et opprimaris violentia, nec habeas qui liberet te. 30 Uxorem accipias, et alius dormiat cum ea. Domum difices, et non habites in ea. Plantes vineam, et non vindemies eam. 31 Bos tuus immoletur coram te, et non comedas ex eo. Asinus tuus rapiatur in conspectu tuo, et non reddatur tibi. Oves tu dentur inimicis tuis, et non sit qui te adjuvet. 32 Filii tui et fili tu tradantur alteri populo, videntibus oculis tuis, et deficientibus ad conspectum eorum tota die, et non sit fortitudo in manu tua. 33 Fructus terr tu, et omnes labores tuos, comedat populus quem ignoras : et sis semper calumniam sustinens, et oppressus cunctis diebus, 34 et stupens ad terrorem eorum qu videbunt oculi tui. 35 Percutiat te Dominus ulcere pessimo in genibus et in suris, sanarique non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum. 36 Ducet te Dominus, et regem tuum, quem constitueris super te, in gentem, quam ignoras tu et patres tui : et servies ibi diis alienis, ligno et lapidi. 37 Et eris perditus in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis, ad quos te introduxerit Dominus. 38 Sementem multam jacies in terram, et modicum congregabis : quia locust devorabunt omnia. 39 Vineam plantabis, et fodies : et vinum non bibes, nec colliges ex ea quippiam : quoniam vastabitur vermibus. 40 Olivas habebis in omnibus terminis tuis, et non ungeris oleo : quia defluent, et peribunt. 41 Filios generabis et filias, et non frueris eis : quoniam ducentur in captivitatem. 42 Omnes arbores tuas et fruges terr tu rubigo consumet. 43 Advena, qui tecum versatur in terra, ascendet super te, eritque sublimior : tu autem descendes, et eris inferior. 44 Ipse fnerabit tibi, et tu non fnerabis ei. Ipse erit in caput, et tu eris in caudam. 45 Et venient super te omnes maledictiones ist, et persequentes apprehendent te, donec intereas : quia non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui, nec servasti mandata ejus et cremonias, quas prcepit tibi. 46 Et erunt in te signa atque prodigia, et in semine tuo usque in sempiternum : 47 eo quod non servieris Domino Deo tuo in gaudio, cordisque ltitia, propter rerum omnium abundantiam. 48 Servies inimico tuo, quem immittet tibi Dominus, in fame, et siti, et nuditate, et omni penuria : et ponet jugum ferreum super cervicem tuam, donec te conterat.49 Adducet Dominus super te gentem de longinquo, et de extremis terr finibus in similitudinem aquil volantis cum impetu, cujus linguam intelligere non possis : 50 gentem procacissimam, qu non deferat seni, nec misereatur parvuli, 51 et devoret fructum jumentorum tuorum, ac fruges terr tu : donec intereas, et non relinquat tibi triticum, vinum, et oleum, armenta boum, et greges ovium : donec te disperdat, 52 et conterat in cunctis urbibus tuis, et destruantur muri tui firmi atque sublimes, in quibus habebas fiduciam in omni terra tua. Obsideberis intra portas tuas in omni terra tua, quam dabit tibi Dominus Deus tuus : 53 et comedes fructum uteri tui, et carnes filiorum tuorum et filiarum tuarum, quas dederit tibi Dominus Deus tuus, in angustia et vastitate qua opprimet te hostis tuus. 54 Homo delicatus in te, et luxuriosus valde, invidebit fratri suo, et uxori, qu cubat in sinu suo, 55 ne det eis de carnibus filiorum suorum, quas comedet : eo quod nihil aliud habeat in obsidione et penuria, qua vastaverint te inimici tui intra omnes portas tuas. 56 Tenera mulier et delicata, qu super terram ingredi non valebat, nec pedis vestigium figere, propter mollitiem et teneritudinem nimiam, invidebit viro suo, qui cubat in sinu ejus, super filii et fili carnibus, 57 et illuvie secundarum, qu egrediuntur de medio feminum ejus, et super liberis qui eadem hora nati sunt. Comedent enim eos clam propter rerum omnium penuriam in obsidione et vastitate, qua opprimet te inimicus tuus intra portas tuas. 58 Nisi custodieris et feceris omnia verba legis hujus, qu scripta sunt in hoc volumine, et timueris nomen ejus gloriosum et terribile, hoc est, Dominum Deum tuum : 59 augebit Dominus plagas tuas, et plagas seminis tui, plagas magnas et perseverantes, infirmitates pessimas et perpetuas : 60 et convertet in te omnes afflictiones gypti, quas timuisti, et adhrebunt tibi. 61 Insuper et universos languores, et plagas, qu non sunt script in volumine legis hujus, inducet Dominus super te, donec te conterat : 62 et remanebitis pauci numero, qui prius eratis sicut astra cli pr multitudine, quoniam non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui. 63 Et sicut ante ltatus est Dominus super vos, bene vobis faciens, vosque multiplicans : sic ltabitur disperdens vos atque subvertens, ut auferamini de terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.64 Disperget te Dominus in omnes populos, a summitate terr usque ad terminos ejus : et servies ibi diis alienis, quos et tu ignoras et patres tui, lignis et lapidibus. 65 In gentibus quoque illis non quiesces, neque erit requies vestigio pedis tui. Dabit enim tibi Dominus ibi cor pavidum, et deficientes oculos, et animam consumptam mrore : 66 et erit vita tua quasi pendens ante te. Timebis nocte et die, et non credes vit tu. 67 Mane dices : Quis mihi det vesperum ? et vespere : Quis mihi det mane ? propter cordis tui formidinem, qua terreberis, et propter ea, qu tuis videbis oculis. 68 Reducet te Dominus classibus in gyptum per viam de qua dixit tibi ut eam amplius non videres. Ibi venderis inimicis tuis in servos et ancillas, et non erit qui emat.