1 When you have entered the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it,2 take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name3 and say to the priest in office at the time, "I declare today to the LORD your God that I have come to the land the LORD swore to our ancestors to give us."4 The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the LORD your God.5 Then you shall declare before the LORD your God: "My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous.6 But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor.7 Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression.8 So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders.9 He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey;10 and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, LORD, have given me." Place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before him.11 Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.12 When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.13 Then say to the LORD your God: "I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.14 I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything you commanded me.15 Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey."16 The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.17 You have declared this day that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws —that you will listen to him.18 And the LORD has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands.19 He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he promised.

1 ومتى أتيت الى الارض التي يعطيك الرب الهك نصيبا وامتلكتها وسكنت فيها2 فتأخذ من اول كل ثمر الارض الذي تحصل من ارضك التي يعطيك الرب الهك وتضعه في سلة وتذهب الى المكان الذي يختاره الرب الهك ليحل اسمه فيه3 وتأتي الى الكاهن الذي يكون في تلك الايام وتقول له. اعترف اليوم للرب الهك اني قد دخلت الارض التي حلف الرب لآبائنا ان يعطينا اياها.4 فيأخذ الكاهن السلة من يدك ويضعها امام مذبح الرب الهك.5 ثم تصرّح وتقول امام الرب الهك. اراميا تائها كان ابي فانحدر الى مصر وتغرب هناك في نفر قليل فصار هناك امة كبيرة وعظيمة وكثيرة6 فاساء الينا المصريون وثقلوا علينا وجعلوا علينا عبودية قاسية.7 فلما صرخنا الى الرب اله آبائنا سمع الرب صوتنا ورأى مشقتنا وتعبنا وضيقنا.8 فاخرجنا الرب من مصر بيد شديدة وذراع رفيعة ومخاوف عظيمة وآيات وعجائب9 وادخلنا هذا المكان واعطانا هذه الارض ارضا تفيض لبنا وعسلا.10 فالآن هانذا قد اتيت باول ثمر الارض التي اعطيتني يا رب. ثم تضعه امام الرب الهك وتسجد امام الرب الهك11 وتفرح بجميع الخير الذي اعطاه الرب الهك لك ولبيتك انت واللاوي والغريب الذي في وسطك12 متى فرغت من تعشير كل عشور محصولك في السنة الثالثة سنة العشور واعطيت اللاوي والغريب واليتيم والارملة فأكلوا في ابوابك وشبعوا13 تقول امام الرب الهك. قد نزعت المقدس من البيت وايضا اعطيته للاوي والغريب واليتيم والارملة حسب كل وصيتك التي اوصيتني بها. لم اتجاوز وصاياك ولا نسيتها.14 لم آكل منه في حزني ولا اخذت منه في نجاسة ولا اعطيت منه لاجل ميت بل سمعت لصوت الرب الهي وعملت حسب كل ما اوصيتني.15 اطلع من مسكن قدسك من السماء وبارك شعبك اسرائيل والارض التي اعطيتنا كما حلفت لآبائنا ارضا تفيض لبنا وعسلا16 هذا اليوم قد امرك الرب الهك ان تعمل بهذه الفرائض والاحكام فاحفظ واعمل بها من كل قلبك ومن كل نفسك.17 قد واعدت الرب اليوم ان يكون لك الها وان تسلك في طرقه وتحفظ فرائضه ووصاياه واحكامه وتسمع لصوته.18 وواعدك الرب اليوم ان تكون له شعبا خاصّا كما قال لك وتحفظ جميع وصاياه19 وان يجعلك مستعليا على جميع القبائل التي عملها في الثناء والاسم والبهاء وان تكون شعبا مقدسا للرب الهك كما قال