When it happens that there come upon you all these statements, the blessing and the curse that I have set before you; and you will restore to your perception amid all the nations where Adonoy, your God, has exiled you.

You will return to [the fear of] Adonoy, your God, and obey Him [accept His word] exactly as I am commanding you today, you and your sons, wholeheartedly and with your whole being.

Adonoy, your God, will bring back your returnees [of your exile] and will be merciful toward you; and He will return and gather you from all the peoples that Adonoy, your God, has dispersed you there.

If your exiled one will be at the edge of the heavens, from there will Adonoy, your God, gather you and from there will He take you [bring you near].

And Adonoy, your God, will bring you to the land that your forefathers inherited and you will inherit it; and He will benefit you and multiply you more than your forefathers.

And Adonoy, your God, will circumcise [remove the foolishness from] your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love Adonoy, your God, wholeheartedly and with all your being in order that you live.

Adonoy, your God, will place all these oath-curses upon your enemies and upon your foes who chased you.

And you will turn back and obey [accept the word of] Adonoy; and you will perform all His commandments that I am commanding you today.

Adonoy, your God, will give you surplus in all your endeavors, in the fruit [offspring] of your belly, and in the offspring of your animals, and in the produce [fruit] of your soil—for benefit; for Adonoy will return to rejoice over you for benefit as He rejoiced over your forefathers.

When you obey [accept the word of] Adonoy, your God, to guard His commandments and His statutes, written in this Torah scroll; when you turn back to Adonoy, your God, wholeheartedly and with all your being.

For this mitzvah that I am commanding you today; it is not abstruse to you nor is it distant.

It is not in heaven, [for you] to say, ‘‘Who will go up to heaven for us, and acquire it for us, and inform us of it, and we will fulfill it?’’

Nor is it overseas, [for you] to say, ‘‘Who will travel overseas for us, and acquire it for us, and inform us of it, and we will fulfill it?’’

For the matter is extremely close to you; in your mouth and in your mind to fulfill it.

See, I have placed before you today life and good, and death and bad.

For which I command you this day, to love Adonoy, your God, to go in His ways [proper before Him] and to guard His commandments and His statutes and His laws; and you will live and you will flourish, and Adonoy, your God, will bless you in the land that you are coming there to inherit.

But if your heart strays and you do not listen [accept], and you are misled, and you prostrate yourself to other gods [idols of the nations] and worship them.

I tell [have shown] you today that you shall certainly perish; you will not remain long on the land that you are crossing the Yardein to come there to inherit.

I invoke, as witnesses against you this day, heaven and earth: Life and death have I placed before you, blessing and curse; you choose life in order that you live, you and your descendants,

To love Adonoy, your God, to obey Him [accept His word] and to cling to [the fear of] Him; for He is your life and your longevity, to live on the soil that Adonoy swore to your forefathers—to Avrohom, to Yitzchok, and to Yaakov—to give them.