Revised Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 28:27-37

27Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068will smiteיַכְּכָ֨הya.ke.KhahH5221thee with the botchבִּשְׁחִ֤יןbish.ChinH7822of Egyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714,and with the emerodsוּבַטְּחֹרִ֔יםu.vo.'o.fa.limH6076 H2914,and with the scabוּבַגָּרָ֖בu.va.ga.RavH1618,and with the itchוּבֶחָ֑רֶסu.ve.Cha.resH2775,whereof thou canstתוּכַ֖לtu.KhalH3201not be healedלְהֵרָפֵֽא׃le.he.ra.Fe'H7495.

28Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068shall smiteיַכְּכָ֣הya.ke.KhahH5221thee with madnessבְּשִׁגָּע֖וֹןbe.shi.ga.'onH7697,and blindnessוּבְעִוָּר֑וֹןu.ve.'i.va.RonH5788,and astonishmentוּבְתִמְה֖וֹןu.ve.tim.HonH8541of heartלֵבָֽב׃le.VavH3824:

29And thou shalt gropeמְמַשֵּׁ֣שׁme.ma.SheshH4959at noondayבַּֽצָּהֳרַ֗יִםba.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672,as the blindהָעִוֵּר֙ha.'i.VerH5787gropethיְמַשֵּׁ֤שׁye.ma.SheshH4959in darknessבָּאֲפֵלָ֔הba.'a.fe.LahH653,and thou shalt not prosperתַצְלִ֖יחַtatz.Li.achH6743in thy waysדְּרָכֶ֑יךָde.ra.Khei.khaH1870:and thou shalt be only oppressedעָשׁ֧וּק'a.ShukH6231and spoiledוְגָז֛וּלve.ga.ZulH1497evermoreהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117,and no man shall saveמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃mo.Shi.a'H3467thee.

30Thou shalt betrothתְאָרֵ֗שׂte.'a.ResH781a wifeאִשָּׁ֣ה'i.ShahH802,and anotherאַחֵר֙'a.CherH312manוְאִ֤ישׁve.'IshH376shall lieיִשְׁכָּבֶ֔נָּהyish.ka.be.nahH7693 H7901with her: thou shalt buildתִּבְנֶ֖הtiv.NehH1129an houseבַּ֥יִתBa.yitH1004,and thou shalt not dwellתֵשֵׁ֣בte.ShevH3427therein: thou shalt plantתִּטַּ֖עti.Ta'H5193a vineyardכֶּ֥רֶםKe.remH3754,and shalt not gather the grapesתְחַלְּלֶּֽנּוּ׃te.chal.le.Le.nuH2490thereof.

31Thine oxשׁוֹרְךָ֞shor.KhaH7794shall beslainטָב֣וּחַta.Vu.achH2873before thine eyesלְעֵינֶ֗יךָle.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,and thou shalt not eatתֹאכַל֮to.KhalH398thereof: thine donkeyחֲמֹֽרְךָ֙cha.mo.re.KhaH2543shall beviolently taken awayגָּז֣וּלga.ZulH1497from before thy faceמִלְּפָנֶ֔יךָmi.le.fa.Nei.khaH6440,and shall not be restoredיָשׁ֖וּבya.ShuvH7725to thee: thy sheepצֹֽאנְךָ֙tzo.ne.KhaH6629shall begivenנְתֻנ֣וֹתne.tu.NotH5414unto thine enemiesלְאֹיְבֶ֔יךָle.'o.ye.Vei.khaH341,and thou shalt have none to rescueמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃mo.Shi.a'H3467them.

32Thy sonsבָּנֶ֨יךָba.Nei.khaH1121and thy daughtersוּבְנֹתֶ֜יךָu.ve.no.Tei.khaH1323shall begivenנְתֻנִ֨יםne.tu.NimH5414unto anotherאַחֵר֙'a.CherH312peopleלְעַ֤םle.'AmH5971,and thine eyesוְעֵינֶ֣יךָve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869shall lookרֹא֔וֹתro.'otH7200,and failוְכָל֥וֹתve.kha.LotH3616with longingfor them all the dayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117long: and there shall beno mightלְאֵ֖לle.'ElH410in thine handיָדֶֽךָ׃ya.De.khaH3027.

33The fruitפְּרִ֤יpe.RiH6529of thy landאַדְמָֽתְךָ֙'ad.ma.te.KhaH127,and all thy laboursיְגִ֣יעֲךָ֔ye.Gi.'a.khaH3018,shall a nationעַ֖ם'amH5971which thou knowestיָדָ֑עְתָּya.Da.'e.taH3045not eat upיֹאכַ֥לyo.KhalH398;and thou shalt be only oppressedעָשׁ֥וּק'a.ShukH6231and crushedוְרָצ֖וּץve.ra.TzutzH7533alwayהַיָּמִֽים׃hai.ya.MimH3117:

34So that thou shalt be madמְשֻׁגָּ֑עme.shu.Ga'H7696for the sightמִמַּרְאֵ֥הmi.mar.'EhH4758of thine eyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869which thou shalt seeתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200.

35Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068shall smiteיַכְּכָ֨הya.ke.KhahH5221thee in the kneesהַבִּרְכַּ֙יִם֙ha.bir.Ka.yimH1290,and in the legsהַשֹּׁקַ֔יִםha.sho.Ka.yimH7785,with a soreרָ֗עRa'H7451botchבִּשְׁחִ֣יןbish.ChinH7822that cannotתוּכַ֖לtu.KhalH3201be healedלְהֵרָפֵ֑אle.he.ra.Fe'H7495,from the soleמִכַּ֥ףmi.KafH3709of thy footרַגְלְךָ֖rag.le.KhaH7272unto the top of thy headקָדְקֳדֶֽךָ׃ka.de.ko.De.chaH6936.

36Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068shall bringH3212thee, and thy kingמַלְכְּךָ֙mal.ke.KhaH4428which thou shalt setתָּקִ֣יםta.KimH6965over thee, unto a nationגּ֕וֹיGoyH1471which neither thou nor thy fathersוַאֲבֹתֶ֑יךָva.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1have knownיָדַ֖עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045;and there shalt thou serveוְעָבַ֥דְתָּve.'a.Vad.taH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֖ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430,woodעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086and stoneוָאָֽבֶן׃va.'A.venH68.

37And thou shalt become an astonishmentלְשַׁמָּ֔הle.sha.MahH8047,a proverbלְמָשָׁ֖לle.ma.ShalH4912,and a bywordוְלִשְׁנִינָ֑הve.lish.ni.NahH8148,among all nationsהָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971whither Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068shall leadיְנַהֶגְךָ֥ye.na.heg.KhaH5090thee.

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