Hebrew
כִּי־אַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יָשַׁבְנוּ בְּאֶרֶץ
מִצְרָיִם וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָבַרְנוּ בְּקֶרֶב הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר
עֲבַרְתֶּם: וַתִּרְאוּ אֶת־שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם וְאֵת גִּלֻּלֵיהֶם
עֵץ וָאֶבֶן כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב אֲשֶׁר עִמָּהֶם: פֶּן־יֵשׁ בָּכֶם
אִישׁ אוֹ־אִשָּׁה אוֹ מִשְׁפָּחָה אוֹ־שֵׁבֶט אֲשֶׁר לְבָבוֹ
פֹנֶה הַיּוֹם מֵעִם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לָלֶכֶת לַעֲבֹד
אֶת־אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֹיִם הָהֵם פֶּן־יֵשׁ בָּכֶם שֹׁרֶשׁ פֹּרֶה
רֹאשׁ וְלַעֲנָה: וְהָיָה בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הָאָלָה
הַזֹּאת וְהִתְבָּרֵךְ בִּלְבָבוֹ לֵאמֹר שָׁלוֹם יִהְיֶה־
לִּי כִּי בִּשְׁרִרוּת לִבִּי אֵלֵךְ לְמַעַן סְפוֹת הָרָוָה
אֶת־הַצְּמֵאָה: לֹא־יֹאבֶה יְהוָה סְלֹחַ לוֹ כִּי אָז
יֶעְשַׁן אַף־יְהוָה וְקִנְאָתוֹ בָּאִישׁ הַהוּא וְרָבְצָה
בּוֹ כָּל־הָאָלָה הַכְּתוּבָה בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה וּמָחָה
יְהוָה אֶת־שְׁמוֹ מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם: וְהִבְדִּילוֹ יְהוָה
לְרָעָה מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּכֹל אָלוֹת הַבְּרִית
הַכְּתוּבָה בְּסֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה הַזֶּה: וְאָמַר הַדּוֹר
הָאַחֲרוֹן בְּנֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר יָקוּמוּ מֵאַחֲרֵיכֶם וְהַנָּכְרִי
אֲשֶׁר יָבֹא מֵאֶרֶץ רְחוֹקָה וְרָאוּ אֶת־מַכּוֹת הָאָרֶץ
הַהִוא וְאֶת־תַּחֲלֻאֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר־חִלָּה יְהוָה בָּהּ:
גָּפְרִית וָמֶלַח שְׂרֵפָה כָל־אַרְצָהּ לֹא תִזָּרַע וְלֹא
תַצְמִחַ וְלֹא־יַעֲלֶה בָהּ כָּל־עֵשֶׂב כְּמַהְפֵּכַת סְדֹם
וַעֲמֹרָה אַדְמָה וּצְבֹיִים אֲשֶׁר הָפַךְ יְהוָה בְּאַפּוֹ
וּבַחֲמָתוֹ: וְאָמְרוּ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִם עַל־מֶה עָשָׂה יְהוָה
כָּכָה לָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מֶה חֳרִי הָאַף הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּה:
וְאָמְרוּ עַל אֲשֶׁר עָזְבוּ אֶת־בְּרִית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי
אֲבֹתָם אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת עִמָּם בְּהוֹצִיאוֹ אֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ
מִצְרָיִם: וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיַּעַבְדוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ
לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יְדָעוּם וְלֹא חָלַק לָהֶם:
וַיִּחַר־אַף יְהוָה בָּאָרֶץ הַהִוא לְהָבִיא עָלֶיהָ
אֶת־כָּל־הַקְּלָלָה הַכְּתוּבָה בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה: וַיִּתְּשֵׁם
יְהוָה מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם בְּאַף וּבְחֵמָה וּבְקֶצֶף גָּדוֹל
וַיַּשְׁלִכֵם אֶל־אֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה: הַנִּסְתָּרֹת
לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְהַנִּגְלֹת לָנוּ וּלְבָנֵינוּ עַד־עוֹלָם
לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת:
Sephardi
Ki-atem yedatem et asher-yashavnu b'eretz
Mitzrayim v'et asher-avarnu b'kerev hagoyim asher
avartem: Vatiru et-shikutzeihem v'et giluleihem
etz va'even kesef v'zahav asher imahem: Pen-yesh bachem
ish o-ishah o mishpachah o-shevet asher l'vavo
poneh hayom mei'im Adonai Eloheinu lalechet la'avod
et-elohei hagoyim hahem pen-yesh bachem shoresh poreh
rosh v'la'anah: Vehayah b'shom'o et-divrei ha'alah
hazot v'hitbarech bilvavo leimor shalom yihyeh-
li ki bishrirut libi elech lema'an sefot haravah
et-hatzme'ah: Lo-yoveh Adonai seloach lo ki az
ye'shan af-Adonai v'kinato ba'ish hahu v'ravtzah
bo kol-ha'alah haketuvah basefer hazeh umachah
Adonai et-sh'mo mitachat hashamayim: V'hivdilo Adonai
l'ra'ah mikol shivtei Yisrael k'chol alot hab'rit
haketuvah besefer haTorah hazeh: Ve-amar hador
ha'acharon beneichem asher yakumu mei'achareichem v'hanochri
asher yavo mei'eretz r'chokah v'ra'u et-makot ha'aretz
hahi v'et-tachalu'ehah asher-chilah Adonai bah:
Gofrit vamelach s'reifah chol-artzah lo tizara v'lo
tatzmiach v'lo-ya'aleh vah kol-esev k'mahpechat S'dom
va'Amorah Admah uTzvoyim asher hafach Adonai b'apo
uvachamato: Ve'amru kol-hagoyim al-meh asah Adonai
kachah la'aretz hazot meh chori ha'af hagadol hazeh:
Ve'amru al asher azvu et-brit Adonai Elohei
avotam asher karat imam b'hotzi'o otam mei'eretz
Mitzrayim: Vayeilchu vaya'avdu elohim acherim vayishtachavu
lahem elohim asher lo-y'da'um v'lo chalak lahem:
Vayichar-af Adonai ba'aretz hahi lehavi alehah
et-kol-hak'lalah haketuvah basefer hazeh: Vayit'shem
Adonai mei'al admatam b'af uvacheimah uv'ketzef gadol
vayashlichem el-eretz acheret kayom hazeh: Hanistarot
laAdonai Eloheinu v'haniglot lanu ulvaneinu ad-olam
la'asot et-kol-divrei haTorah hazot:
English
For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed; and you have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them—lest there should be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the Lord our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood; and it come to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying: "I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart"—that the watered be swept away with the dry. The Lord will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. And the Lord shall single him out unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law. And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which the Lord has made it sick; and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath; even all the nations shall say: "Wherefore has the Lord done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?" Then men shall say: "Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them forth out of the land of Egypt; and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that He had not allotted to them; therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book; and the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day." The secret things belong to the Lord our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.