تَثنِيَة 8

١ 1 فَاحْفَظُوا جَمِيعَ الْوَصَايَا الَّتِي أُوصِيكُمْ بِها الْيَوْمَ لِتُمَارِسُوهَا، فَتَحْيَوْا وَتَتَكَاثَرُوا وَتَدْخُلُوا لامْتِلاكِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَقْسَمَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ.

Ye shall observe to do all the commands which I charge you to-day, that ye may live and be multiplied, and enter in and inherit the land, which the Lord your God sware [to give] to your fathers.

٢ 2 وَتَذَكَّرُوا كَيْفَ قَادَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ فِي كُلِّ طَرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاءِ هَذِهِ الأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً لِيُذِلَّكُمْ وَيَمْتَحِنَكُمْ، فَيَعْرِفَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَحْفَظُونَ أَوَامِرَهُ أَمْ تَعْصَوْنَهُ.

And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thine heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.

٣ 3 فَأَذَلَّكُمْ ثُمَّ أَجَاعَكُمْ وَأَطْعَمَكُمُ الْمَنَّ الَّذِي لَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْرِفُونَهُ، لَا أَنْتُمْ وَلا آبَاؤُكُمْ لِيُعَلِّمَكُمْ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِالْخُبْزِ وَحْدَهُ يَحْيَا الإِنْسَانُ، بَلْ بِكُلِّ كَلِمَةٍ يَنْطِقُ بِها فَمُ الرَّبِّ.

And he afflicted thee and straitened thee with hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might teach thee that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live.

٤ 4 وَفِي غُضُونِ الأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً لَمْ تَبْلَ ثِيَابُكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَلَمْ تَتَوَرَّمْ أَقْدَامُكُمْ.

Thy garments grew not old from off thee, thy shoes were not worn from off thee, thy feet were not [painfully] hardened, lo! these forty years.

٥ 5 فَاعْلَمُوا إِذاً فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَدْ أَدَّبَكُمْ كَمَا يُؤَدِّبُ الْمَرْءُ ابْنَهُ.

And thou shalt know in thine heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord thy God will chasten thee.

٦ 6 فَأَطِيعُوا وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ لِتَسْلُكُوا فِي سُبُلِهِ وَاتَّقُوهُ.

And thou shalt keep the commands of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

٧ 7 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ آتٍ بِكُمْ إِلَى أَرْضٍ خَصِيبَةٍ، تَكْثُرُ فِيهَا الأَنْهَارُ وَالآبَارُ، وَعُيُونُ مَاءٍ تَتَدَفَّقُ فِي الْوِدْيَانِ وَالْجِبَالِ.

For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a good and extensive land, where there are torrents of waters, and fountains of deep places issuing through the plains and through the mountains:

٨ 8 إِلَى أَرْضِ قَمْحٍ وَشَعِيرٍ وَكُرُومٍ وَتِينٍ وَرُمَّانٍ وَزَيْتُونٍ وَعَسَلٍ.

a land of wheat and barley, [wherein are] vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

٩ 9 إِلَى أَرْضٍ لَا تَأْكُلُونَ بِالذُّلِّ خُبْزَكُمْ وَلا يُعْوِزُكُمْ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ. هِيَ أَرْضٌ يَتَوَافَرُ فِي حِجَارَتِهَا الْحَدِيدُ، وَمِنْ جِبَالِهَا تَسْتَخْرِجُونَ النُّحَاسَ.

a land on which thou shalt not eat thy bread with poverty, and thou shalt not want any thing upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains thou shalt dig brass.

١٠ 10 فَمَتَى أَكَلْتُمْ وَشَبِعْتُمْ بَارِكُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمُ الَّذِي وَهَبَكُمْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ الْخَصِيبَةَ.

And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless the Lord thy God on the good land, which he has given thee.

١١ 11 إِيَّاكُمْ نِسْيَانَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ وَإِهْمَالَ وَصَايَاهُ وَأَحْكَامِهِ وَفَرَائِضِهِ الَّتِي أُوصِيكُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِها،

Take heed to thyself that thou forget not the Lord thy God, so as not to keep his commands, and his judgments, and ordinances, which I command thee this day:

١٢ 12 لِئَلّا إِذَا أَكَلْتُمْ وَشَبِعْتُمْ وَبَنَيْتُمْ بُيُوتاً جَمِيلَةً سَكَنْتُمُوهَا،

lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them;

١٣ 13 وَتَكَاثَرَتْ أَبْقَارُكُمْ وَغَنَمُكُمْ وَذَهَبُكُمْ وَجَمِيعُ مَا لَكُمْ.

and thy oxen and thy sheep are multiplied to thee, and thy silver and thy gold are multiplied to thee, and all thy possessions are multiplied to thee,

١٤ 14 تَتَكَبَّرُ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَتَنْسَوْنَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمُ الَّذِي أَطْلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نِيرِ عُبُودِيَّةِ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ،

thou shouldest be exalted in heart, and forget the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage:

١٥ 15 وَقَادَكُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ الشَّاسِعَةِ الْمَهُولَةِ، حَيْثُ تَكْمُنُ أَفَاعٍ سَامَّةٌ وَعَقَارِبُ وَعَطَشٌ لِخُلُوِّهَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ، فَفَجَّرَ لَكُمْ مَاءً مِنْ صَخْرَةِ الصَّوَّانِ.

who brought thee through that great and terrible wilderness, where [is] the biting serpent, and scorpion, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee a fountain of water out of the flinty rock:

١٦ 16 الَّذِي أَطْعَمَكُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ الْمَنَّ الَّذِي لَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ آبَاؤُكُمْ لِيُذِلَّكُمْ وَيَمْتَحِنَكُمْ، فَيُحْسِنَ إِلَيْكُمْ فِي آخِرَتِكُمْ،

who fed thee with manna in the wilderness, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; that he might afflict thee, and thoroughly try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.

١٧ 17 خَوْفاً مِنْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ: لَقَدْ أَحْرَزْنَا هَذَا الثَّرَاءَ بِفَضْلِ قُوَّتِنَا وَقُدْرَةِ أَيْدِينَا.

Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, My strength, and the power of mine hand have wrought for me this great wealth.

١٨ 18 وَلَكِنِ اذْكُرُوا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ هُوَ الَّذِي يَمْنَحُكُمُ الْقُوَّةَ لإِحْرَازِ الثَّرْوَةِ، وَفَاءً بِوَعْدِهِ الَّذِي أَقْسَمَ عَلَيْهِ لِآبَائِكُمْ كَمَا فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, that he gives thee strength to get wealth; even that he may establish his covenant, which the Lord sware to thy fathers, as at this day.

١٩ 19 أَمَّا إِنْ نَسِيتُمُ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ، وَغَوَيْتُمْ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَعَبَدْتُمُوهَا وَسَجَدْتُمْ لَهَا، فَإِنَّنِي أُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ لَا مَحَالَةَ هَالِكُونَ.

And it shall come to pass if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and shouldest go after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall surely perish.

٢٠ 20 كَالأُمَمِ الَّتِي يُبِيدُهَا الرَّبُّ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ هَكَذَا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً تَبِيدُونَ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

As also the other nations which the Lord God destroys before your face, so shall ye perish, because ye hearkened not to the voice of the Lord your God.