تَثنِيَة 8

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

You shall observe to do all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which YHWH swore 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.

You shall remember all the way which YHWH your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, and to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

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.

He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall humankind live.

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

Your clothing did not grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

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

You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so YHWH your God chastens you.

٦ 6 فَأَطِيعُوا وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ لِتَسْلُكُوا فِي سُبُلِهِ وَاتَّقُوهُ.

You shall keep the commandments of YHWH your 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 YHWH your God brings you into a good and spacious land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;

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

a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees 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 in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, and in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

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

You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless YHWH your God for the good land which he has given you.

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

Beware lest you forget YHWH your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:

١٢ 12 لِئَلّا إِذَا أَكَلْتُمْ وَشَبِعْتُمْ وَبَنَيْتُمْ بُيُوتاً جَمِيلَةً سَكَنْتُمُوهَا،

lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived in them;

١٣ 13 وَتَكَاثَرَتْ أَبْقَارُكُمْ وَغَنَمُكُمْ وَذَهَبُكُمْ وَجَمِيعُ مَا لَكُمْ.

and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

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

then your heart be lifted up, and you forget YHWH your God, who brought you forth 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 led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;

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

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:

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

and lest you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this 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 you shall remember YHWH your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your 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.

It shall be, if you shall forget YHWH your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

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

As the nations that YHWH makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of YHWH your God.