Deuteronomy 6
1 Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:
Estos son los mandamientos, los estatutos y los decretos que Yahvé, tu Dios, te ha mandado enseñar, para que los pongas en práctica en la tierra que vas a poseer;
2 So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.
para que temas a Yahvé, tu Dios, y guardes todos sus estatutos y sus mandamientos, que yo te mando a ti, a tu hijo y al hijo de tu hijo, todos los días de tu vida, y para que tus días se prolonguen.
3 So give ear, O Israel, and take care to do this; so that it may be well for you, and you may be greatly increased, as the Lord the God of your fathers has given you his word, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Escucha, pues, Israel, y procura ponerlo por obra, para que te vaya bien y te multipliques, como Yahvé, el Dios de tus padres, te ha prometido, en una tierra que mana leche y miel.
4 Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:
Escucha, Israel: Yahvé es nuestro Dios. Yahvé es uno.
5 And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Amarás a Yahvé vuestro Dios con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma y con todas tus fuerzas.
6 Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;
Estas palabras que hoy te ordeno estarán en tu corazón;
7 Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.
y las enseñarás con diligencia a tus hijos, y hablarás de ellas cuando te sientes en tu casa, cuando andes por el camino, cuando te acuestes y cuando te levantes.
8 Let them be fixed as a sign on your hand, and marked on your brow;
Las atarás como señal en tu mano, y serán como frontales entre tus ojos.
9 Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.
Las escribirás en los postes de tu casa y en tus puertas.
10 And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;
Cuando Yahvé, tu Dios, te lleve a la tierra que juró a tus padres, a Abraham, a Isaac y a Jacob, que te daría, ciudades grandes y buenas que no construiste,
11 And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;
y casas llenas de todo lo bueno que no llenaste, y cisternas excavadas que no cavaste, viñas y olivos que no plantaste, comerás y te saciarás;
12 Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
entonces ten cuidado de no olvidarte de Yahvé, que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de servidumbre.
13 Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.
Temerás a Yahvé, tu Dios, y le servirás, y jurarás por su nombre.
14 Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;
No irás en pos de otros dioses, de los dioses de los pueblos que te rodean,
15 For the Lord your God who is with you is a God who will not let his honour be given to another; or the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, causing your destruction from the face of the earth.
porque Yahvé vuestro Dios en medio de ti es un Dios celoso, no sea que la ira de Yahvé vuestro Dios se encienda contra ti y te destruya de la faz de la tierra.
16 Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.
No tentarás a Yahvé vuestro Dios, como lo tentaste en Masá.
17 Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;
Guardarás con diligencia los mandamientos de Yahvé vuestro Dios, sus testimonios y sus estatutos, que él te ha ordenado.
18 And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,
Harás lo que es justo y bueno a los ojos de Yahvé, para que te vaya bien y entres a poseer la buena tierra que Yahvé juró a tus padres,
19 To send out from before you all those who are against you.
para echar a todos tus enemigos de delante de ti, como Yahvé ha dicho.
20 And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?
Cuando tu hijo te pregunte en el futuro, diciendo: “¿Qué significan los testimonios, los estatutos y las ordenanzas que el Señor, nuestro Dios, te ha ordenado?”
21 Then you will say to your son, We were servants under Pharaoh's yoke in Egypt; and the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand:
entonces le dirás a tu hijo: “Fuimos esclavos del Faraón en Egipto. Yahvé nos sacó de Egipto con mano poderosa;
22 And the Lord did great signs and wonders against Egypt, and against Pharaoh and all his house, before our eyes:
y Yahvé hizo grandes y asombrosas señales y prodigios sobre Egipto, sobre el Faraón y sobre toda su casa, ante nuestros ojos;
23 And he took us out from that place, guiding us here to give us this land, as he said in his oath to our fathers.
y nos sacó de allí para introducirnos en ella, para darnos la tierra que juró a nuestros padres.
24 And the Lord gave us orders to keep all these laws, in the fear of the Lord our God, so that it might be well for us for ever, and that he might keep us from death, as he has done to this day.
Yahvé nos mandó hacer todos estos estatutos, para temer a Yahvé nuestro Dios, para nuestro bien siempre, para que nos conserve la vida, como hoy.
25 And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.
Será justo para nosotros, si observamos poner en práctica todos estos mandamientos delante de Yahvé nuestro Dios, como él nos ha mandado.”
