Deuteronomy 8
1 Take care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.
Cuidad de poner en práctica todos los mandamientos que hoy os ordeno, a fin de que viváis y os multipliquéis, y entréis en posesión de la tierra que Yahvé juró dar a vuestros padres.
2 And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
Acuérdate de todo el camino por donde Yahvé, tu Dios, te hizo andar estos cuarenta años por el desierto con el fin de humillarte y probarte, para conocer lo que había en tu corazón: si guardas o no sus mandamientos.
3 And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
Te afligió y te hizo padecer hambre; y te dio a comer el maná, que tú no conocías ni habían conocido tus padres, para mostrarte que no de solo pan vive el hombre, sino de todo lo que sale de la boca de Dios.
4 Through all these forty years your clothing did not get old or your feet become tired.
Tu vestido no ha envejecido sobre ti, y tu pie no se ha hinchado durante estos cuarenta años.
5 Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.
Reconoce, pues, en tu corazón que como un hombre corrige a su hijo, así te está instruyendo Yahvé, tu Dios.
6 Then keep the orders of the Lord your God, fearing him and walking in his ways.
Guarda, por tanto, los mandamientos de Yahvé, tu Dios, marchando por sus caminos y temiéndole.
7 For the Lord your God is guiding you into a good land, a land of water-springs, of fountains, and deep streams flowing out from the valleys and the hills;
Porque Yahvé, tu Dios, va a introducirte en una tierra buena, tierra de torrentes de agua, de fuentes y manantiales profundos, que brotan en los valles y en las montañas;
8 A land of grain and vines and fig-trees and fair fruits; a land of oil-giving olive-trees and honey;
tierra de trigo y cebada, de viñas, higueras y granados, tierra de olivos, aceite y miel;
9 Where there will be bread for you in full measure and you will be in need of nothing; a land where the very stones are iron and from whose hills you may get copper.
tierra en que sin escasez comerás el pan y no carecerás de nada; tierra cuyas piedras son hierro y de cuyas montañas sacarás el bronce.
10 And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
Comerás y te hartarás, y bendecirás a Yahvé, tu Dios, por la buena tierra que te ha dado.
11 Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:
Guárdate de olvidarte de Yahvé, tu Dios, dejando de observar sus mandamientos, preceptos y leyes que hoy te prescribo;
12 And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;
no sea que cuando hayas comido y te hayas hartado, y cuando hayas edificado y habitado hermosas casas,
13 And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;
y después de multiplicarse tus vacadas y tus rebaños y acrecentarse tu plata y tu oro y todos tus bienes,
14 Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;
se engría tu corazón, y te olvides de Yahvé, tu Dios, que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de la servidumbre,
15 Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;
y te condujo por ese vasto y espantoso desierto, donde había serpientes abrasadoras y escorpiones y tierra árida sin agua, pero Él te hizo salir agua de una roca durísima,
16 Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
y en el desierto te dio a comer el maná que no conocieron tus padres, para humillarte y probarte y al fin hacerte bien.
17 Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
No digas, pues, en tu corazón: Mi poder y la fuerza de mi mano me han procurado esta prosperidad.
18 But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.
Antes bien, acuérdate de Yahvé, tu Dios; porque Él es quien te da poder para adquirir riquezas, a fin de cumplir, como se ve hoy, la alianza que juró a tus padres.
19 And it is certain that if at any time you are turned away from the Lord your God, and go after other gods, to be their servants and to give them worship, destruction will overtake you.
Mas si, olvidado por completo de Yahvé, tu Dios, andas tras otros dioses, rindiéndoles culto y postrándote delante de ellos, os protesto el día de hoy que pereceréis sin remedio.
20 Like the nations which the Lord is cutting off before you, so you will be cut off; because you would not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.
Como las naciones que Yahvé va exterminando delante de vosotros, así también vosotros pereceréis por no haber escuchado la voz de Yahvé, vuestro Dios.
