Deuteronomy 8
1 “All the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day, take care to observe them diligently, so that you may live and be multiplied, and so that, upon entering, you may possess the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers.
Cuidarás de poner en práctica todos los mandamientos que hoy os ordeno, para que viváis y os multipliquéis, y entréis y poséis la tierra que Yahvé juró a vuestros padres.
2 And you shall remember the entire journey along which the Lord your God led you, for forty years through the desert, to afflict you, and to test you, and to make known the things that were turning in your soul, whether or not you would keep his commandments.
Recordarás todo el camino que Yahvé, tu Dios, te ha conducido estos cuarenta años en el desierto, para humillarte, para probarte, para saber lo que había en tu corazón, si guardarías sus mandamientos o no.
3 He afflicted you with need, and he gave you Manna as your food, which neither you nor your fathers knew, so as to reveal to you that it is not by bread alone that man lives, but by every word that goes forth from the mouth of God.
Te humilló, permitió que tuvieras hambre y te alimentó con el maná, que tú no conocías, ni tus padres tampoco, para enseñarte que no sólo de pan vive el hombre, sino que el hombre vive de toda palabra que sale de la boca de Yahvé.
4 Your garment, with which you were covered, has by no means decayed due to age, and your foot has not been worn down, even to this fortieth year,
Tu ropa no envejeció sobre ti, ni tu pie se hinchó, en estos cuarenta años.
5 so that you would recognize in your heart that, just as a man educates his son, so has the Lord your God educated you.
Considerarás en tu corazón que como un hombre disciplina a su hijo, así te disciplina Yahvé, tu Dios.
6 So may you keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and fear him.
Guardarás los mandamientos de Yahvé vuestro Dios, para andar en sus caminos y para temerle.
7 For the Lord your God will lead you into a good land: a land of brooks and waters and fountains, in which deep rivers burst forth from its plains and mountains,
Porque Yahvé vuestro Dios te lleva a una buena tierra, una tierra de arroyos de agua, de manantiales y de aguas subterráneas que fluyen en los valles y en las colinas;
8 a land of crops, barley, and vineyards, in which fig and pomegranate and olive trees spring up, a land of oil and honey.
una tierra de trigo, cebada, vides, higueras y granadas; una tierra de olivos y de miel;
9 In that place, without any need, you shall eat your bread and enjoy an abundance of all things: where the stones are like iron, and where ore for brass is dug out of its mountains.
una tierra en la que comerás el pan sin escasez, no te faltará nada en ella; una tierra cuyas piedras son de hierro, y de cuyos montes podrás sacar cobre.
10 So then, when you have eaten and been satisfied, you should bless the Lord your God for the excellent land which he has given to you.
Comerás y te saciarás, y bendecirás al Señor tu Dios por la buena tierra que te ha dado.
11 Be observant and cautious, lest at some time you may forget the Lord your God, and neglect his commandments, as well as the judgments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day.
Cuídate de no olvidarte de Yahvé vuestro Dios, al no guardar sus mandamientos, sus ordenanzas y sus estatutos, que yo te ordeno hoy;
12 Otherwise, after you have eaten and been satisfied, and have built beautiful houses and have lived in them,
no sea que cuando hayas comido y te sacies, y hayas construido casas hermosas y vivas en ellas;
13 and have obtained herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and a plentitude of gold and silver and all things,
y cuando se multipliquen tus rebaños y tus manadas, y se multiplique tu plata y tu oro, y se multiplique todo lo que tienes;
14 your heart might be lifted up, and you might not remember the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude,
entonces tu corazón se enaltezca, y te olvides de Yahvé vuestro Dios, que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de servidumbre;
15 and who was your leader in the great and terrible wilderness, in which there was the serpent with a burning breath, and the scorpion, and the snake of thirst, and no waters at all. He led streams out of the hardest rock,
que te condujo por el desierto grande y terrible, con serpientes venenosas y escorpiones, y con tierra sedienta donde no había agua; que te derramó agua de la roca de pedernal;
16 and he nourished you in the wilderness with Manna, which your fathers had not known. And after he had afflicted and tested you, in the very end, he took pity on you.
que te alimentó en el desierto con el maná que tus padres no conocieron, para humillarte y probarte, para hacerte bien en tu final;
17 Otherwise, you might say in your heart: ‘My own strength, and the power of my own hand, have brought forth all these things for me.’
y para que no digas en tu corazón: “Mi poder y la fuerza de mi mano me han conseguido esta riqueza.”
18 But remember the Lord your God, that he himself has provided you with strength, so that he may fulfill his covenant, about which he swore to your fathers, just as the present day reveals.
Pero te acordarás de Yahvé, tu Dios, porque es él quien te da el poder para conseguir riquezas, para que confirme su pacto que juró a tus padres, como es hoy.
19 But if you forget the Lord your God, so that you follow foreign gods, and serve and adore them: behold, I now foretell to you that you shall utterly perish.
Si te olvidas del Señor, tu Dios, y andas en pos de otros dioses, y los sirves y los adoras, yo testifico hoy contra ti que ciertamente perecerás.
20 Just like the nations, which the Lord destroyed upon your arrival, so shall you also perish, if you have been disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God.”
Como las naciones que Yahvé hace perecer delante de ti, así perecerás tú, porque no quisiste escuchar la voz de Yahvé vuestro Dios.
