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.
Cuidarán de practicar todos los Mandamientos que yo les ordeno hoy para que vivan, se multipliquen y entren a poseer la tierra que Yavé prometió con juramento a sus antepasados.
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.
Acuérdate de todo el camino en el desierto por donde te condujo Yavé tu ʼElohim estos 40 años para afligirte, probarte y saber lo que había en tu corazón, si guardarías o no sus Mandamientos.
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.
Él te humilló y te dejó padecer hambre, pero te sustentó con el maná, comida que no conocías, ni tus antepasados conocieron a fin de hacerte entender que no solo de pan vive el hombre, sino de todo lo que sale de la boca de Yavé.
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 nunca se envejeció sobre ti, ni tu pie se hinchó en estos 40 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.
Reconoce, pues, en tu corazón, que como un hombre corrige a su hijo, así te corrige Yavé tu ʼElohim.
6 So may you keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and fear him.
Por tanto, guardarás los Mandamientos de Yavé tu ʼElohim, andarás en sus caminos y temerás a Él.
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 Yavé tu ʼElohim te introduce a una tierra buena, tierra de arroyos de agua, de fuentes y manantiales que brotan en los valles y en las montañas,
8 a land of crops, barley, and vineyards, in which fig and pomegranate and olive trees spring up, a land of oil and honey.
tierra de trigo, cebada, vides, higueras y granados, tierra de aceite de olivas y 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.
tierra en la cual comerás el pan sin escasez y nada te faltará en ella, tierra cuyas piedras son hierro, y de sus montañas extraerás el 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. Bendecirás a Yavé tu ʼElohim por la buena tierra que te dio.
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 olvidar a Yavé tu ʼElohim al no guardar sus Mandamientos, Ordenanzas y 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 comas y te sacies, edifiques hermosas casas y las ocupes,
13 and have obtained herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and a plentitude of gold and silver and all things,
tus manadas de ganado vacuno y tus rebaños incrementen, la plata y el oro se te multipliquen y todo lo que tengas aumente,
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,
tu corazón se enaltezca y te olvides de Yavé tu ʼElohim. Él te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de esclavitud,
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,
te condujo por un desierto vasto y terrible con serpientes ardientes y escorpiones, y en una tierra sedienta, carente de agua. Él te sacó agua del duro 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.
te sustentó con maná en el desierto, comida que tus antepasados no conocieron, para afligirte, probarte y al final hacerte bien.
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.’
No sea que digas en tu corazón: Mi poder y la fuerza de mi mano me trajeron 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.
Más bien te acordarás de Yavé tu ʼElohim, pues Él es Quien te da fuerza para producir riqueza, a fin de confirmar el Pacto que juró a tus antepasados, como se ve 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.
Pero sucederá que si te olvidas de Yavé tu ʼElohim, sigues a otros ʼelohim, les sirves y te postras ante ellos, afirmo hoy contra ustedes que ciertamente perecerán.
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 Yavé destruye delante de ustedes, así perecerán, porque no obedecieron la voz de Yavé su ʼElohim.
