Deuteronomy 8
1 You must take care to follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and have many descendants, and go in and take over the country the Lord promised to give to your fore 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 Remember how for these forty years the Lord your God has led you all the way through the desert, humbling you and testing you in order to find out what you were really thinking, and 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 humbled you, and when you were hungry he gave you manna to eat, which nobody, including you and your forefathers, had ever had before This was in order to make it clear to you that human beings do not live by only eating bread, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
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 During these forty years your clothing didn't wear out and your feet didn't swell up.
Tu ropa nunca se envejeció sobre ti, ni tu pie se hinchó en estos 40 años.
5 So you should realize that just as a parent disciplines their child, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
Reconoce, pues, en tu corazón, que como un hombre corrige a su hijo, así te corrige Yavé tu ʼElohim.
6 That's why you have to keep the commandments of the Lord your God, following his ways and respecting him.
Por tanto, guardarás los Mandamientos de Yavé tu ʼElohim, andarás en sus caminos y temerás a Él.
7 For the Lord your God is taking you to a good country. It's a land of streams and pools and springs that flow through the valleys and down the hills;
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 It's a land that produces wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey.
tierra de trigo, cebada, vides, higueras y granados, tierra de aceite de olivas y miel,
9 It's a land where you won't run out of food, where you will have everything you need; a land whose rocks contain iron ore and whose hills can be mined for copper.
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 When you eat and are full, make sure you thank the Lord your God for the good land that he's given you.
Comerás y te saciarás. Bendecirás a Yavé tu ʼElohim por la buena tierra que te dio.
11 Make sure you don't forget the Lord your God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I'm giving you today.
Cuídate de no olvidar a Yavé tu ʼElohim al no guardar sus Mandamientos, Ordenanzas y Estatutos que yo te ordeno hoy,
12 For when you eat and are full, when you build beautiful houses to live in,
no sea que cuando comas y te sacies, edifiques hermosas casas y las ocupes,
13 and when your herds and flocks grow larger, and your silver and gold accumulates, and all your possessions increase,
tus manadas de ganado vacuno y tus rebaños incrementen, la plata y el oro se te multipliquen y todo lo que tengas aumente,
14 then you will become proud, and you will forget the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.
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 He guided you through the immense and terrifying desert with its poisonous snakes and scorpions—a dried up, waterless land. He brought water for you out of a flint 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 He fed you in the desert with manna that your forefathers had never known, humbling you and testing you, so that eventually you would do well in the future.
te sustentó con maná en el desierto, comida que tus antepasados no conocieron, para afligirte, probarte y al final hacerte bien.
17 You might think to yourselves, “I became rich through all my hard work.”
No sea que digas en tu corazón: Mi poder y la fuerza de mi mano me trajeron esta riqueza.
18 But remember it's the Lord your God who gives you the ability to become rich, in order to fulfill his agreement he promised to your forefathers that still exists today.
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 If you ever forget the Lord your God, and run after other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, I assure you right now that you will definitely die!
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 In the same way the Lord destroyed the nations as you advanced, you will also die if you don't obey the Lord your God.
Como las naciones que Yavé destruye delante de ustedes, así perecerán, porque no obedecieron la voz de Yavé su ʼElohim.
