Deuteronomy 6

1 These now are the commandements, ordinances, and lawes, which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that ye might doe them in the land whither ye go to possesse it:

Now these are the commandments, statutes, and decrees that Yahweh your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you might keep them in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess;

2 That thou mightest feare the Lord thy God, and keepe all his ordinances, and his commandements which I commaund thee, thou, and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy life, euen that thy dayes may be prolonged.

so that you might honor Yahweh your God, so as to keep all his statutes and commandments that I am commanding you—you, your sons, and your sons' sons, all the days of your lives, so that your days may be prolonged.

3 Heare therefore, O Israel, and take heede to doe it, that it may go well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily in the land that floweth with milke and hony, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

Therefore listen to them, Israel, and keep them, so that it may go well with you, so that you may greatly multiply, in a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you would do.

4 Heare, O Israel, The Lord our God is Lord onely,

Listen, Israel: Yahweh our God is one.

5 And thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy might.

You will love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

6 And these wordes which I commaund thee this day, shalbe in thine heart.

The words that I am commanding you today will be in your heart;

7 And thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou tariest in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp:

and you will diligently teach them to your children; you will talk about them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

8 And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe as frontlets betweene thine eyes.

You will tie them as a sign upon your hand, and they will serve as frontlets between your eyes.

9 Also thou shalt write them vpon ye postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates.

You will write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

10 And when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into the land, which he sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue to thee, with great and goodly cities which thou buildedst not,

When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you, with large and very good cities that you did not build,

11 And houses full of all maner of goods which thou filledst not, and welles digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliue trees which thou plantedst not, and when thou hast eaten and art full,

and houses full of all kinds of good things that you did not make, cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant, you will eat and be satisfied—

12 Beware least thou forget the Lord, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

then be careful so that you do not forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

13 Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God, and serue him, and shalt sweare by his Name.

You will honor Yahweh your God; him you will worship, and you will swear by his name.

14 Ye shall not walke after other gods, after any of the gods of the people which are round about you,

You will not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you—

15 (For the Lord thy God is a ielous God among you: ) least the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from the face of the earth.

for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God—if you do, the anger of Yahweh your God will be kindled against you and he will destroy you from the surface of the earth.

16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye did tempt him in Massah:

You will not test Yahweh your God as you tested him at Massah.

17 But ye shall keepe diligently the commandements of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his ordinances which he hath commanded thee,

You will diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, his solemn commands, and his statutes, that he has commanded you.

18 And thou shalt doe that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that thou mayest prosper, and that thou mayest go in, and possesse that good land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers,

You will do what is right and good in the sight of Yahweh, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land that Yahweh swore to your fathers,

19 To cast out all thine enemies before thee, as the Lord hath sayd.

to drive out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has said.

20 When thy sonne shall aske thee in time to come, saying, What meane these testimonies, and ordinances, and Lawes, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What are the covenant decrees, the statutes, and the other decrees that Yahweh our God commanded you?'

21 Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in Egypt: but the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand.

then you will say to your son, 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt; Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand,

22 And the Lord shewed signes and wonders great and euill vpon Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his housholde, before our eyes,

and he displayed signs and wonders, great and severe, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;

23 And brought vs out from thence, to bring vs in, and to giue vs the land which he sware vnto our fathers.

and he brought us out from there, so that he might bring us in, to give us the land that he swore to our fathers.

24 Therefore the Lord hath commanded vs, to doe all these ordinances, and to feare the Lord our God, that it may goe euer well with vs, and that he may preserue vs aliue as at this present.

Yahweh commanded us to always keep all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God for our good, so that he might keep us alive, as we are today.

25 Moreouer, this shall be our righteousnes before the Lord our God, if we take heede to keepe all these commandements, as he hath commanded vs.

If we keep all these commands before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us, this will be our righteousness.'