Deuteronomy 6

1 (And this *L(P)*) [is] the commandment the statutes and the judgments which he has commanded Yahweh God your to teach you to observe in the land where you [are] about to pass over there towards to take possession of it.

“And this [is] the command, the statutes and the judgments which your God YHWH has commanded to teach you to do in the land which you are passing over there to possess it,

2 So that you may fear Yahweh God your to keep all statutes his and commandments his which I [am] commanding you you and child your and [the] child of child your all [the] days of life your and so that they may grow long! days your.

so that you fear your God YHWH, to keep all His statutes and His commands which I am commanding you, you, and your son, and your son’s son, all [the] days of your life, and so that your days are prolonged.

3 And you will hear O Israel and you will take care to observe [them] that it will go well for you and that you will increase! exceedingly just as he spoke Yahweh [the] God of ancestors your to you a land flowing of milk and honey.

And you have heard, O Israel, and observed to do [them], that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply exceedingly, as YHWH, God of your fathers, has spoken to you, [in] the land flowing with milk and honey.

4 Hear O Israel Yahweh God our Yahweh - [is] one.

Hear, O Israel: Our God YHWH—YHWH [is] one!

5 And you will love Yahweh God your with all heart your and with all being your and with all strength your.

And you have loved your God YHWH with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

6 And they will be the words these which I [am] commanding you this day on heart your.

And these words which I am commanding you today have been on your heart,

7 And you will repeat them to children your and you will speak in them when sitting you in house your and when walking you on the road and when lying down you and when rising up you.

and you have repeated them to your sons, and spoken of them in your sitting in your house, and in your walking in the way, and in your lying down, and in your rising up,

8 And you will tie them for a sign on hand your and they will be for marks between eyes your.

and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes,

9 And you will write them on [the] doorposts of house your and on gates your.

and you have written them on doorposts of your house and on your gates.

10 And it will be that he will bring you - Yahweh God your into the land which he swore to ancestors your to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob to give to you cities large and good which not you built.

And it has been, when your God YHWH brings you into the land which He has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to you great and good cities which you have not built,

11 And houses full every good thing which not you filled and wells dug out which not you dug vineyards and olive trees which not you planted and you will eat and you will be satisfied.

and houses full of all good things which you have not filled, and wells dug which you have not dug, vineyards and olive-yards which you have not planted, that you have eaten and been satisfied.

12 Take heed to yourself lest you should forget Yahweh who he brought out you from [the] land of Egypt from a house of slaves.

Take heed to yourself lest you forget YHWH who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

13 Yahweh God your you will fear and him you will serve and in name his you will swear oaths.

You fear your God YHWH, and you serve Him, and you swear by His Name.

14 Not you will walk! after gods other any of [the] gods of the peoples which [are] around you.

You do not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who [are] around you,

15 For [is] a God jealous Yahweh God your in midst your lest it should burn [the] anger of Yahweh God your on you and he will destroy you from on [the] surface of the ground.

for your God YHWH [is] a zealous God in your midst—lest the anger of your God YHWH burns against you, and He has destroyed you from off the face of the ground.

16 Not you will put to [the] test Yahweh God your just as you put [him] to [the] test at Massah.

You do not try your God YHWH as you tried [Him] in Massah.

17 Certainly you will keep! [the] commandments of Yahweh God your and testimonies his and statutes his which he has commanded you.

You diligently keep the commands of your God YHWH, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you,

18 And you will do the right and the good in [the] eyes of Yahweh so that it may go well for you and you will go and you will take possession of the land good which he swore Yahweh to ancestors your.

and you have done that which is right and good in the eyes of YHWH, so that it is well with you, and you have gone in and possessed the good land which YHWH has sworn to your fathers,

19 To drive out all enemies your from before you just as he has spoken Yahweh.

to drive away all your enemies from your presence, as YHWH has spoken.

20 If he will ask you child your tomorrow saying what? [are] the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments which he commanded Yahweh God our you.

When your son asks you hereafter, saying, What [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments which our God YHWH has commanded you?

21 And you will say to child your slaves we were of Pharaoh in Egypt and he brought out us Yahweh from Egypt by a hand strong.

Then you have said to your son, We have been servants of Pharaoh in Egypt, and YHWH brings us out of Egypt by a high hand;

22 And he gave Yahweh signs and wonders great and bad - on Egypt on Pharaoh and on all household his to eyes our.

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

23 And us he brought out from there so as to bring us to give to us the land which he swore to ancestors our.

and He has brought us out from there, in order to bring us in, to give to us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.

24 And he commanded us Yahweh to observe all the statutes these to fear Yahweh God our for good of us all the days to preserve alive us as the day this.

And YHWH commands us to do all these statutes, to fear our God YHWH, for good to ourselves [for] all the days, to keep us alive, as [at] this day;

25 And righteousness it will belong to us that we will take care to observe all the commandment this before Yahweh God our just as he commanded us.

and it is righteousness for us when we observe to do all this command before our God YHWH, as He has commanded us.”