Deuteronomy 8
1 “You must faithfully obey all the commandments that I am giving you today. If you do that, you will live [a long time], you will become very numerous, and you will occupy the land that Yahweh solemnly promised your ancestors that he would give [to you].
Vous prendrez garde à pratiquer tous les commandements que je vous commande aujourd’hui, afin que vous viviez, et que vous multipliiez, et que vous entriez dans le pays que l’Éternel a promis par serment à vos pères, et que vous le possédiez.
2 And do not forget how Yahweh our God led us as we traveled through the desert during these past 40 years. He [caused you to have many problems/difficulties], because he wanted to cause you to realize that you needed to trust him and not yourselves. And he wanted to test you, to find out what you intended to do [IDM], whether you would obey his commandments or not.
Et tu te souviendras de tout le chemin par lequel l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a fait marcher ces 40 ans, dans le désert, afin de t’humilier, [et] de t’éprouver, pour connaître ce qui était dans ton cœur, si tu garderais ses commandements, ou non.
3 So he caused you to have/experience difficulties. He allowed you to become hungry. Then he gave you manna [food from heaven], food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did that to teach you that people need food [for their bodies]; but [they also need food for their spirits, which comes from paying attention to] everything that Yahweh says [MTY].
Et il t’a humilié, et t’a fait avoir faim; et il t’a fait manger la manne que tu n’avais pas connue et que tes pères n’ont pas connue, afin de te faire connaître que l’homme ne vit pas de pain seulement, mais que l’homme vivra de tout ce qui sort de la bouche de l’Éternel.
4 During those 40 years [of walking through the desert], our clothes did not wear out and our feet did not swell [from walking a very long way through the desert].
Ton vêtement ne s’est point usé sur toi, et ton pied ne s’est point enflé, pendant ces 40 ans.
5 Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
Connais dans ton cœur que, comme un homme châtie son fils, l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te châtie;
6 “Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him.
et garde les commandements de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, pour marcher dans ses voies et pour le craindre.
7 He is about to bring you into a good/fertile land, which has streams which flow down from the hills and pour/flow out of springs in the valleys.
Car l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te fait entrer dans un bon pays, un pays de ruisseaux d’eau, de sources, et d’eaux profondes, qui sourdent dans les vallées et dans les montagnes;
8 It is a land on which wheat and barley grow, a land where there are fig trees and pomegranates, and a land where there are olive trees and honey.
un pays de froment, et d’orge, et de vignes, et de figuiers, et de grenadiers, un pays d’oliviers à huile, et de miel;
9 It is a land where there will be plenty of food for you, where you will (not lack anything/have everything that you need) [LIT], a land which has iron [ore] in its rocks and from which you can dig copper [ore] from its hills.
un pays où tu ne mangeras pas [ton] pain dans la pauvreté, où tu ne manqueras de rien; un pays dont les pierres sont du fer, et des montagnes duquel tu tailleras l’airain.
10 [Every day] you will eat until your stomachs are full, and you will thank Yahweh our God for the fertile/good land that he has given you.
Et tu mangeras, et tu seras rassasié, et tu béniras l’Éternel, ton Dieu, à cause du bon pays qu’il t’a donné.
11 But, [when that happens], be sure not to forget Yahweh our God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.
Prends garde à toi, de peur que tu n’oublies l’Éternel, ton Dieu, pour ne pas garder ses commandements, et ses ordonnances, et ses statuts, que je te commande aujourd’hui;
12 When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
de peur que, quand tu mangeras, et que tu seras rassasié, et que tu bâtiras de bonnes maisons et y habiteras,
13 and when the number of your cattle and sheep has greatly increased, and when you have accumulated a large amount of silver and gold, and the amount of all your other possessions has greatly increased,
et que ton gros et ton menu bétail se multipliera, et que l’argent et l’or te seront multipliés, et que tout ce qui est à toi se multipliera,
14 be sure that you do not become proud [IDM] and forget Yahweh our God, who rescued your ancestors from being slaves in Egypt and brought them out from there.
alors ton cœur ne s’élève, et que tu n’oublies l’Éternel, ton Dieu, qui t’a fait sortir du pays d’Égypte, de la maison de servitude;
15 Do not forget that he led them [while they traveled] through that huge and terrible desert, where there were poisonous snakes and scorpions. And do not forget that where the ground was very dry and there was no water, he caused water to flow for them out of (solid/very hard) rock.
qui t’a fait marcher dans le désert grand et terrible, [désert] de serpents brûlants et de scorpions, une terre aride où il n’y a point d’eau; qui a fait sortir pour toi de l’eau du roc dur;
16 Do not forget that in that desert he gave your ancestors manna to eat, food that they had never eaten before. He [caused them to have/experience many problems/difficulties], because he wanted them to realize that they needed to trust him and not themselves. And he wanted to test them, to find out whether they intended to obey him, in order that when [those difficulties] ended, he would do many good things for them.
qui t’a fait manger dans le désert la manne que tes pères n’ont pas connue, afin de t’humilier et afin de t’éprouver, pour te faire du bien à la fin,
17 Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power [MTY] and ability.’
– et que tu ne dises dans ton cœur: Ma puissance et la force de ma main m’ont acquis ces richesses.
18 Do not forget that it is Yahweh our God who has enabled you to become rich. He does this because he faithfully does what he solemnly promised our ancestors that he would do.
Mais tu te souviendras de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, que c’est lui qui te donne de la force pour acquérir ces richesses, afin de ratifier son alliance, qu’il a jurée à tes pères, comme [il paraît] aujourd’hui.
19 “solemnly warn you that if you forget Yahweh our God and turn to other gods and start to serve them and worship them, you will certainly be destroyed.
Et s’il arrive que tu oublies en aucune manière l’Éternel, ton Dieu, et que tu ailles après d’autres dieux, et que tu les serves et que tu t’inclines devant eux, je rends témoignage aujourd’hui contre vous que vous périrez entièrement:
20 If you do not obey Yahweh our God, he will certainly destroy you just like he will destroy the people-groups that you will fight against.”
comme les nations que l’Éternel fait périr devant vous, ainsi vous périrez, parce que vous n’aurez pas écouté la voix de l’Éternel, votre Dieu.
