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].
"Tous les préceptes que je vous impose en ce jour, ayez soin de les suivre, afin que vous viviez et deveniez nombreux, quand vous serez entrés en possession de ce pays, que l’Éternel a promis par son serment à vos pères.
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.
Tu te rappelleras cette traversée de quarante ans que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a fait subir dans le désert, afin de t’éprouver par l’adversité, afin de connaître le fond de ton cœur, si tu resterais fidèle à ses lois, 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].
Oui, il t’a fait souffrir et endurer la faim, puis il t’a nourri avec cette manne que tu ne connaissais pas et que n’avaient pas connue tes pères; pour te prouver que l’homme ne vit pas seulement de pain, mais qu’il peut vivre de tout ce que produit le verbe du Seigneur.
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].
Tes vêtements ne se sont pas usés sur toi, tes pieds n’ont pas été meurtris, durant ces quarante années.
5 Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
Tu reconnaîtras donc en ta conscience que si l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te châtie, c’est comme un père châtie son fils;
6 “Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him.
et tu observeras les commandements de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, en marchant dans ses voies et en le révérant.
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 conduit dans un pays fortuné, un pays plein de cours d’eau, de sources et de torrents, qui s’épandent dans la vallée ou sur la montagne;
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 qui produit le froment et l’orge, le raisin, la figue et la grenade, l’olive huileuse et le 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 avec parcimonie, où tu ne manqueras de rien; les cailloux y sont du fer, et de ses montagnes tu extrairas du cuivre.
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.
Tu jouiras de ces biens, tu t’en rassasieras. Rends grâce alors à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, du bon pays qu’il t’aura 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.
Garde-toi d’oublier l’Éternel, ton Dieu, de négliger ses préceptes, ses institutions et ses lois, que je t’impose en ce jour.
12 When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
Peut-être, jouissant d’une nourriture abondante, bâtissant de belles maisons où tu vivras tranquille,
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,
voyant prospérer ton gros et ton menu bétail, croître ton argent et ton or, se multiplier tous tes biens,
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.
peut-être ton cœur s’enorgueillira-t-il, et tu oublieras l’Éternel, ton Dieu, qui t’a tiré du pays d’Egypte, 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 conduit à travers ce vaste et redoutable désert, plein de serpents venimeux et de scorpions, sol aride et sans eau; qui a fait, pour toi, jaillir des eaux de la pierre des rochers;
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 nourri, dans ce désert, d’une manne inconnue à tes aïeux, car il voulait t’éprouver par les tribulations pour te rendre heureux 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 tu diras en ton cœur: "C’Est ma propre force, c’est le pouvoir de mon bras, qui m’a valu cette richesse."
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.
Non! C’Est de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, que tu dois te souvenir, car c’est lui qui t’aura donné le moyen d’arriver à cette prospérité, voulant accomplir l’alliance jurée à tes pères, comme il le fera à cette époque.
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.
Or, si jamais tu oublies l’Éternel, ton Dieu, si tu t’attaches à des dieux étrangers, que tu les serves et que tu leur rendes hommage, je vous le déclare en ce jour, vous périrez!
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 ces peuples que l’Éternel fait disparaître devant vous, ainsi vous disparaîtrez vous-mêmes, pour n’avoir pas obéi à la voix de l’Éternel, votre Dieu!
