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].
Alle dei bodi eg legg fyre dykk i dag, skal de bera i hugen og liva etter deim; då skal de trivast og aukast og koma til å eiga landet Herren hev lova federne dykkar.
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.
Kom i hug den lange leidi Herren, din Gud, let deg fara i øydemarki i desse fyrti åri! Han vilde gjera deg mjuk og røyna deg og sjå kva som budde i hjarta ditt, um du vilde halda bodi hans eller ikkje.
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].
Difor let han deg svelta og lida vondt, og so metta han deg atter med manna, som du ikkje kjende til, og federne dine ikkje heller, so du skulde vita at menneskja liver ikkje berre av brød, men at kvart ord som kjem frå Guds munn, gjev menneskja liv.
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].
Klædi dine vart ikkje utslitne, og foten din trutna ikkje i desse fyrti åri.
5 Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
So må du då skyna at Herren, din Gud, vilde tukta og rettleida deg, liksom ein far når han tuktar upp son sin.
6 “Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him.
Haldt då bodi åt Herren, din Gud! Gakk på hans vegar, og hav age for honom!
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.
For Herren, din Gud, fører deg inn i eit godt land, eit land med bekkjer og løkjer og kjeldor, som kjem fram i dal og på fjell,
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.
eit land med kveite og bygg, med vintre og fiketre og aplar, med oljetre og honning;
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.
der tarv du ikkje eta brødet ditt i armod; der skal du ingen ting vanta; der er steinarne av jarn, og or fjelli kann du brjota ut kopar.
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.
Når du so nyt godt av alt dette, takka då Herren, din Gud, for det gilde landet han gav deg!
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.
Agta deg at du ikkje gløymer Herren, din Gud, og bodi og fyresegnerne og loverne hans, som eg legg fyre deg no!
12 When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
Når du hev nøgdi av mat, og byggjer deg væne hus til å bu i,
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,
og buskapen din økslar seg, både stort og smått, og sylv- og gullhaugen veks, og all din eigedom aukar,
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.
lat ikkje då ovmod få rom i hjarta ditt, so du gløymer Herren, din Gud, han som henta deg ut or Egyptarlandet, or slavehuset,
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.
han som førde deg gjenom den store, øgjelege øydemarki, millom eiterormar og skorpionar og yver vatslaust turrlende, han som let vatnet strøyma ut åt deg or harde berget,
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.
han som i øydemarki fødde deg med manna, som federne dine aldri hadde høyrt gjete; og alt dette gjorde han av di han vilde mykja deg og røyna deg, og so sidan gjera vel imot deg.
17 Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power [MTY] and ability.’
Seg ikkje med deg sjølv: «Det er mi eigi kraft og mi sterke hand som hev vunne meg denne rikdomen.»
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.
Kom i hug at det var Herren, din Gud, som gav deg kraft til å vinna rikdom, av di han vil halda det han lova federne dine, soleis som han til dessa hev gjort.
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.
Men gløymer du Herren, og held deg til andre gudar, og tener deim, og bøygjer kne for deim, so er det ute med dykk, det segjer eg dykk for visst.
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.”
Liksom dei folki Herren no gjer ende på for dykkar skuld, soleis skal de og ganga til grunnar, for di de ikkje lyder Herren, dykkar Gud.
