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].
Cuidarás de poner en práctica todos los mandamientos que hoy os ordeno, para que viváis y os multipliquéis, y entréis y poséis la tierra que Yahvé juró a vuestros padres.
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.
Recordarás todo el camino que Yahvé, tu Dios, te ha conducido estos cuarenta años en el desierto, para humillarte, para probarte, para saber lo que había en tu corazón, si guardarías sus mandamientos o no.
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].
Te humilló, permitió que tuvieras hambre y te alimentó con el maná, que tú no conocías, ni tus padres tampoco, para enseñarte que no sólo de pan vive el hombre, sino que el hombre vive de toda palabra que sale de la boca de Yahvé.
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].
Tu ropa no envejeció sobre ti, ni tu pie se hinchó, en estos cuarenta años.
5 Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
Considerarás en tu corazón que como un hombre disciplina a su hijo, así te disciplina Yahvé, tu Dios.
6 “Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him.
Guardarás los mandamientos de Yahvé vuestro Dios, para andar en sus caminos y para temerle.
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.
Porque Yahvé vuestro Dios te lleva a una buena tierra, una tierra de arroyos de agua, de manantiales y de aguas subterráneas que fluyen en los valles y en las colinas;
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.
una tierra de trigo, cebada, vides, higueras y granadas; una tierra de olivos y 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.
una tierra en la que comerás el pan sin escasez, no te faltará nada en ella; una tierra cuyas piedras son de hierro, y de cuyos montes podrás sacar cobre.
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.
Comerás y te saciarás, y bendecirás al Señor tu Dios por la buena tierra que te ha dado.
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.
Cuídate de no olvidarte de Yahvé vuestro Dios, al no guardar sus mandamientos, sus ordenanzas y sus estatutos, que yo te ordeno hoy;
12 When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
no sea que cuando hayas comido y te sacies, y hayas construido casas hermosas y vivas en ellas;
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,
y cuando se multipliquen tus rebaños y tus manadas, y se multiplique tu plata y tu oro, y se multiplique todo lo que tienes;
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.
entonces tu corazón se enaltezca, y te olvides de Yahvé vuestro Dios, que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de servidumbre;
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.
que te condujo por el desierto grande y terrible, con serpientes venenosas y escorpiones, y con tierra sedienta donde no había agua; que te derramó agua de la roca de pedernal;
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.
que te alimentó en el desierto con el maná que tus padres no conocieron, para humillarte y probarte, para hacerte bien en tu final;
17 Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power [MTY] and ability.’
y para que no digas en tu corazón: “Mi poder y la fuerza de mi mano me han conseguido esta riqueza.”
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.
Pero te acordarás de Yahvé, tu Dios, porque es él quien te da el poder para conseguir riquezas, para que confirme su pacto que juró a tus padres, como es hoy.
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.
Si te olvidas del Señor, tu Dios, y andas en pos de otros dioses, y los sirves y los adoras, yo testifico hoy contra ti que ciertamente perecerás.
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.”
Como las naciones que Yahvé hace perecer delante de ti, así perecerás tú, porque no quisiste escuchar la voz de Yahvé vuestro Dios.
