Deutéronome 8
1 Vous observerez et mettrez en pratique tous les commandements que je vous prescris aujourd'hui, afin que vous viviez, que vous multipliiez, que vous entriez dans le pays que l'Éternel a juré à vos pères et que vous le possédiez.
“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].
2 Tu te souviendras de tout le chemin que l'Éternel, ton Dieu, t'a fait faire pendant ces quarante années dans le désert, afin de t'humilier, de t'éprouver, de savoir ce que tu avais dans le cœur, si tu garderais ou non ses commandements.
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.
3 Il t'a humilié, t'a laissé avoir faim et t'a nourri de la manne, que tu ne connaissais pas et que tes pères ne connaissaient pas, afin de t'apprendre que l'homme ne vit pas seulement de pain, mais que l'homme vit de toute parole qui sort de la bouche de Yahvé.
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].
4 Ton vêtement n'a pas vieilli sur toi, et ton pied n'a pas enflé, pendant ces quarante années.
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].
5 Tu considéreras dans ton cœur que, comme un homme discipline son fils, ainsi Yahvé ton Dieu te discipline.
Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
6 Tu observeras les commandements de l'Éternel, ton Dieu, pour marcher dans ses voies et pour le craindre.
“Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him.
7 Car l'Éternel, ton Dieu, te fait entrer dans un bon pays, un pays de ruisseaux d'eau, de sources et d'eaux souterraines qui coulent dans les vallées et les collines;
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.
8 un pays de blé, d'orge, de vignes, de figuiers et de grenadiers, un pays d'oliviers et de miel;
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.
9 un pays où tu mangeras du pain sans manquer, où tu ne manqueras de rien; un pays dont les pierres sont du fer, et dans les collines duquel on peut extraire du cuivre.
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.
10 Tu mangeras et tu te rassasieras, et tu béniras Yahvé ton Dieu pour le bon pays qu'il t'a donné.
[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.
11 Prends garde que tu n'oublies Yahvé, ton Dieu, en n'observant pas ses commandements, ses ordonnances et ses lois, que je te prescris aujourd'hui;
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.
12 de peur que, lorsque tu auras mangé et que tu seras rassasié, lorsque tu auras bâti de belles maisons et que tu y auras habité,
When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
13 lorsque tes troupeaux se seront multipliés, que ton argent et ton or se seront multipliés, et que tout ce que tu possèdes se sera multiplié,
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,
14 ton cœur ne s'élève et tu n'oublies Yahvé, ton Dieu, qui t'a fait sortir du pays d'Égypte, de la maison de servitude;
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.
15 qui t'a conduit à travers un désert grand et terrible, avec des serpents venimeux et des scorpions, et une terre assoiffée où il n'y avait pas d'eau; qui t'a fait couler de l'eau du rocher de silex;
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.
16 qui t'a nourri dans le désert de la manne que tes pères ne connaissaient pas, afin de t'humilier et de t'éprouver, pour te faire du bien à la fin de ta vie;
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.
17 et de peur que tu ne dises dans ton cœur: « C'est ma puissance et la force de ma main qui m'ont procuré ces richesses ». »
Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power [MTY] and ability.’
18 Mais toi, tu te souviendras de Yahvé ton Dieu, car c'est lui qui te donne le pouvoir d'acquérir des richesses, afin d'établir son alliance, qu'il a jurée à tes pères, comme elle l'est aujourd'hui.
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.
19 Si tu oublies l'Éternel, ton Dieu, et si tu vas après d'autres dieux, si tu les sers et te prosternes devant eux, je témoigne aujourd'hui contre toi que tu périras.
“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.
20 Comme les nations que l'Éternel fait périr devant vous, ainsi vous périrez, parce que vous n'avez pas voulu écouter la voix de l'Éternel, votre Dieu.
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.”
