Deutéronome 8
1 Vous observerez et vous mettrez en pratique tous les commandements que je vous prescris aujourd’hui, afin que vous viviez, que vous multipliiez, et que vous entriez en possession du pays que l’Éternel a juré de donner à vos pères.
“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 Souviens-toi de tout le chemin que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, t’a fait faire pendant ces quarante années dans le désert, afin de t’humilier et de t’éprouver, pour savoir quelles étaient les dispositions de ton cœur et 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, il t’a fait souffrir de la faim, et il t’a nourri de la manne, que tu ne connaissais pas et que n’avaient pas connue tes pères, afin de t’apprendre que l’homme ne vit pas de pain seulement, mais que l’homme vit de tout ce qui sort de la bouche de l’Éternel.
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 ne s’est point usé sur toi, et ton pied ne s’est point 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 Reconnais en ton cœur que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, te châtie comme un homme châtie son enfant.
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, va te faire entrer dans un bon pays, pays de cours d’eaux, de sources et de lacs, qui jaillissent dans les vallées et dans les montagnes;
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 pays de froment, d’orge, de vignes, de figuiers et de grenadiers; 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 pays où tu mangeras du pain avec abondance, où tu ne manqueras de rien; pays dont les pierres sont du fer, et des montagnes duquel tu tailleras l’airain.
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 Lorsque tu mangeras et te rassasieras, tu béniras l’Éternel, 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 Garde-toi d’oublier l’Éternel, ton Dieu, au point de ne pas observer 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 Lorsque tu mangeras et te rassasieras, lorsque tu bâtiras et habiteras de belles maisons,
When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
13 lorsque tu verras multiplier ton gros et ton menu bétail, s’augmenter ton argent et ton or, et s’accroître tout ce qui est à toi,
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 prends garde que ton cœur ne s’enfle, et que tu n’oublies l’Éternel, 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 fait marcher dans ce grand et affreux désert, où il y a des serpents brûlants et des scorpions, dans des lieux arides et sans eau, et qui a fait jaillir pour toi de l’eau du rocher le plus dur,
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 fait manger dans le désert la manne inconnue à tes pères, afin de t’humilier et de t’éprouver, pour te faire ensuite du bien.
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 Garde-toi de dire en ton cœur: Ma force et la puissance de ma main m’ont acquis 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 Souviens-toi de l’Éternel, ton Dieu, car c’est lui qui te donnera de la force pour les acquérir, afin de confirmer, comme il le fait aujourd’hui, son alliance qu’il a jurée à tes pères.
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 que tu ailles après d’autres dieux, si tu les sers et te prosternes devant eux, je vous déclare formellement aujourd’hui que vous périrez.
“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 Vous périrez comme les nations que l’Éternel fait périr devant vous, parce que vous n’aurez point écouté 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.”
