Deutéronome 8
1 Prends bien garde de pratiquer tous les préceptes, que moi, je te prescris aujourd’hui, afin que vous puissiez vivre, que vous vous multipliiez, et, qu’après y être entrés, vous possédiez la terre au sujet de laquelle le Seigneur a juré 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 Et tu te souviendras de tout le chemin par lequel le Seigneur ton Dieu t’a conduit pendant quarante ans à travers le désert, pour t’affliger, t’éprouver et faire connaître ce qui se passait dans ton cœur: si tu garderais ses commandements, ou non.
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 affligé par la faim, et il t’a donné pour nourriture la manne que tu ignorais, toi, et tes pères, afin de te montrer que ce n’est pas de pain seulement que l’homme vit, mais de toute parole qui sort de la bouche de Dieu.
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 dont tu étais couvert, n’a pas manqué par la vétusté, et ton pied n’a pas été déchiré en dessous, et voici la quarantième année.
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 C’est afin que tu penses en ton cœur, que comme un homme instruit son fils, ainsi le Seigneur ton Dieu t’a instruit;
Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
6 Afin que tu gardes les commandements du Seigneur ton Dieu, que tu marches dans ses voies, et que tu le craignes.
“Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him.
7 Car le Seigneur ton Dieu t’introduira dans une terre bonne, terre de ruisseaux, d’eaux, et de fontaines, dans les champs et les montagnes de laquelle jaillissent des sources de fleuves.
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 Terre de blé, d’orge et de vignes, dans laquelle naissent les figuiers, les grenadiers et les oliviers; terre d’huile 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 Où tu mangeras ton pain sans en manquer jamais, où tu jouiras de l’abondance de toutes choses, dont les pierres sont du fer; et de ses montagnes on exploite des mines d’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 Afin que, lorsque tu auras mangé, et que tu te seras rassasié, tu bénisses le Seigneur ton Dieu pour la terre excellente qu’il t’a donnée.
[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 Aie soin, et prends garde de n’oublier jamais le Seigneur ton Dieu, et de ne point négliger ses préceptes, ses ordonnances et ses cérémonies, que moi, 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 qu’après que tu auras mangé, et que tu seras rassasié, que tu auras bâti de belles maisons, et que tu t’y seras établi,
When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
13 Et que tu auras eu des troupeaux de bœufs, et des troupeaux de brebis, et une abondance d’argent et d’or de toutes choses,
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 que tu ne te souviennes plus du Seigneur ton Dieu, qui t’a retiré de la terre d’Egypte, 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 a été ton guide dans le désert grand et terrible, dans lequel étaient des serpents au souffle brûlant, des scorpions et des dipsas, et où il n’y avait absolument aucune eau; qui a fait jaillir des ruisseaux de la pierre la plus dure,
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 Et qui t’a nourri dans le désert d’une manne que n’ont pas connue tes pères. Et après qu’il t’a eu affligé et éprouvé, il a eu enfin pitié de toi,
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 Afin que tu ne dises pas en ton cœur: C’est ma force, et la vigueur de ma main qui m’ont acquis toutes ces choses;
Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power [MTY] and ability.’
18 Mais que tu te souviennes que c’est le Seigneur ton Dieu lui-même qui t’a donné des forces, afin qu’il accomplît ainsi l’alliance au sujet de laquelle il a juré à tes pères, comme le montre le présent jour.
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 Mais si, oubliant le Seigneur ton Dieu, tu suis des dieux étrangers, et que tu les serves et les adores, voici maintenant que je te prédis que tu périras entièrement.
“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 qu’a détruites le Seigneur à ton entrée, ainsi vous aussi, vous périrez, si vous êtes désobéissants à la voix du Seigneur 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.”
