Deteronòm 8
1 “Tout kòmandman ke Mwen ap kòmande nou jodi a, nou va fè atansyon pou fè yo, pou nou kapab viv, miltipliye, e antre ladann pou posede peyi ke SENYÈ a te sèmante a zansèt nou yo.
You shall observe to do all the commands which I charge you today, that you may live and be multiplied, and enter in and inherit the land, which the Lord your God sware [to give] to your fathers.
2 “Nou va sonje tout jan ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te mennen nou nan dezè a pandan karantan sila yo, pou Li te kapab fè nou vin enb e pase nou a leprèv, pou konnen kisa ki te nan kè nou, pou wè si nou pa tap kenbe kòmandman Li yo.
And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God led you in the wilderness, that he might afflict you, and try you, and that the things in your heart might be made manifest, whether you would keep his commandments or no.
3 “Li te fè nou vin enb e grangou. Epi konsa, Li te bannou manje lamàn ke nou pa t janm konnen, ni zansèt nou yo pa t konnen, pou Li te kapab fè nou konprann ke lòm pa viv sèlman pa pen, men lòm viv pa tout bagay ki sòti nan bouch SENYÈ a.
And he afflicted you and straitened you with hunger, and fed you with manna, which your fathers knew not; that he might teach you that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live.
4 Rad nou yo pa t epwize sou nou, ni pye nou pa t anfle pandan karantan sila yo.
Your garments grew not old from off you, your shoes were not worn from off you, your feet were not [painfully] hardened, behold! these forty years.
5 Konsa, nou fèt pou konnen nan kè nou, ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, t ap korije nou jis jan ke yon mesye korije fis li.
And you shall know in your heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord your God will chasten you.
6 “Pou sa, nou va kenbe kòmandman a SENYÈ yo, Bondye nou an, pou mache nan chemen Li an, e pou krent Li.
And you shall keep the commands of the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
7 Paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ap mennen nou antre nan yon bon peyi, yon peyi ki gen anpil ti rivyè ak sous dlo; sous k ap koule, k ap kouri nan vale ak ti mòn yo;
For the Lord your God will bring you into a good and extensive land, where there are torrents of waters, and fountains of deep places issuing through the plains and through the mountains:
8 yon peyi avèk ble ak lòj, avèk pye rezen, pye fig, avèk grenad, yon peyi avèk lwil doliv ak siwo myèl;
a land of wheat and barley, [wherein are] vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
9 yon peyi kote nou va manje manje san manke. Ladann l nou p ap manke anyen; yon peyi kote wòch se fè; epi kote nan ti mòn yo, nou kab fouye kwiv.
a land on which you shall not eat your bread with poverty, and you shall not lack any thing upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains you shall dig brass.
10 “Lè nou fin manje e satisfè, nou va beni SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou bon peyi ke Li te bannou an.
And you shall eat and be filled, and shall bless the Lord your God on the good land, which he has given you.
11 Veye pou nou pa bliye SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, epi pa kenbe kòmandman Li yo, lwa Li yo avèk règleman Li yo ke Mwen ap kòmande nou jodi a.
Take heed to yourself that you forget not the Lord your God, so as not to keep his commands, and his judgments, and ordinances, which I command you this day:
12 Otreman, lè nou te manje e satisfè, e fin bati bon kay pou nou viv nan yo,
lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived in them;
13 epi lè twoupo nou avèk bann mouton nou yo vin miltipliye, ajan avèk lò nou yo vin anpil, e tout sa nou posede vin miltipliye,
and your oxen and your sheep are multiplied to you, and your silver and your gold are multiplied to you, and all your possessions are multiplied to you,
14 alò, kè nou va vin plen ak ògèy, e nou va bliye SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ki te mennen nou sòti nan peyi Égypte la, andeyò kay esklavaj la.
you should be exalted in heart, and forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage:
15 Li te mennen nou nan gran dezè tèrib sa a, avèk sèpan pwazon ak eskòpyon, ak tè swaf kote ki pa t gen dlo. Li te fè dlo sòti pou nou nan wòch silèks la.
who brought you through that great and terrible wilderness, where [is] the biting serpent, and scorpion, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you a fountain of water out of the flinty rock:
16 Nan dezè a, Li te bannou lamàn ke zansèt nou yo pa t konnen, pou Li te kapab fè nou vin enb, e pou Li te kapab fè nou pase a leprèv, pouke alafen, sa te kab ale byen pou nou.
who fed you with manna in the wilderness, which you knew not, and your fathers knew not; that he might afflict you, and thoroughly try you, and do you good in your latter days.
17 Otreman, nou ta di nan kè nou: “Se fòs nou avèk kouraj nou ki te bannou tout richès sa a.”
Lest you should say in your heart, My strength, and the power of mine hand have wrought for me this great wealth.
18 Men nou va sonje SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, paske se Li ki ap bannou pouvwa pou fè richès, pou Li kapab konfime akò ke Li te sèmante a zansèt nou yo, jan sa ye jodi a.
But you shall remember the Lord your God, that he gives you strength to get wealth; even that he may establish his covenant, which the Lord sware to your fathers, as at this day.
19 Li va rive ke si nou bliye SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou swiv lòt dye yo pou adore yo, Mwen ap fè temwayaj kont nou jodi a menm, ke anverite nou va peri.
And it shall come to pass if you do at all forget the Lord your God, and should go after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall surely perish.
20 Jan nasyon ke SENYÈ a ap fè peri devan nou yo, konsa nou va peri, akoz ke nou pa t koute vwa a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.”
As also the other nations which the Lord God destroys before your face, so shall you perish, because you listened not to the voice of the Lord your God.
