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 must keep all the commands that I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that Yahweh swore 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.
You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not.
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.
He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known and which your fathers had not known. He did that to make you know that it is not by bread alone that people live; rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live.
4 Rad nou yo pa t epwize sou nou, ni pye nou pa t anfle pandan karantan sila yo.
Your clothing did not wear out and fall off you, and your feet did not swell up during those 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.
You will think about in your heart, how, as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.
6 “Pou sa, nou va kenbe kòmandman a SENYÈ yo, Bondye nou an, pou mache nan chemen Li an, e pou krent Li.
You will keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, so that you might walk in his ways and honor 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 Yahweh your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out into valleys and among hills;
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, of vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees 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.
It is a land in which you will eat bread without lack, and where you will not go without anything; a land whose stones are made of iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
10 “Lè nou fin manje e satisfè, nou va beni SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou bon peyi ke Li te bannou an.
You will eat and be full, and you will bless Yahweh your God for the good land that 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.
Be careful that you do not forget Yahweh your God, and that you do not neglect his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes that I am commanding you today,
12 Otreman, lè nou te manje e satisfè, e fin bati bon kay pou nou viv nan yo,
otherwise, when you eat and are full, and when you build good houses and live in them, your heart will be lifted up.
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,
Be careful when your herds and flocks multiply and when your silver and gold increase, and all that you have is multiplied,
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.
then your heart becomes lifted up and you forget Yahweh 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.
Do not forget him who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the rock of flint.
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.
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors had never known, so that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end,
17 Otreman, nou ta di nan kè nou: “Se fòs nou avèk kouraj nou ki te bannou tout richès sa a.”
but you may say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand acquired all this 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 will call to mind Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
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.
It will happen that, if you will forget Yahweh your God and walk after other gods, worship them, and reverence them, I testify against you today that you will 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.”
Like the nations that Yahweh is making to perish before you, so will you perish, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
