Deuteronomii 6

1 Haec sunt praecepta, et ceremoniae, atque iudicia, quae mandavit Dominus Deus vester ut docerem vos, et faciatis ea in Terra, ad quam transgredimini possidendam:

These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,

2 ut timeas Dominum Deum tuum, et custodias omnia mandata et praecepta eius, quae ego praecipio tibi, et filiis, ac nepotibus tuis, cunctis diebus vitae tuae, ut prolongentur dies tui.

so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.

3 Audi Israel, et observa ut facias quae praecepit tibi Dominus, et bene sit tibi, et multipliceris amplius, sicut pollicitus est Dominus Deus patrum tuorum tibi terram lacte et melle manantem.

Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

4 Audi Israel, Dominus Deus noster, Deus unus est.

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.

5 Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et ex tota fortitudine tua.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

6 Eruntque verba haec, quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, in corde tuo:

These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.

7 et narrabis ea filiis tuis, et meditaberis in eis sedens in domo tua, et ambulans in itinere, dormiens atque consurgens.

And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

8 Et ligabis ea quasi signum in manu tua, eruntque et movebuntur inter oculos tuos,

Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

9 scribesque ea in limine, et ostiis domus tuae.

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

10 Cumque introduxerit te Dominus Deus tuus in Terram, pro qua iuravit patribus tuis Abraham, Isaac, et Iacob: et dederit tibi civitates magnas et optimas, quas non aedificasti,

And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,

11 domos plenas cunctarum opum, quas non extruxisti, cisternas, quas non fodisti, vineta et oliveta, quae non plantasti,

with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,

12 et comederis, et saturatus fueris:

be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

13 cave diligenter ne obliviscaris Domini, qui eduxit te de Terra Aegypti, de domo servitutis. Dominum Deum tuum timebis, et illi soli servies, ac per nomen illius iurabis.

Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.

14 Non ibitis post deos alienos cunctarum Gentium, quae in circuitu vestro sunt:

Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.

15 quoniam Deus aemulator Dominus Deus tuus in medio tui: nequando irascatur furor Domini Dei tui contra te, et auferat te de superficie terrae.

For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

16 Non tentabis Dominum Deum tuum, sicut tentasti in loco tentationis.

Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.

17 Custodi praecepta Domini Dei tui, ac testimonia et ceremonias, quas praecepit tibi:

You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.

18 et fac quod placitum est et bonum in conspectu Domini, ut bene sit tibi: et ingressus possideas terram optimam, de qua iuravit Dominus patribus tuis,

Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

19 ut deleret omnes inimicos tuos coram te, sicut locutus est.

driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.

20 Cumque interrogaverit te filius tuus cras, dicens: Quid sibi volunt testimonia haec, et ceremoniae, atque iudicia, quae praecepit Dominus Deus noster nobis?

In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”

21 dices ei: Servi eramus Pharaonis in Aegypto, et eduxit nos Dominus de Aegypto in manu forti:

then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

22 fecitque signa atque prodigia magna et pessima in Aegypto contra Pharaonem, et omnem domum illius in conspectu nostro,

Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.

23 et eduxit nos inde, ut introductis daret Terram, super qua iuravit patribus nostris.

But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.

24 Praecepitque nobis Dominus ut faciamus omnia legitima haec, et timeamus Dominum Deum nostrum, ut bene sit nobis cunctis diebus vitae nostrae, sicut est hodie.

And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.

25 Eritque nostri misericors, si custodierimus et fecerimus omnia praecepta eius coram Domino Deo nostro, sicut mandavit nobis.

And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”