Deuteronomii 8
1 Omne mandatum, quod ego praecipio tibi hodie, attende diligenter ut facias: ut possitis vivere, et multiplicemini, ingressique possideatis Terram, pro qua iuravit Dominus patribus vestris.
You must take care to follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and have many descendants, and go in and take over the country the Lord promised to give to your fore fathers.
2 Et recordaberis cuncti itineris, per quod adduxit te Dominus Deus tuus quadraginta annis per desertum, ut affligeret te, atque tentaret, et nota fierent quae in tuo animo versabantur, utrum custodires mandata illius, an non.
Remember how for these forty years the Lord your God has led you all the way through the desert, humbling you and testing you in order to find out what you were really thinking, and whether or not you would keep his commandments.
3 Afflixit te penuria, et dedit tibi cibum Manna, quod ignorabas tu et patres tui: ut ostenderet tibi quod non in solo pane vivat homo, sed in omni verbo quod egreditur de ore Dei.
He humbled you, and when you were hungry he gave you manna to eat, which nobody, including you and your forefathers, had ever had before This was in order to make it clear to you that human beings do not live by only eating bread, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
4 Vestimentum tuum, quo operiebaris, nequaquam vetustate defecit, et pes tuus non est subtritus, en quadragesimus annus est.
During these forty years your clothing didn't wear out and your feet didn't swell up.
5 Ut recogites in corde tuo, quia sicut erudit filium suum homo, sic Dominus Deus tuus erudivit te,
So you should realize that just as a parent disciplines their child, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
6 ut custodias mandata Domini Dei tui, et ambules in viis eius, et timeas eum.
That's why you have to keep the commandments of the Lord your God, following his ways and respecting him.
7 Dominus enim Deus tuus introducet te in terram bonam, terram rivorum aquarumque et fontium: in cuius campis et montibus erumpunt fluviorum abyssi:
For the Lord your God is taking you to a good country. It's a land of streams and pools and springs that flow through the valleys and down the hills;
8 terram frumenti, hordei, ac vinearum, in qua ficus, et malogranata, et oliveta nascuntur: terram olei ac mellis.
It's a land that produces wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey.
9 Ubi absque ulla penuria comedes panem tuum, et rerum omnium abundantia perfrueris: cuius lapides ferrum sunt, et de montibus eius aeris metalla fodiuntur:
It's a land where you won't run out of food, where you will have everything you need; a land whose rocks contain iron ore and whose hills can be mined for copper.
10 ut cum comederis, et satiatus fueris, benedicas Domino Deo tuo pro terra optima, quam dedit tibi.
When you eat and are full, make sure you thank the Lord your God for the good land that he's given you.
11 Observa, et cave nequando obliviscaris Domini Dei tui, et negligas mandata eius atque iudicia et ceremonias, quas ego praecipio tibi hodie:
Make sure you don't forget the Lord your God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I'm giving you today.
12 ne postquam comederis et satiatus fueris, domos pulchras aedificaveris, et habitaveris in eis,
For when you eat and are full, when you build beautiful houses to live in,
13 habuerisque armenta boum et ovium greges, argenti et auri, cunctarumque rerum copiam,
and when your herds and flocks grow larger, and your silver and gold accumulates, and all your possessions increase,
14 elevetur cor tuum, et non reminiscaris Domini Dei tui, qui eduxit te de Terra Aegypti, de domo servitutis:
then you will become proud, and you will forget the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.
15 et ductor tuus fuit in solitudine magna atque terribili, in qua erat serpens flatu adurens, et scorpio ac dipsas, et nullae omnino aquae: qui eduxit rivos de petra durissima,
He guided you through the immense and terrifying desert with its poisonous snakes and scorpions—a dried up, waterless land. He brought water for you out of a flint rock.
16 et cibavit te Manna in solitudine, quod nescierunt patres tui. Et postquam afflixit ac probavit, ad extremum misertus est tui,
He fed you in the desert with manna that your forefathers had never known, humbling you and testing you, so that eventually you would do well in the future.
17 ne diceres in corde tuo: Fortitudo mea, et robur manus meae, haec mihi omnia praestiterunt.
You might think to yourselves, “I became rich through all my hard work.”
18 Sed recorderis Domini Dei tui, quod ipse vires tibi praebuerit, ut impleret pactum suum super quo iuravit patribus tuis, sicut praesens indicat dies.
But remember it's the Lord your God who gives you the ability to become rich, in order to fulfill his agreement he promised to your forefathers that still exists today.
19 Sin autem oblitus Domini Dei tui, secutus fueris deos alienos, coluerisque illos et adoraveris: ecce nunc praedico tibi quod omnino dispereas.
If you ever forget the Lord your God, and run after other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, I assure you right now that you will definitely die!
20 Sicut Gentes, quas delevit Dominus in introitu tuo, ita et vos peribitis, si inobedientes fueritis voci Domini Dei vestri.
In the same way the Lord destroyed the nations as you advanced, you will also die if you don't obey the Lord your God.
