Deuteronômio 8
1 Todos os mandamentos que hoje vos ordeno guardareis para os fazer: para que vivais, e vos multipliqueis, e entreis, e possuais a terra que o Senhor jurou a vossos pais.
“All the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day, take care to observe them diligently, so that you may live and be multiplied, and so that, upon entering, you may possess the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers.
2 E te lembrarás de todo o caminho, pelo qual o Senhor teu Deus te guiou no deserto estes quarenta anos, para te humilhar, e te tentar, para saber o que estava no teu coração, se guardarias os seus mandamentos, ou não.
And you shall remember the entire journey along which the Lord your God led you, for forty years through the desert, to afflict you, and to test you, and to make known the things that were turning in your soul, whether or not you would keep his commandments.
3 E te humilhou, e te deixou ter fome, e te sustentou com o maná, que tu não conheceste, nem teus pais o conheceram: para te dar a entender que o homem não viverá só de pão, mas que de tudo o que sai da boca do Senhor viverá o homem.
He afflicted you with need, and he gave you Manna as your food, which neither you nor your fathers knew, so as to reveal to you that it is not by bread alone that man lives, but by every word that goes forth from the mouth of God.
4 Nunca se envelheceu o teu vestido sobre ti, nem se inchou o teu pé estes quarenta anos.
Your garment, with which you were covered, has by no means decayed due to age, and your foot has not been worn down, even to this fortieth year,
5 Confessa pois no teu coração que, como um homem castiga a seu filho, assim te castiga o Senhor teu Deus.
so that you would recognize in your heart that, just as a man educates his son, so has the Lord your God educated you.
6 E guarda os mandamentos do Senhor teu Deus, para o temer, e andar nos seus caminhos.
So may you keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and fear him.
7 Porque o Senhor teu Deus te mete numa boa terra, terra de ribeiros de águas, de fontes, e de abismos, que saem dos vales e das montanhas;
For the Lord your God will lead you into a good land: a land of brooks and waters and fountains, in which deep rivers burst forth from its plains and mountains,
8 Terra de trigo e cevada, e de vides, e figueiras, e romeiras; terra de oliveiras, abundante de azeite e mel;
a land of crops, barley, and vineyards, in which fig and pomegranate and olive trees spring up, a land of oil and honey.
9 Terra em que comerás o pão sem escassez, e nada te faltará nela: terra cujas pedras são ferro, e de cujos montes tu cavarás o cobre.
In that place, without any need, you shall eat your bread and enjoy an abundance of all things: where the stones are like iron, and where ore for brass is dug out of its mountains.
10 Quando pois tiveres comido, e fores farto, louvarás ao Senhor teu Deus pela boa terra que te deu.
So then, when you have eaten and been satisfied, you should bless the Lord your God for the excellent land which he has given to you.
11 Guarda-te que te esqueças do Senhor teu Deus, não guardando os seus mandamentos, e os seus juízos, e os seus estatutos que hoje te ordeno:
Be observant and cautious, lest at some time you may forget the Lord your God, and neglect his commandments, as well as the judgments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day.
12 Para que, porventura, havendo tu comido e fores farto, e havendo edificado boas casas, e habitando-as,
Otherwise, after you have eaten and been satisfied, and have built beautiful houses and have lived in them,
13 E se tiverem aumentado as tuas vacas e as tuas ovelhas, e se acrescentar a prata e o ouro, e se multiplicar tudo quanto tens,
and have obtained herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and a plentitude of gold and silver and all things,
14 Se não eleve o teu coração e te esqueças do Senhor teu Deus, que te tirou da terra do Egito, da casa da servidão;
your heart might be lifted up, and you might not remember the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude,
15 Que te guiou por aquele grande e terrível deserto de serpentes ardentes, e de escorpiões, e de secura, em que não havia água; e tirou água para ti da rocha do seixal;
and who was your leader in the great and terrible wilderness, in which there was the serpent with a burning breath, and the scorpion, and the snake of thirst, and no waters at all. He led streams out of the hardest rock,
16 Que no deserto te sustentou com maná, que teus pais não conheceram; para te humilhar, e para te provar, para no teu fim te fazer bem;
and he nourished you in the wilderness with Manna, which your fathers had not known. And after he had afflicted and tested you, in the very end, he took pity on you.
17 E digas no teu coração: A minha força, e a fortaleza de meu braço, me adquiriu este poder.
Otherwise, you might say in your heart: ‘My own strength, and the power of my own hand, have brought forth all these things for me.’
18 Antes te lembrarás do Senhor teu Deus, que ele é o que te dá força para adquirires poder; para confirmar o seu concerto, que jurou a teus pais; como se vê neste dia.
But remember the Lord your God, that he himself has provided you with strength, so that he may fulfill his covenant, about which he swore to your fathers, just as the present day reveals.
19 Será porém que, se de qualquer sorte te esqueceres do Senhor teu Deus, e se ouvires outros deuses, e os servires, e te inclinares perante eles, hoje eu protesto contra vós que certamente perecereis.
But if you forget the Lord your God, so that you follow foreign gods, and serve and adore them: behold, I now foretell to you that you shall utterly perish.
20 Como as gentes que o Senhor destruiu diante de vós, assim vós perecereis: porquanto não querieis obedecer à voz do Senhor vosso Deus.
Just like the nations, which the Lord destroyed upon your arrival, so shall you also perish, if you have been disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God.”
