Deuteronomio 8
1 Ten cuidado de seguir todos los mandamientos que te doy hoy para que vivas y tengas muchos descendientes, y para que vayas y te apoderes del país que el Señor prometió darles a tus antepasados.
“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 Recuerda cómo durante estos cuarenta años el Señor tu Dios te ha llevado por todo el desierto, humillándote y poniéndote a prueba para saber en qué estabas pensando realmente y si ibas a cumplir sus mandamientos o no.
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 Te humilló y, cuando tuviste hambre, te dio a comer maná, que nadie, ni siquiera tú y tus antepasados, habían tenido antes. Esto fue para dejarte claro que los seres humanos no viven sólo de comer pan, sino de toda palabra que sale de la boca del Señor.
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 Durante estos cuarenta años tu ropa no se desgastó y tus pies no se hincharon.
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 Así que debes darte cuenta de que así como un padre disciplina a su hijo, el Señor tu Dios te disciplina a ti.
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 Por eso debes guardar los mandamientos del Señor tu Dios, siguiendo sus caminos y respetándolo.
So may you keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and fear him.
7 Porque el Señor tu Dios te lleva a un buen país. Es una tierra de arroyos, estanques y manantiales que fluyen por los valles y bajan por las colinas;
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 Es una tierra que produce trigo, cebada, vides, higueras, granadas, aceite de oliva y miel.
a land of crops, barley, and vineyards, in which fig and pomegranate and olive trees spring up, a land of oil and honey.
9 Es una tierra en la que no se agotan los alimentos, en la que se tiene todo lo necesario; una tierra cuyas rocas contienen mineral de hierro y cuyas colinas pueden ser explotadas para obtener 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 Cuando comas y te sacies, dale las gracias al Señor tu Dios por la buena tierra que te ha dado.
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 Asegúrate de no olvidar al Señor tu Dios desobedeciendo sus mandamientos y reglas que te doy hoy.
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 Porque cuando comas y te sacies, cuando construyas casas hermosas para vivir,
Otherwise, after you have eaten and been satisfied, and have built beautiful houses and have lived in them,
13 y cuando tus rebaños y manadas crezcan, y tu plata y oro se acumulen, y todas tus posesiones aumenten,
and have obtained herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and a plentitude of gold and silver and all things,
14 entonces te enorgullecerás y te olvidarás del Señor tu Dios que te sacó de Egipto, de la prisión, de la casa de la esclavitud.
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 Él te guió a través del inmenso y aterrador desierto con sus venenosas serpientes y escorpiones, una tierra seca y sin agua. Te trajo agua de una roca de pedernal.
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 Te alimentó en el desierto con maná que tus antepasados nunca habían conocido, humillándote y poniéndote a prueba, para que al final te fuera bien en el futuro.
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 Puede que llegues a pensar: “Me hice rico con todo mi trabajo”.
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 Pero recuerda que es el Señor su Dios quien les da la capacidad de haceros ricos, para cumplir su acuerdo que prometió a sus antepasados y que aún hoy existe.
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 Si alguna vez te olvidasdel Señor tu Dios, y vas tras otros dioses, adorándolos e inclinándote ante ellos, les aseguro ahora mismo que morirán definitivamente.
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 De la misma manera que el Señor destruyó las naciones mientras avanzabas, también morirás si no obedeces al Señor tu Dios.
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.”
