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.
“You must faithfully obey all the commandments that I am giving you today. If you do that, you will live [a long time], you will become very numerous, and you will occupy the land that Yahweh solemnly promised your ancestors that he would give [to you].
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 do not forget how Yahweh our God led us as we traveled through the desert during these past 40 years. He [caused you to have many problems/difficulties], because he wanted to cause you to realize that you needed to trust him and not yourselves. And he wanted to test you, to find out what you intended to do [IDM], whether you would obey his commandments or not.
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.
So he caused you to have/experience difficulties. He allowed you to become hungry. Then he gave you manna [food from heaven], food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did that to teach you that people need food [for their bodies]; but [they also need food for their spirits, which comes from paying attention to] everything that Yahweh says [MTY].
4 Durante estos cuarenta años tu ropa no se desgastó y tus pies no se hincharon.
During those 40 years [of walking through the desert], our clothes did not wear out and our feet did not swell [from walking a very long way through the desert].
5 Así que debes darte cuenta de que así como un padre disciplina a su hijo, el Señor tu Dios te disciplina a ti.
Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
6 Por eso debes guardar los mandamientos del Señor tu Dios, siguiendo sus caminos y respetándolo.
“Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere 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;
He is about to bring you into a good/fertile land, which has streams which flow down from the hills and pour/flow out of springs in the valleys.
8 Es una tierra que produce trigo, cebada, vides, higueras, granadas, aceite de oliva y miel.
It is a land on which wheat and barley grow, a land where there are fig trees and pomegranates, and a land where there are olive trees 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.
It is a land where there will be plenty of food for you, where you will (not lack anything/have everything that you need) [LIT], a land which has iron [ore] in its rocks and from which you can dig copper [ore] from its hills.
10 Cuando comas y te sacies, dale las gracias al Señor tu Dios por la buena tierra que te ha dado.
[Every day] you will eat until your stomachs are full, and you will thank Yahweh our God for the fertile/good land that he has given you.
11 Asegúrate de no olvidar al Señor tu Dios desobedeciendo sus mandamientos y reglas que te doy hoy.
But, [when that happens], be sure not to forget Yahweh our God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.
12 Porque cuando comas y te sacies, cuando construyas casas hermosas para vivir,
When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
13 y cuando tus rebaños y manadas crezcan, y tu plata y oro se acumulen, y todas tus posesiones aumenten,
and when the number of your cattle and sheep has greatly increased, and when you have accumulated a large amount of silver and gold, and the amount of all your other possessions has greatly increased,
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.
be sure that you do not become proud [IDM] and forget Yahweh our God, who rescued your ancestors from being slaves in Egypt and brought them out from there.
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.
Do not forget that he led them [while they traveled] through that huge and terrible desert, where there were poisonous snakes and scorpions. And do not forget that where the ground was very dry and there was no water, he caused water to flow for them out of (solid/very hard) 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.
Do not forget that in that desert he gave your ancestors manna to eat, food that they had never eaten before. He [caused them to have/experience many problems/difficulties], because he wanted them to realize that they needed to trust him and not themselves. And he wanted to test them, to find out whether they intended to obey him, in order that when [those difficulties] ended, he would do many good things for them.
17 Puede que llegues a pensar: “Me hice rico con todo mi trabajo”.
Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power [MTY] and ability.’
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.
Do not forget that it is Yahweh our God who has enabled you to become rich. He does this because he faithfully does what he solemnly promised our ancestors that he would do.
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.
“solemnly warn you that if you forget Yahweh our God and turn to other gods and start to serve them and worship them, you will certainly be destroyed.
20 De la misma manera que el Señor destruyó las naciones mientras avanzabas, también morirás si no obedeces al Señor tu Dios.
If you do not obey Yahweh our God, he will certainly destroy you just like he will destroy the people-groups that you will fight against.”
