Deuteronomio 8
1 Cuidarán de practicar todos los Mandamientos que yo les ordeno hoy para que vivan, se multipliquen y entren a poseer la tierra que Yavé prometió con juramento a sus antepasados.
You shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers.
2 Acuérdate de todo el camino en el desierto por donde te condujo Yavé tu ʼElohim estos 40 años para afligirte, probarte y saber lo que había en tu corazón, si guardarías o no sus Mandamientos.
You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
3 Él te humilló y te dejó padecer hambre, pero te sustentó con el maná, comida que no conocías, ni tus antepasados conocieron a fin de hacerte entender que no solo de pan vive el hombre, sino de todo lo que sale de la boca de Yavé.
He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the LORD’s mouth.
4 Tu ropa nunca se envejeció sobre ti, ni tu pie se hinchó en estos 40 años.
Your clothing did not grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
5 Reconoce, pues, en tu corazón, que como un hombre corrige a su hijo, así te corrige Yavé tu ʼElohim.
You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
6 Por tanto, guardarás los Mandamientos de Yavé tu ʼElohim, andarás en sus caminos y temerás a Él.
You shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
7 Porque Yavé tu ʼElohim te introduce a una tierra buena, tierra de arroyos de agua, de fuentes y manantiales que brotan en los valles y en las montañas,
For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;
8 tierra de trigo, cebada, vides, higueras y granados, tierra de aceite de olivas y miel,
a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;
9 tierra en la cual comerás el pan sin escasez y nada te faltará en ella, tierra cuyas piedras son hierro, y de sus montañas extraerás el cobre.
a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
10 Comerás y te saciarás. Bendecirás a Yavé tu ʼElohim por la buena tierra que te dio.
You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.
11 Cuídate de no olvidar a Yavé tu ʼElohim al no guardar sus Mandamientos, Ordenanzas y Estatutos que yo te ordeno hoy,
Beware lest you forget the LORD your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;
12 no sea que cuando comas y te sacies, edifiques hermosas casas y las ocupes,
lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them;
13 tus manadas de ganado vacuno y tus rebaños incrementen, la plata y el oro se te multipliquen y todo lo que tengas aumente,
and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
14 tu corazón se enaltezca y te olvides de Yavé tu ʼElohim. Él te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, de la casa de esclavitud,
then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
15 te condujo por un desierto vasto y terrible con serpientes ardientes y escorpiones, y en una tierra sedienta, carente de agua. Él te sacó agua del duro pedernal,
who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;
16 te sustentó con maná en el desierto, comida que tus antepasados no conocieron, para afligirte, probarte y al final hacerte bien.
who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;
17 No sea que digas en tu corazón: Mi poder y la fuerza de mi mano me trajeron esta riqueza.
and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”
18 Más bien te acordarás de Yavé tu ʼElohim, pues Él es Quien te da fuerza para producir riqueza, a fin de confirmar el Pacto que juró a tus antepasados, como se ve hoy.
But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
19 Pero sucederá que si te olvidas de Yavé tu ʼElohim, sigues a otros ʼelohim, les sirves y te postras ante ellos, afirmo hoy contra ustedes que ciertamente perecerán.
It shall be, if you shall forget the LORD your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.
20 Como las naciones que Yavé destruye delante de ustedes, así perecerán, porque no obedecieron la voz de Yavé su ʼElohim.
As the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so you shall perish, because you would not listen to the LORD your God’s voice.
