Deuteronomio 8
1 Todo mandamiento, que yo os mando hoy, guardaréis para hacer lo, porque viváis, y seáis multiplicados; y entréis y heredéis la tierra de la cual juró Jehová a vuestros padres.
“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 Y acordarte has de todo el camino, por donde te ha traído Jehová tu Dios estos cuarenta años en el desierto para afligirte, por probarte para saber lo que estaba en tu corazón, si habías de guardar 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 Y afligióte, e hízote haber hambre, y sustentóte con man, comida que no conociste tú, ni tus padres la conocieron; para hacerte saber, que el hombre no vivirá de solo pan, mas de todo lo que sale de la boca de Jehová vivirá el hombre.
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 Tu vestido nunca se envejeció sobre ti, ni el pie se te ha hinchado por estos cuarenta años.
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 Y sepas en tu corazón, que como castiga el hombre a su hijo, Jehová tu Dios te castiga.
Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
6 Guardarás pues los mandamientos de Jehová tu Dios andando en sus caminos, y temiéndole.
“Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him.
7 Porque Jehová tu Dios te mete en la buena tierra, tierra de arroyos, de aguas, de fuentes, de abismos que salen por vegas, y por montes:
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 Tierra de trigo, y cebada, y de vides, e higueras, y granados; tierra de olivas, de aceite, y de 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 Tierra en la cual no comerás el pan con mezquindad: no te faltará nada en ella: tierra que sus piedras son hierro, y de sus montes cortarás metal.
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 Y comerás y hartarte has, y bendecirás a Jehová tu Dios por la buena tierra que te habrá 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 Guárdate, que no te olvides de Jehová tu Dios, para no guardar sus mandamientos, y sus derechos, y sus estatutos, que yo te mando 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 Que quizá no comas y te hartes, y edifiques buenas casas en que mores,
When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
13 Y tus vacas y tus ovejas se aumenten, y la plata y el oro se te multiplique, y todo lo que tuvieres, se te aumente,
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 Y tu corazón se eleve, y te olvides de Jehová tu Dios, que te sacó de tierra de Egipto de casa de siervos:
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 Que te hizo caminar por un desierto grande y espantoso, de serpientes ardientes, y de escorpiones, y de sed, donde ninguna agua había, y él te sacó agua de la peña del 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 Que te sustentó con man en el desierto, comida que tus padres no conocieron: afligiéndote, y probándote, para a la postre hacerte bien;
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 Y digas en tu corazón: Mi potencia, y la fortaleza de mi mano me ha hecho esta riqueza.
Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power [MTY] and ability.’
18 Antes te acuerdes de Jehová tu Dios; porque él te da la potencia para hacer las riquezas, para confirmar su concierto, que juró a tus padres: como parece en este día.
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 Y será, que si olvidándote te olvidares de Jehová tu Dios, y anduvieres en pos de dioses ajenos, y les sirvieres, y te encorvares a ellos; yo protesto contra vosotros hoy que pereciendo pereceréis.
“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 Como las gentes que Jehová destruirá delante de vosotros así pereceréis, por cuanto no habréis oído la voz de Jehová vuestro 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.”
