Deuteronomio 8
1 Ten cuidado de cumplir con todas las órdenes que te doy hoy, para que vivan y se multipliquen y vayan tomar como herencia la tierra que el Señor, por su juramento a tus padres, se comprometió a darles.
“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 ten presente el camino por el cual el Señor, tu Dios, te ha llevado a través del desierto durante estos cuarenta años, para que él pueda abatir tu orgullo y ponerlo a prueba, para ver lo que había en tu corazón y Si mantendrías sus órdenes 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 Él Te humilló y te hizo pasar por hambre y te dio maná para su comida, algo nuevo para ti, que tus padres nunca vieron; para dejarte en claro que el pan no es la única necesidad del hombre, sino que tu vida está en cada 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 A lo largo de estos cuarenta años, tu ropa no envejeció o sus pies se cansaron.
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 Ten presente este pensamiento, que como un hijo es castigado por su padre, entonces ustedes han sido castigados por el Señor tu Dios.
Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
6 Entonces guarda las órdenes del Señor tu Dios, témele y camina en sus caminos.
“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 Dios te está guiando hacia una tierra buena, una tierra de manantiales de agua, fuentes y arroyos profundos que fluyen desde los valles y 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 Una tierra de grano y vides e higueras y frutos bonitos; una tierra de olivos 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 Donde habrá pan para ti en toda su medida y no necesitarán nada; una tierra donde las mismas piedras son de hierro y de cuyas colinas puedes 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 Y tendrás suficiente comida y estarás lleno, alabarás 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 Luego, cuídate de no olvidar al Señor tu Dios y de guardar sus juicios, mandamientos y estatutos que te doy este día.
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 Y cuando hayas comido y estés lleno, y vivan en en las casas que se han hecho;
When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
13 Y cuando tus vacas y tus rebaños aumenten, y tus reservas de plata y oro, y todo lo que tienes se multiplique;
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 Cuida que tu corazón no se llene de orgullo, y te olvides del Señor tu Dios que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto, 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 Quién fue tu guía a través de ese gran y cruel desierto, donde había serpientes venenosas y escorpiones y una tierra seca sin agua; Él sacó para ti agua de la roca 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 Quien te dio maná para tu comida en el desierto, un alimento que tus padres nunca habían visto; para humillarte y tu corazón fuera probado para hacerte bien al final;
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 No digas, en tu corazón, Mi poder y la fuerza de mis manos me han traído 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 Pero ten en mente al Señor tu Dios: porque es él quien te da el poder de obtener riqueza, así ha confirmado el pacto que hizo con su juramento con tus padres, como 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 es cierto que si en algún momento te apartas del Señor tu Dios y sigues a otros dioses para ser sus sirvientes y adorarlos, la destrucción les alcanzará.
“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 naciones que el Señor destruye delante de ustedes, así serás destruidos; porque no obedecen ni escuchan la voz del 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.”
