Deuteronomy 8
1 Ẹ kíyèsi i láti máa tẹ̀lé gbogbo àṣẹ tí mo fún un yín lónìí, kí ẹ bá à le yè, kí ẹ sì pọ̀ sí i wọ ilẹ̀ náà, kí ẹ sì le gba ilẹ̀ náà, tí Olúwa fì búra ṣèlérí fún àwọn baba ńlá a yín.
“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 Ẹ rántí bí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ti tọ́ ọ yín ṣọ́nà ní gbogbo ọ̀nà ní aginjù fún ogójì ọdún wọ̀nyí láti tẹ orí yín ba àti láti dán an yín wò kí ó ba à le mọ bí ọkàn yín ti rí, bóyá ẹ ó pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́ tàbí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́.
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 Ó rẹ̀ yín sílẹ̀ nípa fífi ebi pa yín, Ó sì fi manna bọ́ ọ yín, èyí tí ẹ kò mọ̀, tí àwọn baba yín kò mọ̀, kí ó ba à lè kọ́ ọ yín pé, ènìyàn kò ti ipa oúnjẹ nìkan wà láààyè, bí kò ṣe ohun gbogbo tí ó jáde láti ẹnu Olúwa wá.
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 Aṣọ yín kò gbó mọ́ ọn yín lọ́rùn bẹ́ẹ̀ ní ẹsẹ̀ yín kò sì wú, ní ogójì ọdún náà.
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 Ẹ mọ̀ ní ọkàn an yín pé, bí baba ti ń kọ́ ọmọ rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ń kọ́ ọ yín.
Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
6 Nítorí èyí, ẹ gbọdọ̀ pa òfin Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín mọ́, nípa rínrìn ní ọ̀nà rẹ̀, àti bíbẹ̀rù rẹ̀.
“Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him.
7 Nítorí pé Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ń mú un yín bọ̀ wá sí ilẹ̀ rere ilẹ̀ tí ó kún fún odò àti ibú omi, pẹ̀lú àwọn ìsun tí ń sàn jáde láti orí òkè àti pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀.
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 Ilẹ̀ tí ó kún fún jéró àti ọkà barle, tí ó sì kún fún àjàrà àti igi ọ̀pọ̀tọ́, igi pomegiranate, òróró olifi àti oyin.
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 Ilẹ̀ tí oúnjẹ kò ti wọ́n, kò sí ohun tí ẹ̀yin yóò ṣe aláìní, ilẹ̀ tí irin ti pọ̀ bí òkúta, ẹ̀yin sì lè wa idẹ jáde láti inú òkè rẹ̀ wá.
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 Nígbà tí ẹ bá ti jẹ tí ẹ sì yó tán ẹ yin Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín fún pípèsè ilẹ̀ rere fún un yín.
[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 Ẹ ṣọ́ra kí ẹ má gbàgbé Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, nípa kíkùnà láti pa àṣẹ rẹ̀, àwọn òfin rẹ̀, àti àwọn ìlànà rẹ̀ tí mo ń fún un yín lónìí mọ́.
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 Kí ó má ba à jẹ́ pé, nígbà tí ẹ bá jẹun yó tán, tí ẹ bá kọ́ ilé tí ó dára tán, tí ẹ sí ń gbé inú rẹ̀,
When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
13 nígbà tí àwọn agbo màlúù yín àti tí ewúrẹ́ ẹ yín bá pọ̀ sí i tán, tí fàdákà àti wúrà yín sì ń peléke sí i, tí ohun gbogbo tí ẹ ní sì ń pọ̀ sí i,
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 nígbà náà ni ọkàn yín yóò gbéga, tí ẹ̀yin yóò sì gbàgbé Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, tí ó mú un yín jáde láti Ejibiti wá, nínú oko ẹrú.
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 Òun ni ó mú un yín la aginjù ẹlẹ́rù ńlá já, ilẹ̀ tí kò sí omi tí ó sì kún fún òǹgbẹ, pẹ̀lú àwọn ejò olóró ńlá ńlá àti àkéekèe. Ó mú omi jáde fún un yín láti inú àpáta.
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 Ó fún yín ní manna láti jẹ nínú aginjù, ohun tí àwọn baba yín kò mọ̀ rí, kí Òun bá à le tẹ orí yín ba kí ó sì lè dán an yín wò, kí ó bá à lè dára fún un yín.
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 Ẹ lè rò nínú ara yín pé, “Agbára mi àti iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ mi ni ó mú ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí wá fún mi.”
Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power [MTY] and ability.’
18 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ rántí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín tí ó fún un yín ní agbára àti lè ní àwọn ọrọ̀ wọ̀nyí, tí ó sì fi mú májẹ̀mú rẹ̀ ṣẹ tí ó ti búra fún àwọn baba ńlá a yín bí ó ti rí lónìí.
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 Bí ẹ bá wá gbàgbé Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, tí ẹ sì tẹ̀lé àwọn òrìṣà mìíràn, tí ẹ sì sìn wọ́n, tí ẹ sì foríbalẹ̀ fún wọn, Mo kìlọ̀ fún un yín pé rírun ni ẹ̀yin yóò run.
“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 Bí àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí Olúwa parun níwájú u yín, bákan náà ni ẹ ó parun, torí pé ẹ kò gbọ́rọ̀ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín lẹ́nu.
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.”
