1 N ow this is the instruction, the laws, and the precepts which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land to which you go to possess it,

`And this the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it,

2 T hat you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, and keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

so that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are prolonged.

3 H ear therefore, O Israel, and be watchful to do them, that it may be well with you and that you may increase exceedingly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

`And thou hast heard, O Israel, and observed to do, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest multiply exceedingly, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee, the land flowing with milk and honey.

4 H ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God one Jehovah;

5 A nd you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with your entire being and with all your might.

and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

6 A nd these words which I am commanding you this day shall be in your minds and hearts;

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart,

7 Y ou shall whet and sharpen them so as to make them penetrate, and teach and impress them diligently upon the hearts of your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up.

and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

8 A nd you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets (forehead bands) between your eyes.

and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,

9 A nd you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

and thou hast written them on door-posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

10 A nd when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you, with great and goodly cities which you did not build,

`And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land which He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to thee -- cities great and good, which thou hast not built,

11 A nd houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and cisterns hewn out which you did not hew, and vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and when you eat and are full,

and houses full of all good things which thou hast not filled, and wells digged which thou hast not digged, vineyards and olive-yards which thou hast not planted, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied;

12 T hen beware lest you forget the Lord, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

`Take heed to thyself lest thou forget Jehovah who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

13 Y ou shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him and swear by His name.

Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;

14 Y ou shall not go after other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who are round about you;

ye do not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who round about you;

15 F or the Lord your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and He destroy you from the face of the earth.

for a zealous God Jehovah thy God in thy midst -- lest the anger of Jehovah thy God burn against thee, and He hath destroyed thee from off the face of the ground.

16 Y ou shall not tempt and try the Lord your God as you tempted and tried Him in Massah.

`Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;

17 Y ou shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God and His exhortations and His statutes which He commanded you.

ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee,

18 A nd you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which the Lord swore to give to your fathers,

and thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers,

19 T o cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has promised.

to drive away all thine enemies from thy presence, as Jehovah hath spoken.

20 W hen your son asks you in time to come, What is the meaning of the testimonies and statutes and precepts which the Lord our God has commanded you?

`When thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

21 T hen you shall say to your son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

then thou hast said to thy son, Servants we have been to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Jehovah bringeth us out of Egypt by a high hand;

22 A nd the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and evil, against Egypt, against Pharaoh, and all his household, before our eyes;

and Jehovah giveth signs and wonders, great and sad, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;

23 A nd He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in to give us the land which He swore to give our fathers.

and us He hath brought out thence, in order to bring us in, to give to us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.

24 A nd the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day.

And Jehovah commandeth us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for good to ourselves all the days, to keep us alive, as this day;

25 A nd it will be accounted as righteousness (conformity to God’s will in word, thought, and action) for us if we are watchful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.

and righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath commanded us.