1 « فاحْرِصُوا عَلَى إطاعَةِ كُلِّ الوَصايا الَّتِي أُوصِيكُمْ بِها اليَومَ، لِتَحيُوا وَتَزدادُوا وَتَدخُلُوا وَتَمتَلِكُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي أقسَمَ اللهُ بِأنْ أُعْطِيَها لآبائِكُمْ.

“All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to give to your forefathers.

2 و َتَذَكَّرُوا كَيفَ قادَكُمْ إلَهُكُمْ فِي كُلِّ الرِّحلَةِ طِيلَةَ الأربَعِينَ سَنَةً الماضِيَةَ فِي الصَّحراءِ لِيَضغَطَ عَلَيكُمْ وَيَمتَحِنَكُمْ، فَيَعْرِفَ ما فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ إنْ كُنتُمْ تَحفَظُونَ وَصاياهُ أمْ لا.

You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

3 ف َأدْخَلَكُمْ فِي ضِيقٍ وَأجاعَكُمْ، ثُمَّ أطعَمَكُمُ المَنَّ الَّذِي لَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعرِفُونَهُ لا أنتُمْ وَلا آباؤكُمْ. لَعَلَّكُمْ تَفْهَمُونَ أنَّ الإنسانَ لا يَعِيشُ عَلَى الخُبزِ وَحْدَهُ، بَلْ بِكُلِّ كَلِمَةٍ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ فَمِ اللهِ.

He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

4 ث ِيابُكُمُ الَّتِي تَرتَدُونَها لَمْ تَهْتَرئْ، وَأرجُلُكُمْ لَمْ تَتَوَرَّمْ طِيلَةَ هَذِهِ الأربَعِينَ سَنَةً.

Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.

5 ف َلْتُدْرِكْ قُلُوبُكُمْ أنَّ إلهَكُمْ يُؤَدِّبُكُمْ كَما يؤدِّبُ الأبُ ابْنَهُ.

Thus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

6 « فَأطِيعُوا وَصايا إلَهِكُمْ باتِّباعِهِ وَإكْرامِهِ وَمَهابَتِهِ.

Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.

7 ل ِأنَّ إلَهَكُمْ سَيُحضِرُكُمْ إلَى أرْضٍ طَيِّبَةٍ، فِيها جَداوِلٌ وَيَنابِيعٌ وَعُيُونُ ماءٍ تَتَدَفَّقُ فِي الأودِيَةِ وَفِي التِّلالِ.

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

8 إ لَى أرْضِ قَمْحٍ وَشَعِيرٍ وَكُرُومِ عِنَبٍ وَأشجارِ تِينٍ وَرُمّانٍ وَزَيتُونٍ وَعَسَلٍ.

a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;

9 إ لَى أرْضٍ لا يَقِلُّ فِيها طَعَامُكُمْ، وَلا يَنْقُصُكُمْ شَيءٌ. أرْضٍ صُخُورُها مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَمِنْ تِلالِها تَستَخرِجُونَ نُحُاساً.

a land where you will eat food without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

10 ف َتَأْكُلُونَ وَتَشبَعُونَ وَتَحْمَدُونَ إلَهَكُمْ بِسَبَبِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعْطاها لَكُمْ. لا تَنسَوْا إلَهَكُم

When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.

11 « فاحرِصُوا عَلَى أنْ لا تَنسَوا إلَهَكُمْ ، بِأنْ تَتَراجَعُوا عَنْ حِفظِ وَصاياهُ وَشَرائِعِهِ وَفَرائِضِهِ الَّتِي أُوصِيكُمُ اليَومَ بِها.

“ Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today;

12 و َحِينَ تَأْكُلُونَ وَتَشبَعُونَ وَتَبنُونَ بُيُوتاً جَمِيلَةً لِتَسكُنُوا فِيها،

otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,

13 و َتَزدادُ أبقارُكُمْ وَأغنامُكُمْ، وَتَكثُرُ فِضَّتُكُمْ وَذَهَبُكُمْ، وَيَزدادُ كُلُّ ما هُوَ لَكُمْ.

and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies,

14 ح ِينَئِذٍ، لا تَتَكَبَّرُوا، فَتَنسَوا إلَهَكُمُ الَّذِي أخرَجَكُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ العُبُودِيَّةِ مِصْرَ،

then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

15 و َقادَكُمْ فِي تِلكَ الصَّحْراءِ الكَبَيرَةِ الفَظِيعَةِ المُرعِبَةِ المَلِيئَةِ بِالثَّعابينِ السّامَّةِ وَالعَقارِبِ. فِي الأرْضِ الجافَّةِ الَّتِي تَخلُو مِنَ الماءِ. فَهُوَ الَّذِي أخرَجَ الماءَ مِنَ الصَّخرِ القاسِي لِأجلِكُمْ.

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.

16 ه ُوَ مَنْ أطعَمَكُمُ المَنَّ فِي الصَّحراءِ، الَّذِي لَمْ يَكُنْ آباؤكُمْ يَعرِفُونَهُ. وَذَلِكَ لِيَضغَطَ عَلَيكُمْ وَيَمتَحِنَكُمْ، كَي تَنجَحُوا وَتَزدَهِرُوا فَي النَّهايَةِ.

In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.

17 « وَاحذَرُوا مِنْ أنْ تَقُولُوا: ‹قُوَّتُنا وَقُدرَتُنا جَمَعَتا لَنا هَذِهِ الثَّروَةَ.›

Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’

18 و َلَكِنْ تَذَكَّرُوا أنَّ إلَهَكُمْ هُوَ مَنْ يُعطِيكُمُ القُوَّةَ لِلحُصُولِ عَلَى الثَّروَةِ، حِفاظاً عَلَى العَهدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَ آبائِكُمْ كَما هُوَ فاعِلٌ اليَومَ.

But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

19 « أمّا إنْ نَسِيتُمْ إلَهَكُمْ ، وَتَبِعتُمْ آلِهِةً أُخْرَى وَعَبَدْتُمُوها وَسَجَدْتُمْ لَها، فَإنِّي أُحَذِّرُكُمُ اليَومَ مِنْ أنَّكُمْ سَتَهلِكُونَ لا مَحالَةَ.

It shall come about if you ever forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

20 ك َالأُمُمِ الَّتِي سَيُهلِكُها اللهُ أمامَكُمْ عِندَ دُخُولِكُمُ الأرْضَ، هَكَذا أنتُمْ سَتَهلِكُونَ، لِأنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَطِيعُوا إلَهَكُمْ.

Like the nations that the Lord makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God.