1 “ Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the Lord your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,

`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, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, 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 T herefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—‘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 “ Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!

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

5 Y ou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

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

6 “ And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.

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

7 Y ou shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, 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 Y ou shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

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

9 Y ou shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Caution Against Disobedience

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

10 “ So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful 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 h ouses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—when you have eaten 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, from 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 shall take oaths in 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, the gods of the peoples who are all around you

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

15 ( for the Lord your God is a jealous God among you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and 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 “ You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted 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, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has 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 be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore 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 spoken.

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

20 “ When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments 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 slaves of Pharaoh 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 before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household.

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

23 T hen He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land of which He swore to 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 observe 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 T hen it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments 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.