1 “ Be careful to do all that I am telling you today. Then you will live and have many children, and go in to own the land the Lord promised to give to your fathers.

All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers.

2 Y ou will remember all the way the Lord your God led you in the desert these forty years, so you would not have pride, and how He tested you to know what was in your heart to see if you would obey His Laws or not.

And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

3 H e let you be hungry which helped you to not have pride. Then He fed you with bread from heaven which you and your fathers had not known. He did this to make you understand that man does not live by bread alone. But man lives by everything that comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

4 Y our clothes did not wear out, and your feet did not get sore during these forty years.

Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

5 S o know in your heart that the Lord your God was punishing you just as a man punishes his son.

And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.

6 K eep the Laws of the Lord your God. Walk in His ways, and fear Him.

And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

7 F or the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of rivers and wells of water, flowing into valleys from hills.

For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

8 I t is a land of grains, vines, fig trees, fruit, olive oil and honey.

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

9 I t is a land where you will have enough food to eat and not have to do without, a land where stones are iron. And you can make brass from what you dig out of its hills.

a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.

10 W hen you have eaten and are filled, you will honor and thank the Lord your God for the good land He has given you.

And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

11 “ Be careful not to forget the Lord your God by not keeping all His Laws which I am telling you today.

Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

12 W hen you have eaten and are filled, and have built good houses to live in,

lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

13 a nd when your cattle and flocks become many, and you get much silver and gold, and have many things for your own,

and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

14 b e careful not to become proud. Do not forget the Lord your God Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house where you were servants.

then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

15 H e led you through the big desert that brought fear with its poisonous snakes and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought you water out of hard rock.

who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

16 I n the desert He fed you bread from heaven, which your fathers did not know about. He did this so you would not have pride and that He might test you. It was for your good in the end.

who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:

17 B e careful not to say in your heart, ‘My power and strong hand have made me rich.’

and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.

18 B ut remember the Lord your God. For it is He Who is giving you power to become rich. By this He may keep His agreement which He promised to your fathers, as it is this day.

But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.

19 I f you ever forget the Lord your God and go to other gods to worship and work for them, I tell you today that you will be destroyed for sure.

And it shall be, if thou shalt forget Jehovah thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

20 Y ou will be destroyed like the nations the Lord destroys before you, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God.

As the nations that Jehovah maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.