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.

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

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.

وَتَذَكَّرُوا 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.

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.

فَأدْخَلَكُمْ 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.

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

ثِيابُكُمُ الَّتِي تَرتَدُونَها لَمْ تَهْتَرئْ، وَأرجُلُكُمْ لَمْ تَتَوَرَّمْ طِيلَةَ هَذِهِ الأربَعِينَ سَنَةً.

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

فَلْتُدْرِكْ قُلُوبُكُمْ أنَّ إلهَكُمْ يُؤَدِّبُكُمْ كَما يؤدِّبُ الأبُ ابْنَهُ.

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

«فَأطِيعُوا وَصايا إلَهِكُمْ باتِّباعِهِ وَإكْرامِهِ وَمَهابَتِهِ.

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.

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

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

إلَى أرْضِ قَمْحٍ وَشَعِيرٍ وَكُرُومِ عِنَبٍ وَأشجارِ تِينٍ وَرُمّانٍ وَزَيتُونٍ وَعَسَلٍ.

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.

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

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.

فَتَأْكُلُونَ وَتَشبَعُونَ وَتَحْمَدُونَ إلَهَكُمْ بِسَبَبِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعْطاها لَكُمْ. لا تَنسَوْا إلَهَكُم

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

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

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

وَحِينَ تَأْكُلُونَ وَتَشبَعُونَ وَتَبنُونَ بُيُوتاً جَمِيلَةً لِتَسكُنُوا فِيها،

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

وَتَزدادُ أبقارُكُمْ وَأغنامُكُمْ، وَتَكثُرُ فِضَّتُكُمْ وَذَهَبُكُمْ، وَيَزدادُ كُلُّ ما هُوَ لَكُمْ.

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.

حِينَئِذٍ، لا تَتَكَبَّرُوا، فَتَنسَوا إلَهَكُمُ الَّذِي أخرَجَكُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ العُبُودِيَّةِ مِصْرَ،

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.

وَقادَكُمْ 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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