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 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 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.

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 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.

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

Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your 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.

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

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

Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your 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 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 I t is a land of grains, vines, fig trees, fruit, olive oil and honey.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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 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.

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.