1 N ow this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;

“Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it,

2 t hat you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you; you, and your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.

3 H ear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

4 H ear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.

“ Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!

5 Y ou shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

6 T hese words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart;

These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.

7 a nd you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.

8 Y ou shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

9 Y ou shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates.

You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

10 I t shall be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn’t build,

“Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build,

11 a nd houses full of all good things, which you didn’t fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn’t plant, and you shall eat and be full;

and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied,

12 t hen beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

then watch yourself, that you do not forget the Lord who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

13 Y ou shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.

You shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name.

14 Y ou shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you;

You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you,

15 f or Yahweh your God among you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

for the Lord your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

16 Y ou shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

“ You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

17 Y ou shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

You should diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you.

18 Y ou shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,

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 which the Lord swore to give your fathers,

19 t o thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.

20 W hen your son asks you in time to come, saying, “What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?”

“ When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the Lord our God commanded you?’

21 t hen you shall tell your son, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt. Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

then you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us from Egypt with a mighty hand.

22 a nd Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;

Moreover, the Lord showed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household;

23 a nd he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.

He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.’

24 Y ahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are today.

So the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today.

25 I t shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.”

It will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the Lord our God, just as He commanded us.