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;

“These are the Laws which the Lord your God has told me to teach you. You are to do them in the land you are going to take for your own.

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.

Then you and your son and your grandson will fear the Lord your God. You will obey all His Laws that I tell you, all the days of your life. And then you will have a longer life.

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 them. Then it will go well with you. And you will become many in a land flowing with milk and honey. This is what the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

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

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

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

And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

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

Keep these words in your heart that I am telling you today.

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.

Do your best to teach them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up.

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

Tie them as something special to see on your hand and on your forehead.

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

Write them beside the door 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,

“The Lord your God will bring you into the land He promised to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give to you. There will be big and beautiful 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;

Houses will be full of good things which you did not fill. There will be pools for keeping water which you did not dig, and grape vines and olive trees which you did not plant. You will eat and be filled.

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

But then be careful not to forget the Lord Who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the land where you were held as servants.

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

You must fear the Lord your God. You must 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;

Do not follow other gods, any of the gods of the people around 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.

Or the anger of the Lord your God will burn against you. He will destroy you from the earth. For the Lord your God Who is among you is a jealous God.

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

“Do not test the Lord your God, as you put Him to the test 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.

Be careful to keep all the Laws which the Lord your God has told 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,

Do what is right and good in the eyes of the Lord. Then it will be well with you. And you may go in and take the good land for your own which the Lord promised to give to your fathers.

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

You will drive out of your way all who hate you, as the Lord has promised.

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?”

“In time to come your son will ask you, ‘What do all the Laws mean which the Lord told 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 say to your son, ‘We were servants of Pharaoh in Egypt. But the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.

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

The Lord showed us great and powerful works against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all those of his house.

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.

The Lord brought us out from there to bring us into the land He had promised 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 told us to do all these Laws and to fear the Lord our God for our good always, 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.”

We will be right with the Lord our God if we are careful to obey all of the Law before Him, just as He told us.