1 Y ou shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.

“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.

2 Y ou shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

You 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.

3 H e humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.

He 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.

4 Y our clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

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

5 Y ou shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

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

6 Y ou shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Keep the Laws of the Lord your God. Walk in His ways, and fear Him.

7 F or Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;

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

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

It is a land of grains, vines, fig trees, fruit, olive oil and honey.

9 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

It 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.

10 Y ou shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.

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

11 B eware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;

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

12 l est, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses, and lived in them;

When you have eaten and are filled, and have built good houses to live in,

13 a nd when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

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

14 t hen your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

be 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.

15 w ho led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;

He 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.

16 w ho fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:

In 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.

17 a nd lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”

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

18 B ut you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.

But 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.

19 I t shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.

If 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.

20 A s the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.

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