1 ` And this the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither 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 s o that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are 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 ` And thou hast heard, O Israel, and observed to do, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest multiply exceedingly, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee, the 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 ` Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God one Jehovah;

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

5 a nd thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

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

6 a nd these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart,

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

7 a nd thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising 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 a nd hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,

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

9 a nd thou hast written them on door-posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

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

10 ` And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land which He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to thee -- cities great and good, which thou hast not built,

“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 thou hast not filled, and wells digged which thou hast not digged, vineyards and olive-yards which thou hast not planted, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied;

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 ` Take heed to thyself lest thou forget Jehovah who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

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 J ehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;

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

14 y e do not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who round about you;

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

15 f or a zealous God Jehovah thy God in thy midst -- lest the anger of Jehovah thy God burn against thee, and He hath destroyed thee from off the face of the ground.

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 ` Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;

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

17 y e do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee,

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

18 a nd thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy 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 drive away all thine enemies from thy presence, as Jehovah hath spoken.

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

20 ` When thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you?

“ 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 thou hast said to thy son, Servants we have been to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Jehovah bringeth us out of Egypt by a high 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 Jehovah giveth signs and wonders, great and sad, 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 us He hath brought out thence, in order to bring us in, to give to us the land which He had sworn 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 A nd Jehovah commandeth us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for good to ourselves all the days, to keep us alive, as this day;

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 a nd righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath 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.