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,

“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 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.

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 ` 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 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 ` Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God one Jehovah;

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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 a nd hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,

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

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

Write them beside the door 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,

“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 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;

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

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

You must fear the Lord your God. You must 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;

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

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

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

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

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 drive away all thine enemies from thy presence, as Jehovah hath spoken.

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

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

“In time to come your son will ask you, ‘What do all the Laws mean which the Lord told 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 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 Jehovah giveth signs and wonders, great and sad, 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 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.

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

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.