1 ` All the command which I am commanding thee to-day ye observe to do, so that ye live, and have multiplied, and gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah hath sworn 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 a nd thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands 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 ` And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

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 ` Thy raiment hath not worn out from off thee, and thy foot hath not swelled these forty years,

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

5 a nd thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,

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

6 a nd thou hast kept the commands of Jehovah thy 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 ` For Jehovah thy God is bringing thee in unto a good land, a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and of depths coming out in valley and in mountain:

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 vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey;

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

9 a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;

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 a nd thou hast eaten, and been satisfied, and hast blessed Jehovah thy God, on the good land which he hath given to thee.

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 ` Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day;

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

12 l est thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

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

13 a nd thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied:

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

14 ` And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

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 is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness -- burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst -- where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock;

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 is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy 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 thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:

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

18 ` And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as this day.

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 ` And it hath been -- if thou really forget Jehovah thy God, and hast gone after other gods, and served them, and bowed thyself to them, I have testified against you to-day that ye do utterly 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 whom Jehovah is destroying from your presence, so ye perish; because ye hearken not to the voice of Jehovah your God.

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.