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La grandeza del Señor

11 »Amarás al Señor tu Dios, y todos los días cumplirás sus ordenanzas, estatutos, decretos y mandamientos. Sepan bien hoy, que no estoy hablando con los hijos de ustedes, los cuales no han sabido ni experimentado el castigo del Señor su Dios, ni su grandeza ni su mano poderosa, ni su brazo extendido, ni sus señales ni los hechos que realizó en medio de Egipto contra el faraón, el rey de Egipto, y contra toda su tierra,(A) ni lo que hizo contra el ejército egipcio y sus caballos y sus carros de guerra, ni cómo precipitó sobre ellos las aguas del Mar Rojo, cuando venían en persecusión de ustedes,(B) ni cómo hasta este día el Señor los destruyó; ni lo que hizo con ustedes en el desierto, hasta hacerlos llegar a este lugar; ni lo que hizo con Datán y Abirán, hijos de Eliab hijo de Rubén, de cómo en medio de todo Israel la tierra se abrió y se los tragó, junto con sus familias, sus tiendas y todo su ganado.(C) Pero ustedes sí han visto con sus propios ojos todas las grandes obras que el Señor ha hecho.

Bendiciones de la Tierra Prometida

»Cumplan, pues, todos los mandamientos que en este día yo les mando cumplir, para que cobren fuerzas y crucen el río para entrar y tomar posesión de la tierra; y para que se prolonguen sus días en la tierra que el Señor prometió dar a sus padres, y también a su descendencia, tierra que fluye leche y miel.

10 »La tierra en la que ahora entras, y que vas a poseer, no es como la tierra de Egipto, de donde han salido. Allá sembrabas tu semilla, y la regabas con tu pie, como huerto de hortaliza. 11 La tierra que van a ocupar al otro lado del río es una tierra de montes y de valles, que se nutre de la lluvia del cielo; 12 es una tierra que el Señor mismo, tu Dios, cuida: desde que el año comienza, y hasta que termina, los ojos del Señor tu Dios están siempre sobre ella.

13 »Si ustedes obedecen con todo cuidado los mandamientos que hoy les mando cumplir, y si aman al Señor su Dios y le sirven con todo su corazón y con toda su alma, 14 yo enviaré a su tierra la lluvia a su tiempo, tanto la lluvia temprana como la tardía, y ustedes cosecharán su grano, su vino y su aceite. 15 Haré también que en tus campos crezca hierba para tus ganados, y comerás y quedarás satisfecho. 16 Tengan cuidado de que su corazón no se envanezca, y ustedes se aparten y sirvan a dioses ajenos, y se inclinen ante ellos, 17 porque el furor del Señor se encenderá contra ustedes, y cerrará los cielos para que no llueva, y la tierra no dará su fruto, y pronto ustedes desparecerán de la buena tierra que el Señor(D) les da.

18 »Lleven estas palabras mías en su corazón y en su alma. Átenlas como señal en su mano, y llévenlas como frontales en medio de sus ojos. 19 Enséñenselas a sus hijos, y hablen de ellas cuando te encuentres descansando en tu casa, y cuando vayas por el camino, y cuando te acuestes, y cuando te levantes. 20 Inscríbelas en los postes de tu casa, y en tus puertas,(E) 21 para que en la tierra que el Señor juró dar a sus padres sean los días de ustedes, y los de sus hijos, tan numerosos como los días de los cielos sobre la tierra.

22 »Si ustedes cumplen con mucho cuidado todos estos mandamientos que yo les mando cumplir, y si aman al Señor su Dios, y van por todos sus caminos, y lo siguen, 23 el Señor por su parte arrojará de la presencia de ustedes a todas estas naciones, para que despojen a naciones más grandes y más poderosas que ustedes. 24 Todo lugar donde planten su pie será de ustedes, y su territorio se extenderá del desierto hasta el Líbano y del río Éufrates hasta el mar occidental. 25 Nadie podrá enfrentarse a ustedes,(F) porque el Señor su Dios infundirá miedo y temor de ustedes en toda la tierra que pisen, tal y como él lo ha dicho.

26 »Dense cuenta de que hoy pongo ante ustedes la bendición y la maldición. 27 La bendición, si ustedes atienden a los mandamientos que yo, el Señor su Dios, hoy les mando cumplir. 28 La maldición, si no atienden a los mandamientos que yo, el Señor su Dios, hoy les mando cumplir, y se apartan del camino para ir tras dioses ajenos que nunca antes conocieron. 29 Cuando el Señor tu Dios te haya introducido en la tierra de la cual vas a tomar posesión, pondrás la bendición sobre el monte Guerizín, y la maldición sobre el monte Ebal.(G) 30 Estos montes están al otro lado del Jordán, tras el camino del occidente, en el Arabá, frente a Gilgal, junto al encinar de More, ya en territorio cananeo. 31 Ustedes van a cruzar el Jordán para tomar posesión de la tierra que el Señor su Dios les da. Tomen posesión de ella, y habítenla, 32 siempre teniendo cuidado de cumplir todos los estatutos y decretos que hoy he expuesto ante ustedes.

Love and Obey the Lord

11 Love(A) the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.(B) Remember today that your children(C) were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the Lord your God:(D) his majesty,(E) his mighty hand, his outstretched arm;(F) the signs he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt, both to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole country;(G) what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots,(H) how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea[a](I) as they were pursuing you, and how the Lord brought lasting ruin on them. It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the wilderness until you arrived at this place, and what he did(J) to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened(K) its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them. But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the Lord has done.(L)

Observe therefore all the commands(M) I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,(N) and so that you may live long(O) in the land the Lord swore(P) to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.(Q) 10 The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt,(R) from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. 11 But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys(S) that drinks rain from heaven.(T) 12 It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes(U) of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.

13 So if you faithfully obey(V) the commands I am giving you today—to love(W) the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul(X) 14 then I will send rain(Y) on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains,(Z) so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. 15 I will provide grass(AA) in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.(AB)

16 Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.(AC) 17 Then the Lord’s anger(AD) will burn against you, and he will shut up(AE) the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce,(AF) and you will soon perish(AG) from the good land the Lord is giving you. 18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(AH) 19 Teach them to your children,(AI) talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(AJ) 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,(AK) 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many(AL) in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.(AM)

22 If you carefully observe(AN) all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love(AO) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast(AP) to him— 23 then the Lord will drive out(AQ) all these nations(AR) before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.(AS) 24 Every place where you set your foot will be yours:(AT) Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River(AU) to the Mediterranean Sea. 25 No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God, as he promised you, will put the terror(AV) and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.(AW)

26 See, I am setting before you today a blessing(AX) and a curse(AY) 27 the blessing(AZ) if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today; 28 the curse if you disobey(BA) the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods,(BB) which you have not known. 29 When the Lord your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim(BC) the blessings, and on Mount Ebal(BD) the curses.(BE) 30 As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, westward, toward the setting sun, near the great trees of Moreh,(BF) in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Arabah in the vicinity of Gilgal.(BG) 31 You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession(BH) of the land the Lord your God is giving(BI) you. When you have taken it over and are living there, 32 be sure that you obey all the decrees and laws I am setting before you today.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 11:4 Or the Sea of Reeds

11 Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day;

And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did.

Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;

And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:

11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

12 A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

17 And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.

18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

23 Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:

28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.