No te olvides del Señor tu Dios

Cumple fielmente todos los mandamientos que hoy te mando para que vivas, te multipliques y tomes posesión de la tierra que el Señor juró a tus antepasados. Recuerda que durante cuarenta años el Señor tu Dios te llevó por todo el camino del desierto, para humillarte y ponerte a prueba. Así llegaría a conocer lo que había en tu corazón y vería si cumplirías o no sus mandamientos. Te humilló y te hizo pasar hambre, pero luego te alimentó con maná, comida que ni tú ni tus antepasados habían conocido, con lo que te enseñó que no solo de pan vive el hombre, sino de todo lo que sale de la boca del Señor. Durante esos cuarenta años no se te gastó la ropa que llevabas puesta ni se te hincharon los pies. Reconoce en tu corazón que, así como un padre disciplina a su hijo, también el Señor tu Dios te disciplina a ti.

Cumple los mandamientos del Señor tu Dios; témelo y sigue sus caminos. Porque el Señor tu Dios te conduce a una tierra buena: tierra de arroyos y de fuentes de agua, con manantiales que fluyen en los valles y en las colinas; tierra de trigo y de cebada; de viñas, higueras y granados; de olivares, aceite y miel; tierra donde no escaseará el pan y donde nada te faltará; tierra donde las rocas son de hierro y de cuyas colinas sacarás cobre.

10 Cuando hayas comido y estés satisfecho, alabarás al Señor tu Dios por la tierra buena que te habrá dado. 11 Pero ten cuidado de no olvidar al Señor tu Dios. No dejes de cumplir sus mandamientos, leyes y estatutos que yo te encargo hoy. 12 Y cuando hayas comido y te hayas saciado, cuando hayas edificado casas cómodas y las habites, 13 cuando se hayan multiplicado tus vacas y tus ovejas, y hayan aumentado tu plata y tu oro y sean abundantes tus riquezas, 14 no te vuelvas orgulloso ni olvides al Señor tu Dios, quien te sacó de Egipto, el país donde eras esclavo. 15 Él te guio a través del vasto y horrible desierto, esa tierra reseca y sedienta, llena de serpientes venenosas y escorpiones; te dio el agua que hizo brotar de la más dura roca. 16 En el desierto te alimentó con maná, comida que jamás conocieron tus antepasados. Así te humilló y te puso a prueba, para que a fin de cuentas te fuera bien. 17 No se te ocurra pensar: «Esta riqueza es fruto de mi poder y de la fuerza de mis manos». 18 Recuerda al Señor tu Dios, porque es él quien te da el poder para producir esa riqueza; así ha confirmado hoy su pacto que bajo juramento hizo con tus antepasados.

19 Si llegas a olvidar al Señor tu Dios y sigues a otros dioses para adorarlos y postrarse ante ellos, testifico hoy en contra tuya que ciertamente serás destruido. 20 Si no obedeces al Señor tu Dios, te sucederá lo mismo que a las naciones que el Señor irá destruyendo a tu paso.

Do Not Forget Yahweh Your God

“The entire commandment that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you (A)may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to give to your fathers. (B)And you shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has (C)led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, (D)testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. And He humbled you and let you be hungry and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that (E)man does not live by bread alone, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh. (F)Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. (G)Thus you shall know in your heart that Yahweh your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. So you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in His ways and to [a]fear Him. For (H)Yahweh your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; a land where you will eat food without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. 10 And so (I)you will eat and be satisfied, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which He has given you.

11 [b]Beware lest you (J)forget Yahweh your God by not keeping His commandments and His judgments and His statutes which I am commanding you today; 12 lest (K)you eat and are satisfied and build good houses and live in them, 13 and your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies, 14 and your heart becomes [c]lifted up and you (L)forget Yahweh your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of [d]slavery. 15 He led you through (M)the great and fearsome wilderness, with its (N)fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He (O)brought water for you out of the rock of flint. 16 In the wilderness He fed you manna (P)which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might (Q)test you, to do good for you [e]in the end, 17 lest (R)you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand made me this wealth.’ 18 But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for (S)it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. 19 Now it will be, if you ever forget Yahweh your God and walk after other gods and serve them and worship them, (T)I testify against you today that you will surely perish. 20 Like the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so (U)you shall perish, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 8:6 Or reverence
  2. Deuteronomy 8:11 Lit Take heed to yourself
  3. Deuteronomy 8:14 Or proud
  4. Deuteronomy 8:14 Lit slaves
  5. Deuteronomy 8:16 Lit at your end

Do Not Forget the Lord

Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live(A) and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.(B) Remember how the Lord your God led(C) you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test(D) you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled(E) you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna,(F) which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach(G) you that man does not live on bread(H) alone but on every word that comes from the mouth(I) of the Lord.(J) Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.(K) Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.(L)

Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him(M) and revering him.(N) For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land(O)—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills;(P) a land with wheat and barley,(Q) vines(R) and fig trees,(S) pomegranates, olive oil and honey;(T) a land where bread(U) will not be scarce and you will lack nothing;(V) a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.(W)

10 When you have eaten and are satisfied,(X) praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget(Y) the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,(Z) 13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget(AA) the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 15 He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness,(AB) that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes(AC) and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.(AD) 16 He gave you manna(AE) to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known,(AF) to humble and test(AG) you so that in the end it might go well with you. 17 You may say to yourself,(AH) “My power and the strength of my hands(AI) have produced this wealth for me.” 18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,(AJ) and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

19 If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods(AK) and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.(AL) 20 Like the nations(AM) the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.(AN)