Deuteronomium 8
Het Boek
Gehoorzaam God
8 ‘U moet alle geboden die ik u vandaag geef, gehoorzamen. Als u dat doet, zult u niet alleen leven, maar u ook vermenigvuldigen en het land dat de Here uw vaders beloofde, binnentrekken en veroveren. 2 Herinnert u zich hoe de Here u veertig jaar lang door de woestijn leidde? Hij maakte u nederig en stelde u op de proef om te zien hoe u zou reageren en of u Hem werkelijk zou gehoorzamen. 3 Ja, Hij maakte u nederig door u honger te laten lijden en daarna manna te eten te geven, voedsel dat u en uw voorouders voor die tijd niet kenden. Hij deed dat om u te laten weten dat eten niet het belangrijkste is, maar dat de mens ook leeft van ieder woord dat God spreekt. 4 Al die jaren zijn uw kleren niet versleten en uw voeten niet gewond of opgezwollen. 5 Daarom moet u begrijpen dat net zoals een vader zijn zoon straft, de Here u straft om u te helpen. 6 Gehoorzaam de wetten van de Here, uw God. Volg zijn weg en heb ontzag voor Hem. 7 Want de Here, uw God, brengt u naar een goed land met beken, bronnen en meren in heuvels en dalen. 8,9 Het is een land van tarwe en gerst, van wijnstokken, vijgenbomen en granaatappels, olijven en honing, het is een land met voldoende voedsel, waar u niets te kort zult komen. Het is een land waar ijzer net zo gewoon is als steen en waar de bergen vol zitten met koper. 10 Als u verzadigd bent, zult u de Here, uw God, prijzen voor het goede land dat Hij u heeft gegeven.
11 Maar dat is ook de tijd om voorzichtig te zijn! Pas op dat u in uw overvloed de Here, uw God, niet vergeet en ongehoorzaam aan Hem wordt. 12,13 Want als u genoeg te eten hebt en goede huizen hebt gebouwd om in te wonen, als uw kudden groot zijn geworden en uw goud en zilvervoorraden snel zijn gegroeid, 14 dan bedreigt u de trots en loopt u het risico dat u de Here, uw God vergeet, die u uit de slavernij in Egypte heeft bevrijd. 15 Pas ervoor op dat u de God die u veilig door de grote en vreselijke woestijn met zijn giftige slangen en schorpioenen leidde, niet vergeet. Het was daar heet en droog en toen gaf Hij u water uit een rots! 16 Hij voedde u met manna in de woestijn, zodat u nederig werd en op de proef werd gesteld om u een betere toekomst te geven. 17 Hij deed dat opdat u nooit zou denken dat het uw eigen kracht en macht was die u in staat stelden zover te komen. 18 Vergeet nooit dat de Here, uw God, u de kracht geeft rijk te worden en Hij doet dat om zijn belofte aan uw voorouders na te komen.
19 Maar als u de Here, uw God, de rug toekeert en in zijn plaats andere goden aanbidt en slechte wegen bewandelt, zult u zeker sterven. 20 Net zoals de Here in het verleden andere volken heeft vernietigd. Dat zal ook uw lot zijn als u de Here, uw God, niet gehoorzaamt.’
Deuteronomio 8
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
La prova del deserto
8 Baderete di mettere in pratica tutti i comandi che oggi vi dò, perché viviate, diveniate numerosi ed entriate in possesso del paese che il Signore ha giurato di dare ai vostri padri.
2 Ricordati di tutto il cammino che il Signore tuo Dio ti ha fatto percorrere in questi quarant'anni nel deserto, per umiliarti e metterti alla prova, per sapere quello che avevi nel cuore e se tu avresti osservato o no i suoi comandi. 3 Egli dunque ti ha umiliato, ti ha fatto provare la fame, poi ti ha nutrito di manna, che tu non conoscevi e che i tuoi padri non avevano mai conosciuto, per farti capire che l'uomo non vive soltanto di pane, ma che l'uomo vive di quanto esce dalla bocca del Signore. 4 Il tuo vestito non ti si è logorato addosso e il tuo piede non si è gonfiato durante questi quarant'anni. 5 Riconosci dunque in cuor tuo che, come un uomo corregge il figlio, così il Signore tuo Dio corregge te.
6 Osserva i comandi del Signore tuo Dio camminando nelle sue vie e temendolo;
Le tentazioni della Terra Promessa
7 perché il Signore tuo Dio sta per farti entrare in un paese fertile: paese di torrenti, di fonti e di acque sotterranee che scaturiscono nella pianura e sulla montagna; 8 paese di frumento, di orzo, di viti, di fichi e di melograni; paese di ulivi, di olio e di miele; 9 paese dove non mangerai con scarsità il pane, dove non ti mancherà nulla; paese dove le pietre sono ferro e dai cui monti scaverai il rame. 10 Mangerai dunque a sazietà e benedirai il Signore Dio tuo a causa del paese fertile che ti avrà dato. 11 Guardati bene dal dimenticare il Signore tuo Dio così da non osservare i suoi comandi, le sue norme e le sue leggi che oggi ti dò. 12 Quando avrai mangiato e ti sarai saziato, quando avrai costruito belle case e vi avrai abitato, 13 quando avrai visto il tuo bestiame grosso e minuto moltiplicarsi, accrescersi il tuo argento e il tuo oro e abbondare ogni tua cosa, 14 il tuo cuore non si inorgoglisca in modo da dimenticare il Signore tuo Dio che ti ha fatto uscire dal paese d'Egitto, dalla condizione servile; 15 che ti ha condotto per questo deserto grande e spaventoso, luogo di serpenti velenosi e di scorpioni, terra assetata, senz'acqua; che ha fatto sgorgare per te l'acqua dalla roccia durissima; 16 che nel deserto ti ha nutrito di manna sconosciuta ai tuoi padri, per umiliarti e per provarti, per farti felice nel tuo avvenire.
17 Guardati dunque dal pensare: La mia forza e la potenza della mia mano mi hanno acquistato queste ricchezze. 18 Ricordati invece del Signore tuo Dio perché Egli ti dà la forza per acquistare ricchezze, al fine di mantenere, come fa oggi, l'alleanza che ha giurata ai tuoi padri. 19 Ma se tu dimenticherai il Signore tuo Dio e seguirai altri dei e li servirai e ti prostrerai davanti a loro, io attesto oggi contro di voi che certo perirete! 20 Perirete come le nazioni che il Signore fa perire davanti a voi, perché non avrete dato ascolto alla voce del Signore vostro Dio.
Deuteronomy 8
New International Version
Do Not Forget the Lord
8 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) 2 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. 3 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) 4 Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.(K) 5 Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.(L)
6 Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him(M) and revering him.(N) 7 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) 8 a land with wheat and barley,(Q) vines(R) and fig trees,(S) pomegranates, olive oil and honey;(T) 9 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)
Deuteronomy 8
King James Version
8 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.
2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
20 As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.
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