Deuteronomio 8

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Pongan cuidado en practicar íntegramente el mandamiento que hoy les doy. Así ustedes vivirán, se multiplicarán y entrarán a tomar posesión de la tierra que el Señor prometió a sus padres con un juramento.	1 “All the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day, take care to observe them diligently, so that you may live and be multiplied, and so that, upon entering, you may possess the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers.
2 Acuérdate del largo camino que el Señor, tu Dios, te hizo recorrer por el desierto durante esos cuarenta años. Allí él te afligió y te puso a prueba, para conocer el fondo de tu corazón y ver si eres capaz y no de guardar sus mandamientos.	2 And you shall remember the entire journey along which the Lord your God led you, for forty years through the desert, to afflict you, and to test you, and to make known the things that were turning in your soul, whether or not you would keep his commandments.
3 Te afligió y te hizo sentir hambre, pero te dio a comer el maná, ese alimento que ni tú ni tus padres conocían, para enseñarte que el hombre no vive solamente de pan, sino de todo lo que sale de la boca del Señor.	3 He afflicted you with need, and he gave you Manna as your food, which neither you nor your fathers knew, so as to reveal to you that it is not by bread alone that man lives, but by every word that goes forth from the mouth of God.
4 La ropa que llevabas puesta no se gastó, ni tampoco se hincharon tus pies durante esos cuarenta años.	4 Your garment, with which you were covered, has by no means decayed due to age, and your foot has not been worn down, even to this fortieth year,
5 Reconoce que el Señor, tu Dios, te corrige como un padre a sus hijos.	5 so that you would recognize in your heart that, just as a man educates his son, so has the Lord your God educated you.
6 Observa los mandamientos del Señor, tu Dios; sigue sus caminos y témelo.	6 So may you keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and fear him.
7 Sí, el Señor, tu Dios, te va a introducir en una tierra fértil, un país de torrentes, de manantiales y de aguas profundas que brotan del valle y de la montaña.	7 For the Lord your God will lead you into a good land: a land of brooks and waters and fountains, in which deep rivers burst forth from its plains and mountains,
8 una tierra de trigo y cebada, de viñedos, de higueras y granados, de olivares, de aceite y miel;	8 a land of crops, barley, and vineyards, in which fig and pomegranate and olive trees spring up, a land of oil and honey.
9 un país donde comerás pan en abundancia y donde nada te faltará, donde las piedras son de hierro y de cuyas montañas extraerás cobre.	9 In that place, without any need, you shall eat your bread and enjoy an abundance of all things: where the stones are like iron, and where ore for brass is dug out of its mountains.
10 Allí comerás hasta saciarte y bendecirás al Señor, tu Dios, por la tierra fértil que él te dio.	10 So then, when you have eaten and been satisfied, you should bless the Lord your God for the excellent land which he has given to you.
11 Pero ten cuidado: no olvides al Señor, tu Dios, ni dejes de observar sus mandamientos, sus leyes y sus preceptos, que yo te prescribo hoy.	11 Be observant and cautious, lest at sometime you may forget the Lord your God, and neglect his commandments, as well as the judgments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day.
12 Y cuando comas hasta saciarte, cuando construyas casas confortables y vivas en ellas,	12 Otherwise, after you have eaten and been satisfied, and have built beautiful houses and have lived in them,
13 cuando se multipliquen tus vacas y tus ovejas, cuando tengas plata y oro en abundancia y se acrecienten todas tus riquezas,	13 and have obtained herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and a plentitude of gold and silver and all things,
14 no te vuelvas arrogante, ni olvides al Señor tu Dios, que te hizo salir de Egipto, de un lugar de esclavitud,	14 your heart might be lifted up, and you might not remember the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude,
15 y te condujo por ese inmenso y temible desierto, entre serpientes abrasadoras y escorpiones. No olvides al Señor, tu Dios, que en esa tierra sedienta y sin agua, hizo brotar para ti agua de la roca,	15 and who was your leader in the great and terrible wilderness, in which there was the serpent with a burning breath, and the scorpion, and the snake of thirst, and no waters at all. He led streams out of the hardest rock,
16 y en el desierto te alimentó con el maná, un alimento que no conocieron tus padres. Así te afligió y te puso a prueba, para que tú vieras un futuro dichoso.	16 and he nourished you in the wilderness with Manna, which your fathers had not known. And after he had afflicted and tested you, in the very end, he took pity on you.
17 No pienses entonces: «Mi propia fuerza y el poder de mi brazo me han alcanzado esta prosperidad».	17 Otherwise, you might say in your heart: ‘My own strength, and the power of my own hand, have brought forth all these things for me.’
18 Acuérdate del Señor, tu Dios, porque él te da la fuerza necesaria para que alcances esa prosperidad, a fin de confirmar la alianza que juró a tus padres, como de hecho hoy sucede.	18 But remember the Lord your God, that he himself has provided you with strength, so that he may fulfill his covenant, about which he swore to your fathers, just as the present day reveals.
19 Pero si llegas a olvidarte del Señor, tu Dios, y vas detrás de otros dioses, si los sirves y te postras delante de ellos, yo les aseguro solemnemente que ustedes perecerán.	19 But if you forget the Lord your God, so that you follow foreign gods, and serve and adore them: behold, I now foretell to you that you shall utterly perish.
20 Perecerán como esas naciones que el Señor va destruyendo delante de ustedes, por no haber escuchado la voz del Señor, su Dios.	20 Just like the nations, which the Lord destroyed upon your arrival, so shall you also perish, if you have been disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God.”