Deuteronomy 6

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 "These then are the commandments, the statutes and decrees which the LORD, your God, has ordered that you be taught to observe in the land into which you are crossing for conquest,	1 “These are the precepts and ceremonies, as well as the judgments, which the Lord your God has commanded that I teach to you, which you shall do in the land to which you will travel in order to possess it.
2 so that you and your son and your grandson may fear the LORD, your God, and keep, throughout the days of your lives, all his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you, and thus have long life.	2 So may you fear the Lord your God, and keep all his commandments and precepts, which I am entrusting to you, and to your sons and grandsons, all the days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.
3 Hear then, Israel, and be careful to observe them, that you may grow and prosper the more, in keeping with the promise of the LORD, the God of your fathers, to give you a land flowing with milk and honey.	3 Listen and observe, O Israel, so that you may do just as the Lord has instructed you, and it may be well with you, and you may be multiplied all the more, for the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey.
4 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone!	4 Listen, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.
5 Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.	5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
6 Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today.	6 And these words, which I instruct to you this day, shall be in your heart.
7 Drill them into your children. Speak of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest.	7 And you shall explain them to your sons. And you shall meditate upon them sitting in your house, and walking on a journey, when lying down and when rising up.
8 Bind them at your wrist as a sign and let them be as a pendant on your forehead.	8 And you shall bind them like a sign on your hand, and they shall be placed and shall move between your eyes.
9 Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.	9 And you shall write them at the threshold and on the doors of your house.
10 "When the LORD, your God, brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that he would give you, a land with fine, large cities that you did not build,	10 And when the Lord your God will have led you into the land, about which he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and when he will have given to you great and excellent cities, which you did not build;
11 with houses full of goods of all sorts that you did not garner, with cisterns that you did not dig, with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant; and when, therefore, you eat your fill,	11 houses full of goods, which you did not amass; cisterns, which you did not dig; vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant;
12 take care not to forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.	12 and when you will have eaten and been satisfied:
13 The LORD, your God, shall you fear; him shall you serve, and by his name shall you swear.	13 take care diligently, lest you forget the Lord, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. You shall fear the Lord your God, and you shall serve him alone, and you shall swear by his name.
14 You shall not follow other gods, such as those of the surrounding nations,	14 You shall not go after the strange gods of all the Gentiles, who are around you.
15 lest the wrath of the LORD, your God, flare up against you and he destroy you from the face of the land; for the LORD, your God, who is in your midst, is a jealous God.	15 For the Lord your God is a jealous God in your midst. Otherwise, at sometime, the fury of the Lord your God may be enraged against you, and he may take you away from the face of the earth.
16 "You shall not put the LORD, your God, to the test, as you did at Massah.	16 You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in the place of temptation.
17 But keep the commandments of the LORD, your God, and the ordinances and statutes he has enjoined on you.	17 Keep the precepts of the Lord your God, as well as the testimonies and ceremonies, which he has instructed to you.
18 Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that you may, according to his word, prosper, and may enter in and possess the good land which the LORD promised on oath to your fathers,	18 And do what is pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord, so that it may be well with you, and so that, when you enter, you may possess the excellent land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers
19 thrusting all your enemies out of your way.	19 that he would wipe away all your enemies before you, just as he has spoken.
20 "Later on, when your son asks you what these ordinances, statutes and decrees mean which the LORD, our God, has enjoined on you,	20 And when your son will ask you tomorrow, saying: ‘What do these testimonies and ceremonies and judgments mean, which the Lord our God has entrusted to us?’
21 you shall say to your son, 'We were once slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand	21 You shall say to him: ‘We were servants of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord led us away from Egypt with a strong hand.
22 and wrought before our eyes signs and wonders, great and dire, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and his whole house.	22 And he wrought signs and wonders, great and very grievous, in Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his house, in our sight.
23 He brought us from there to lead us into the land he promised on oath to our fathers, and to give it to us.	23 And he led us away from that place, so that he might lead us in and give us the land, about which he swore to our fathers.
24 Therefore, the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes in fear of the LORD, our God, that we may always have as prosperous and happy a life as we have today;	24 And the Lord instructed us that we should do all these ordinances, and that we should fear the Lord our God, so that it may be well with us all the days of our life, just as it is today.
25 and our justice before the LORD, our God, is to consist in carefully observing all these commandments he has enjoined on us.'	25 And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and perform all his precepts, in the sight of the Lord our God, just as he has commanded us.’ ”