| 1 »Držite i vršite sve zapovijedi koje vam danas naređujem da biste živjeli i razmnožili se i da biste ušli i zaposjeli zemlju koju je Jahve pod zakletvom obećao ocima vašim. | 1 "All the commandment which I command you this day you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers. |
| 2 Sjećaj se svega puta kojim te Jahve, Bog tvoj, vodio po pustinji ovih četrdeset godina da te ponizi, iskuša i dozna što ti je u srcu: hoćeš li držati zapovijedi njegove ili nećeš. | 2 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not. |
| 3 Ponižavao te i glađu morio, a onda te hranio manom – za koju nisi znao ni ti ni tvoji oci – da ti pokaže kako čovjek ne živi samo o kruhu, nego da čovjek živi o svemu što izlazi iz usta Jahvinih. | 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD. |
| 4 Tvoja se odjeća na tebi nije izderala niti su ti noge oticale ovih četrdeset godina. | 4 Your clothing did not wear out upon you, and your foot did not swell, these forty years. |
| 5 Priznaj onda u svome srcu da te Jahve, Bog tvoj, odgaja i popravlja, kao što čovjek odgaja sina svoga. | 5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. |
| 6 I drži zapovijedi Jahve, Boga svoga, hodeći putovima njegovim i bojeći se njega! | 6 So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, by walking in his ways and by fearing him. |
| 7 Ta Jahve, Bog tvoj, vodi te u dobru zemlju: zemlju potokâ i vrelâ, dubinskih voda što izviru u dolinama i bregovima; | 7 For the LORD 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, |
| 8 zemlju pšenice i ječma, loze, smokava i šipaka, zemlju meda i maslina; | 8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, |
| 9 zemlju u kojoj nećeš sirotinjski jesti kruha i gdje ti ništa neće nedostajati; zemlju gdje kamenje ima željeza i gdje ćeš iz njezinih brdina vaditi mjed. | 9 a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. |
| 10 Do sita ćeš jesti i blagoslivljati Jahvu, Boga svoga, zbog dobre zemlje koju ti je dao.« | 10 And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. |
| 11 »Čuvaj se da ne zaboraviš Jahvu, Boga svoga, zanemarujući njegove zapovijedi, njegove uredbe i njegove zakone koje ti danas dajem. | 11 "Take heed lest you forget the LORD your God, by not keeping his commandments and his ordinances and his statutes, which I command you this day: |
| 12 I pošto se najedeš do sitosti, posagradiš lijepe kuće i u njima se nastaniš; | 12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses and live in them, |
| 13 kad ti se krupna i sitna stoka namnoži; kad se nakupiš srebra i zlata i kada sve tvoje uznapreduje, | 13 and when your herds and flocks multiply, and your silver and gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, |
| 14 nemoj da se uznese srce tvoje i da zaboraviš Jahvu, Boga svoga, koji te izveo iz zemlje egipatske, iz kuće ropstva; | 14 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, |
| 15 koji te proveo kroz onu veliku i strašnu pustinju, kroz zemlju plamenih zmija i štipavaca, suhim i bezvodnim krajem; koji ti je izveo vodu iz stijene tvrde kao kremen; | 15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, |
| 16 koji te u pustinji hranio manom, nepoznatom tvojim ocima, da te ponizi i da te iskuša te da na kraju budeš sretan. | 16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end. |
| 17 Ne reci tada u svome srcu: svojom sam moći i snagom svojih ruku sebi namaknuo ovo bogatstvo. | 17 Beware lest you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.' |
| 18 Sjeti se Jahve, Boga svoga! Ta on ti je dao snagu da stječeš bogatstvo da tako ispuni – kao što je danas – svoj Savez za koji se zakleo tvojim ocima. | 18 You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may confirm his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day. |
| 19 Ako li zaboraviš Jahvu, Boga svoga, i pođeš za drugim bogovima te njima budeš iskazivao štovanje, njima se klanjao, kunem vam se danas da ćete zacijelo izginuti; | 19 And if you forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you this day that you shall surely perish. |
| 20 poput naroda koje će Jahve pogubiti pred vama, tako će i vas nestati jer niste poslušali glasa Jahve, Boga svoga.« | 20 Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God. |
