| 1 Tereis muito cuidado em observar todos os preceitos que eu hoje prescrevo, para que possais viver e multiplicar-vos, e, tendo entrado, possuais a terra que o Senhor jurou a vossos pais. | 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 Recordar-te-ás de todo o caminho por onde o Senhor teu Deus te conduziu pelo deserto durante quarenta anos, para te castigar, para te provar, e para que tornasse manifesto o que estava dentro do teu coração se guardarás ou não os seus mandamentos. | 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 Afligiu-te com a fome, deu-te por sustento o maná, que tu desconhecias e teus pais, para te mostrar que o homem não vive só do pão, mas de toda a palavra que sai da boca de Deus. | 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 A roupa, com que te cobrias, não chegou a gastar-se com a velhice, e o teu pé não foi magoado durante estes quarenta anos, | 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 para que reconheças no teu coração, que do mesmo modo que um homem instrui seu filho, assim o Senhor teu Deus, te instruiu a ti, | 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 para que guardes os mandamentos do Senhor teu Deus, andando nos seus caminhos e temendo-o. | 6 So may you keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and fear him. |
| 7 Agora o Senhor teu Deus vai introduzir-te numa terra boa, terra de torrentes, de fontes e de águas profundas, que brotam nos vales e nos montes, | 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 terra (fértil) de trigo, de cevada e de vinhas, onde nascem figueiras, romãzeiras e olivais; terra de azeite e de mel, | 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 onde, sem nenhuma escasses, comerás o teu pão e gozarás da abundância de todas as coisas; terra cujas pedras são ferro, de cujos montes sai o bronze. | 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 Quando tiveres comido e estiveres saciado, darás graças ao Senhor teu Deus, pela excelente terra que te deu. | 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 Toma cuidado, e abstém-te de jamais esqueceres o Senhor teu Deus, de desprezar os seus preceitos, as suas leis e as suas cerimônias, que eu hoje te prescrevo, | 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 não suceda que, depois de teres comido e estares saciado, de teres edificado formosas casas, e morado nelas, | 12 Otherwise, after you have eaten and been satisfied, and have built beautiful houses and have lived in them, |
| 13 de teres manadas de bois e rebanhos de ovelhas, e abundância de prata e de ouro e de todas as coisas, | 13 and have obtained herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and a plentitude of gold and silver and all things, |
| 14 o teu coração se eleve, e te não lembres do Senhor teu Deus, que te tirou da terra do Egipto, da casa da servidão, | 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 e que foi o teu guia no grande e terrível deserto, onde havia serpentes ardentes e escorpiões, e uma falta completa de água; que fez sair arroios da pedra duríssima. | 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 e que te alimentou no deserto com o maná, que teus pais não conheceram: que, depois de te ter afligido e provado, por fim teve compaixão de ti, | 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 para que não dissesses no teu coração: a minha força e o vigor do meu braço adquiriram-me todas estas coisas, | 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 mas antes te lembrasses que foi o Senhor teu Deus que te deu forças para cumprir o pacto, que jurou a teus pais, como mostra o dia de hoje. | 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 Se tu, esquecendo-te do Senhor teu Deus, seguires os deuses estranhos, se os servires e os adorares, desde já te profetizo que, com toda a certeza, perecerás. | 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 Como as nações que o Senhor destruiu à vossa chegada, assim também perecereis vós, se fordes desobedientes à voz do Senhor vosso Deus. | 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.” |
