Deuteronomy 8
1 “You must faithfully obey all the commandments that I am giving you today. If you do that, you will live [a long time], you will become very numerous, and you will occupy the land that Yahweh solemnly promised your ancestors that he would give [to you].
Vous aurez soin de mettre en pratique tous les commandements que je vous prescris aujourd'hui, afin que vous viviez, que vous multipliiez, que vous entriez et que vous preniez possession du pays que Yahweh a juré de donner à vos pères.
2 And do not forget how Yahweh our God led us as we traveled through the desert during these past 40 years. He [caused you to have many problems/difficulties], because he wanted to cause you to realize that you needed to trust him and not yourselves. And he wanted to test you, to find out what you intended to do [IDM], whether you would obey his commandments or not.
Tu te souviendras de tout le chemin par lequel Yahweh, ton Dieu, t'a fait marcher pendant ces quarante années dans le désert, afin de t'humilier, et de t'éprouver, pour connaître les sentiments de ton cœur, si tu garderas ou non ses commandements.
3 So he caused you to have/experience difficulties. He allowed you to become hungry. Then he gave you manna [food from heaven], food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did that to teach you that people need food [for their bodies]; but [they also need food for their spirits, which comes from paying attention to] everything that Yahweh says [MTY].
Il t'a humilié, il t'a fait avoir faim, et il t'a nourri de la manne, que tu ne connaissais pas et que n'avaient pas connue tes pères, afin de t'apprendre que l'homme ne vit pas de pain seulement, mais que l'homme vit de tout ce qui sort de la bouche de Dieu.
4 During those 40 years [of walking through the desert], our clothes did not wear out and our feet did not swell [from walking a very long way through the desert].
Ton vêtement ne s'est pas usé sur toi, et ton pied ne s'est pas enflé, pendant ces quarante années:
5 Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children.
afin que tu reconnaisses en ton cœur que Yahweh, ton Dieu, t'instruit, comme un homme instruit son enfant,
6 “Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him.
et que tu observes les commandements de Yahweh, ton Dieu, en marchant dans ses voies et en le craignant.
7 He is about to bring you into a good/fertile land, which has streams which flow down from the hills and pour/flow out of springs in the valleys.
Car Yahweh, ton Dieu, va te faire entrer dans un bon pays, pays de torrents, de sources et d'eaux profondes, qui jaillissent dans les vallées et les montagnes;
8 It is a land on which wheat and barley grow, a land where there are fig trees and pomegranates, and a land where there are olive trees and honey.
pays de froment, d'orge, de vignes, de figuiers et de grenadiers; pays d'oliviers, d'huile et de miel;
9 It is a land where there will be plenty of food for you, where you will (not lack anything/have everything that you need) [LIT], a land which has iron [ore] in its rocks and from which you can dig copper [ore] from its hills.
pays où tu mangeras du pain en abondance, où tu ne manqueras de rien; pays dont les pierres sont du fer, et des montagnes duquel tu tireras l'airain.
10 [Every day] you will eat until your stomachs are full, and you will thank Yahweh our God for the fertile/good land that he has given you.
Tu mangeras et te rassasieras, et tu béniras Yahweh, ton Dieu, pour le bon pays qu'il t'a donné.
11 But, [when that happens], be sure not to forget Yahweh our God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.
Garde-toi d'oublier Yahweh, ton Dieu, négligeant d'observer ses commandements, ses ordonnances et ses lois que je te prescris aujourd'hui,
12 When your stomachs are full [every day], and when you have built good houses and are living in them,
de peur que, quand tu mangeras et te rassasieras, que tu bâtiras et habiteras de belles maisons,
13 and when the number of your cattle and sheep has greatly increased, and when you have accumulated a large amount of silver and gold, and the amount of all your other possessions has greatly increased,
que tu verras se multiplier tes bœufs et tes brebis. S'augmenter ton argent, ton or, et s'augmenter tous tes biens,
14 be sure that you do not become proud [IDM] and forget Yahweh our God, who rescued your ancestors from being slaves in Egypt and brought them out from there.
ton cœur ne s'élève et que tu n'oublies Yahweh, ton Dieu, qui t'a fait sortir du pays d'Egypte, de la maison de servitude;
15 Do not forget that he led them [while they traveled] through that huge and terrible desert, where there were poisonous snakes and scorpions. And do not forget that where the ground was very dry and there was no water, he caused water to flow for them out of (solid/very hard) rock.
qui t'a conduit dans ce grand et affreux désert, où il y a des serpents brûlants et des scorpions, dans des lieux arides et sans eau, et qui a fait jaillir pour toi de l'eau du rocher le plus dur;
16 Do not forget that in that desert he gave your ancestors manna to eat, food that they had never eaten before. He [caused them to have/experience many problems/difficulties], because he wanted them to realize that they needed to trust him and not themselves. And he wanted to test them, to find out whether they intended to obey him, in order that when [those difficulties] ended, he would do many good things for them.
qui t'a donné à manger dans le désert une manne inconnue à tes pères, afin de t'humilier et de t'éprouver, pour te faire ensuite du bien;
17 Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power [MTY] and ability.’
et que tu ne dises en ton cœur; « C'est ma force et la vigueur de ma main qui m'ont procuré ces richesses. »
18 Do not forget that it is Yahweh our God who has enabled you to become rich. He does this because he faithfully does what he solemnly promised our ancestors that he would do.
Souviens-toi de Yahweh, ton Dieu, car c'est lui qui te donne de la force pour les acquérir, afin d'accomplir, comme tu le vois aujourd'hui, son alliance qu'il a jurée à tes pères.
19 “solemnly warn you that if you forget Yahweh our God and turn to other gods and start to serve them and worship them, you will certainly be destroyed.
Si, oubliant Yahweh, ton Dieu, il t'arrive d'aller après d'autres dieux, de les servir et de te prosterner devant eux, j'atteste aujourd'hui contre vous que vous périrez certainement.
20 If you do not obey Yahweh our God, he will certainly destroy you just like he will destroy the people-groups that you will fight against.”
Comme les nations que Yahweh fait périr devant vous, ainsi vous périrez, parce que vous n'aurez pas écouté la voix de Yahweh, votre Dieu.
