1 „Visi šie baušļi, ko es tev šodien nododu, tie tev ir jātur un jāpilda, lai jūs paliktu dzīvi un lai vairotos un droši ietu un iemantotu to zemi, ko tas Kungs jūsu tēviem ir ar zvērestu apsolījis.
2 Un tev ir jāpiemin viss tas ceļš, pa kuyu tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi ir vadījis tuksnesī visus šos četrdesmit gadus, lai tevi pazemotu un lai tevi pārbaudītu, lai Viņš zinātu, kas ir tavā sirdsprātā, vai tu Viņa baušļus turēsi, vai ne.
3 Un Viņš tevi pazemoja, lika tev badu ciest un ēdināja tevi ar mannu, ko tu vēl nepazini, un ko tavi tēvi nebija pazinuši, lai liktu tev atzīt, ka cilvēks nedzīvo no maizes vien, bet ka cilvēks dzīvo no visa tā, kas iziet no tā Kunga mutes.
4 Tavas drēbes tev tavā mugurā netapa par skrandām un nekrita nost, un tavas kājas nav uztūkušas šajos četrdesmit gados.
5 Tad nu atzīsti savā sirdsprātā, ka tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi pārmāca tā, kā tēvs pārmāca savu dēlu,
6 Un turi tā Kunga, sava Dieva, baušļus, ka tu staigā Viņa ceļos un Viņu bīsties.
7 Jo tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tevi vada uz auglīgu zemi, uz zemi ar ūdens strautiem, ūdens kritumiem un avotiem, kas rodas ielejās, bet arī nāk no kalniem,
8 Uz zemi, kur ir kvieši un mieži, vīna stādi un vīģu koki un granātābolu koki, uz olīvu koku zemi, kufā tek eļļa un medus,
9 Uz zemi, kur tu maizi vairs neēdīsi trūkumā, kur tev nekā netrūks, uz zemi, kuŗas akmeņos ir dzelzs un no kuras kalniem tu vari izcirst varu.
10 Kad nu tu ēdīsi un būsi paēdis, tad teici to Kungu, savu Dievu, par to auglīgo zemi, ko Viņš tev ir devis.
11 Sargies, ka tu neaizmirsti to Kungu, savu Dievu, bet turi Viņa baušļus, Viņa tiesas un Viņa nolikumus, ko es tev šodien pavēlu.
12 Lai tad, kad tu būsi ēdis un paēdis, un sev uzcēlis labus namus, un tur dzīvosi,
13 Kad tavi vērši un tavi sīkie lopi būs savairojušies, un tavs sudrabs un tavs zelts sāks pie tevis krāties, un viss, kas tev vien pieder, būs vairojies,
14 Lai tad tava sirds nelepojas un tu neaizmirsti to Kungu, savu Dievu, kas tevi izvedis no Ēģiptes zemes, no kalpības nama,
15 Kas tevi ir vadījis plašā un briesmīgā tuksnesī, kur bija dzēlīgas čūskas un skarpiji un izkaltušas vietas bez ūdens, kupās mocīja slāpes, kas tad tev lika izplūst ūdenim no cietās klints;
16 Kas ēdināja tevi tuksnesī ar mannu, ko tavi tēvi nebija pazinuši, lai Viņš tevi pazemotu un tevi pārbaudītu, un tad lai tev tavās tālākās dienās darītu labu.
17 Tad nesaki vis savā prātā: „Mans spēks un manu roku stiprums ir man šo labklājību sagādājuši!“
18 Bet piemini to Kungu, savu Dievu, ka Viņš ir tas, kas dod tev spēku sagādāt labklājību, lai uzturētu spēkā un apstiprinātu savu derību, ko Viņš ar zvērestu bija apsolījis taviem tēviem, kā tas šodien ir.
19 Bet ja tu aizmirsīsi to Kungu, savu Dievu, sekosi citiem dieviem un tiem kalposi un viņu priekšā metīsies zemē, tad es jau šodien apliecinu, ka jūs neglābjami aiziesit bojā!
20 Kā tautas, ko tas Kungs, jums ienākot, iznīcināja, tā arī jūs aiziesit bojā, tāpēc ka jūs neesat klausījuši tā Kunga, sava Dieva, balsij.“
A Good Land to Be Possessed
1 “Obey faithfully all the laws that I have given you today, so that you may live, increase in number, and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. 2 Remember how the Lord your God led you on this long journey through the desert these past forty years, sending hardships to test you, so that he might know what you intended to do and whether you would obey his commands. 3 He made you go hungry, and then he gave you manna to eat, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did this to teach you that you must not depend on bread alone to sustain you, but on everything that the Lord says. 4 During these forty years your clothes have not worn out, nor have your feet swollen up. 5 Remember that the Lord your God corrects and punishes you just as parents discipline their children. 6 So then, do as the Lord has commanded you: live according to his laws and obey him. 7 The Lord your God is bringing you into a fertile land—a land that has rivers and springs, and underground streams gushing out into the valleys and hills; 8 a land that produces wheat and barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and honey. 9 There you will never go hungry or ever be in need. Its rocks have iron in them, and from its hills you can mine copper. 10 You will have all you want to eat, and you will give thanks to the Lord your God for the fertile land that he has given you.
Warnings against Forgetting the Lord
11 “Make certain that you do not forget the Lord your God; do not fail to obey any of his laws that I am giving you today. 12 When you have all you want to eat and have built good houses to live in 13 and when your cattle and sheep, your silver and gold, and all your other possessions have increased, 14 be sure that you do not become proud and forget the Lord your God who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. 15 He led you through that vast and terrifying desert where there were poisonous snakes and scorpions. In that dry and waterless land he made water flow out of solid rock for you. 16 In the desert he gave you manna to eat, food that your ancestors had never eaten. He sent hardships on you to test you, so that in the end he could bless you with good things. 17 So then, you must never think that you have made yourselves wealthy by your own power and strength. 18 Remember that it is the Lord your God who gives you the power to become rich. He does this because he is still faithful today to the covenant that he made with your ancestors. 19 Never forget the Lord your God or turn to other gods to worship and serve them. If you do, then I warn you today that you will certainly be destroyed. 20 If you do not obey the Lord, then you will be destroyed just like those nations that he is going to destroy as you advance.
