Deuteronomy, 6

1. Now these [are] the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do [them] in the land whither ye go to possess it:

1. These are the commandments, the norms and the laws that Yahweh, your God, has commanded me to teach you so that you may observe them in the land which is going to be yours.

2. That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

2. Fear Yahweh, observe his commandments all the days of your life and his norms that I teach you today. So also for your children and your children's children that they may live long.

3. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do [it]; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

3. Listen, then, Israel, observe these commandments and put them into practice. If you do this, you will be well and you will multiply in this land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, promised you.

4. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD:

4. Listen, Israel: Yahweh, our God, is One Yahweh.

5. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

5. And you shall love Yahweh, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength.

6. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

6. Engrave on your heart the commandments that I pass on to you today.

7. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

7. Repeat them over and over to your children, speak of them when you are at home and when you travel, when you lie down and when you rise.

8. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

8. Brand them on your hand as a sign, and keep them always before your eyes.

9. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

9. Engrave them on your doorposts and on your city gates.

10. And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

10. Do not forget Yahweh when he has led you into the land which he promised to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; for he will give you great and prosperous cities which you did not build,

11. And houses full of all good [things], which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

11. houses filled with everything good which you did not provide, wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant. So when you have eaten and have been satisfied,

12. [Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

12. do not forget Yahweh who brought you out from Egypt where you were enslaved.

13. Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

13. Fear Yahweh, your God, serve him and call on his Name when you have to swear an oath.

14. Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which [are] round about you;

14. Do not go after other gods; do not serve any of the gods of the nations around you,

15. (For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

15. because your God, who is in your midst, is a jealous God. And when he burns in anger, you shall disappear from the face of the earth.

16. Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah.

16. You shall not put Yahweh, your God, to the test, as you did in Massah.

17. Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

17. Observe the precepts, the commandments and the norms that Yahweh has commanded you.

18. And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

18. You shall do what is right and good in the eyes of Yahweh that you may be happy and may come to possess the splendid land which he swore to your fathers

19. To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

19. he would give you after having destroyed all your enemies before you.

20. [And] when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [mean] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?

20. And when your child asks you one day: What are these precepts, these commandments and these norms which Yahweh has commanded us?

21. Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:

21. You shall answer your child: We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but Yahweh led us out of Egypt with prodigious deeds.

22. And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:

22. And we have seen the great and wonderful things, the awesome marvels he has done against Pharaoh and all his people.

23. And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

23. And he took us out from there to lead us into the land which he promised to our fathers.

24. And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as [it is] at this day.

24. Yahweh has commanded us to put into practice all these precepts and to fear him, our God. Because of this, we are happy and alive today,

25. And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

25. and we shall be perfect in his eyes if we observe and practice these commandments as he has told us to do.