Deuteronomy 6

1 These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,

These are the commandments and rules and regulations that the Lord your God has ordered me to teach you to follow in the country that you're going to enter and occupy.

2 so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.

This is so you and your children and grandchildren will show respect to the Lord your God throughout your lives by keeping all his rules and regulations that I give you, and so that you may have a long life.

3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

Listen, people of Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may do well and have many descendants in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your forefathers, promised you.

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.

Listen, people of Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is the only one.

5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your mind and with all your being and with all your strength.

6 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.

The commands I'm giving you today must stay in your minds.

7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

You are to explain them carefully to your children and talk about them when you're at home and when you're traveling, when you lie down and when you get up.

8 Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

Tie them on your hands as reminders and put them on your foreheads as well.

9 Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Write them on the doorposts of your homes and on your gates.

10 And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,

The Lord your God is going to take you into the country he promised to give you and your forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It's a country with large, prosperous towns that you didn't build,

11 with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,

with houses full of plenty of good things that you didn't provide, that have wells you didn't dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant. When you eat and are full

12 be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

make sure you don't forget the Lord who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.

13 Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.

Respect the Lord your God only worship him, and only make promises in his name.

14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.

Don't worship any other gods, the gods of the peoples around you,

15 For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

because the Lord your God, who lives among you, is an exclusive God, and Lord your God will become angry with you, and he will wipe you out.

16 Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.

Don't test the Lord your God like you did at Massah.

17 You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.

You must be careful to keep the commandments of the Lord your God and the laws and rules he's given you.

18 Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

Do what's good and right in the Lord's sight so that it will go well for you and that you may enter and take over the good land that the Lord your God promised to give your forefathers,

19 driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.

He will drive out all your enemies ahead of you, just as he said.

20 In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”

In the future, when your children come and ask you, “What's the point of decrees and rules and regulations that the Lord our God ordered you to follow?”

21 then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

then you are to tell them, “Once we were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord by his power led us out of Egypt.

22 Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.

Before our very eyes the Lord brought down incredible and terrifying signs and miracles on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his people.

23 But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.

But he led us out of there to take us here, giving us this country that he had promised to our forefathers.

24 And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.

The Lord ordered us to keep all these laws and to respect the Lord our God, so that we would always be safe and well, as we are today

25 And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”

And if we carefully observe each of these commandments as we live in the presence of the Lord, as he instructed us, then we will be right with him.”