Deuteronomy 6

1 Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land where ye go over to possess it,

Now these are the commandments, statutes, and decrees that Yahweh your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you might keep them in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess;

2 that thou might fear Jehovah 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.

so that you might honor Yahweh your God, so as to keep all his statutes and commandments that I am commanding you—you, your sons, and your sons' sons, all the days of your lives, so that your days may be prolonged.

3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it, that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, has promised to thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

Therefore listen to them, Israel, and keep them, so that it may go well with you, so that you may greatly multiply, in a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you would do.

4 Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah.

Listen, Israel: Yahweh our God is one.

5 And thou shall love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

You will love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart.

The words that I am commanding you today will be in your heart;

7 And thou shall teach them diligently to thy sons, and shall talk of them when thou sit in thy house, and when thou walk by the way, and when thou lie down, and when thou rise up.

and you will diligently teach them to your children; you will talk about them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

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

You will tie them as a sign upon your hand, and they will serve as frontlets between your eyes.

9 And thou shall write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

You will write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

10 And it shall be, when Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou did not build,

When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you, with large and very good cities that you did not build,

11 and houses full of all good things, which thou did not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou did not hew, vineyards and olive trees, which thou did not plant, and thou shall eat and be full,

and houses full of all kinds of good things that you did not make, cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant, you will eat and be satisfied—

12 then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

then be careful so that you do not forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

13 Thou shall fear Jehovah thy God, and him thou shall serve, and shall swear by his name.

You will honor Yahweh your God; him you will worship, and you will swear by his name.

14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you,

You will not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you—

15 for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God, lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God—if you do, the anger of Yahweh your God will be kindled against you and he will destroy you from the surface of the earth.

16 Ye shall not challenge Jehovah your God, as ye challenged him in Massah.

You will not test Yahweh your God as you tested him at Massah.

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

You will diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, his solemn commands, and his statutes, that he has commanded you.

18 And thou shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah, that it may be well with thee, and that thou may go in and possess the good land which Jehovah swore to thy fathers,

You will do what is right and good in the sight of Yahweh, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land that Yahweh swore to your fathers,

19 to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah has spoken.

to drive out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has said.

20 When thy son asks thee in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God has commanded you?

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What are the covenant decrees, the statutes, and the other decrees that Yahweh our God commanded you?'

21 Then thou shall say to thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt, and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

then you will say to your son, 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt; Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand,

22 And Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes.

and he displayed signs and wonders, great and severe, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;

23 And he brought us out from there that he might bring us in to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.

and he brought us out from there, so that he might bring us in, to give us the land that he swore to our fathers.

24 And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God for our good always, that he might preserve us alive as at this day.

Yahweh commanded us to always keep all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God for our good, so that he might keep us alive, as we are today.

25 And it shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God as he has commanded us.

If we keep all these commands before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us, this will be our righteousness.'