Deuteronomy 6

1 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;

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

2 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.

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.

3 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.

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, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee — a land flowing with milk and honey.

4 Listen, Israel: Yahweh our God is one.

HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.

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

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

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

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

7 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.

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

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

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

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

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

10 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,

And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee — great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,

11 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—

and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou the didst not hew, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou didst not plant, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied —

12 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.

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

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

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; and Him shalt thou serve, and by His name shalt thou swear.

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

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

15 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.

for a jealous God, even the LORD thy God, is in the midst of thee; lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and He destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

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

Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah.

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

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee.

18 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,

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 swore unto thy fathers,

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

to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

20 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?'

When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?

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

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.

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

And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes.

23 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.

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

24 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.

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.

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

And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as He hath commanded us.'