Do Not Forget the Lord
1Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors. 2Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. 3He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 4Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. 5Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
6Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; 8a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; 9a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.
10When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. 11Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, 13and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 15He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. 16He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you. 17You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” 18But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
19If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. 20Like the nations the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.
Usimsahau Bwana
18:1 Kum 4:1; Kut 19:5; Ay 36:11; Za 16; 11; Eze 20:19Uwe mwangalifu kufuata kila agizo ninalokupa wewe leo, ili mweze kuishi, kuongezeka na mweze kuingia mkamiliki nchi ambayo Bwana aliahidi kwa kiapo kwa baba zenu. 28:2 Kum 29:5; Za 136:16; Amo 2:10; Mwa 22:1; Yos 6:17; 11:11; Kut 23:32; Amu 1:24; 2:2Kumbuka jinsi Bwana Mungu wenu alivyowaongoza katika njia yote katika jangwa kwa miaka hii arobaini, kukunyenyekeza na kukujaribu ili ajue lililoko moyoni mwako, kwamba utayashika maagizo yake au la. 38:3 Isa 2:11; Yer 44:10; Kut 16:14; 1Fal 8:36; Za 25:5; 94:12; 119:171; Mwa 3:19; Ay 23:12; Za 104:15; Mit 28:21; Isa 51:14; Yer 42:14; Ay 22:22; Za 119:13; 138:4; Kut 16:2-3; Mt 4:4; Lk 4:4Alikudhili na kukufanya uone njaa kisha akulishe kwa mana, ambayo wewe wala baba zako hamkuijua, awafundishe kuwa mwanadamu hataishi kwa mkate tu bali kwa kila neno litokalo katika kinywa cha Bwana. 48:4 Kum 29:5; Neh 9:21Nguo zenu hazikuchakaa wala miguu yenu haikuvimba kwa miaka hii arobaini. 58:5 Kum 4:36; 2Sam 7:14; Ay 5:17; 33:19; Mit 3:11-12; Ebr 12:5-11; Ufu 3:19Mjue basi ndani ya mioyo yenu kama mtu anavyomwadibisha mwanawe, ndivyo Bwana Mungu wako atawaadibisha ninyi.
68:6 Kut 33:13; 1Fal 3:14; Za 81:13; 95:10; Kum 5:33Shikeni maagizo ya Bwana Mungu wenu mtembee katika njia zake na kumheshimu. 78:7 Za 106:24; Yer 3:19; Eze 20:6; Kum 11:9-12; Yer 2:7Kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu anawaleta katika nchi nzuri, nchi yenye vijito na mabwawa ya maji, yenye chemchemi zinazotiririka mabondeni na katika vilima; 88:8 Kut 9:31; Mwa 49:11; Hes 13:23; 1Fal 4:25; Kum 32:13; Za 81:16nchi yenye ngano na shayiri, mizabibu na mitini, mikomamanga, mafuta ya zeituni na asali; 98:9 Amu 18:10; Ay 28:2nchi ambayo chakula hakitapungua na hamtakosa chochote; nchi ambayo miamba yake ni chuma na mnaweza kuchimba shaba kutoka kwenye vilima.
108:10 Kum 6:10-12Wakati mtakapokwisha kula na kushiba, msifuni Bwana Mungu wenu kwa ajili ya nchi nzuri aliyowapa. 118:11 Kum 4:9Jihadharini msimsahau Bwana Mungu wenu, mkashindwa kushika maagizo yake, sheria na amri zake ambazo ninawapa leo. 128:12 Mit 30:9; Hos 13:6Angalia wakati mtakapokuwa mmekula na kushiba, mkajenga nyumba nzuri na kukaa humo, 13na wakati makundi yenu ya ngʼombe na mbuzi na kondoo yatakapoongezeka na fedha na dhahabu yenu itakapoongezeka na vyote mlivyo navyo vitakapozidishwa, 148:14 Za 78:7; 106:21basi mioyo yenu isiwe na kiburi mkamsahau Bwana Mungu wenu aliyewatoa katika nchi ya Misri, kutoka nchi ya utumwa. 158:15 Kum 1:19; 32:13; 32:10; Hes 21:6; Isa 14:29; 30:6; Kut 17:6; Ay 28:9; Za 78:15; 114:8Aliwaongoza kupitia jangwa lile kubwa na la kutisha, nchi ile ya kiu isiyo na maji, yenye nyoka wa sumu na nge. Aliwatolea maji kutoka kwenye mwamba mgumu. 168:16 Kut 16:14; 16:15; Mwa 22:1; Rum 8:28; 2Kor 4:17; Ebr 12:11; Yak 1:12; 1Pet 1:7Aliwapa mana ya kula jangwani, kitu ambacho baba zenu hawakukijua, ili kuwanyenyekesha na kuwajaribu ninyi ili mwishoni apate kuwatendea mema. 178:17 Kum 9:4, 24; 31:27; Amu 7:2; Za 44:3; Isa 10:13Mnaweza kusema, “Uwezo wangu na nguvu za mikono yangu ndizo zilizonipatia utajiri huu.” 188:18 Mwa 26:13; Kum 26:10; 28:4; 1Sam 2:7; Za 25:13; 112:3; Mit 8:18; 10:22; Mhu 9:11; Hos 2:8Lakini kumbukeni Bwana Mungu wenu, ndiye ambaye huwapa uwezo wa kupata utajiri, na hivyo kulithibitisha Agano lake, ambalo aliwaapia baba zenu, kama ilivyo leo.
198:19 Kum 6:14; 4:26; 30:18; Za 16:4; Yer 7:6; 13:10; 25:6Ikiwa mtamsahau Bwana Mungu wenu, mkaifuata miungu mingine, mkaiabudu na kuisujudia, ninashuhudia dhidi yenu leo kwamba hakika mtaangamizwa. 208:20 2Fal 21:2; Za 10:16; Eze 5:5-17; Mao 1:1-22; 2:17; Dan 9:12; Zek 1:6Kama mataifa Bwana aliyoyaangamiza mbele yenu, ndivyo ninyi mtakavyoangamizwa kwa kutokumtii Bwana Mungu wenu.
