Deuteronomy 8

8 ¹Make you obey well-well every commandment wey I dey give you today, so that you fit live, multiply, enter, and possess di land wey our Papa swear give your ancestors. ²Remember di whole way wey your Papa lead you dis forty years for di wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know wetin dey inside your heart—whether you go keep im commandments or not. ³E humble you, make you hungry, den feed you manna wey you and your ancestors no know before, to teach you say man no dey live by bread alone, but by every word wey comot from di mouth of our Papa. ⁴Your cloth no tear for your body, and your leg no swell, dis forty years. ⁵So make you know for your heart say, as man dey discipline im pikin, na so your Papa dey discipline you. ⁶So make you keep di commandments of your Papa, dey waka for im ways and dey fear am. ⁷For your Papa dey bring you enter one good land—land of streams, springs, and deep waters wey dey flow through valleys and hills, ⁸land of wheat and barley, vines, figs, and pomegranates; land of olive oil and honey. ⁹Land where you go chop bread without scarcity, wey you no go lack anytin—land of iron stone, wey you go dig im hills for copper. ¹⁰When you don chop and belle full you, make you bless your Papa for di good land wey e give you.

¹¹Take care make you no forget your Papa, and fail to keep im commandments, rules, and statutes wey I command you today, ¹²for when you don chop and belle full you, and you don build fine houses and dey live inside dem, ¹³and your herds and flocks multiply, your silver and gold multiply, and everytin wey you get multiply, ¹⁴den your heart go swell with pride, and you go forget your Papa, wey bring you comot from di land of Egypt, from di house of slavery, ¹⁵wey lead you through dat big, fearful wilderness of poisonous snakes and scorpions, of drought and no water, wey bring water comot for you from flint rock, ¹⁶wey feed you manna for di wilderness, wey your ancestors no know, to humble you and test you, and for di end do you good. ¹⁷Take care—no talk for your heart say, “Na my power, na di strength of my hand, make dis wealth for me.” ¹⁸Remember your Papa, for na im dey give you power to gain wealth, to confirm im Covenant wey e swear give your ancestors, as e dey today.

¹⁹But if you ever forget your Papa, dey follow oda gods, serve dem and bow down give dem, I dey testify against you today: you go surely perish. ²⁰Like di nations wey our Papa dey destroy before you, na so you too go perish, since you no gree obey di voice of your Papa.