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Deuteronomy 31-32
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Deuteronomy 31-32
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 31
The Lord’s Leadership. 1 When Moses had finished speaking these words to all Israel, 2 he said to them, I am now one hundred and twenty years old(A) and am no longer able to go out and come in; besides, the Lord has said to me, Do not cross this Jordan. 3 It is the Lord, your God, who will cross before you; he will destroy these nations before you, that you may dispossess them.(B) (It is Joshua who will cross before you, as the Lord promised.) 4 (C)The Lord will deal with them just as he dealt with Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and with their country, when he destroyed them. 5 When, therefore, the Lord delivers them up to you, you shall deal with them according to the whole commandment which I have given you.(D) 6 Be strong and steadfast; have no fear or dread of them, for it is the Lord, your God, who marches with you; he will never fail you or forsake you.(E)
Call of Joshua. 7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and in the presence of all Israel said to him,(F) “Be strong and steadfast, for you shall bring this people into the land which the Lord swore to their ancestors he would give them; it is you who will give them possession of it. 8 It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you and will never fail you or forsake you. So do not fear or be dismayed.”(G)
The Reading of the Law. 9 (H)When Moses had written down this law, he gave it to the levitical priests who carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.(I) 10 Moses commanded them, saying, On the feast of Booths,(J) at the prescribed time in the year for remission[a] which comes at the end of every seven-year period, 11 when all Israel goes to appear before the Lord, your God, in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law aloud in the presence of all Israel. 12 Assemble the people—men, women and children, as well as the resident aliens who live in your communities—that they may hear and so learn to fear the Lord, your God, and to observe carefully all the words of this law. 13 Their children also, who do not know it yet, shall hear and learn to fear the Lord, your God, as long as you live on the land which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.
Commission to Joshua. 14 (K)The Lord said to Moses, The time is now approaching for you to die. Summon Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting that I may commission him. So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting. 15 And the Lord appeared at the tent in a column of cloud; the column of cloud stood at the entrance of the tent.
A Command to Moses. 16 The Lord said to Moses, Soon you will be at rest with your ancestors, and then this people will prostitute themselves[b] by following the foreign gods among whom they will live in the land they are about to enter.(L) They will forsake me and break the covenant which I have made with them. 17 (M)At that time my anger will flare up against them; I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become a prey to be devoured, and much evil and distress will befall them. At that time they will indeed say, “Is it not because our God is not in our midst that these evils have befallen us?” 18 Yet I will surely hide my face at that time because of all the evil they have done in turning to other gods. 19 Now, write out this song(N) for yourselves. Teach it to the Israelites and have them recite it, so that this song may be a witness for me against the Israelites. 20 For when I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey which I promised on oath to their ancestors, and they have eaten and are satisfied and have grown fat, if they turn to other gods and serve them, despising me and breaking my covenant, 21 then, when great evil and distress befall them, this song will speak to them as a witness, for it will not be forgotten if their descendants recite it. For I know what they are inclined to do even at the present time, before I have brought them into the land which I promised on oath. 22 So Moses wrote this song that same day, and he taught it to the Israelites.
Commission of Joshua. 23 Then he commissioned Joshua, son of Nun, and said to him, Be strong and steadfast, for it is you who will bring the Israelites into the land which I promised them on oath.(O) I myself will be with you.
The Law Placed in the Ark. 24 When Moses had finished writing out on a scroll the words of this law in their entirety, 25 Moses gave the Levites(P) who carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord this order: 26 Take this book of the law and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord, your God, that there it may be a witness against you.(Q) 27 For I already know how rebellious and stiff-necked you will be. Why, even now, while I am alive among you, you have been rebels against the Lord! How much more, then, after I am dead!(R) 28 (S)Assemble all your tribal elders and your officials before me, that I may speak these words for them to hear and so may call heaven and earth to witness against them. 29 (T)For I know that after my death you are sure to act corruptly and to turn aside from the way along which I commanded you, so that evil will befall you in time to come because you have done what is evil in the Lord’s sight, and provoked him by your deeds.
The Song of Moses. 30 Then Moses recited the words of this song in their entirety, for the whole assembly of Israel to hear:
Chapter 32
1 [c]Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak;
let the earth hear the words of my mouth!(U)
2 May my teaching soak in like the rain,
and my utterance drench like the dew,
Like a downpour upon the grass,
like a shower upon the crops.
3 For I will proclaim the name of the Lord,
praise the greatness of our God!
4 The Rock—how faultless are his deeds,
how right all his ways!
A faithful God, without deceit,
just and upright is he!(V)
5 Yet his degenerate children have treated him basely,
a twisted and crooked generation!(W)
6 Is this how you repay the Lord,
so foolish and unwise a people?
Is he not your father who begot you,
the one who made and established you?(X)
7 Remember the days of old,
consider the years of generations past.
Ask your father, he will inform you,
your elders, they will tell you:(Y)
8 When the Most High allotted each nation its heritage,
when he separated out human beings,(Z)
He set up the boundaries of the peoples
after the number of the divine beings;[d]
9 But the Lord’s portion was his people;
his allotted share was Jacob.(AA)
10 He found them in a wilderness,
a wasteland of howling desert.
He shielded them, cared for them,
guarded them as the apple of his eye.(AB)
11 As an eagle incites its nestlings,
hovering over its young,
So he spread his wings, took them,
bore them upon his pinions.(AC)
12 The Lord alone guided them,
no foreign god was with them.(AD)
13 (AE)He had them mount the summits of the land,[e]
fed them the produce of its fields;
He suckled them with honey from the crags
and olive oil from the flinty rock;
14 Butter from cows and milk from sheep,
with the best of lambs;
Bashan[f] bulls and goats,
with the cream of finest wheat;
and the foaming blood of grapes you drank.
15 So Jacob ate and was satisfied,
Jeshurun[g] grew fat and kicked;
you became fat and gross and gorged.
They forsook the God who made them
and scorned the Rock of their salvation.(AF)
16 With strange gods they incited him,
with abominations provoked him to anger.(AG)
17 They sacrificed to demons, to “no-gods,”
to gods they had never known,
Newcomers from afar,
before whom your ancestors had never trembled.
18 You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you,
you forgot the God who gave you birth.(AH)
19 The Lord saw and was filled with loathing,
provoked by his sons and daughters.(AI)
20 He said, I will hide my face from them,
and see what becomes of them.
For they are a fickle generation,
children with no loyalty in them!(AJ)
21 Since they have incited me with a “no-god,”
and provoked me with their empty idols,
I will incite them with a “no-people”;[h]
with a foolish nation I will provoke them.(AK)
22 For by my wrath a fire is kindled
that has raged to the depths of Sheol,
It has consumed the earth with its yield,
and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.(AL)
23 I will heap evils upon them
and exhaust all my arrows against them:(AM)
24 Emaciating hunger and consuming fever
and bitter pestilence,
And the teeth of wild beasts I will send among them,
with the venom of reptiles gliding in the dust.(AN)
25 Out in the street the sword shall bereave,
and at home the terror
For the young man and the young woman alike,
the nursing babe as well as the gray beard.(AO)
26 I said: I will make an end of them
and blot out their name from human memory,
27 Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy,
that their foes might misunderstand,
And say, “Our own hand won the victory;
the Lord had nothing to do with any of it.”(AP)
28 For they are a nation devoid of reason,[i]
having no understanding.
29 If they had insight they would realize this,
they would understand their end:
30 “How could one rout a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless it was because their Rock sold them,
the Lord delivered them up?”
31 Indeed, their “rock” is not like our Rock;
our enemies are fools.
32 For their vine is from the vine of Sodom,
from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are grapes of poison,
and their clusters are bitter.(AQ)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
the cruel poison of vipers.
34 Is not this stored up with me,
sealed up in my storehouses?
35 Vengeance is mine and recompense,
for the time they lose their footing;
Because the day of their disaster is at hand
and their doom is rushing upon them!(AR)
36 Surely, the Lord will do justice for his people;
on his servants he will have pity.
When he sees their strength is gone,
and neither bond nor free[j] is left,(AS)
37 He will say, Where are their gods,(AT)
the rock in whom they took refuge,
38 Who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their libations?
Let them rise up now and help you!
Let them be your protection!
39 See now that I, I alone, am he,
and there is no god besides me.
It is I who bring both death and life,
I who inflict wounds and heal them,
and from my hand no one can deliver.(AU)
40 For I raise my hand to the heavens
and will say: As surely as I live forever,
41 When I sharpen my flashing sword,
and my hand lays hold of judgment,
With vengeance I will repay my foes
and requite those who hate me.(AV)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword shall devour flesh—
With the blood of the slain and the captured,
from the long-haired heads of the enemy.
43 Exult with him, you heavens,
bow to him, all you divine beings!
For he will avenge the blood of his servants,
take vengeance on his foes;
He will requite those who hate him,
and purge his people’s land.(AW)
44 So Moses, together with Hoshea,[k] son of Nun, went and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.(AX)
Final Appeal. 45 When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them,(AY) Take to heart all the words that I am giving in witness against you today, words you should command your children, that they may observe carefully every word of this law. 47 For this is no trivial matter for you, but rather your very life; by this word you will enjoy a long life on the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.(AZ)
Moses Looks upon Canaan. 48 On that very day the Lord said to Moses, 49 Ascend this mountain of the Abarim,[l] Mount Nebo in the land of Moab facing Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.(BA) 50 Then you shall die on the mountain you are about to ascend, and shall be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor[m] and there was gathered to his people,(BB) 51 because both of you broke faith with me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin: you did not manifest my holiness among the Israelites.[n](BC) 52 You may indeed see the land from a distance, but you shall not enter that land which I am giving to the Israelites.(BD)
Footnotes
- 31:10 The year for remission: cf. 15:1–3 and note there.
- 31:16 Prostitute themselves: lit., “whore after,” a play on the phrase “go after,” viz. after other gods.
- 32:1–43 The whole song is a poetic sermon, having for its theme the Lord’s benefits to Israel (vv. 1–14) and Israel’s ingratitude and idolatry in turning to the gods of the nations; these sins will be punished by the nations themselves (vv. 15–29); in turn, the foolish pride of the nations will be punished, and the Lord’s honor will be vindicated (vv. 30–43).
- 32:8 Divine beings: lit., “sons of God” (see also v. 43); members of the divine assembly; cf. 1 Kgs 22:19; Jb 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Ps 82; 89:6–7. The nations are portrayed as having their respective tutelary deities.
- 32:13 The land: Canaan.
- 32:14 Bashan: a fertile grazing land east of the Jordan, famous for its sleek, strong cattle. Cf. Ps 22:13; Ez 39:18; Am 4:1.
- 32:15 Jeshurun: a term for Israel from yashar, meaning “upright”; its use here is possibly ironic.
- 32:21 “No-god”…“no-people”: worship of the gods of the nations brings destruction at the hands of a foreign invader. A false god cannot sustain or protect (cf. Jer 14:22); and though the nations seem “foolish” (see their characterization in such passages as Ps 114:1; Is 28:11; 33:19), they will prove to be anything but nonentities when the Lord stirs them up against Israel (Is 9:10–12). For the “no-” or “not-” construction, see Hos 1:6, 9; 2:1, 25.
- 32:28–35 The reference is to the nations, not to Israel.
- 32:36 Neither bond nor free: an all-inclusive expression; cf. 1 Kgs 14:10; 2 Kgs 9:8.
- 32:44 Hoshea: a variant of “Joshua.” Cf. note on Nm 13:16.
- 32:49 Abarim: probably the mountain range to the east of the Dead Sea.
- 32:50 Mount Hor: on the western border of Seir or Edom; cf. Nm 20:23–28; 33:37–38. Dt 10:6 locates elsewhere the place of Aaron’s death.
- 32:51 Cf. note on 3:26.
ﺍﻟﺘﺜﻨﻴﺔ 31-32
Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
ﺍﻟﺘﺜﻨﻴﺔ 31-32
Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
يَشُوعُ يَخْلِفُ مُوسَى
31 ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ مُوسَى لِيَتَكَلَّمَ بِكُلِّ هَذِهِ الكَلِمَاتِ لِبَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ، 2 وَعَادَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أنَا اليَوْمَ فِي المِئَةِ وَالعِشرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِي، وَلَمْ أعُدْ قَادِرًا عَلَى قِيَادَتِكُمْ. وَقَدْ قَالَ اللهُ لِي: ‹لَنْ تَعْبُرَ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ.› 3 إلَهُكُمْ هُوَ مَنْ سَيَقُودُكُمْ فِي العُبُورِ وَسَيَسِيرُ أمَامَكُمْ. وَسَيُهلِكُ هَذِهِ الأُمَمَ مِنْ أمَامِكُمْ، وَسَتَمْتَلِكُونَ أرْضَهُمْ. وَيَشُوعُ هُوَ مَنْ سَيَقُودُكُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَ اللهُ.
4 «وَسَيَعْمَلُ اللهُ بِهِمْ كَمَا عَمِلَ بِسِيحُونَ وَعُوجٍ مَلِكَيِّ الأمُورِيِّينَ وَأرْضِهِمَا حِينَ أهْلَكَهُمَا. 5 وَسَيُسَاعِدُكُمُ اللهُ فِي هَزِيمَةِ تِلْكَ الأُمَمِ. فَاعْمَلُوا بِهِمْ كُلَّ مَا أمَرتُكُمْ بِهِ. 6 تَقَوُّوُا وَتَشَجَّعُوا! لَا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَرْتَعِبُوا مِنْهُمْ، لِأنَّ إلَهَكَمْ سَيَسِيرُ مَعَكُمْ، لَنْ يَتْرُكَكُمْ وَلَنْ يَتَخَلَّى عَنْكُمْ.»
7 ثُمَّ دَعَا مُوسَى يَشُوعَ. وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِيَشُوعَ عَلَى مَسْمَعِ وَمَرْأى جَمِيعِ بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ: «تَقَوَّ وَتَشَجَّعْ! فَأنْتَ مَنْ سَيَقُودُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي أقْسَمَ اللهُ لِآبَائِهِمْ بِأنْ يُعطِيَهَا لَهُمْ، وَسَتُقَسِّمُ الأرْضَ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ. 8 سَيَقُودُكَ اللهُ وَيَكُونُ مَعَكَ. لَنْ يَتْرُكَكَ وَلَنْ يَتَخَلَّى عَنْكَ. فَلَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَرْتَعِب.»
كَتَبَةُ الشَّرِيعَة
9 وَكَتَبَ مُوسَى هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةَ وَأعْطَاهَا لِلكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ مِنْ نَسْلِ لَاوِي، الَّذِينَ حَمَلُوا صُنْدُوقَ عَهْدِ اللهِ، وَلِجَمِيعِ شُيُوخِ وَقَادَةِ إسْرَائِيلَ. 10 وَأوصَاهُمْ مُوسَى وَقَالَ: «فِي كُلِّ سَبعِ سَنَوَاتٍ، فِي الوَقْتِ المُعَيَّنِ لِسَنَةِ إلغَاءِ الدُّيُونِ خِلَالَ عِيدِ السَّقَائِفِ، 11 حِينَ يَأْتِي كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ لِيَقِفُوا أمَامَ إلَهِكُمْ فِي المَكَانِ الَّذِي سَيَختَارُهُ، تَقْرَأُونَ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةَ أمَامَ كُلِّ بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ لِيَسْمَعُوهَا. 12 اجْمَعُوا الشَّعْبَ مَعًا: الرِّجَالَ وَالنِّسَاءَ وَالأطْفَالَ وَالأجَانِبَ المُقِيمِينَ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ، لِيَسْمَعُوا وَيَتَعَلَّمُوا وَيَخَافُوا إلَهَكُمْ، وَلِيَحْرِصُوا عَلَى إطَاعَةِ كُلِّ كَلَامِ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ. 13 وَبِهَذَا سَيَسْمَعُ نَسْلُهُمُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةَ، وَيَتَعَلَّمُ أنْ يَخَافَ إلَهَكَمْ مَا دُمتُمْ تَسْكُنُونَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي تَعْبُرُونَ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ لِامتِلَاكِهَا.»
دَعوَةُ اللهِ لِمُوسَى وَيَشُوع
14 وَقَالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ وَقْتُ مَوْتِكَ، فَادعُ يَشُوعَ وَتَعَالَا وَقِفَا فِي خَيْمَةِ الِاجْتِمَاعِ لِأُعْطِيَهُ تَعْلِيمَاتٍ وَوَصَايَا.» فَأتَى مُوسَى وَيَشُوعُ وَوَقَفَا فِي خَيْمَةِ الِاجْتِمَاعِ.
15 حِينَئِذٍ، ظَهَرَ اللهُ فِي خَيْمَةِ الِاجْتِمَاعِ فِي عَمُودٍ مِنْ سَحَابٍ، وَوَقَفَ عَمُودُ السَّحَابِ فَوْقَ مَدْخَلِ الخَيْمَةِ. 16 حِينَئِذٍ، قَالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «سَتَمُوتُ قَرِيبًا، وَسَيَخُونُنِي هَذَا الشَّعْبُ وَيَعْبُدُونَ آلِهَةً غَرِيبَةً فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَهَا. سَيَتْرُكُونَنِي وَيَنْقُضُونَ العَهْدَ الَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَهُمْ. 17 فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقْتِ، سَأغضَبُ جِدًّا عَلَيْهِمْ وَسَأترُكُهُمْ وَأستُرُ وَجْهِي عَنْهُمْ، فَيُصبِحُونَ فَرِيسَةً لِأعْدَائِهِمْ. وَتَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ كَوَارِثُ وَضِيقَاتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ. فَيَقُولُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقْتِ: ‹حَدَثَتْ هَذِهِ الكَوَارِثُ لَنَا لِأنَّ إلَهَنَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَنَا.› 18 سَأرفُضُ مُسَاعَدَتَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقْتِ، بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ الشَّرِّ الَّذِي عَمِلُوهُ لِأنَّهُمْ سَارُوا وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى.
19 «فَاكتُبِ الآنَ هَذَا النَّشِيدَ لَكُمْ، وَعَلِّمْهُ لِبَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ. اجْعَلهُمْ يَحْفَظُونَهُ لِيَكُونَ شَاهِدًا لِي عَلَى بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ. 20 فَأنَا سَأُدْخِلُهُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي تَفِيضُ لَبَنًا وَعَسَلًا، الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِأنْ أُعْطِيَهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ، فَيَأكُلُونَ مَا يُرِيدُونَهُ وَيَسْمَنُونْ. لَكِنَّهُمْ سَيَلْتَفِتُونَ إلَى آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَيَعْبُدُونَهَا، وَسَيَرْفُضُونَنِي وَيَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدِي. 21 وَحِينَ تَأْتِي عَلَيْهِمْ كَوَارِثُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَضِيقَاتٌ، فَإنَّ هَذَا النَّشِيدَ سَيَكُونُ شَاهِدًا عَلَيْهِمْ. فَلَنْ يَنسَاهُ أحَدٌ مِنْ نَسْلِهِمْ. فَأنَا أعْرِفُ أفْكَارَهُمْ، حَتَّى قَبْلَ أنْ أُدخِلَهُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي أقْسَمْتُ بِأنْ أُعْطِيَهَا لَهُمْ.»
22 فَكَتَبَ مُوسَى هَذَا النَّشِيدَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ وَعَلَّمَهُ لِبَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ. 23 ثُمَّ أوصَى اللهُ يَشُوعَ بنَ نُونٍ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «تَقَوَّ وَتَشَجَّعْ لِأنَّكَ سَتَقُودُ بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي أقْسَمْتُ بِأنْ أُعْطِيَهَا لَهُمْ، وَسَأكُونُ مَعَكَ.»
تَحْذِيرُ مُوسَى لِبَنِي إسْرَائِيل
24 وَحِينَ انْتَهَى مُوسَى مِنْ كِتَابَةِ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ فِي كِتَابٍ، 25 أمَرَ اللَّاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ صُنْدُوقَ عَهْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ:
26 «خُذُوا كِتَابَ الشَّرِيعَةِ هَذَا، وَضَعُوهُ بِجَانِبِ صُنْدُوقِ عَهْدِ إلَهِكُمْ. فِيَكُونُ هُنَاكَ كَشَاهِدٍ عَلَيْكُمْ بِأنَّكُمْ قَبِلتُمْ شُرُوطَ هَذَا العَهْدِ. 27 فَأنَا أعْرِفُ أكْثَرَ مِنْ أيِّ أحَدٍ آخَرَ أنَّكُمْ مُتَمَرِّدُونَ وَعَنِيدُونَ. فَقَدْ تَمَرَّدْتُمْ عَلَى اللهِ حَتَّى وَأنَا حَيٌّ مَعَكُمْ، لِذَا فَمِنَ المُؤَكَّدِ أنَّكُمْ سَتَتَمَرَّدُونَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْدَ مَوْتِي! 28 اجمَعُوا إلَيَّ كُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ قَبَائِلِكُمْ وَقَادَتِكُمْ لِأتَكَلَّمَ بِهَذَا الكَلَامِ عَلَى مَسَامِعِهِمْ. وَأُشْهِدُ السَّمَاءَ وَالأرْضَ عَلَيْهِمْ. 29 فَأنَا أعْرِفُ أنَّكَمْ سَتَفْسُدُونَ تَمَامًا بَعْدَ مَوْتِي. سَتَنْحَرِفُونَ عَنِ طَريقِ وَصَايَايَ. لِذَلِكَ سَتَحِلُّ بِكُمُ الكَوَارِثُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ، لِأنَّكُمْ سَتَفْعَلُونَ الشَّرَّ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ، فَتُثِيرُونَ غَضَبَهُ بِأعْمَالِكُمْ.»
نَشِيدُ مُوسَى
30 ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى بِكَلِمَاتِ هَذَا النَّشِيدِ بَيْنَمَا جَمِيعُ بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ:
32 «أيَّتُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ، استَمِعِي
فَأتَكَلَّمَ!
وَلْتَسْمَعِ الأرْضُ كَلَامَ فَمِي.
2 لِيَنْزِلْ تَعْلِيمِي كَالمَطَرِ،
وَلْتَقْطُرْ كَلِمَاتِي كَالنَّدَى،
كَرَشَّاتِ المَطَرِ عَلَى البَرَاعِمِ،
وَكَالمَطَرِ الغَزِيرِ عَلَى العُشْبِ.
3 لِأنِّي سَأُعلِنُ اسْمَ اللهِ،
وَسَأُسَبِّحُ عَظَمَةَ إلَهِنَا.
4 «هُوَ الصَّخرَةُ،[a]
عَمَلُهُ كَامِلٌ،
وَطُرُقُهُ عَادِلَةٌ مُسْتَقِيمَةٌ.
إنَّهُ إلَهٌ أمِينٌ لَا ظُلْمَ فِيهِ،
صَادِقٌ وَأمِينٌ.
5 عَامَلُوهُ بِعَدَمِ اسْتِقَامَةٍ.
إنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا أوْلَادَهُ بِسَبَبِ عُيُوبِهِمْ وَعَدَمِ استِقَامَتِهِمْ،
بَلْ هُمْ شَعْبٌ مُتَآمِرٌ خَدَّاعٌ.
6 أهَكَذَا تُكَافِئُونَ اللهَ
يَا شَعْبًا غَبِيًّا بِلَا تَفْكِيرٍ؟
ألَيْسَ هُوَ أبَاكُمْ خَالِقَكُمْ؟
ألَيْسَ هُوَ الَّذِي صَنَعَكُمْ وَأوجَدَكُمْ
وَجَعَلَكُمْ أمَّةً؟
7 «اذكُرُوا الأيَّامَ القَدِيمَةَ.
فَكِّرُوا بِسَنَوَاتِ الأجيَالِ المَاضِيَةِ.
اسألُوا آبَاءَكُمْ وَهُمْ سَيُخبِرُونَكُمْ.
اسألُوا شُيُوخَكُمْ وَهُمْ سَيُخبِرُونَكُمْ.
8 حِينَ وَزَّعَ العَلِيُّ الأُمَمَ،
وَقَسَّمَ الجِنسَ البَشَرِيَّ،
عَيَّنَ حُدُودَ الأُمَمِ وَفْقًا لِعَدَدِ المَلَائِكَةِ.[b]
9 لَكِنَّ حِصَّةَ اللهِ هِيَ شَعْبُهُ،
يَعْقُوبُ هُوَ حِصَّتُهُ.
10 «وَجَدَهُمْ فِي صَحرَاءَ،
فِي قَفرٍ تَعْصِفُ بِهِ الرِّيَاحُ.
فَأحَاطَ بِهِمْ وَاهتَمَّ بِهِمْ،
وَحَرَسَهُمْ كَحَدَقَةِ عَيْنِهِ.
11 كَمَا يَهُزُّ النَّسْرُ عُشَّهُ،
فَيُرَفرِفُ فَوْقَ صِغَارِهِ لِيَطِيرُوا،
ثُمَّ يَبْسِطُ جَنَاحَيهِ،
وَيَحْمِلُهُمْ عَلَى رِيشِ الجَنَاحَينِ.
12 اللهُ وَحْدَهُ قَادَهُمْ،
وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ إلَهٌ غَرِيبٌ.
13 أصْعَدَهُمْ إلَى الجِبَالِ،
وَأطْعَمَهُمْ مِنْ مَحَاصِيلِ الحَقْلِ.
وَأعْطَاهُمْ عَسَلًا مِنَ الصَّخرِ،
وَزَيْتَ زَيْتُونٍ مِنَ حَجَرِ الصُّوَّانِ.
14 وَأعْطَاهُمْ زُبدَةً مِنَ البَقَرِ،
وَحَلِيبًا مِنَ الغَنَمِ.
وَأفْضَلَ الحِمْلَانِ وَالكِبَاشِ،
وَأبْقَارًا مِنْ بَاشَانَ مَعَ تُيُوسٍ،
وَأفْضَلَ أنْوَاعِ القَمْحِ.
كَمَا شَرِبْتُمُ النَّبِيذَ، دَمَ العِنَبِ.
15 «لَكِنَّ يَشْرُونَ[c] سَمِنَ وَرَفَسَ!
صَارَ سَمِينًا وَغَلِيظًا وَكَثِيرَ الشَّحمِ.
تَرَكَ اللهَ الَّذِي صَنَعَهُ،
وَرَفَضَ صَخْرَةَ خَلَاصِهِ.
16 وَأثَارَ غَيْرَتَهُ بِآلِهَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ،
وَأغضَبَهُ بِأصْنَامٍ كَرِيهَةٍ.
17 وَذَبَحُوا لِأروَاحٍ لَيْسَتْ آلِهَةً،
وَذَبَحُوا لِآلِهَةٍ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَعْرِفُونَهَا.
آلِهَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ ظَهَرَتْ حَدِيثًا،
وَلَمْ يَكُنْ آبَاؤكُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ عَنْهَا.
18 أهمَلْتَ الصَّخْرَةَ الَّتِي وَلَدَتْكَ،
وَنَسِيتَ الَّذِي تَمَخَّضَ بِكَ.
19 «فَرَأى اللهُ هَذَا وَرَفَضَهُمْ
لِأنَّ أبْنَاءَهُ وَبَنَاتِهِ أغضَبُوهُ.
20 وَقَالَ: ‹سَأحْجُبُ وَجْهِي عَنْهُمْ،
وَأرَى مَا سَتَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ نِهَايَتُهُمْ،
لِأنَّهُمْ شَعْبٌ مُخَادِعٌ غَيْرُ ثَابِتٍ،
وَأوْلَادٌ غَيْرُ أوْفِيَاءٍ.
21 أثَارُوا غَيْرَتِي بِمَا هُوَ لَيْسَ إلِهًا،
وَأغَاظُونِي بِأصْنَامٍ لَا قِيمَةَ لَهَا.
لِذَا سأجْعَلُهُمْ يَغَارُونَ إذْ أسْتَخْدِمُ شَعْبًا بِلَا هَوِيَّةٍ.
وَسَأُغِيظُهُمْ فَاسْتَخْدِمُ أُمَّةً جَاهِلَةً.
22 لِأنَّ نَارًا قَدِ اشتَعَلَتْ بِغَضَبِي،
وَسَتَشْتَعِلُ حَتَّى إلَى أعْمَاقِ الهَاوِيَةِ،
وَتَلْتَهِمُ الأرْضَ وَمَحَاصِيلَهَا،
وَتُشعِلُ أسَاسَاتِ الجِبَالِ.
23 «‹سَأُكَوِّمُ المَصَائِبَ عَلَيْهِمْ،
وَسأخْتَرِقُهُمْ بِجَمِيعِ سِهَامِي:
24 بِجُوعٍ يُضْعِفُ أجْسَامَهُمْ،
وَمَرَضٍ يُنْهِكُهُمْ بِحُمَّى شَديدَةٍ،
وَأُرسِلُ أنْيَابَ الحَيَوَانَاتِ المُفْتَرِسَةِ،
وَسُمُومَ الحَيَوَانَاتِ الزَّاحِفَةِ فِي التُّرَابِ.
25 سَيَقْتُلُهُمْ جُنُودٌ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ،
وَسَيَقْتُلُهُمُ الخَوفُ دَاخِلَ بُيُوتِهِمْ.
وَيَمُوتُ الشَّبَابُ وَالشَّابَّاتُ،
وَالرُّضَّعُ مَعَ المُسِنِّينَ.
26 «‹كَانَ بِإمكَانِي أنْ أقُولَ:
سَأمحُوهُمْ!
سَأُفنِيهِمْ تَمَامًا!›
27 لَكِنَّنِي لَمْ أشأ أنْ يُغضِبَنِي أعْدَاؤُهُمْ،
وَأنْ يُسِيئُوا فَهْمَ مَا حَدَثَ،
فَيَقُولُوا:
‹انتَصَرْنَا بِقُوَّتِنَا!
وَلَمْ يَصْنَعِ اللهُ هَذَا.›
28 «لِأنَّهُمْ أُمَّةٌ لَا تَسْتَوْعِبُ،
وَلَا فَهْمَ لَهَا.
29 لَوْ أنَّهُمْ كَانُوا حُكَمَاءَ لَفَهِمُوا هَذَا،
وَلَفَكَّرُوا فِي مَا حَدَثَ لَهُمْ.
30 فَكَيْفَ لِرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ أنْ يَهْزِمَ ألْفًا،
وَكَيْفَ لِرَجُلَينِ أنْ يَطْرُدَا عَشْرَةَ آلَافٍ،
مَا لَمْ يَكُنِ اللهُ قَدْ سَلَّمَهُمْ لِأعْدَائِهِمْ،
وَمَا لَمْ تَكُنْ صَخرَتُهُمْ قَدْ بَاعَتْهُمْ؟
31 لِأنَّ صَخْرَةَ الأُمَمِ لَيْسَتْ كَصَخرَتِنَا.
وَحَتَّى أعْدَاؤنَا يَفْهَمَونَ هَذَا.
32 أصلُ كَرمَتِهِمْ مِنْ كَرمَةِ سَدُومَ،
مِنْ كُرُومِ عَمُورَةَ.
عِنَبُهُمْ عِنَبٌ سَامٌّ،
وَقُطُوفُهُمْ مُرَّةٌ.
33 خَمرُهُمْ كَسُمِّ الحَيَّاتِ،
كَسُمِّ الأفَاعِي القَاتِلِ.
34 «كُنْتُ أُخَبِّئُ هَذِهِ الخَمْرَ،
إنَّهَا مَحفُوظَةٌ فِي مَخزَنِي.
35 فَلي الِانْتِقَامُ، وَأنَا سَأجَازِي
حِينَ تَزِلُّ أقْدَامُهُمْ.
لِأنَّ وَقْتَ كَارِثَتِهِمْ قَرِيبٌ،
وَعُقُوبَتُهُمْ سَتَأْتِي سَرِيعًا.
36 «لِأنَّ اللهَ سَيُنصِفُ شَعْبَهُ،
وَسَيَرْحَمُ خُدَّامَهُ.
حِينَ يَرَى أنْ أيَاديَهُمْ قَدْ ضَعُفَتْ،
عَبيدًا وَأحْرَارًا.
37 حِينَئِذٍ سَيَقُولُ:
‹أيْنَ آلِهَتُهُمُ الآنَ،
الصَّخرَةُ الَّتِي وَثِقُوا بِهَا لِحِمَايَتِهِمْ،
38 الَّتِي أكَلَتْ شَحْمَ ذَبَائِحِهِمْ،
وَشَرِبَتْ خَمرَ تَقْدِمَاتِهِمْ؟
لِتَقُمْ وَتُسَاعِدْهُمْ!
فَلتَحْمِهِمْ!
39 «‹هَا إنِّي أنَا الإلَهُ الوَحِيدُ،
وَلَيْسَ إلَهٌ غَيرِي.
أنَا أُمِيتُ وَأُحيِي.
أنَا جَرَحتُ وَأنَا سأشْفِي،
وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أحَدٌ أنْ يُنْقِذَ مِنْ يَدِي.
40 قَدْ رَفَعْتُ يَدِي إلَى السَّمَاءِ،
وَقُلْتُ: أُقْسِمُ بِذَاتِي،
41 حِينَ أُحَدِّدُ سَيفِي اللَّامِعَ،
لِأصْنَعَ بِهِ العَدْلَ،
سَأنتَقِمُ مِنْ أعْدَائِي،
وَسَأُجَازِي الَّذِينَ يُبغِضُونَنِي.
42 سَأجْعَلُ سِهَامِي مُغَطَّاةً بِالدَّمِ،
وَسَيَأْكُلُ سَيفِي لَحْمًا.
سَتُغَطَّى بِدَمِ المَقْتُولِينَ وَالمَأْسُورِينَ،
وَسَتَأْكُلُ رُؤُوسَ قَادَةِ الأعْدَاءِ.›
43 «افرَحِي أيَّتُهَا الأُمَمُ الأُخْرَى[d] مَعَ شَعْبِ اللهِ.[e]
لِأنَّهُ سَيُعَاقِبُ عَلَى قَتلِ خُدَّامِهِ.
سَيَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ أعْدَائِهِ،
وَسَيُطَهِّرُ أرْضَ شَعْبِهِ.»
تَعْلِيمُ مُوسَى لِلنَّشِيد
44 ثُمَّ أتَى مُوسَى وَتَكَلَّمَ بِكُلِّ كَلِمَاتِ هَذَا النَّشَيدِ لِكُلِّ بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ لِيَسْمَعُوهَا. وَكَانَ يَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونٍ مَعَ مُوسَى. 45 وَحِينَ انْتَهَى مُوسَى مِنْ كُلِّ هَذَا الكَلَامِ لِبَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ، 46 قَالَ لَهُمْ أيْضًا: «تَأمَّلُوا بِقُلُوبِكُمْ جَمِيعَ الكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي أوصَيتُكُمُ اليَوْمَ بِهَا. وَأوصُوا بِهَا أوْلَادَكُمْ لِيَحْفَظُوا كُلَّ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ. 47 لَا تَسْتَهينُوا بِهَذِهِ الكَلِمَاتِ، فَهِيَ حَيَاتُكُمْ. وَبِهَا تَطُولُ أعْمَارُكُمْ فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي تَعْبُرُونَ نَهْرَ الأردُنِّ لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا.»
إنبَاءُ اللهِ لِمُوسَى بِاقتِرَابِ مَوْتِه
48 وَكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ فَقَالَ: 49 «اصْعَدْ إلَى جِبَالِ عَبَارِيمَ، إلَى جَبَلِ نِيبُو الوَاقِعِ فِي أرْضِ مُوآبَ، المُشْرِفِ عَلَى أرِيحَا، وَانْظُرْ أرْضَ كَنْعَانَ الَّتِي أُعْطِيهَا لِبَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ مِلْكًا لَهُمْ. 50 سَتَمُوتُ عَلَى الجَبَلِ الَّذِي سَتَصْعَدُ إلَيْهِ، وَسَتَنْضَمُّ إلَى آبَائِكَ، كَمَا مَاتَ أخُوكَ هَارُونُ عَلَى جَبَلِ هُورٍ وَانضَمَّ إلَى آبَائِهِ، 51 لِأنَّكُمَا تَمَرَّدتُمَا عَلَيَّ أمَامَ بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ، عِنْدَ مِيَاهِ مَرِيبَةَ قَادِشَ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ صِينٍ، لِأنَّكُمَا لَمْ تُظْهِرَا قَدَاسَتِي فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ. 52 وَلِذَا سَتَرَى الأرْضَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، لَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تَدْخُلَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي أُعْطِيهَا لِبَنِي إسْرَائِيلَ.»
Footnotes
- 32:4 الصخرة تُشير الصخرةُ إلَى الحمَايةِ وَالقوّة، لِذَلِكَ يَشَارُ بِهَا أحْيَانًا إلَى اللهِ. (أيْضًا فِي بَقِيَّةِ هّذَا الفصل)
- 32:8 عدد الملَائكة أوْ عدد أبْنَاء إسْرَائيِل. كَمَا إنَّ بَعْض مخطوطَات قمرَان تقول، أبْنَاء الله.
- 32:15 يشرون اسْم آخر لِإسرَائيل يعني صَالح أوْ وَفِي.
- 32:43 الأُمَمُ الأُخْرَى أوْ «السَّمَاوَات» فِي قرَاءة ثَانِية. لذلك اقتبسهَا كَاتب الرسَالة إلَى العبرَانيين لِتَدلّ عَلَى الملَائكة. انْظُرْ عبرَانيين 1:6.
- 32:43 العَدَد 43 انْظُرْ الرسَالة إلَى رومَا 15:10.
Deuteronomy 31-32
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Deuteronomy 31-32
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Joshua to Succeed Moses
31 Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel: 2 “I am now a hundred and twenty years old(A) and I am no longer able to lead you.(B) The Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’(C) 3 The Lord your God himself will cross(D) over ahead of you.(E) He will destroy these nations(F) before you, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross(G) over ahead of you, as the Lord said. 4 And the Lord will do to them what he did to Sihon and Og,(H) the kings of the Amorites, whom he destroyed along with their land. 5 The Lord will deliver(I) them to you, and you must do to them all that I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and courageous.(J) Do not be afraid or terrified(K) because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you;(L) he will never leave you(M) nor forsake(N) you.”
7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said(O) to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them,(P) and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. 8 The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you;(Q) he will never leave you nor forsake you.(R) Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
Public Reading of the Law
9 So Moses wrote(S) down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carried(T) the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. 10 Then Moses commanded them: “At the end of every seven years, in the year for canceling debts,(U) during the Festival of Tabernacles,(V) 11 when all Israel comes to appear(W) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose,(X) you shall read this law(Y) before them in their hearing. 12 Assemble the people—men, women and children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn(Z) to fear(AA) the Lord your God and follow carefully all the words of this law. 13 Their children,(AB) who do not know this law, must hear it and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Israel’s Rebellion Predicted
14 The Lord said to Moses, “Now the day of your death(AC) is near. Call Joshua(AD) and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, where I will commission him.(AE)” So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.(AF)
15 Then the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.(AG) 16 And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your ancestors,(AH) and these people will soon prostitute(AI) themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake(AJ) me and break the covenant I made with them. 17 And in that day I will become angry(AK) with them and forsake(AL) them; I will hide(AM) my face(AN) from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters(AO) and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’(AP) 18 And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.
19 “Now write(AQ) down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness(AR) for me against them. 20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors,(AS) and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods(AT) and worship them,(AU) rejecting me and breaking my covenant.(AV) 21 And when many disasters and calamities come on them,(AW) this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do,(AX) even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath.” 22 So Moses wrote(AY) down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites.
23 The Lord gave this command(AZ) to Joshua son of Nun: “Be strong and courageous,(BA) for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you.”
24 After Moses finished writing(BB) in a book the words of this law(BC) from beginning to end, 25 he gave this command to the Levites who carried(BD) the ark of the covenant of the Lord: 26 “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.(BE) 27 For I know how rebellious(BF) and stiff-necked(BG) you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die! 28 Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to testify against them.(BH) 29 For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt(BI) and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster(BJ) will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.”
The Song of Moses
30 And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel:
32 Listen,(BK) you heavens,(BL) and I will speak;
hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.(BM)
2 Let my teaching fall like rain(BN)
and my words descend like dew,(BO)
like showers(BP) on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
3 I will proclaim(BQ) the name of the Lord.(BR)
Oh, praise the greatness(BS) of our God!
4 He is the Rock,(BT) his works are perfect,(BU)
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God(BV) who does no wrong,
upright(BW) and just is he.(BX)
5 They are corrupt and not his children;
to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.(BY)
6 Is this the way you repay(BZ) the Lord,
you foolish(CA) and unwise people?(CB)
Is he not your Father,(CC) your Creator,[a]
who made you and formed you?(CD)
7 Remember the days of old;(CE)
consider the generations long past.(CF)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.(CG)
8 When the Most High(CH) gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,(CI)
he set up boundaries(CJ) for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[b](CK)
9 For the Lord’s portion(CL) is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.(CM)
10 In a desert(CN) land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.(CO)
He shielded(CP) him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(CQ)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,(CR)
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.(CS)
12 The Lord alone led(CT) him;(CU)
no foreign god was with him.(CV)
13 He made him ride on the heights(CW) of the land
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(CX)
and with oil(CY) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(CZ)
and the finest kernels of wheat.(DA)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(DB)
15 Jeshurun[c](DC) grew fat(DD) and kicked;
filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(DE) the God who made them
and rejected the Rock(DF) their Savior.
16 They made him jealous(DG) with their foreign gods
and angered(DH) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(DI) to false gods,(DJ) which are not God—
gods they had not known,(DK)
gods that recently appeared,(DL)
gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot(DM) the God who gave you birth.
19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(DN)
because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(DO)
20 “I will hide my face(DP) from them,” he said,
“and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(DQ)
children who are unfaithful.(DR)
21 They made me jealous(DS) by what is no god
and angered me with their worthless idols.(DT)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(DU)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(DV)
one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(DW)
It will devour(DX) the earth and its harvests(DY)
and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(DZ)
23 “I will heap calamities(EA) on them
and spend my arrows(EB) against them.
24 I will send wasting famine(EC) against them,
consuming pestilence(ED) and deadly plague;(EE)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(EF)
the venom of vipers(EG) that glide in the dust.(EH)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
in their homes terror(EI) will reign.(EJ)
The young men and young women will perish,
the infants and those with gray hair.(EK)
26 I said I would scatter(EL) them
and erase their name from human memory,(EM)
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the adversary misunderstand(EN)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
the Lord has not done all this.’”(EO)
28 They are a nation without sense,
there is no discernment(EP) in them.
29 If only they were wise and would understand this(EQ)
and discern what their end will be!(ER)
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,(ES)
unless their Rock had sold them,(ET)
unless the Lord had given them up?(EU)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,(EV)
as even our enemies concede.(EW)
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom(EX)
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,(EY)
and their clusters with bitterness.(EZ)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.(FA)
34 “Have I not kept this in reserve
and sealed it in my vaults?(FB)
35 It is mine to avenge;(FC) I will repay.(FD)
In due time their foot will slip;(FE)
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them.(FF)”
36 The Lord will vindicate his people(FG)
and relent(FH) concerning his servants(FI)
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave(FJ) or free.[d]
37 He will say: “Now where are their gods,
the rock they took refuge in,(FK)
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?(FL)
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
39 “See now that I myself am he!(FM)
There is no god besides me.(FN)
I put to death(FO) and I bring to life,(FP)
I have wounded and I will heal,(FQ)
and no one can deliver out of my hand.(FR)
40 I lift my hand(FS) to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,(FT)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword(FU)
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance(FV) on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.(FW)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(FX)
while my sword devours flesh:(FY)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
43 Rejoice,(FZ) you nations, with his people,[e][f]
for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(GA)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(GB)
and make atonement for his land and people.(GC)
44 Moses came with Joshua[g](GD) son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day,(GE) so that you may command(GF) your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.(GG) By them you will live long(GH) in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Moses to Die on Mount Nebo
48 On that same day the Lord told Moses,(GI) 49 “Go up into the Abarim(GJ) Range to Mount Nebo(GK) in Moab, across from Jericho,(GL) and view Canaan,(GM) the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die(GN) and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died(GO) on Mount Hor(GP) and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh(GQ) in the Desert of Zin(GR) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.(GS) 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance;(GT) you will not enter(GU) the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:6 Or Father, who bought you
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God
- Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
- Deuteronomy 32:36 Or and they are without a ruler or leader
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
- Deuteronomy 32:44 Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua
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