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Deuteronomy 32
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1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
1Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
2My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
2Let my teaching fall like rain and my words settle like dew, like gentle rain on tender grass and showers on young plants.
3For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
3For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah; acknowledge the greatness of our God.
4The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
4He is the Rock, his work is perfect, and all his ways are just. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; he is upright and fair.
5They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They area perverse and crooked generation.
5They have acted corruptly toward him; to their shame they are no longer his children, but a twisted and crooked generation.
6Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
6Is this how you repay Jehovah, you foolish and senseless people? Isn't he your Father and your Creator, who made you and formed you?
7Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.
7Remember the days of old; think about the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will tell you, or your elders and they will explain it to you.
8When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance and divided the human race, he set boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
9For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
9For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is his inherited share.
10He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
10He found them in a desert land, in a barren and howling wilderness; he shielded them and cared for them, guarding them as the apple of his eye.
11As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.
11Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, he spread his wings to catch them and carried them on his feathers.
12Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him.
12Jehovah alone led them, and no foreign god was with him.
13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;
13He made them ride on the high places of the earth and eat the produce of the fields. He nourished them with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty stone,
14Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.
14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, and rams from Bashan, and goats, with the finest wheat. You drank the foaming wine of the blood of grapes.
15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
15But Jeshurun grew fat and rebellious; you became fat, thick, and bloated. They abandoned the God who made them and rejected the Rock of their salvation.
16They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
16They made him jealous with foreign gods and made him angry with disgusting idols.
17They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods that they knew not, To newgodsthat came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.
17They sacrificed to demons that were not God, to gods they had never known, to new gods that appeared recently, gods your ancestors did not fear.
18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.
18You ignored the Rock who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
19And Jehovah sawit, and abhorred them, Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
19Jehovah saw this and rejected them because his sons and daughters provoked him to anger.
20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
20He said, 'I will hide my face from them and see what their end will be; for they are a rebellious generation, children who are unfaithful.
21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
21They made me jealous with what is not God and angered me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will anger them with a foolish nation.
22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
22For a fire has been started by my anger, and it burns down to the depths of the grave. It consumes the earth and its harvest and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
23I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:
23I will heap disasters on them and shoot all my arrows at them.
24They shall bewasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
24They will be wasted by hunger and consumed by burning heat and bitter plague. I will send the teeth of wild animals against them and the poison of snakes that crawl in the dust.
25Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroyboth young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
25Outside, the sword will take their children; inside, terror will strike. Young men and young women will perish, as well as infants and gray-haired men.
26I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
26I thought about scattering them and erasing their memory from the human race,
27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
27but I feared the taunts of the enemy. I didn't want their foes to misunderstand and say, "Our own power has won; Jehovah had nothing to do with this."’
28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
28For they are a nation that lacks common sense, and there is no understanding in them.
29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
29If only they were wise and understood this, and would consider what their end will be!
30How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
30How could one person chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them and Jehovah had given them up?
31For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
31For their rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies admit.
32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:
32Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the terraces of Gomorrah. Their grapes are filled with poison, and their clusters are bitter.
33Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.
33Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
34Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?
34'Have I not stored this up and sealed it in my vaults?
35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
35Vengeance and payback belong to me; in due time their foot will slip. The day of their disaster is near, and their doom is rushing toward them.'
36For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is noneremaining, shut up or left at large.
36For Jehovah will judge his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees that their strength is gone and no one is left, whether slave or free.
37And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;
37Then he will ask, 'Where are their gods, the rock they ran to for safety,
38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, Anddrank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.
38the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their liquid offerings? Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your protection!
39See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
39See now that I, even I, am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can snatch anything out of my hand.
40For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
40I lift my hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
41If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
41when I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold of justice, I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back those who hate me.
42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
42I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh—the blood of the slain and the captives, and the heads of the enemy leaders.'
43Rejoice, O ye nations, withhis people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people.
43Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take revenge on his enemies and cleanse his land and his people.
44And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
44Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, together with Joshua son of Nun.
45And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
45When Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,
46and he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, even all the words of this law.
46he said to them, 'Apply your heart to all the words I am testifying to you today. Command your children to be careful to obey every word of this law.
47For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.
47These are not empty words for you; they are your life. By these words you will live a long time in the land you are crossing the Jordan River to possess.'
49Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession;
49'Go up into the Abarim mountains to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab, across from Jericho. View the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own property.
50and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
50You will die on the mountain you climb and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
51because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
51This is because both of you were unfaithful to me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.