اَلتَّثْنِيَة 31

١ 1 فَذَهَبَ مُوسَى وَكَلَّمَ بِهَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Then Moses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel,

٢ 2 وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱبْنُ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْخُرُوجَ وَٱلدُّخُولَ بَعْدُ، وَٱلرَّبُّ قَدْ قَالَ لِي: لَا تَعْبُرُ هَذَا ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ.

And said vnto them, I am an hundreth and twentie yeere olde this day: I can no more goe out and in: also the Lord hath saide vnto me, Thou shalt not goe ouer this Iorden.

٣ 3 ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ هُوَ عَابِرٌ قُدَّامَكَ. هُوَ يُبِيدُ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْأُمَمَ مِنْ قُدَّامِكَ فَتَرِثُهُمْ. يَشُوعُ عَابِرٌ قُدَّامَكَ، كَمَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ.

The Lord thy God he will go ouer before thee: he will destroy these nations before thee, and thou shalt possesse them. Ioshua, he shall goe before thee, as the Lord hath said.

٤ 4 وَيَفْعَلُ ٱلرَّبُّ بِهِمْ كَمَا فَعَلَ بِسِيحُونَ وَعُوجَ مَلِكَيِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱللَّذَيْنِ أَهْلَكَهُمَا، وَبِأَرْضِهِمَا.

And the Lord shall doe vnto them, as he did to Sihon and to Og Kings of the Amorites: and vnto their lande whome he destroyed.

٥ 5 فَمَتَى دَفَعَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَمَامَكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ بِهِمْ حَسَبَ كُلِّ ٱلْوَصَايَا ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهَا.

And the Lord shall giue them before you that ye may do vnto them according vnto euery commandement, which I haue comanded you.

٦ 6 تَشَدَّدُوا وَتَشَجَّعُوا. لَا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَرْهَبُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ سَائِرٌ مَعَكَ. لَا يُهْمِلُكَ وَلَا يَتْرُكُكَ».

Plucke vp your hearts therefore, and be strong: dread not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God him selfe doeth goe with thee: he will not faile thee, nor forsake thee.

٧ 7 فَدَعَا مُوسَى يَشُوعَ، وَقَالَ لَهُ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِ جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «تَشَدَّدْ وَتَشَجَّعْ، لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَدْخُلُ مَعَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي أَقْسَمَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِآبَائِهِمْ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُمْ إِيَّاهَا، وَأَنْتَ تَقْسِمُهَا لَهُمْ.

And Moses called Ioshua, and said vnto him in the sight of all Israel, Be of a good courage and strong: for thou shalt go with this people vnto the lande which the Lord hath sworne vnto their fathers, to giue them, and thou shalt giue it them to inherite.

٨ 8 وَٱلرَّبُّ سَائِرٌ أَمَامَكَ. هُوَ يَكُونُ مَعَكَ. لَا يُهْمِلُكَ وَلَا يَتْرُكُكَ. لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَرْتَعِبْ».

And the Lord him selfe doeth go before thee: he will be with thee: he will not faile thee, neither forsake thee: feare not therefore, nor be discomforted.

٩ 9 وَكَتَبَ مُوسَى هَذِهِ ٱلتَّوْرَاةَ وَسَلَّمَهَا لِلْكَهَنَةِ بَنِي لَاوِي حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلِجَمِيعِ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And Moses wrote this Lawe, and deliuered it vnto the Priestes the sonnes of Leui (which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord) and vnto all the Elders of Israel,

١٠ 10 وَأَمَرَهُمْ مُوسَى قَائِلًا: «فِي نِهَايَةِ ٱلسَّبْعِ ٱلسِّنِينَ، فِي مِيعَادِ سَنَةِ ٱلْإِبْرَاءِ، فِي عِيدِ ٱلْمَظَالِّ،

And Moses commanded them, saying, Euery seuenth yeere when the yeere of freedome shalbe in the feast of the Tabernacles:

١١ 11 حِينَمَا يَجِيءُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِكَيْ يَظْهَرُوا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ، تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ ٱلتَّوْرَاةَ أَمَامَ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مَسَامِعِهِمْ.

When all Israel shall come to appeare before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall chuse, thou shalt reade this Lawe before all Israel that they may heare it.

١٢ 12 اِجْمَعِ ٱلشَّعْبَ، ٱلرِّجَالَ وَٱلنِّسَاءَ وَٱلْأَطْفَالَ وَٱلْغَرِيبَ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَبْوَابِكَ، لِكَيْ يَسْمَعُوا وَيَتَعَلَّمُوا أَنْ يَتَّقُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَيَحْرِصُوا أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا بِجَمِيعِ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ ٱلتَّوْرَاةِ.

Gather the people together: men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may heare, and that they may learne, and feare the Lord your God, and keepe and obserue all the wordes of this Lawe,

١٣ 13 وَأَوْلَادُهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا، يَسْمَعُونَ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ أَنْ يَتَّقُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي تَحْيَوْنَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتُمْ عَابِرُونَ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ إِلَيْهَا لِكَيْ تَمْتَلِكُوهَا».

And that their children which haue not knowen it, may heare it, and learne to feare the Lord your God, as long as ye liue in the lande, whither ye goe ouer Iorden to possesse it.

١٤ 14 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «هُوَذَا أَيَّامُكَ قَدْ قَرُبَتْ لِكَيْ تَمُوتَ. اُدْعُ يَشُوعَ، وَقِفَا فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ لِكَيْ أُوصِيَهُ». فَٱنْطَلَقَ مُوسَى وَيَشُوعُ وَوَقَفَا فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ،

Then the Lord saide vnto Moses, Beholde, thy dayes are come, that thou must die: Call Ioshua, and stande ye in the Tabernacle of the Congregation that I may giue him a charge. So Moses and Ioshua went, and stoode in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

١٥ 15 فَتَرَاءَى ٱلرَّبُّ فِي ٱلْخَيْمَةِ فِي عَمُودِ سَحَابٍ، وَوَقَفَ عَمُودُ ٱلسَّحَابِ عَلَى بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ.

And the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle, in the pillar of a cloude: and the pillar of the cloude stoode ouer the doore of the Tabernacle.

١٦ 16 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «هَا أَنْتَ تَرْقُدُ مَعَ آبَائِكَ، فَيَقُومُ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبُ وَيَفْجُرُ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيِّينَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي هُوَ دَاخِلٌ إِلَيْهَا فِي مَا بَيْنَهُمْ، وَيَتْرُكُنِي وَيَنْكُثُ عَهْدِي ٱلَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَهُ.

And the Lord said vnto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and this people will rise vp, and goe a whoring after the gods of a strange land (whither they goe to dwell therein) and will forsake me, and breake my couenant which I haue made with them.

١٧ 17 فَيَشْتَعِلُ غَضَبِي عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَأَتْرُكُهُ وَأَحْجُبُ وَجْهِي عَنْهُ، فَيَكُونُ مَأْكُلَةً، وَتُصِيبُهُ شُرُورٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَشَدَائِدُ حَتَّى يَقُولَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ: أَمَا لِأَنَّ إِلَهِي لَيْسَ فِي وَسَطِي أَصَابَتْنِي هَذِهِ ٱلشُّرُورُ!

Wherefore my wrath will waxe hote against them at that day, and I will forsake them, and will hide my face from them: then they shalbe consumed, and many aduersities and tribulations shall come vpon them: so then they will say, Are not these troubles come vpon me, because God is not with me?

١٨ 18 وَأَنَا أَحْجُبُ وَجْهِي فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ لِأَجْلِ جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَهُ، إِذِ ٱلْتَفَتَ إِلَى آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى.

But I will surely hide my face in that day, because of all the euill, which they shall commit, in that they are turned vnto other gods.

١٩ 19 فَٱلْآنَ ٱكْتُبُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ هَذَا ٱلنَّشِيدَ، وَعَلِّمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِيَّاهُ. ضَعْهُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ لِكَيْ يَكُونَ لِي هَذَا ٱلنَّشِيدُ شَاهِدًا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouthes, that this song may be my witnesse against the children of Israel.

٢٠ 20 لِأَنِّي أُدْخِلُهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي أَقْسَمْتُ لِآبَائِهِمِ، ٱلْفَائِضَةَ لَبَنًا وَعَسَلًا، فَيَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْبَعُونَ وَيَسْمَنُونَ، ثُمَّ يَلْتَفِتُونَ إِلَى آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَيَعْبُدُونَهَا وَيَزْدَرُونَ بِي وَيَنْكُثُونَ عَهْدِي.

For I will bring them into the land (which I sware vnto their fathers) that floweth with milke and honie, and they shall eate, and fil them selues, and waxe fat: then shall they turne vnto other gods, and serue them, and contemne me, and breake my couenant.

٢١ 21 فَمَتَى أَصَابَتْهُ شُرُورٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَشَدَائِدُ، يُجَاوِبُ هَذَا ٱلنَّشِيدُ أَمَامَهُ شَاهِدًا، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُنْسَى مِنْ أَفْوَاهِ نَسْلِهِ. إِنِّي عَرَفْتُ فِكْرَهُ ٱلَّذِي يَفْكِرُ بِهِ ٱلْيَوْمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُدْخِلَهُ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمَا أَقْسَمْتُ».

And then when many aduersities and tribulations shall come vpon them, this song shall answere them to their face as a witnesse: for it shall not be forgotte out of the mouthes of their posteritie: for I knowe their imagination, which they goe about euen now, before I haue brought them into the lande which I sware.

٢٢ 22 فَكَتَبَ مُوسَى هَذَا ٱلنَّشِيدَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ وَعَلَّمَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِيَّاهُ.

Moses therefore wrote this song the same day and taught it the children of Israel.

٢٣ 23 وَأَوْصَى يَشُوعَ بْنَ نُونَ وَقَالَ: «تَشَدَّدْ وَتَشَجَّعْ، لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَدْخُلُ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي أَقْسَمْتُ لَهُمْ عَنْهَا، وَأَنَا أَكُونُ مَعَكَ».

And God gaue Ioshua the sonne of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong, and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the lande, which I sware vnto them, and I will be with thee.

٢٤ 24 فَعِنْدَمَا كَمَّلَ مُوسَى كِتَابَةَ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ ٱلتَّوْرَاةِ فِي كِتَابٍ إِلَى تَمَامِهَا،

And when Moses had made an ende of writing the wordes of this Lawe in a booke vntill he had finished them,

٢٥ 25 أَمَرَ مُوسَى ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا:

Then Moses commanded the Leuites, which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord, saying,

٢٦ 26 «خُذُوا كِتَابَ ٱلتَّوْرَاةِ هَذَا وَضَعُوهُ بِجَانِبِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، لِيَكُونَ هُنَاكَ شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ.

Take the booke of this Lawe, and put ye it in the side of the Arke of the couenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witnes against thee.

٢٧ 27 لِأَنِّي أَنَا عَارِفٌ تَمَرُّدَكُمْ وَرِقَابَكُمُ ٱلصُّلْبَةَ. هُوَذَا وَأَنَا بَعْدُ حَيٌّ مَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ، قَدْ صِرْتُمْ تُقَاوِمُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ بَعْدَ مَوْتِي!

For I knowe thy rebellion and thy stiffe necke: beholde, I being yet aliue with you this day, ye are rebellious against the Lord: howe much more then after my death?

٢٨ 28 اِجْمَعُوا إِلَيَّ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ وَعُرَفَاءَكُمْ لِأَنْطِقَ فِي مَسَامِعِهِمْ بِهَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ، وَأُشْهِدَ عَلَيْهِمِ ٱلسَّمَاءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ.

Gather vnto me all the Elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speake these wordes in their audience, and call heauen and earth to recorde against them.

٢٩ 29 لِأَنِّي عَارِفٌ أَنَّكُمْ بَعْدَ مَوْتِي تَفْسِدُونَ وَتَزِيغُونَ عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّذِي أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهِ، وَيُصِيبُكُمُ ٱلشَّرُّ فِي آخِرِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِأَنَّكُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ حَتَّى تُغِيظُوهُ بِأَعْمَالِ أَيْدِيكُمْ».

For I am sure that after my death ye will vtterly be corrupt and turne from the way, which I haue commanded you: therefore euill will come vpon you at the length, because ye will comit euill in the sight of the Lord, by prouoking him to anger through the worke of your hands.

٣٠ 30 فَنَطَقَ مُوسَى فِي مَسَامِعِ كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِكَلِمَاتِ هَذَا ٱلنَّشِيدِ إِلَى تَمَامِهِ:

Thus Moses spake in the audience of all the congregation of Israel the wordes of this song, vntill he had ended them.