Deotoronomia 32
1 Mihainoa, ry lanitra, fa hiteny aho! Ary mandrenesa, ry tany, ny tenin’ ny vavako!
“Listen to me, [all you who are in the] heavens, and [all you who are on the] earth, listen to what I say [MTY].
2 Ho avy tahaka ny ranonorana ny fampianarako, Ary hilatsaka tahaka ny ando ny teniko, Sy tahaka ny erika amin’ ny ahi-maitso Ary ny ranonorana amin’ ny anana.
I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
3 Fa ny anaran’ i Jehovah no hotoriko; Maneke ny fahalehibiazan’ Andriamanitsika.
I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
4 Ny amin’ ny Vatolampy, tanteraka ny asany; Fa ny lalany rehetra dia amin’ ny rariny avokoa. Andriamanitra mahatoky Izy, ka tsy misy ratsy ao aminy; Marina sy mahitsy Izy.
He is like a rock [MET] [under which we are protected]; [everything] that he does is perfect and completely just/fair [DOU]. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong.
5 Efa nasian-dratsy Izy; Tsy zanany ireny, tsininy izany; Taranaka miolakolaka sady efa nivadika izy.
“But [you Israeli people] have been very unfaithful to him; because of your sins, you no longer [deserve to] be his children. You are extremely wicked and deceitful [DOU].
6 Moa Jehovah hovalianareo toy izany va, Ry firenena adala ka tsy hendry? Tsy Izy va no Rainao, Izay nanavotra anao? Tsy Izy va no nanao anao sy nanorina anao?
You foolish and senseless [DOU] people, (is this the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you]?/this is certainly not the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you].) [RHQ] He is your father; he created you [RHQ]; he caused you to become a nation.
7 Tsarovy ny andro fahiny, Saino ny taona hatrizay hatrizay; Anontanio amin-drainao, fa hanambara aminao izy, Sy amin’ ny anti-panahy eo aminao, fa hilaza aminao izy;
“Think about [what happened] long ago; consider what happened to your ancestors. Ask your parents, and they will inform you; ask the older people, and they will tell you.
8 Fony nomen’ ny Avo Indrindra zara-tany ny jentilisa, Ka samy natokantokany ny zanak’ olombelona, Dia notendreny ny fari-tanin’ ireo firenena Araka ny isan’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely.
When God, who is greater than any other god, long ago divided the people into groups, he assigned to the nations their land. He determined where each people-group should live and (assigned to/chose for) each people-group a god/angel.
9 Fa anjaran’ i Jehovah ny olony: Jakoba no natokany ho lovany.
But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
10 Nahita azy tany an-efitra Izy, Dia tany amin’ ny tany foana be nampierona, Ka dia nanodidina sy niahy azy Ary notandremany tahaka ny anakandriamasony.
“He saw [our ancestors] when they were in a desert, wandering in a land (that was desolate/where no people lived). He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. [SIM, IDM]
11 Toy ny voromahery manaitra ny ao amin’ ny akaniny Ka manidintsidina eo ambonin’ ny zanany, Dia toy izany no namelarany ny elany sy nandraisany azy Ary nitondrany azy teo ambonin’ ny elany,
[Yahweh protected his people] just like an eagle encourages its babies [to fly] and flutters over them [MET], spreading its wings and catching them [if they start to fall].
12 Jehovah irery no nitondra azy, Ary tsy nisy andriamani-kafa teo aminy.
Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
13 Nampandeha azy teny ambonin’ ny havoana amin’ ny tany Izy, Ka nohaniny ny vokatry ny saha. Nampitsentsitra azy tantely avy teo amin’ ny vatolampy Izy Sy diloilo avy teo amin’ ny vatolampy afovato
“[After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them], Yahweh enabled them to rule the hilly areas; they ate the crops that grew in the fields. They found honey in the rocks, and their olive trees [MTY] grew [even] in stony ground.
14 Sy rononomandrin’ omby sy rononon’ ondry aman’ osy Mbamin’ ny tavin’ ny zanak’ ondry Sy ondrilahin’ i Basana sy osilahy Ary vary izay vokatra indrindra; Ary nisotro divay mahery avy tamin’ ny ran’ ny voaloboka ianao.
The cows gave them plenty of curds/yogurt, the goats gave them plenty of milk, they had well-fed sheep and cattle, they had very good wheat, and they made delicious wine from their grapes.
15 Nihanatavy Jesorona ka namely daka, Efa matavy ianao sady vory nofo no vaventibe, Dia nahafoy an’ Andriamanitra Izay nanao azy izy, Ary nanamavo ny Vatolampy famonjena azy.
“The Israeli people became rich and prosperous, but then they rebelled against God; they abandoned him, the one who created them, the one who powerfully saves them.
16 Nampahasaro-piaro Azy tamin’ ny hafa Izy; Ary tamin’ ny zava-betaveta no nampahasosorany Azy;
So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
17 Namono zavatra ho fanatitra ho an’ ny demonia izay tsy Andriamanitra izy, Dia andriamanitra tsy fantany, Fa andriamanitra vao niseho, Izay tsy natahoran’ ny razanareo.
They offered sacrifices to gods who were [really] demons, gods that their ancestors had never known; they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about, gods whom your ancestors had never revered.
18 Ny Vatolampy Izay niteraka anao dia tsy tsaroanao, Ary hadinoinao Andriamanitra Izay nahary anao.
They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
19 Ary Jehovah nahita izany ka nandà Noho ny fahasosorany tamin’ ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy.
“When Yahweh saw that [they had abandoned him], he became angry, so he rejected [the Israeli people, who are like] his sons and daughters.
20 Dia hoy Izy: Hafeniko azy ny tavako; Ho hitako izay hiafarany; Fa firenena tena mpivadibadika izy, Dia zaza tsy mahatoky.
He said, ‘They are very wicked/stubborn people, very unfaithful; so I will no longer help them, and then I will watch and see what happens to them.
21 Izy efa nampahasaro-piaro Ahy tamin’ izay tsy Andriamanitra Sy nampahasosotra Ahy tamin’ ny zava-poanany; Ary Izaho kosa hampahasaro-piaro azy amin’ izay tsy olona, Sy hampahasosotra azy amin’ izay firenena adala.
They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be [jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me]. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send [to attack them an army of] a nation of worthless and foolish people.
22 Fa arehitra ny afon’ ny fahatezerako, Ka mandoro hatrany amin’ ny fiainan-tsi-hita any ambany indrindra, Sady mandevona ny tany mbamin’ ny vokatra ao aminy Ary mampirehitra ny fanambanin’ ny tendrombohitra aza. (Sheol h7585)
I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
23 Havangongoko aminy ny loza betsaka; Ary holaniko aminy ny zana-tsi-pikako:
I will cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows at them.
24 Hofezahin’ ny mosary izy sady holanin’ ny areti-mandripaka Sy ny fandringanana mangidy; Ary nifim-biby no hampandehaniko aminy Jesorona dia anaran’ ny Isiraely. Mbamin’ ny poizin’ ny biby mpikisaka amin’ ny vovoka.
They will die because of being hungry and because of having hot fevers and because of terrible diseases; I will send wild animals to attack [MTY] them, and poisonous snakes to bite [MTY] them.
25 Eny ivelany dia ny sabatra no hahafaty ny zanany, Ary ao amin’ ny efi-trano dia ny fampahatahorana Na ny zatovolahy na ny zatovovavy, Na ny zaza minono na ny fotsy volo.
Outside [their houses, their enemies] will kill them [MTY] with swords, and in their homes, [their enemies will cause] them to be terrified. Their enemies will kill young men and young women, and they will kill infants and old people with gray hair.
26 Fa efa nolazaiko hoe: Hotsofiko hihahaka izy; Hatsahatro ny fahatsiarovana azy tsy ho eo amin’ ny zanak’ olombelona,
I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
27 Raha tsy ny fireharehan’ ny fahavalo no natahorako, Andrao diso hevitra ireny mpandrafy azy ireny Ka hanao hoe: Ny tananay no avo; Fa tsy Jehovah tsy akory no nanao izany rehetra izany.
But [if I did that], their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had [gotten rid of my people]; they would say, “We [SYN] are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’
28 Fa firenena tsy manan-tsaina izy Sady tsy manam-pahalalana.
You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
29 Enga anie ka hendry izy mba hahalala izao Ka hahafantatra izay ho farany.
If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
30 Hataon’ ny irery ahoana no fanenjika ny arivo, Ary hataon’ ny roa lahy ahoana no fampandositra ny iray alina, Raha tsy ny Vatolampiny no efa nivarotra azy, Ary Jehovah no efa nanolotra azy?
[You would have realized] why 1,000 [of your soldiers] would be defeated by only one [of the enemy soldiers], and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 [Israeli soldiers]. [You would realize that this would happen] only if God, the one who always defended you [MET], had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you.
31 Fa tsy mba mitovy amin’ ny Vatolampintsika ny vatolampin’ ireny, Na dia izy fahavalontsika aza no hitsara.
Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
32 Ny tahom-boalobony dia tahom-boalobok’ i Sodoma Ary avy ao amin’ ny sahan’ i Gomora; Ny voalobony dia voaloboka mahafaty, Sady mangidy koa ny sampahony.
Your enemies are like [MET] grapevines planted near [the ruins of] Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous;
33 Ny divainy dia zava-mahafaty avy amin’ ny dragona, Ary poizina loza avy amin’ ny bibilava.
the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
34 Moa tsy voatahiry ato amiko va izany Ka voaisy kase ato an-trano firaketako?
[“Yahweh says], ‘I know [RHQ] [what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies], and those plans are so secure [that it as though he locked them up] [MET].
35 Ahy ny famaliana sy ny fampanodiavana, Raha avy izay hahasolafaka ny tongony; Fa antomotra ny andro hahitany loza, Ary ho avy faingana ny zava-boatendry hanjo azy.
I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done [to my people], at the right time for them to be punished [IDM]; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’
36 Fa Jehovah hanome rariny ny olony Ary hanenina ny amin’ ny mpanompony, Raha hitany fa lany ny heriny, Ka lasa avokoa na ny voahazona, na ny afaka.
“But Yahweh will see that you who are truly his people, who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and he will be merciful to you. And he will see that you are helpless, and that there are very few of you, slaves or free people, who are still alive.
37 Ary hiteny hoe Izy: Aiza ireo andriamaniny, Dia ny vatolampy izay nialofany,
Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
38 Izay nihinana ny saboran’ ny fanatiny Ary nisotro ny divain’ ny fanatitra aidiny? Aoka ireny no hitsangana ka hamonjy anareo Ary ho fierena ho anareo.
You gave to those gods the best parts of the animals that you sacrificed, and you poured out wine for them to drink. So, they should begin to help you; they should be the ones who will protect you!
39 Fantaro ankehitriny fa Izaho dia Izaho no Izy, Ka tsy misy andriamanitra eto amiko. Izaho no mahafaty sy mahavelona, Ary Izaho no maharatra sy mahasitrana, Ka tsy misy mahafaka amin’ ny tanako.
“But now you will realize that I, only I, am God; there is no other god who is [a real] god. I am the one who can kill people and who can cause people to live; I can wound people, and I can heal people, and there is no one who can prevent me from doing those things.
40 Fa manangana ny tanako amin’ ny lanitra Aho Ka manao hoe: Raha velona koa Aho mandrakizay:
I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
41 Raha manasa ny sabatro manelatselatra Aho, Ka voarain’ ny tanako ny fitsarana, Dia hampanodiaviko ny mpandrafy Ahy ny ataony, Ary hovaliako ny mankahala Ahy.
that when I sharpen my sword, as I [SYN] prepare to punish people, I will get revenge on my enemies; I will pay back those who hate me.
42 Hataoko mamon-drà ny zana-tsipikako, Ary ny sabatro hihina-nofo, Dia ny ran’ ny voavono sy ny babo Mbamin’ ny lohan’ izay lehibe amin’ ny fahavalo.
I will kill all [of my enemies] with a sword; it will be as though I had arrows that will be covered with their blood. I will kill [MTY] all those whom I capture and cut off their leaders’ heads.’
43 Mihobia, ry jentilisa mbamin’ ny olony; Fa ny ran’ ny mpanompony no hovaliany. Hamaly ny mpandrafy Azy Izy, Ary hanao fanavotana kosa ho an’ ny taniny sy ny olony.
“You people of all nations, you as well as his people should praise Yahweh, because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him; and he cleanses his people’s land which has become defiled because of their sins.”
44 Dia nandeha Mosesy ka nilaza ny teny rehetra amin’ izany fihirana izany teo anatrehan’ ny olona, dia izy sy Hosea, zanak’ i Nona.
Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
45 Ary nony efa tapitra voalazan’ i Mosesy tamin’ ny Isiraely rehetra izany teny rehetra izany,
When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
46 dia hoy izy taminy: Alatsaho ao am-ponareo ny teny rehetra izay ambarako aminareo anio, izay handidianareo ny zanakareo hotandremany sy hankatoaviny, dia ny teny rehetra amin’ ity lalàna ity.
Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.
47 Fa tsy zava-poana ho anareo izany, fa izany no fiainanareo; ary izany zavatra izany no hahamaro andro anareo eo amin’ ny tany izay efa hidiranareo holovana, rehefa tafita an’ i Jordana ianareo.
These instructions are very important [LIT]. If [you obey] them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
48 Ary Jehovah niteny tamin’ i Mosesy androtrizay indrindra ka nanao hoe:
On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
49 Miakara amin’ ity tendrombohitra Abarima ity, dia ny tendrombohitra Nebo, izay eo amin’ ny tany Moaba tandrifin’ i Jeriko; ary tazano ny tany Kanana, izay omeko ny Zanak’ Isiraely ho lovany.
“Go to the Abarim Mountain range [here] in the Moab region, across from Jericho. Climb Nebo Mountain, and look [toward the west] to see Canaan land, the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people.
50 Dia aoka ho faty ao amin’ ny tendrombohitra izay iakaranao ianao, ka ho voangona any amin’ ny razanao, tahaka ny nahafatesan’ i Arona rahalahinao tao an-tendrombohitra Hora sy ny nanangonana azy any amin’ ny razany,
You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
51 satria nivadika tamiko teo amin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely ianareo tao amin’ ny ranon’ i Meriba any Kadesy, tany an-efitra Zina; fa tsy nahamasina Ahy teo amin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely ianareo.
You will die because both of you disobeyed me in the presence of the Israeli people, when you all were at Meribah Springs near Kadesh [town] in the Zin Desert. You did not honor and respect me in the presence of the Israeli people in the way that I deserve because I am God.
52 Fa hahatazana ny tany eo anoloanao ihany ianao, kanefa tsy hiditra any amin’ ny tany izay omeko ny Zanak’ Isiraely.
[When you are on that mountain where I told you to go], you will see in the distance in front of you the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people, but you will not enter it.”
