تثنیه 32

1 «ای آسمان گوش بگیر تا بگویم، و ای زمین سخنان مرا بشنو!

“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 تعلیم من مثل باران خواهد بارید و مانند شبنم بر زمین خواهد نشست. کلام من مثل قطره‌های باران بر سبزهٔ تازه، و مانند نم‌نم باران بر گیاهان فرو خواهد ریخت.

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 نام خداوند را ستایش خواهم کرد، و قوم او عظمت وی را وصف خواهند نمود.

I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.

4 خداوند همچون صخره‌ای است و اعمالش کامل و عادل، اوست خدای امین و دادگر، از گناه مبرا و با انصاف.

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 «قوم او فاسد شده، باعث ننگ او گشته‌اند، آنها دیگر فرزندان او نیستند، بلکه قومی هستند کجرو و نافرمان.

“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 ای قوم احمق و نادان! آیا اینچنین از خدوند خود قدردانی می‌کنی؟ آیا او پدر و خالق تو نیست؟ آیا او نبود که تو را به وجود آورد؟

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 «روزهای گذشته را به یاد آر، از پدران خود بپرس تابه تو بگویند، از مشایخ سؤال کن تا به تو جواب دهند.

“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 آنگاه که خدای متعال، زمین را میان قومها تقسیم کرد، آنگاه که انسانها را منتشر ساخت، او مرزهای آنها را تعیین نمود، برحسب تعداد بنی‌اسرائیل.

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 «زیرا قوم اسرائیل متعلق به خداوندند؛ و یعقوب میراث خاص اوست.

But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.

10 او اسرائیل را در بیابان خشک و سوزان یافت، او را در برگرفت و از او مراقبت کرد، و مانند مردمک چشم خود از او محافظت نمود،

“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 درست مانند عقابی که جوجه‌هایش را به پرواز درمی‌آورد، و بالهای خود را می‌گشاید تا آنها را بگیرد و با خود ببرد.

[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 او قوم خود را خودش رهبری نمود و هیچ خدای دیگری با وی نبود.

Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.

13 خداوند به آنها کوهستانهای حاصلخیز بخشید تا از محصول آنها سیر شوند. او به ایشان عسل از میان صخره، و روغن از میان سنگ خارا داد.

“[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 بهترین گاوان و گوسفندان را به آنان بخشید تا از آنها شیر و کرهٔ فراوان به دست آورند. قوچهای فربه باشان و بزها، عالیترین گندمها و مرغوبترین شرابها را به آنها عطا فرمود.

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 «اما یِشورون سیر شده، یاغی گشت، فربه و تنومند و چاق شده، خدایی را که او را آفریده بود ترک نمود، و”صخرهٔ نجاتِ“خود را به فراموشی سپرد.

“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 آنها با بت‌پرستی قبیح خود، خشم و غیرت خداوند را برانگیختند.

So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.

17 به بتها که خدا نبودند قربانی تقدیم کردند به خدایان جدیدی که پدرانشان هرگز آنها را نشناخته بودند، خدایانی که بنی‌اسرائیل آنها را پرستش نکرده بودند.

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 آنها خدایی را که”صخره“شان بود و ایشان را به وجود آورده بود، فراموش کردند.

They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.

19 «وقتی خداوند دید که پسران و دخترانش چه می‌کنند، خشمگین شده از آنان بیزار گشت.

“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 او فرمود:”آنها را ترک می‌کنم تا هر چه می‌خواهد بر سرشان بیاید، زیرا آنها قومی یاغی و خیانتکار هستند.

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 آنها با پرستش خدایان بیگانه و باطل، خشم و غیرت مرا برانگیختند، من نیز آنها را با قومهای بیگانه و باطل به خشم و غیرت می‌آورم.

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 خشم من افروخته شده، زمین و محصولش را خواهد سوزانید، و تا اعماق زمین فرو رفته، بنیاد کوهها را به آتش خواهد کشید. (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 بلایا بر سر ایشان خواهم آورد و تمام تیرهای خود را به سوی ایشان پرتاب خواهم کرد.

I will cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows at them.

24 آنها را با گرسنگی و تب سوزان و مرض کشنده از پای در خواهم آورد. جانوران وحشی را به جان آنها خواهم انداخت و مارهای سمی را خواهم فرستاد تا ایشان را بگزند.

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 در بیرون، شمشیرِ دشمنان، کشتار خواهد کرد و در درون خانه‌ها وحشت حکمفرما خواهد بود. مردان و زنان جوان، کودکان و پیران، همگی نابود خواهند شد.

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 می‌خواستم آنها را به کلی هلاک کنم، به طوری که یاد آنها نیز از خاطرها محو گردد،

I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.

27 ولی فکر کردم که شاید دشمنان بگویند: «قدرت ما بود که آنها را نابود کرد نه قدرت خداوند.»“

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 «اسرائیل قومی است نادان و بی‌فهم.

You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.

29 ای کاش شعور داشت و می‌فهمید که چرا شکست خورده است.

If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.

30 چرا هزار نفرشان از یک نفر، و ده هزار نفرشان از دو نفر شکست خوردند؟ زیرا”صخرهٔ“ایشان، ایشان را ترک کرده بود، خداوند ایشان را به دست دشمن تسلیم نموده بود.

[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 حتی دشمنانشان نیز می‌دانند که صخره‌شان مانند صخرهٔ ما نیست.

Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].

32 دشمنان اسرائیل مانند مردم سدوم و عموره فاسدند، مثل درختانی می‌باشند که انگور تلخ و سمی به بار می‌آورند،

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 مانند شرابی هستند که از زهر مار گرفته شده باشد.

the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].

34 «خداوند می‌فرماید:”آنچه دشمنان کرده‌اند نزد من ذخیره شده و در خزانه‌های من مختوم گردیده است.

[“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 من به موقع آنها را مجازات خواهم کرد. انتقام و جزا از آنِ من است. به‌زودی آنها خواهند افتاد، زیرا روز هلاکت ایشان نزدیک است.“

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 «خداوند به داد قومش خواهد رسید و بر بندگانش شفقت خواهد فرمود، وقتی ببیند که قوت ایشان از بین رفته و برای برده و آزاد رمقی نمانده است.

“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 خداوند به قومش خواهد گفت:”کجا هستند خدایان شما، «صخره‌هایی» که به آنها پناه می‌بردید

Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?

38 و چربی قربانیها را به آنان می‌خوراندید و شراب برای نوشیدن به آنها تقدیم می‌کردید؟ بگذارید آنها برخیزند و به شما کمک کنند و برای شما پناهگاه باشند.

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 بدانید که تنها من خدا هستم و خدای دیگری غیر از من نیست. می‌میرانم و زنده می‌سازم، مجروح می‌کنم و شفا می‌بخشم، و کسی نمی‌تواند از دست من برهاند.

“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 من که تا ابد زنده هستم، دست خود را به آسمان برافراشته، اعلام می‌کنم

I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,

41 که شمشیر براق خود را تیز کرده، بر دشمنانم داوری خواهم نمود. از آنها انتقام خواهم گرفت و کسانی را که از من نفرت دارند مجازات خواهم کرد.

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 تیرهایم غرق خون دشمنان خواهند شد، شمشیرم گوشت کشته‌شدگان و اسیران را خواهد درید و به خون آنها آغشته خواهد گشت، سرهای رهبران آنها پوشیده از خون خواهند شد.“

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 «ای آسمانها، با او شادی کنید، و ای همهٔ فرشتگان خدا او را پرستش نمایند! ای قومها با قوم او شادی کنید، فرشتگان خدا در او تقویت یابند؛ زیرا او انتقام خون بندگانش را خواهد گرفت. او از دشمنان خود انتقام خواهد گرفت، کسانی را که از او بیزارند سزا خواهد داد، و قوم و سرزمین خود را از گناه پاک خواهد ساخت.»

“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 وقتی که موسی و یوشع کلمات این سرود را برای قوم اسرائیل خواندند،

Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.

45

When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,

46 موسی به قوم گفت: «سخنانی را که امروز به شما گفتم، در دل خود جای دهید و به فرزندان خود دستور دهید تا به دقت از تمام قوانین خدا اطاعت کنند؛

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 زیرا این قوانین کلماتی بی‌ارزش نیستند، بلکه حیات شما هستند. از آنها اطاعت کنید تا در سرزمینی که در آن طرف رود اردن تصرف خواهید کرد عمر طولانی داشته باشید.»

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 همان روز خداوند به موسی گفت:

On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,

49 «به کوهستان عباریم واقع در سرزمین موآب مقابل اریحا برو. در آنجا بر کوه نبو برآی و تمام سرزمین کنعان را که به قوم اسرائیل می‌دهم، ببین.

“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 سپس تو در آن کوه خواهی مرد و به اجداد خود خواهی پیوست همان‌طور که برادرت هارون نیز در کوه هور درگذشت و به اجداد خود پیوست،

You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.

51 زیرا هر دو شما در برابر قوم اسرائیل، کنار چشمهٔ مریبهٔ قادش واقع در بیابان صین، حرمت قدوسیت مرا نگه نداشتید.

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 سرزمینی را که به قوم اسرائیل می‌دهم، در برابر خود، خواهی دید ولی هرگز وارد آن نخواهی شد.»

[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.”