Deuteronomii 32
1 Audite caeli quae loquor, audiat terra verba oris mei.
'Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!
2 Concrescat ut pluvia doctrina mea, fluat ut ros eloquium meum, quasi imber super herbam, et quasi stillae super gramina.
Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,
3 Quia nomen Domini invocabo: date magnificentiam Deo nostro.
For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God!
4 Dei perfecta sunt opera, et omnes viae eius iudicia: Deus fidelis, et absque ulla iniquitate, iustus et rectus.
The Rock! — perfect [is] His work, For all His ways [are] just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright [is] He.
5 Peccaverunt ei, et non filii eius in sordibus: generatio prava atque perversa.
It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked!
6 Haeccine reddis Domino popule stulte et insipiens? numquid non ipse est pater tuus, qui possedit te, et fecit, et creavit te?
To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father — thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.
7 Memento dierum antiquorum, cogita generationes singulas: interroga patrem tuum, et annunciabit tibi: maiores tuos, et dicent tibi.
Remember days of old — Understand the years of many generations — Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:
8 Quando dividebat Altissimus gentes: quando separabat filios Adam, constituit terminos populorum iuxta numerum filiorum Israel.
In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam — He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.
9 Pars autem Domini, populus eius: Iacob funiculus hereditatis eius.
For Jehovah's portion [is] His people, Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance.
10 Invenit eum in terra deserta, in loco horroris, et vastae solitudinis: circumduxit eum, et docuit: et custodivit quasi pupillam oculi sui.
He findeth him in a land — a desert, And in a void — a howling wilderness, He turneth him round — He causeth him to understand — He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.
11 Sicut aquila provocans ad volandum pullos suos, et super eos volitans, expandit alas suas, et assumpsit eum, atque portavit in humeris suis.
As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings — taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; —
12 Dominus solus dux eius fuit: et non erat cum eo Deus alienus.
Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him.
13 Constituit eum super excelsam terram: ut comederet fructus agrorum, ut sugeret mel de petra, oleumque de saxo durissimo.
He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;
14 Butyrum de armento, et lac de ovibus cum adipe agnorum, et arietum filiorum Basan: et hircos cum medulla tritici, et sanguinem uvae biberet meracissimum.
Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, and rams, sons of Bashan, And he-goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou dost drink wine!
15 Incrassatus est dilectus, et recalcitravit: incrassatus, impinguatus, dilatatus, dereliquit Deum factorem suum, et recessit a Deo salutari suo.
And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat — thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.
16 Provocaverunt eum in diis alienis, et in abominationibus ad iracundiam concitaverunt.
They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.
17 Immolaverunt daemoniis et non Deo, diis, quos ignorabant: novi recentesque venerunt, quos non coluerunt patres eorum.
They sacrifice to demons — no god! Gods they have not known — New ones — from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!
18 Deum, qui te genuit dereliquisti, et oblitus es Domini creatoris tui.
The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.
19 Vidit Dominus, et ad iracundiam concitatus est: quia provocaverunt eum filii sui et filiae.
And Jehovah seeth and despiseth — For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
20 Et ait: Abscondam faciem meam ab eis, et considerabo novissima eorum: generatio enim perversa est, et infideles filii.
And He saith: I hide My face from them, I see what [is] their latter end; For a froward generation [are] they, Sons in whom is no stedfastness.
21 Ipsi me provocaverunt in eo, qui non erat Deus, et irritaverunt in vanitatibus suis: et ego provocabo eos in eo, qui non est populus, et in gente stulta irritabo illos.
They have made Me zealous by 'no-god,' They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by 'no-people,' By a foolish nation I make them angry.
22 Ignis succensus est in furore meo, et ardebit usque ad inferni novissima: devorabitque terram cum germine suo, et montium fundamenta comburet. (Sheol h7585)
For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol — the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains. (Sheol h7585)
23 Congregabo super eos mala, et sagittas meas complebo in eis.
I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.
24 Consumentur fame, et devorabunt eos aves morsu amarissimo: dentes bestiarum immittam in eos, cum furore trahentium super terram, atque serpentium.
Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.
25 Foris vastabit eos gladius, et intus pavor, iuvenem simul ac virginem, lactentem cum homine sene.
Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers — fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.
26 Dixi: Ubinam sunt? cessare faciam ex hominibus memoriam eorum.
I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;
27 Sed propter iram inimicorum distuli: ne forte superbirent hostes eorum, et dicerent: Manus nostra excelsa, et non Dominus, fecit haec omnia.
If not — the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know — Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.
28 Gens absque consilio est, et sine prudentia.
For a nation lost to counsels [are] they, And there is no understanding in them.
29 Utinam saperent, et intelligerent, ac novissima providerent.
If they were wise — They deal wisely [with] this; They attend to their latter end:
30 Quo modo persequebatur unus mille, et duo fugabant decem millia? nonne ideo, quia Deus suus vendidit eos, et Dominus conclusit illos?
How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not — that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?
31 Non enim est Deus noster ut dii eorum: et inimici nostri sunt iudices.
For not as our Rock [is] their rock, (And our enemies [are] judges!)
32 De vinea Sodomorum, vinea eorum, et de suburbanis Gomorrhae: uva eorum uva fellis, et botri amarissimi.
For of the vine of Sodom their vine [is], And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes [are] grapes of gall — They have bitter clusters;
33 Fel draconum vinum eorum, et venenum aspidum insanabile.
The poison of dragons [is] their wine And the fierce venom of asps.
34 Nonne haec condita sunt apud me, et signata in thesauris meis?
Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?
35 Mea est ultio, et ego retribuam eis in tempore, ut labatur pes eorum: iuxta est dies perditionis, et adesse festinant tempora.
Mine [are] vengeance and recompense, At the due time — doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.
36 Iudicabit Dominus populum suum, et in servis suis miserebitur: videbit quod infirmata sit manus, et clausi quoque defecerunt, residuique consumpti sunt.
For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants doth repent Himself. For He seeth — the going away of power, And none is restrained and left.
37 Et dicet: Ubi sunt dii eorum, in quibus habebant fiduciam?
And He hath said, Where [are] their gods — The rock in which they trusted;
38 De quorum victimis comedebant adipes, et bibebant vinum libaminum: surgant, et opitulentur vobis, et in necessitate vos protegant.
Which the fat of their sacrifices do eat, They drink the wine of their libation! Let them arise and help you, Let it be for you a hiding-place!
39 Videte quod ego sim solus, et non sit alius Deus praeter me: ego occido, et ego vivere facio: percutiam, et ego sanabo, et non est qui de manu mea possit eruere.
See ye, now, that I — I [am] He, And there is no god with Me: I put to death, and I keep alive; I have smitten, and I heal; And there is not from My hand a deliverer,
40 Levabo ad caelum manum meam, et dicam: Vivo ego in aeternum.
For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live — to the age!
41 Si acuero ut fulgur gladium meum, et arripuerit iudicium manus mea: reddam ultionem hostibus meis, et his qui oderunt me retribuam.
If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand doth lay hold on judgment, I turn back vengeance to Mine adversaries, And to those hating Me — I repay!
42 Inebriabo sagittas meas sanguine, et gladius meus devorabit carnes, de cruore occisorum, et de captivitate, nudati inimicorum capitis.
I make drunk Mine arrows with blood, And My sword devoureth flesh, From the blood of the pierced and captive, From the head of the freemen of the enemy.
43 Laudate gentes populum eius, quia sanguinem servorum suorum ulciscetur: et vindictam retribuet in hostes eorum, et propitius erit terrae populi sui.
Sing ye nations — [with] his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His land — His people.'
44 Venit ergo Moyses, et locutus est omnia verba cantici huius in auribus populi, ipse et Iosue filius Nun.
And Moses cometh and speaketh all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun;
45 Complevitque omnes sermones istos, loquens ad universum Israel.
and Moses finisheth to speak all these words unto all Israel,
46 et dixit ad eos: Ponite corda vestra in omnia verba, quae ego testificor vobis hodie: ut mandetis ea filiis vestris custodire et facere, et implere universa quae scripta sunt legis huius:
and saith unto them, 'Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law,
47 quia non incassum praecepta sunt vobis, sed ut singuli in eis viverent: quae facientes longo perseveretis tempore in Terra, ad quam, Iordane transmisso, ingredimini possidendam.
for it [is] not a vain thing for you, for it [is] your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'
48 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in eadem die, dicens:
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying,
49 Ascende in montem istum Abarim, id est, transitum, in montem Nebo, qui est in Terra Moab contra Iericho: et vide Terram Chanaan, quam ego tradam filiis Israel obtinendam, et morere in monte.
'Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, which [is] on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession;
50 Quem conscendens iungeris populis tuis, sicut mortuus est Aaron frater tuus in monte Hor, et appositus populis suis:
and die in the mount whither thou art going up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother hath died in the mount Hor, and is gathered unto his people:
51 quia praevaricati estis contra me in medio filiorum Israel ad Aquas contradictionis in Cades deserti Sin: et non sanctificastis me inter filios Israel.
'Because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zin — because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the sons of Israel;
52 Econtra videbis terram, et non ingredieris in eam, quam ego dabo filiis Israel.
but over-against thou seest the land, and thither thou dost not go in, unto the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.'
