Deuteronômio 9
1 Ouve, ó Israel, hoje passarás o Jordão, para entrar a possuir nações maiores e mais fortes do que tu; cidades grandes, e muradas até aos céus;
“You people of Israel, listen to me! You will soon [HYP] cross the Jordan [River]. In the land that you will enter, there are large cities that have very high walls [around them] that [seem to] [HYP] extend up to the sky. There are people-groups in that land that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.
2 Um povo grande e alto, filhos de gigantes, que tu conheces, e de que já ouvistes: Quem pararia diante dos filhos dos gigantes?
Those people are very tall and strong. [Some of them] are giants who are descendants of Anak. You know about them, and you have heard people say that no one [RHQ] can defeat the descendants of Anak.
3 Sabe pois hoje que o Senhor teu Deus, que passa diante de ti, é um fogo que consome, que os destruirá, e os derrubará de diante de ti: e tu os lançarás fora, e cedo os desfarás, como o Senhor te tem dito.
But I want you to know that Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will be like a raging/roaring fire. While you advance, he will defeat and destroy them. As a result, you will quickly be able to expel some of them and kill the others, which is what Yahweh promised that you would do.
4 Quando pois o Senhor teu Deus os lançar fora de diante de ti, não fales no teu coração, dizendo: Por causa da minha justiça é que o Senhor me trouxe a esta terra para a possuir: porque pela impiedade destas nações é que o Senhor as lança fora, diante de ti.
“After Yahweh our God has expelled them for you, do not say to yourselves, ‘It is because we are righteous that Yahweh has enabled us to capture this land.’ The truth is that it is because the people in that land are wicked that Yahweh will expel them as you advance.
5 Não é por causa da tua justiça, nem pela retidão do teu coração que entras a possuir a sua terra, mas pela impiedade destas nações o Senhor teu Deus as lança fora, de diante de ti; e para confirmar a palavra que o Senhor teu Deus jurou a teus pais, Abraão, Isaac e Jacob.
[I say again that] it is not because you are righteous or because you do things that are righteous that you will enter and capture that land. It is because those people-groups are very wicked that Yahweh our God will expel them as you advance, and because he intends to do what he vowed to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would do.
6 Sabe pois que não é por causa da tua justiça que o Senhor teu Deus te dá esta boa terra para possui-la, pois tu és povo obstinado.
I want you to know that it is not because you are righteous that Yahweh our God is giving you this good/fertile land. I say that because [you are not righteous]; you are a very stubborn [IDM] people.”
7 Lembra-te, e não te esqueças, de que muito provocaste a ira ao Senhor teu Deus no deserto; desde o dia em que saístes do Egito, até que chegastes a esse lugar, rebeldes fostes contra o Senhor;
“Never forget what your ancestors did in the desert that caused Yahweh our God to become angry. From the day that we left Egypt until the day that we arrived here, you and your ancestors have continually rebelled against him.
8 Pois em Horeb tanto provocastes à ira o Senhor, que se acendeu contra vós para vos destruir.
Even at Sinai [Mountain] your ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry. Because he was very angry, he was ready to get rid of [all of] them.
9 Subindo eu ao monte a receber as tábuas de pedra, as tábuas do concerto que o Senhor fizera convosco, então fiquei no monte quarenta dias e quarenta noites; pão não comi, e água não bebi;
When I climbed the mountain to receive from him the stone tablets on which he had written the Ten Commandments that he was giving to them, I stayed there 40 days and nights, and [during that time] I did not eat or drink anything.
10 E o Senhor me deu as duas tábuas de pedra, escritas com o dedo de Deus; e nelas tinha escrito conforme a todas aquelas palavras que o Senhor tinha falado convosco no monte, do meio do fogo, no dia da congregação.
Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written [the commandments] with his own fingers. They were the words/commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the fire on that mountain, when they were gathered together [at the bottom of the mountain].
11 Sucedeu pois que ao fim dos quarenta dias e quarenta noites, o Senhor me deu as duas tábuas de pedra, as tábuas do concerto.
“At the end of those 40 days and nights, Yahweh gave me those two stone tablets on which he had written those commandments.
12 E o Senhor me disse: Levanta-te, desce depressa daqui, porque o teu povo, que tiraste do Egito, já se tem corrompido: cedo se desviaram do caminho que eu lhes tinha ordenado: imagem de fundição para si fizeram.
But then he said to me, ‘Go down the mountain immediately, because [the people whom you are leading], the people whom you led out of Egypt, have committed a terrible sin! They have very quickly done what I commanded them not to do. They have made for themselves a metal statue [of a calf to worship].’
13 Falou-me mais o Senhor, dizendo: atentei para este povo, e eis que ele é povo obstinado:
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘I have been watching these people, and I see that they are very stubborn.
14 Deixa-me que os destrua, e apague o seu nome de debaixo dos céus: e te faça a ti nação mais poderosa e mais numerosa do que esta.
So do not try to stop me. I am going to destroy all of them, with the result that no one anywhere will remember (their names [MTY]/that they ever existed). Then I will enable you to become [the ancestor of] a nation that will be more numerous and more powerful than they are.’
15 Então virei-me, e desci do monte; e o monte ardia em fogo e as duas tábuas do concerto estavam em ambas as minhas mãos.
So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying in my hands the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were [written]. Fire was burning all over the mountain.
16 E olhei, e eis que havieis pecado contra o Senhor vosso Deus; vós tinheis feito um bezerro de fundição: cedo vos desviastes do caminho que o Senhor vos ordenara.
I looked, and I was shocked to see that your ancestors had committed a [great] sin against Yahweh. They very quickly had begun to do what Yahweh our God had commanded them not to do. They had [requested Aaron to] make for them [a metal image of] a calf [to worship].
17 Então peguei das duas tábuas, e as arrojei de ambas as minhas mãos, e as quebrei aos vossos olhos.
So while they were watching, I lifted up those two stone tablets and threw them [on the ground], and they broke into pieces.
18 E me lancei perante o Senhor; como de antes, quarenta dias e quarenta noites não comi pão e não bebi água, por causa de todo o vosso pecado que havieis pecado, fazendo mal aos olhos do Senhor, para o provocar à ira
Then I (prostrated myself/lay) on the ground in Yahweh’s presence as I had done before, and I did not eat or drink anything for 40 days and nights. I did that because your ancestors had sinned against Yahweh and caused him to become very angry.
19 Porque temi por causa da ira e do furor, com que o Senhor tanto estava irado contra vós, para vos destruir: porém ainda por esta vez o Senhor me ouviu.
I was afraid/worried that because Yahweh was very angry with them, he would get rid of all of them. [But again I prayed that he would not do that], and again he listened to me [and answered my prayer].
20 Também o Senhor se irou muito contra Aarão para o destruir; mas também orei por Aarão ao mesmo tempo.
Yahweh was also very angry with Aaron [for making that golden calf] and was ready to kill Aaron. But at the same time I prayed for Aaron also, [and Yahweh answered my prayer].
21 Porém eu tomei o vosso pecado, o bezerro que tinheis feito, e o queimei a fogo, e o pisei, moendo-o bem, até que se desfez em pó: e o seu pó lancei no ribeiro que descia do monte.
Your ancestors had sinned by [requesting Aaron to] make [a metal statue of] a calf. So I took that statue and [I melted it] in a fire and crushed it and ground it into very tiny pieces [HYP]. Then I threw those tiny pieces into the stream that flowed down the mountain.
22 Também em Taberah, e em Massah, e em Quibroth-hattaava provocastes muito a ira do Senhor.
Your ancestors also caused Yahweh to become very angry [by what they did] at [places which they named] Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.
23 Quando também o Senhor vos enviou desde Cades-barnea, dizendo: Subi, e possui a terra, que vos tenho dado: rebeldes fostes ao mandado do Senhor vosso Deus, e não o crestes, e não obedecestes à sua voz.
And when we were at Kadesh-Barnea, Yahweh said to your ancestors, ‘Go up and capture the land that I am about to give to you!’ But they rebelled against him. They did not trust him, and they did not obey what he told [MTY] them to do.
24 Rebeldes fostes contra o Senhor desde o dia em que vos conheci.
Your ancestors rebelled against Yahweh from the first day that I knew them, [in Egypt].
25 E prostrei-me perante o Senhor aqueles quarenta dias e quarenta noites em que estava prostrado; porquanto o Senhor dissera que vos queria destruir.
So, [as I said], I lay on the ground in Yahweh’s presence for 40 days and nights, because Yahweh had said that he would get rid of your ancestors.
26 E eu orei ao Senhor, dizendo: Senhor Deus, não destruas o teu povo e a tua herança, que resgataste com a tua grandeza, que tiraste do Egito com mão forte.
And I prayed to Yahweh, saying, ‘Lord God, these people belong to you; do not destroy them. They are people whom you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your very great power. [DOU, MTY]
27 Lembra-te dos teus servos, Abraão, Isaac, e Jacob: não atentes para a dureza deste povo, nem para a sua impiedade, nem para o seu pecado:
Do not forget [what you promised to] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please ignore these stubborn and wicked people and the sin that they have committed.
28 Para que o povo da terra de onde nos tiraste não diga: Porquanto o Senhor os não pode introduzir na terra de que lhes tinha falado, e porque os aborrecia, os tirou para os matar no deserto:
If you do not do that, [and if you get rid of them], the people of Egypt will [hear about it and] say that you were not able to bring them into the land that you promised to give to them. They will say that you took them into the desert only to kill them there because you hated them.
29 Todavia são eles o teu povo e a tua herança, que tu tiraste com a tua grande força e com o teu braço estendido.
[Do not forget that] they are your people. [You chose them to] belong to you. You brought them out [from Egypt] by your very great power [DOU, MTY].’”
