Deuteronomio 31

1 Y fue Moisés, y habló estas palabras a todo Israel,

When Moses/I finished saying all that to the Israeli people,

2 Y díjoles: De edad de ciento y veinte años soy hoy, no puedo más salir ni entrar: allende de esto Jehová me ha dicho: No pasarás este Jordán.

he/I said to them, “Now I am 120 years old. I am no longer able to go everywhere [that you go] (OR, to be your leader). Furthermore, Yahweh has told me that I will not cross the Jordan [River].

3 Jehová tu Dios él pasa delante de ti, él destruirá estas gentes delante de tu faz, y heredarlas has: Josué, él pasa delante de ti, como Jehová ha dicho.

But Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will [enable you to] destroy the nations that are living there, in order that you can occupy their land. Joshua will be your leader, which is what Yahweh already told me.

4 Y hará Jehová con ellos como hizo con Sejón, y con Og reyes de los Amorreos, y con su tierra, que los destruyó.

Yahweh will do to those nations what he did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amor people-group when he destroyed their armies [MTY].

5 Y darlos ha Jehová delante de vosotros, y haréis con ellos conforme a todo lo que os he mandado.

Yahweh will enable you to conquer those nations, but you must [kill all of the people of those nations, which is] what I have commanded you to do.

6 Esforzáos y confortáos; no temáis ni hayáis miedo de ellos que Jehová tu Dios es el que va contigo: no te dejará, ni te desamparará.

Be brave and confident. Do not be afraid of those people. [Do not forget that] it is Yahweh our God who will go with you. He will always help [LIT] you and never abandon you.”

7 Y llamó Moisés a Josué, y díjole en ojos de todo Israel: Esfuérzate y confórtate: porque tu entrarás con este pueblo a la tierra que juró Jehová a sus padres, que les había de dar, y tú se la harás heredar.

Then Moses/I summoned Joshua, and while all the Israeli people were listening, he/I said to him, “Be brave and confident. You are the one who will lead these people into the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them, and you will enable them to occupy it.

8 Y Jehová es el que va delante de ti, él será contigo, no te dejará, ni te desamparará: no temas, ni te espantes.

It is Yahweh who will go ahead of you. He will be with you. He will always help [LIT] you. He will never abandon you. So do not be afraid or dismayed.”

9 Y escribió Moisés esta ley, y dióla a los sacerdotes hijos de Leví, que llevaban el arca del concierto de Jehová, y a todos los ancianos de Israel.

Moses/I wrote down all these laws [on two scrolls] and gave [one scroll] to the priests, who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments, and [gave the other scroll] to the Israeli elders.

10 Y mandóles Moisés, diciendo: Al cabo del séptimo año en el tiempo del año de la remisión, en la fiesta de las cabañas,

Moses/I told them, “At the end of every seven years, at the time that all debts are canceled, [read this to the people] during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters.

11 Cuando viniere todo Israel a presentarse delante de Jehová tu Dios en el lugar que él escogiere, leerás esta ley delante de todo Israel en sus orejas.

Read it to all the Israeli people when they gather at the place that Yahweh chooses for them to worship him.

12 Harás congregar el pueblo, varones y mujeres y niños, y tus extranjeros que estuvieren en tus ciudades, para que oigan y aprendan, y teman a Jehová vuestro Dios, y guarden para hacer todas las palabras de esta ley;

Gather together everyone—men, women, children, even the foreigners [who are living] in your towns—in order that they may hear [these laws] and learn to revere Yahweh our God, and to faithfully obey everything that is written in these laws.

13 Y sus hijos, que no supieron, oigan, y aprendan a temer a Jehová vuestro Dios todos los días que viviereis sobre la tierra, para ir a la cual pasáis el Jordán para heredarla.

[If they do that], your descendants who have never known these laws will hear them and will also learn to revere Yahweh our God, during all the years that they live in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”

14 Y Jehová dijo a Moisés: He aquí, tus días son ya llegados para que mueras: llama a Josué, y esperád en el tabernáculo del testimonio, y mandarle he. Y fue Moisés y Josué, y esperaron en el tabernáculo del testimonio.

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen carefully. You will soon die. Summon Joshua, and you go to the Sacred Tent with him, in order that I may appoint him [to be the new leader].” So Joshua and Moses/I went to the Sacred Tent.

15 Y aparecióse Jehová en el tabernáculo, en la columna de nube, y la columna de nube se puso sobre la puerta del tabernáculo.

There Yahweh appeared to them/us in a pillar of cloud, and that cloud was close to the door of the tent.

16 Y Jehová dijo a Moisés: He aquí, tú duermes con tus padres, y este pueblo se levantará, y fornicará tras los dioses ajenos de la tierra adonde va, en medio de ella, y dejarme ha, y anulará mi concierto que yo he concertado con él.

Yahweh said to Moses/me, “You will soon die [EUP]. Then these people will become unfaithful [MET] to me. They will abandon me and (break/stop obeying) the agreement that I made with them. They will begin to worship the foreign/pagan gods [that are worshiped by the people] of the land that they will enter.

17 Y mi furor se encenderá contra él en el mismo día, y yo los dejaré y esconderé de ellos mi rostro, y serán consumidos; y hallarlo han muchos males y angustias, y dirá en aquel día, ¿No me han hallado estos males, porque no está mi Dios en medio de mi?

When that happens, I will become very angry with them. I will abandon them [DOU] and I will no longer help them [IDM], and I will destroy them {they will be destroyed}. Many terrible things will happen to them, with the result that they will say, ‘[We are certain that] [RHQ] these things are happening to us because our God is no longer with us.’

18 Empero yo escondiendo esconderé mi rostro en aquel día, por todo el mal que él habrá hecho, por haberse vuelto a dioses ajenos.

And because of all the evil things that they will have done, and [especially because] they will have started to worship other gods, I will refuse to help [IDM] them.

19 Y ahora escribíos esta canción, y enséñala a los hijos de Israel: pónla en la boca de ellos, para que esta canción me sea por testigo contra los hijos de Israel.

“So, [I am going to give you] a song. Write it [on a scroll] and teach it to the Israeli people and cause them to memorize it. It will be like a witness that accuses them.

20 Porque yo lo meteré en la tierra que juré a sus padres, la cual corre leche y miel: y comerá y hartarse ha, y engordarse ha: y volverse ha a dioses ajenos, y servirles han: y enojarme han, y anularán mi concierto.

I am about to take them into a very fertile [IDM] land, a land that I solemnly promised their ancestors that I would give to them. There they will have plenty to eat, with the result that their [stomachs] will [always] be full and they will become fat. But then they will turn to other gods and start to worship them, and they will despise me and (break/stop obeying) the agreement that I made with them.

21 Y será, que cuando le vinieren muchos males y angustias, entonces esta canción responderá en su cara por testigo, que no será olvidada de la boca de su simiente: porque yo conozco su ingenio, y lo que hace hoy antes que yo lo meta a la tierra que juré.

And they will experience many terrible disasters. After that happens, their descendants will never forget this song, and it will be like a witness [that says, ‘Now you know why Yahweh punished your ancestors].’ I will soon take them into the land that I vowed that I would give to them; but now, before I do that, I know what they are thinking [that they will do when they are living there].”

22 Y Moisés escribió esta canción aquel día, y enseñóla a los hijos de Israel.

So on the day that [Yahweh gave Moses/me this song], he/I wrote it down, and he/I taught it to the Israeli people.

23 Y mandó a Josué hijo de Nun, y dijo: Esfuérzate, y confórtate, que tú meterás los hijos de Israel en la tierra que yo les juré, y yo seré contigo.

Then Yahweh (appointed/set apart) Joshua and said to him, “Be brave and confident, because you will lead the Israeli people into the land that I vowed that I would give to them. And I will be with you.”

24 Y como acabó Moisés de escribir las palabras de esta ley en el libro, hasta que fueron acabadas,

Then Moses/I finished writing on a scroll all the laws that Yahweh had told to him/me.

25 Moisés mandó a los Levitas que llevaban el arca del concierto de Jehová, diciendo:

Then Moses/I told the descendants of Levi, who were carrying the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments,

26 Tomád este libro de la ley, y ponédlo al lado del arca del concierto de Jehová vuestro Dios, y esté allí por testigo contra ti.

“Take this scroll on which these laws [are written], and place it beside the Sacred Chest that contains the agreement that Yahweh our God made with you, in order that it may remain there to testify [about what Yahweh will do] to the people [if they disobey him].

27 Porque yo conozco tu rebelión, y tu cerviz dura: he aquí, que aun viviendo yo hoy con vosotros sois rebeldes a Jehová, y ¿cuánto más después que yo fuere muerto?

[I say this] because I know that these people are very stubborn [DOU]. They have rebelled against Yahweh all during the time that I have been [with them], and they will rebel much more after I die!

28 Congregád a mí todos los ancianos de vuestras tribus, y a vuestros alcaldes, y hablaré en sus orejas estas palabras: y llamaré por testigos contra ellos los cielos y la tierra.

So gather all the elders of the tribes and your officials, in order that I can tell them the words [of this song], and request all those who are in heaven and on the earth to be witnesses to testify against these people.

29 Porque yo sé, que después de yo muerto, corrompiendo os corromperéis, y os apartaréis del camino que os he mandado: y que os ha de venir mal en los prostreros días por haber hecho mal en ojos de Jehová, enojándole con la obra de vuestras manos.

I say that because I know that after I die, the people will become very wicked. They will turn away from doing everything that I have commanded them to do. And in the future, because of all the evil things that they will do, they will cause Yahweh to become angry with them. And he will cause them to experience disasters.”

30 Entonces habló Moisés en oídos de toda la congregación de Israel las palabras de esta canción, hasta acabarla.

Then, while all the Israeli people listened, Moses/I sang/recited this entire song to them: