Deuteronomy 32
1 “Listen, O heavens, to what I am saying. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
«Høyr himmel, på meg, med eg talar, lyd du jord, på ordi frå min munn!
2 Let my doctrine accumulate like the rain. Let my eloquence form like the dew, like a mist upon the plants, and like water droplets upon the grass.
Som regnet rislar mitt kvæde, som doggi dryp mine ord, som skurer på grønan grode, som el på urter og gras;
3 For I will invoke the name of the Lord. Acknowledge the magnificence of our God!
For Herrens namn vil eg prisa; høgt love de Herren, vår Gud!
4 The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments. God is faithful and without any iniquity. He is just and upright.
Eit fjell er han, stød i si framferd; for rett fylgjer alle hans fet - ein trufast Gud og truverdig; rettferdig og rettvis er han.
5 They have sinned against him, and in their filth they are not his sons. They are a depraved and perverse generation.
Men borni hans dei var’kje hans born; dei synda imot ham stygt, seg sjølve til skam og vanæra, ei rang og svikefull ætt.
6 How can this be the return you would offer to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is he himself not your Father, who has possessed you, and made you, and created you?
Er det soleis de løner Herren, du dårlege, fåvise folk! Er’kje han din far og din fostrar? Han laga deg og gav deg liv.
7 Remember the days of antiquity. Consider each generation. Question your father, and he will declare it to you. Question your elders, and they will tell it to you.
Hugs etter ævordoms dagar, gransk åri, ætt etter ætt! Spør far din, han gjev deg fråsegn, dine gamle, av deim fær du grein.
8 When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the limits of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
Då den Høgste skifte ut heimen, og gav folki eiga og arv, då manneborni vart skilde og spreidde til kvar sin stad, då laga han landskili etter talet på Israels lyd;
9 But the Lord’s portion is his people: Jacob, the lot of his inheritance.
For Herrens folk er hans odel, Jakob er hans eiga og arv.
10 He discovered him in a desert land, in a place of horror and a vast wilderness. He led him around and taught him, and he guarded him like the pupil of his eye,
Han fann han på aude viddi, med det ylte i villande heid; han verna han, og han vakta han vart, som ein augnestein.
11 just as an eagle encourages its young to fly, and, flying above them, stretches out its wings, and takes them up, and carries them on its shoulders.
Som ørnen vekkjer sitt elde, og yver ungarne sviv, so breidd’ han ut flogfjørern’ sine, og bar han uppå sin veng.
12 The Lord alone was his leader, and there was no strange god with him.
Det var Herren eine som førd’ han; ingen framand gud fylgde med.
13 He stood him upon an exalted land, so that he might eat the fruits of the fields, so that he might eat honey from the rock, and oil from the hardest stone,
Då for du fram yver høgdern’, fekk eta av landsens avl; utor berget tappa du honning, og olje or hardaste stein;
14 butter from the herd, and milk from the sheep, with fat from the lambs, and with rams and goats from the sons of Bashan, with the kernel of the wheat, and so that he might drink the undiluted blood of the grape.
søtrjomen og sauemjølki saup du; lambe- og verefeitt, kjøt av uksar i Basan alne åt du og ungbukkekjøt, attåt feitaste kveitemergen, og druveblod drakk du, vin.
15 The beloved grew fat, and he kicked. Having grown fat and thick and wide, he abandoned God, his Maker, and he withdrew from God, his Savior.
Jesjurun vart feit, og slo bakut, feit vart han, foreten og stinn; han skaut ifrå seg sin skapar, mismætte sitt frelsande fjell.
16 They provoked him with strange gods, and they stirred him to anger by their abominations.
Dei arga han med avgudar, med ufryskje harma dei han.
17 They immolated to demons and not to God, to gods whom they did not know, who were new and recent arrivals, whom their fathers did not worship.
Dei blota til vonde vette, til gudar dei vankjende fyrr, nye og nyst uppkomne, som federne ikkje visst’ um.
18 You have forsaken the God who conceived you, and you have forgotten the Lord who created you.
Du ansa ikkje fjellet, ditt upphav, du gløymde din skapar og Gud.
19 The Lord saw, and he was stirred to anger. For his own sons and daughters provoked him.
Og Herren såg det, og støytte deim burt ifrå seg, sine born;
20 And he said: ‘I will hide my face from them, and I will consider their very end. For this is a perverse generation, and they are unfaithful sons.
og i sin harm sagde han dette: «Eg skal løyna mitt andlit for deim; eg undrast korleis det vil ganga, undrast kva ende dei fær; for dei er ei ætt av uvyrdor, born som ein aldri kann tru.
21 They have provoked me with that which was not God, and they have angered me with their emptiness. And so, I will provoke them with that which is not a people, and I will anger them with a foolish nation.
Dei arga meg upp med u-gudar, eggja meg med sine skrymt; eg skal eggja deim med eit u-folk, ei uvitug heidningeborg.
22 A fire has been kindled in my fury, and it will burn even to the deepest Hell, and it will devour the earth with its produce, and it will burn the foundations of the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
For ein eld er kveikt av min ande, og logar til djupt under jord; han øyder grunnen og grøda og fatar i fastaste fjell. (Sheol h7585)
23 I will heap evils upon them, and I will expend my arrows among them.
Eg skal sanka i hop ulukkor og sleppa nedyver deim; kvar ei pil eg hev i mi eiga skal eg skjota av imot deim.
24 They will be consumed by famine, and birds with a very bitter bite will devour them. I will send forth the teeth of wild beasts among them, along with the fury of creatures that scurry across the ground, and of serpents.
Når svolt og svidande sotter hev soge mergen or deim, sender eg mot deim udyrtonni og eitr av krjupande orm.
25 Outside, the sword will devastate them; and inside, there will be dread, as much for the young man as for the maiden, and as much for the newborn as for the old man.
Ute herjar den kalde odden, og inne rædsla og støkk, tyner sveinar og tynar møyar, sylvherde og sugarborn.
26 I said: Where are they? I will cause their memory to cease from among men.
Eg hadde vilja blåse deim burt, so ingen mintest deim meir,
27 But because of the wrath of the enemies, I have delayed it. Otherwise, perhaps their enemies would be arrogant and would say: “Our exalted hand, and not the Lord, has done all these things.”
ottast eg ikkje min eigen harm, når uvenern’ tydde det rangt, når valdsmennern’ sagde: «Stor er vår magt, dette er ikkje Herrens verk.»»
28 They are a nation without counsel and without prudence.
For dei er eit folk forutan visdom; dei vantar båd’ klokskap og vit.
29 I wish that they would be wise and understanding, and would provide for the very end.’
Var det vit i deim, vara dei seg; for då visste dei kvar det bar av.
30 How is it that one pursues a thousand, and two chases ten thousand? Is it not because their God has sold them, and because the Lord has enclosed them?
Koss kunde ein mann elta tusund, og tvo slå ti tusund på flog, hadd’ ikkje hjelpi gjenge frå deim og Herren gjeve deim upp?
31 For our God is not like their gods. And our enemies are judges.
For deira vern er’kje som vår vern; det vitnar fienden sjølv.
32 Their vines are of the vines of Sodom, but from the suburbs of Gomorrah. Their grapes are the grapes of gall, and their grape clusters are most bitter.
I Sodoma voks deira vintre, skaut upp av Gomorras grunn; druvorn’ dei ber, det er trollber, og beisk er kvar einaste krans;
33 Their wine is the gall of snakes, and it is the incurable venom of asps.
Vinen av deim er orme-eiter og øgjeleg drakefraud.
34 ‘Have not these things been stored up with me, and sealed up amid my treasures?
«Ligg’kje dette gøymt i mi stova, forsegla i mine skrin?
35 Vengeance is mine, and I will repay them in due time, so that their foot may slip and fall. The day of perdition is near, and the time rushes to appear.’
Eg råder for hemn og for attgjeld når foten deira skrid ut. Alt lid det mot undergangsdagen, og forloga deira kjem fort.»
36 The Lord will judge his people, and he will take pity on his servants. He will see that their hand has been weakened, and that those who have been enclosed have likewise failed, and that those who have been left behind have been consumed.
Sine tenarar tykkjer Gud synd um, og tek deira sak i si hand, når han ser det er ende på magti og ute med gamall og ung.
37 And he shall say: ‘Where are their gods, in whom they had confidence?
Han spør: «Kvar tru er deira gudar, den hjelpi dei trygde seg til,
38 They ate the fat of their victims, and they drank the wine of their libations. So let these rise up, and bring relief to you, and protect you in your distress.
som slauk deira slagtofferfeita, og saup deira drykkoffervin? - Bed dei reinsa seg og dykk berga, bed deim vera vervegg for dykk!
39 See that I am alone, and there is no other god beside me. I will kill, and I will cause to live. I will strike, and I will heal. And there is no one who is able to rescue from my hand.
Ser de no at eg er sjølv eine: Det er ingen Gud utan eg! Eg drep, og eg vekkjer til live, eg helseslær og eg gjer heil; og ingen i vide verdi kann fria dykk or mitt vald.
40 I will lift up my hand to heaven, and I will say: I live in eternity.
Sjå, eg lyfter handi mot himmelen: So visst eg hev ævelegt liv:
41 When I sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand takes hold of judgment, then I will render vengeance to my enemies, and I will repay those who hate me.
Hev eg slipa det ljonande sverdet, og stend med domen i hand, tek eg hemn yver deim som meg hatar, valdsmannen fær det han er verd.
42 I will inebriate my arrows with blood, and my sword will devour flesh: from the blood of the slain and from the captive, from the exposed head of the enemies.’
Med kjøt vert sverdet mitt metta, mine piler drukne av blod - blodet av falne og fangar, av fiendehovdingen sjølv.»
43 You nations, praise his people! For he will avenge the blood of his servants. And he will distribute vengeance to their enemies. And he will be merciful to the land of his people.”
Love hans tenarar, lydar! Hemna vil han deira blod; mot valdsmannen vender han våpni, og løyser sitt land og sin lyd.»
44 Therefore, Moses went and spoke all the words of this canticle to the ears of the people, both he and Joshua, the son of Nun.
Då Moses hadde kvede alle versi i denne songen for folket, han og Hosea Nunsson,
45 And he completed all these words, speaking to all of Israel.
og hadde tala alle desse ordi til heile Israel,
46 And he said to them: “Set your hearts upon all the words which I am testifying to you this day. So shall you command your sons, to keep, and to do, and to fulfill all the things that have been written in this law.
so sagde han til deim: «Agta no vel på alle dei ordi eg lysar for dykk i dag, so de kann læra borni dykkar å halda alle bodi i denne lovi og liva etter deim!
47 For these things have not been entrusted to you to no purpose, but so that each one would live by them, and so that, in doing these, you may continue for a long time in the land, which you will enter upon crossing the Jordan in order to possess it.”
For dette er ikkje noko tomt ord, som ikkje gjeld for dykk; livet dykkar ligg i dette ordet, og held de dykk etter det, so skal de få liva lenge i det landet de no fer yver til og skal leggja under dykk.»
48 And the Lord spoke to Moses on the same day, saying:
Denne same dagen tala Herren til Moses, og sagde:
49 “Ascend this mountain, Abarim, (that is, of crossings) onto Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and look upon the land of Canaan, which I will deliver to the sons of Israel to obtain it. And you shall die upon the mountain.
«Stig upp på Abarimfjellet her, på Nebotinden, som ligg i Moablandet, midt for Jeriko, so skal du få skoda Kana’ans-landet, som eg gjev Israels-borni til eigedom,
50 After climbing it, you will be joined to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor, and was placed with his people.
og der uppå fjellet skal du døy og fara til federne dine, soleis som Aron, døydde på Horfjellet og for til federne sine,
51 For you trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel, at the Waters of Contradiction, in Kadesh, in the desert of Sin. And you did not sanctify me among the sons of Israel.
for di de ikkje for ærleg fram mot meg millom Israels-sønerne ved Meribakjelda i Kades i Sinøydemarki, og ikkje synte Israels-sønerne allmagti mi.
52 You shall see the land opposite you, which I will give to the sons of Israel, but you shall not enter into it.”
Du skal få sjå landet framfyre deg, men inn skal du ikkje koma i det landet som eg vil gjeva Israels-sønerne.»
