Deuteronomy 32
1 Heaven, listen as I speak; Earth, hear what I'm saying.
«Høyr himmel, på meg, med eg talar, lyd du jord, på ordi frå min munn!
2 May my teaching fall gently like the rain; may my words drop lightly like the dew, like soft rain on new grass, like spring showers on growing plants.
Som regnet rislar mitt kvæde, som doggi dryp mine ord, som skurer på grønan grode, som el på urter og gras;
3 I will praise the Lord's character. Tell everyone how great he is!
For Herrens namn vil eg prisa; høgt love de Herren, vår Gud!
4 He is the Rock. Everything he does is perfect, for all his ways are right. He is the trustworthy God who is never unjust; he is fair and honest.
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 His children have acted immorally towards him; so they are no longer his children because of their sinful stains. They are a perverse and corrupt people.
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 Is this any way to repay the Lord, you foolish, stupid people? Isn't he your Father who created you? Isn't he the one who turned you into a nation and made you strong?
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 olden days; think about times long ago. God and ask your father, and he will explain them to you. Talk to your elders, and they will let you know.
Hugs etter ævordoms dagar, gransk åri, ætt etter ætt! Spør far din, han gjev deg fråsegn, dine gamle, av deim fær du grein.
8 The Most High gave the nations their lands when he divided the human race; he fixed their borders depending on their gods.
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 people are his, Israel is his chosen one.
For Herrens folk er hans odel, Jakob er hans eiga og arv.
10 He found you in a desert land, in a desolate wasteland of whirlwinds. He protected you; he cared for you; he looked after you as the one he loved the most.
Han fann han på aude viddi, med det ylte i villande heid; han verna han, og han vakta han vart, som ein augnestein.
11 Like an eagle watching over its nest, hovering over its chicks, he spread his wings and picked you up and carried you along.
Som ørnen vekkjer sitt elde, og yver ungarne sviv, so breidd’ han ut flogfjørern’ sine, og bar han uppå sin veng.
12 The Lord was the only one who led you; no foreign god was with him.
Det var Herren eine som førd’ han; ingen framand gud fylgde med.
13 The Lord gave you the high country to rule, and fed you with the crops of the field to eat. He sustained you with honey from the rock and olive oil from the flinty crag,
Då for du fram yver høgdern’, fekk eta av landsens avl; utor berget tappa du honning, og olje or hardaste stein;
14 with yogurt from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, along with the best wheat. You drank the wine made from the best grapes.
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 But Israel, you grew fat and rebelled—fat, overweight, and bloated with food. You abandoned the God who made you and despised the Rock of your salvation.
Jesjurun vart feit, og slo bakut, feit vart han, foreten og stinn; han skaut ifrå seg sin skapar, mismætte sitt frelsande fjell.
16 You made the Lord jealous by worshiping foreign gods; you made him angry with such disgusting practices.
Dei arga han med avgudar, med ufryskje harma dei han.
17 You offered sacrifices to demons instead of God, to gods you didn't know anything about, to brand-new gods that your forefathers didn't worship.
Dei blota til vonde vette, til gudar dei vankjende fyrr, nye og nyst uppkomne, som federne ikkje visst’ um.
18 You dismissed the Rock who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave birth to you.
Du ansa ikkje fjellet, ditt upphav, du gløymde din skapar og Gud.
19 The Lord rejected them when he saw this; his sons and daughters made him angry.
Og Herren såg det, og støytte deim burt ifrå seg, sine born;
20 He said: “I will turn away from them. Then I'll see what happens to them! They are a perverse people, unfaithful children.
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 made me jealous by worshiping things that are not God; they have made me angry with their useless idols. So I will make them jealous using a people that aren't really a nation; I will make them angry using ignorant foreigners.
Dei arga meg upp med u-gudar, eggja meg med sine skrymt; eg skal eggja deim med eit u-folk, ei uvitug heidningeborg.
22 My anger has been set on fire, burning down to the depths of the grave, destroying the earth and all it produces, even setting fire to 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 pile disasters on them; I will use up my arrows shooting at 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 waste away from hunger, destroyed by disease and poisonous plague. I will send wild animals to bite them with their teeth, the fangs of snakes that slide along the ground.
Når svolt og svidande sotter hev soge mergen or deim, sender eg mot deim udyrtonni og eitr av krjupande orm.
25 Outside in the streets the sword kills their children, inside their homes, they die from fright; young men and young women, children and old people.
Ute herjar den kalde odden, og inne rædsla og støkk, tyner sveinar og tynar møyar, sylvherde og sugarborn.
26 I would have told them I was going to cut them to pieces and wipe out even the memory of them;
Eg hadde vilja blåse deim burt, so ingen mintest deim meir,
27 but I didn't want to hear their conquerors jeering, their enemies misunderstanding what had happened and saying, ‘We won all by ourselves, the Lord didn't have anything to do with it.’
ottast eg ikkje min eigen harm, når uvenern’ tydde det rangt, når valdsmennern’ sagde: «Stor er vår magt, dette er ikkje Herrens verk.»»
28 Israel is a nation that doesn't think straight; none of them understand anything.
For dei er eit folk forutan visdom; dei vantar båd’ klokskap og vit.
29 How I wish they were wise, so they could understand it; they would recognize what was going to happen to them.
Var det vit i deim, vara dei seg; for då visste dei kvar det bar av.
30 How on earth could one man chase after a thousand, or two make ten thousand run away, unless their Rock of protection had sold them, unless the Lord had surrendered 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 The rock they rely on is not like our Rock, as even our enemies admit.
For deira vern er’kje som vår vern; det vitnar fienden sjølv.
32 But their vine comes from the vine of Sodom, from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; they are bitter bunches.
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 poison of serpents, deadly snake venom.
Vinen av deim er orme-eiter og øgjeleg drakefraud.
34 I've stored this all up; it's sealed in my vaults.
«Ligg’kje dette gøymt i mi stova, forsegla i mine skrin?
35 I make sure justice is done, I will repay. The time is coming when they will fall, their day of disaster is approaching, their doom will soon arrive.”
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 is going to vindicate his people; he will be merciful to his servants when he sees that they have no strength left, and that everyone is gone, whether slave or free.
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 He'll ask, “What happened to your gods, the rock where your went for protection?
Han spør: «Kvar tru er deira gudar, den hjelpi dei trygde seg til,
38 Who ate the fat of your sacrifices and drank the wine of your drink offerings? Have them come and help you; have them come and protect you!
som slauk deira slagtofferfeita, og saup deira drykkoffervin? - Bed dei reinsa seg og dykk berga, bed deim vera vervegg for dykk!
39 Listen! I am the only God! There is no other God except me! I bring death, and I give life; I wound, and I heal. No one can be rescued from my power.
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 hold up my hand to heaven and solemnly declare on my eternal life,
Sjå, eg lyfter handi mot himmelen: So visst eg hev ævelegt liv:
41 when I sharpen my shining sword and pick it up to execute judgment, I will repay my enemies and punish those who hate me as they deserve.
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 My arrows will become drunk with blood, as my sword eats flesh; the blood of those who are killed and captured, the heads of the enemy's leaders.”
Med kjøt vert sverdet mitt metta, mine piler drukne av blod - blodet av falne og fangar, av fiendehovdingen sjølv.»
43 Celebrate with him! Let all God's angels worship him! Celebrate, foreigners, with his people; because he will pay back those who killed his children. He will punish his enemies, and repay those who hate him; he will purify his land and his people.
Love hans tenarar, lydar! Hemna vil han deira blod; mot valdsmannen vender han våpni, og løyser sitt land og sin lyd.»
44 Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song for the people to hear.
Då Moses hadde kvede alle versi i denne songen for folket, han og Hosea Nunsson,
45 After Moses finished reciting the whole song to all the Israelites,
og hadde tala alle desse ordi til heile Israel,
46 he told them, “Think about all these words I've declared to you today, so you can order your children to follow carefully everything 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 Don't treat these words as trivial because they are your life, and by them you will have long lives in the country that you will own after crossing the Jordan.”
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 That same day the Lord told Moses,
Denne same dagen tala Herren til Moses, og sagde:
49 “Climb up into the Abarim mountains to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and look over the country of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites for them to own.
«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 There on the mountain you've climbed, you will die and join your people in death, in the same way your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and joined 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 there at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Desert of Zin, you both were unfaithful to me. You misrepresented me to the Israelites when you didn't treat me as holy in their presence.
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 Though you will see the country that I am giving the Israelites from a distance, you won't enter it.”
Du skal få sjå landet framfyre deg, men inn skal du ikkje koma i det landet som eg vil gjeva Israels-sønerne.»
