Deuteronomy 31

1 and to go: continue Moses and to speak: speak [obj] [the] word [the] these to(wards) all Israel

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

2 and to say to(wards) them son: aged hundred and twenty year I [the] day not be able still to/for to come out: come and to/for to come (in): come and LORD to say to(wards) me not to pass [obj] [the] Jordan [the] this

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 LORD God your he/she/it to pass to/for face: before your he/she/it to destroy [obj] [the] nation [the] these from to/for face: before your and to possess: take them Joshua he/she/it to pass to/for face: before your like/as as which to speak: speak LORD

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 and to make: do LORD to/for them like/as as which to make: do to/for Sihon and to/for Og king [the] Amorite and to/for land: country/planet their which to destroy [obj] them

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 and to give: give them LORD to/for face: before your and to make: do to/for them like/as all [the] commandment which to command [obj] you

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 to strengthen: strengthen and to strengthen not to fear and not to tremble from face of their for LORD God your he/she/it [the] to go: went with you not to slacken you and not to leave: forsake you

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 and to call: call to Moses to/for Joshua and to say to(wards) him to/for eye: seeing all Israel to strengthen: strengthen and to strengthen for you(m. s.) to come (in): come with [the] people [the] this to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to swear LORD to/for father their to/for to give: give to/for them and you(m. s.) to inherit her [obj] them

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 and LORD he/she/it [the] to go: went to/for face: before your he/she/it to be with you not to slacken you and not to leave: forsake you not to fear and not to to be dismayed

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 and to write Moses [obj] [the] instruction [the] this and to give: give her to(wards) [the] priest son: child Levi [the] to lift: bear [obj] ark covenant LORD and to(wards) all old: elder 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 and to command Moses [obj] them to/for to say from end seven year in/on/with meeting: time appointed year [the] remission in/on/with feast [the] booth

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 in/on/with to come (in): come all Israel to/for to see: see with face: before LORD God your in/on/with place which to choose to call: read out [obj] [the] instruction [the] this before all Israel in/on/with ear: hearing their

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

12 to gather [obj] [the] people [the] human and [the] woman and [the] child and sojourner your which in/on/with gate your because to hear: hear and because to learn: learn and to fear: revere [obj] LORD God your and to keep: careful to/for to make: do [obj] all word [the] instruction [the] this

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 and son: child their which not to know to hear: hear and to learn: learn to/for to fear: revere [obj] LORD God your all [the] day: always which you(m. p.) alive upon [the] land: soil which you(m. p.) to pass [obj] [the] Jordan there [to] to/for to possess: take her

[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 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses look! to present: come day your to/for to die to call: call to [obj] Joshua and to stand in/on/with tent meeting and to command him and to go: went Moses and Joshua and to stand in/on/with tent meeting

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 and to see: see LORD in/on/with tent in/on/with pillar cloud and to stand: stand pillar [the] cloud upon entrance [the] tent

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

16 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses behold you to lie down: lay down with father your and to arise: rise [the] people [the] this and to fornicate after God foreign [the] land: country/planet which he/she/it to come (in): come there [to] in/on/with entrails: among his and to leave: forsake me and to break [obj] covenant my which to cut: make(covenant) with him

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 and to be incensed face: anger my in/on/with him in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to leave: forsake them and to hide face my from them and to be to/for to eat and to find him distress: evil many and distress and to say in/on/with day [the] he/she/it not upon for nothing God my in/on/with entrails: among my to find me [the] distress: evil [the] these

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 and I to hide to hide face my in/on/with day [the] he/she/it upon all [the] distress: evil which to make: do for to turn to(wards) God another

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 and now to write to/for you [obj] [the] song [the] this and to learn: teach her [obj] son: descendant/people Israel to set: put her in/on/with lip their because to be to/for me [the] song [the] this to/for witness in/on/with son: descendant/people 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 for to come (in): bring him to(wards) [the] land: soil which to swear to/for father his to flow: flowing milk and honey and to eat and to satisfy and to prosper and to turn to(wards) God another and to serve: minister them and to spurn me and to break [obj] covenant my

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 and to be for to find [obj] him distress: evil many and distress and to answer [the] song [the] this to/for face: before his to/for witness for not to forget from lip seed: children his for to know [obj] intention his which he/she/it to make: do [the] day in/on/with before to come (in): bring him to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to swear

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 and to write Moses [obj] [the] song [the] this in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to learn: teach her [obj] son: descendant/people 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 and to command [obj] Joshua son: child Nun and to say to strengthen: strengthen and to strengthen for you(m. s.) to come (in): bring [obj] son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to swear to/for them and I to be with you

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 and to be like/as to end: finish Moses to/for to write [obj] word [the] instruction [the] this upon scroll: book till to finish they

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

25 and to command Moses [obj] [the] Levi to lift: bear ark covenant LORD to/for to say

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

26 to take: take [obj] scroll: book [the] instruction [the] this and to set: put [obj] him from side ark covenant LORD God your and to be there in/on/with you to/for witness

“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 for I to know [obj] rebellion your and [obj] neck your [the] severe look! in/on/with still I alive with you [the] day to rebel to be with LORD and also for after death my

[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 to gather to(wards) me [obj] all old: elder tribe your and official your and to speak: speak in/on/with ear: to ears their [obj] [the] word [the] these and to testify in/on/with them [obj] [the] heaven and [obj] [the] land: country/planet

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 for to know after death my for to ruin to ruin [emph?] and to turn aside: turn aside from [the] way: conduct which to command [obj] you and to encounter: chanced [obj] you [the] distress: evil in/on/with end [the] day for to make: do [obj] [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD to/for to provoke him in/on/with deed: work hand your

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 and to speak: speak Moses in/on/with ear: to ears all assembly Israel [obj] word [the] song [the] this till to finish they

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