Deuteronomy 32
1 to listen [the] heaven and to speak: speak and to hear: hear [the] land: country/planet word lip my
“Listen to me, [all you who are in the] heavens, and [all you who are on the] earth, listen to what I say [MTY].
2 to drop like/as rain teaching my to flow like/as dew word my like/as rain upon grass and like/as shower upon vegetation
I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
3 for name LORD to call: call out to give greatness to/for God our
I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
4 [the] rock unblemished work his for all way: conduct his justice God faithfulness and nothing injustice righteous and upright he/she/it
He is like a rock [MET] [under which we are protected]; [everything] that he does is perfect and completely just/fair [DOU]. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong.
5 to ruin to/for him not son: child his blemish their generation twisted and twisted
“But [you Israeli people] have been very unfaithful to him; because of your sins, you no longer [deserve to] be his children. You are extremely wicked and deceitful [DOU].
6 to/for LORD to wean this people foolish and not wise not he/she/it father your to buy you he/she/it to make you and to establish: make you
You foolish and senseless [DOU] people, (is this the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you]?/this is certainly not the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you].) [RHQ] He is your father; he created you [RHQ]; he caused you to become a nation.
7 to remember day forever: antiquity to understand year generation and generation to ask father your and to tell you old: elder your and to say to/for you
“Think about [what happened] long ago; consider what happened to your ancestors. Ask your parents, and they will inform you; ask the older people, and they will tell you.
8 in/on/with to inherit Most High nation in/on/with to separate he son: descendant/people man to stand border people to/for number son: child Israel
When God, who is greater than any other god, long ago divided the people into groups, he assigned to the nations their land. He determined where each people-group should live and (assigned to/chose for) each people-group a god/angel.
9 for portion LORD people his Jacob cord inheritance his
But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
10 to find him in/on/with land: country/planet wilderness and in/on/with formlessness howling wilderness to turn: surround him to understand him to watch him like/as pupil eye his
“He saw [our ancestors] when they were in a desert, wandering in a land (that was desolate/where no people lived). He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. [SIM, IDM]
11 like/as eagle to rouse nest his upon young bird his to hover to spread wing his to take: take him to lift: bear him upon pinion his
[Yahweh protected his people] just like an eagle encourages its babies [to fly] and flutters over them [MET], spreading its wings and catching them [if they start to fall].
12 LORD isolation to lead him and nothing with him god foreign
Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
13 to ride him upon (high place *Q(k)*) land: country/planet and to eat fruit field and to suckle him honey from crag and oil from flint rock
“[After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them], Yahweh enabled them to rule the hilly areas; they ate the crops that grew in the fields. They found honey in the rocks, and their olive trees [MTY] grew [even] in stony ground.
14 curd cattle and milk flock with fat ram and ram son: young animal Bashan and goat with fat kidney wheat and blood grape to drink wine
The cows gave them plenty of curds/yogurt, the goats gave them plenty of milk, they had well-fed sheep and cattle, they had very good wheat, and they made delicious wine from their grapes.
15 and to grow fat Jeshurun and to kick to grow fat to thicken be sated and to leave god to make him and be senseless rock salvation his
“The Israeli people became rich and prosperous, but then they rebelled against God; they abandoned him, the one who created them, the one who powerfully saves them.
16 be jealous him in/on/with be a stranger in/on/with abomination to provoke him
So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
17 to sacrifice to/for demon not god God not to know them new from near to come (in): come not to know them father your
They offered sacrifices to gods who were [really] demons, gods that their ancestors had never known; they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about, gods whom your ancestors had never revered.
18 rock to beget you to forget and to forget God to twist: give birth you
They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
19 and to see: see LORD and to spurn from vexation son: child his and daughter his
“When Yahweh saw that [they had abandoned him], he became angry, so he rejected [the Israeli people, who are like] his sons and daughters.
20 and to say to hide face my from them to see: see what? end their for generation perversity they(masc.) son: child not faithful in/on/with them
He said, ‘They are very wicked/stubborn people, very unfaithful; so I will no longer help them, and then I will watch and see what happens to them.
21 they(masc.) be jealous me in/on/with not god to provoke me in/on/with vanity their and I be jealous them in/on/with not people in/on/with nation foolish to provoke them
They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be [jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me]. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send [to attack them an army of] a nation of worthless and foolish people.
22 for fire to kindle in/on/with face: anger my and to burn till hell: Sheol lower and to eat land: country/planet and crops her and to kindle foundation mountain: mount (Sheol h7585)
I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
23 to snatch upon them distress: harm arrow my to end: expend in/on/with them
I will cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows at them.
24 empty famine and to feed on flash and destruction bitter and tooth animal to send: depart in/on/with them with rage to crawl dust
They will die because of being hungry and because of having hot fevers and because of terrible diseases; I will send wild animals to attack [MTY] them, and poisonous snakes to bite [MTY] them.
25 from outside be bereaved sword and from chamber terror also youth also virgin to suckle with man greyheaded
Outside [their houses, their enemies] will kill them [MTY] with swords, and in their homes, [their enemies will cause] them to be terrified. Their enemies will kill young men and young women, and they will kill infants and old people with gray hair.
26 to say to cleave them to cease from human memorial their
I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
27 unless vexation enemy to dread lest to alienate enemy their lest to say hand: power our to exalt and not LORD to work all this
But [if I did that], their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had [gotten rid of my people]; they would say, “We [SYN] are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’
28 for nation to perish counsel they(masc.) and nothing in/on/with them understanding
You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
29 if be wise be prudent this to understand to/for end their
If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
30 how? to pursue one thousand and two to flee myriad if: until not for rock their to sell them and LORD to shut them
[You would have realized] why 1,000 [of your soldiers] would be defeated by only one [of the enemy soldiers], and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 [Israeli soldiers]. [You would realize that this would happen] only if God, the one who always defended you [MET], had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you.
31 for not like/as rock our rock their and enemy our judge
Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
32 for from vine Sodom vine their and from field Gomorrah grape their grape poison cluster gall to/for them
Your enemies are like [MET] grapevines planted near [the ruins of] Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous;
33 rage serpent: snake wine their and poison cobra cruel
the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
34 not he/she/it to store up with me to seal in/on/with treasure my
[“Yahweh says], ‘I know [RHQ] [what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies], and those plans are so secure [that it as though he locked them up] [MET].
35 to/for me vengeance and recompense to/for time to shake foot their for near day calamity their and to hasten ready to/for them
I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done [to my people], at the right time for them to be punished [IDM]; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’
36 for to judge LORD people his and upon servant/slave his to be sorry: comfort for to see: see for be gone hand: power and end to restrain and to leave: release
“But Yahweh will see that you who are truly his people, who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and he will be merciful to you. And he will see that you are helpless, and that there are very few of you, slaves or free people, who are still alive.
37 and to say where? God their rock to seek refuge in/on/with him
Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
38 which fat sacrifice their to eat to drink wine libation their to arise: rise and to help you to be upon you shelter
You gave to those gods the best parts of the animals that you sacrificed, and you poured out wine for them to drink. So, they should begin to help you; they should be the ones who will protect you!
39 to see: see now for I I he/she/it and nothing God with me I to die and to live to wound and I to heal and nothing from hand: power my to rescue
“But now you will realize that I, only I, am God; there is no other god who is [a real] god. I am the one who can kill people and who can cause people to live; I can wound people, and I can heal people, and there is no one who can prevent me from doing those things.
40 for to lift: vow to(wards) heaven hand: vow my and to say alive I to/for forever: enduring
I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
41 if to sharpen lightning sword my and to grasp in/on/with justice: judgement hand my to return: pay vengeance to/for enemy my and to/for to hate me to complete
that when I sharpen my sword, as I [SYN] prepare to punish people, I will get revenge on my enemies; I will pay back those who hate me.
42 be drunk arrow my from blood and sword my to eat flesh from blood slain: killed and captive from head leader enemy
I will kill all [of my enemies] with a sword; it will be as though I had arrows that will be covered with their blood. I will kill [MTY] all those whom I capture and cut off their leaders’ heads.’
43 to sing nation people his for blood servant/slave his to avenge and vengeance to return: pay to/for enemy his and to atone land: soil his people his
“You people of all nations, you as well as his people should praise Yahweh, because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him; and he cleanses his people’s land which has become defiled because of their sins.”
44 and to come (in): come Moses and to speak: promise [obj] all word [the] song [the] this in/on/with ear: hearing [the] people he/she/it and Hoshea son: child Nun
Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
45 and to end: finish Moses to/for to speak: speak [obj] all [the] word [the] these to(wards) all Israel
When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
46 and to say to(wards) them to set: consider heart your to/for all [the] word which I to testify in/on/with you [the] day which to command them [obj] son: child your to/for to keep: careful to/for to make: do [obj] all word [the] instruction [the] this
Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.
47 for not word worthless he/she/it from you for he/she/it life your and in/on/with word [the] this to prolong day upon [the] land: soil which you(m. p.) to pass [obj] [the] Jordan there [to] to/for to possess: take her
These instructions are very important [LIT]. If [you obey] them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
48 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses in/on/with bone: same [the] day [the] this to/for to say
On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
49 to ascend: rise to(wards) mountain: mount [the] Abarim [the] this mountain: mount (Mount) Nebo which in/on/with land: country/planet Moab which upon face: before Jericho and to see: see [obj] land: country/planet Canaan which I to give: give to/for son: descendant/people Israel to/for possession
“Go to the Abarim Mountain range [here] in the Moab region, across from Jericho. Climb Nebo Mountain, and look [toward the west] to see Canaan land, the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people.
50 and to die in/on/with mountain: mount which you(m. s.) to ascend: rise there [to] and to gather to(wards) kinsman your like/as as which to die Aaron brother: compatriot your in/on/with (Mount) Hor [the] mountain: mount and to gather to(wards) kinsman his
You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
51 upon which be unfaithful in/on/with me in/on/with midst son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with water Meribah (Meribath)-kadesh wilderness Zin upon which not to consecrate: consecate [obj] me in/on/with midst son: descendant/people Israel
You will die because both of you disobeyed me in the presence of the Israeli people, when you all were at Meribah Springs near Kadesh [town] in the Zin Desert. You did not honor and respect me in the presence of the Israeli people in the way that I deserve because I am God.
52 for from before to see: see [obj] [the] land: country/planet and there [to] not to come (in): come to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which I to give: give to/for son: descendant/people Israel
[When you are on that mountain where I told you to go], you will see in the distance in front of you the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people, but you will not enter it.”
