Deuteronomy 31
1 When Moses/I finished saying all that to the Israeli people,
| فَذَهَبَ مُوسَى وَكَلَّمَ بِهَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ١ |
2 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].
| وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱبْنُ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً. لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْخُرُوجَ وَٱلدُّخُولَ بَعْدُ، وَٱلرَّبُّ قَدْ قَالَ لِي: لَا تَعْبُرُ هَذَا ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ. | ٢ |
3 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.
| ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ هُوَ عَابِرٌ قُدَّامَكَ. هُوَ يُبِيدُ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْأُمَمَ مِنْ قُدَّامِكَ فَتَرِثُهُمْ. يَشُوعُ عَابِرٌ قُدَّامَكَ، كَمَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ. | ٣ |
4 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].
| وَيَفْعَلُ ٱلرَّبُّ بِهِمْ كَمَا فَعَلَ بِسِيحُونَ وَعُوجَ مَلِكَيِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱللَّذَيْنِ أَهْلَكَهُمَا، وَبِأَرْضِهِمَا. | ٤ |
5 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.
| فَمَتَى دَفَعَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَمَامَكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ بِهِمْ حَسَبَ كُلِّ ٱلْوَصَايَا ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهَا. | ٥ |
6 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.”
| تَشَدَّدُوا وَتَشَجَّعُوا. لَا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَرْهَبُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ سَائِرٌ مَعَكَ. لَا يُهْمِلُكَ وَلَا يَتْرُكُكَ». | ٦ |
7 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.
| فَدَعَا مُوسَى يَشُوعَ، وَقَالَ لَهُ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِ جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «تَشَدَّدْ وَتَشَجَّعْ، لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَدْخُلُ مَعَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي أَقْسَمَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِآبَائِهِمْ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُمْ إِيَّاهَا، وَأَنْتَ تَقْسِمُهَا لَهُمْ. | ٧ |
8 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.”
| وَٱلرَّبُّ سَائِرٌ أَمَامَكَ. هُوَ يَكُونُ مَعَكَ. لَا يُهْمِلُكَ وَلَا يَتْرُكُكَ. لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَرْتَعِبْ». | ٨ |
9 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.
| وَكَتَبَ مُوسَى هَذِهِ ٱلتَّوْرَاةَ وَسَلَّمَهَا لِلْكَهَنَةِ بَنِي لَاوِي حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلِجَمِيعِ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٩ |
10 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.
| وَأَمَرَهُمْ مُوسَى قَائِلًا: «فِي نِهَايَةِ ٱلسَّبْعِ ٱلسِّنِينَ، فِي مِيعَادِ سَنَةِ ٱلْإِبْرَاءِ، فِي عِيدِ ٱلْمَظَالِّ، | ١٠ |
11 Read it to all the Israeli people when they gather at the place that Yahweh chooses for them to worship him.
| حِينَمَا يَجِيءُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِكَيْ يَظْهَرُوا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ، تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ ٱلتَّوْرَاةَ أَمَامَ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مَسَامِعِهِمْ. | ١١ |
12 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.
| اِجْمَعِ ٱلشَّعْبَ، ٱلرِّجَالَ وَٱلنِّسَاءَ وَٱلْأَطْفَالَ وَٱلْغَرِيبَ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَبْوَابِكَ، لِكَيْ يَسْمَعُوا وَيَتَعَلَّمُوا أَنْ يَتَّقُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَيَحْرِصُوا أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا بِجَمِيعِ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ ٱلتَّوْرَاةِ. | ١٢ |
13 [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.”
| وَأَوْلَادُهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا، يَسْمَعُونَ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ أَنْ يَتَّقُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي تَحْيَوْنَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتُمْ عَابِرُونَ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ إِلَيْهَا لِكَيْ تَمْتَلِكُوهَا». | ١٣ |
14 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.
| وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «هُوَذَا أَيَّامُكَ قَدْ قَرُبَتْ لِكَيْ تَمُوتَ. اُدْعُ يَشُوعَ، وَقِفَا فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ لِكَيْ أُوصِيَهُ». فَٱنْطَلَقَ مُوسَى وَيَشُوعُ وَوَقَفَا فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ، | ١٤ |
15 There Yahweh appeared to them/us in a pillar of cloud, and that cloud was close to the door of the tent.
| فَتَرَاءَى ٱلرَّبُّ فِي ٱلْخَيْمَةِ فِي عَمُودِ سَحَابٍ، وَوَقَفَ عَمُودُ ٱلسَّحَابِ عَلَى بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ. | ١٥ |
16 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.
| وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «هَا أَنْتَ تَرْقُدُ مَعَ آبَائِكَ، فَيَقُومُ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبُ وَيَفْجُرُ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةِ ٱلْأَجْنَبِيِّينَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي هُوَ دَاخِلٌ إِلَيْهَا فِي مَا بَيْنَهُمْ، وَيَتْرُكُنِي وَيَنْكُثُ عَهْدِي ٱلَّذِي قَطَعْتُهُ مَعَهُ. | ١٦ |
17 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.’
| فَيَشْتَعِلُ غَضَبِي عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَأَتْرُكُهُ وَأَحْجُبُ وَجْهِي عَنْهُ، فَيَكُونُ مَأْكُلَةً، وَتُصِيبُهُ شُرُورٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَشَدَائِدُ حَتَّى يَقُولَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ: أَمَا لِأَنَّ إِلَهِي لَيْسَ فِي وَسَطِي أَصَابَتْنِي هَذِهِ ٱلشُّرُورُ! | ١٧ |
18 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.
| وَأَنَا أَحْجُبُ وَجْهِي فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ لِأَجْلِ جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَهُ، إِذِ ٱلْتَفَتَ إِلَى آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى. | ١٨ |
19 “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.
| فَٱلْآنَ ٱكْتُبُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ هَذَا ٱلنَّشِيدَ، وَعَلِّمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِيَّاهُ. ضَعْهُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ لِكَيْ يَكُونَ لِي هَذَا ٱلنَّشِيدُ شَاهِدًا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٩ |
20 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.
| لِأَنِّي أُدْخِلُهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي أَقْسَمْتُ لِآبَائِهِمِ، ٱلْفَائِضَةَ لَبَنًا وَعَسَلًا، فَيَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْبَعُونَ وَيَسْمَنُونَ، ثُمَّ يَلْتَفِتُونَ إِلَى آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَيَعْبُدُونَهَا وَيَزْدَرُونَ بِي وَيَنْكُثُونَ عَهْدِي. | ٢٠ |
21 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].”
| فَمَتَى أَصَابَتْهُ شُرُورٌ كَثِيرَةٌ وَشَدَائِدُ، يُجَاوِبُ هَذَا ٱلنَّشِيدُ أَمَامَهُ شَاهِدًا، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُنْسَى مِنْ أَفْوَاهِ نَسْلِهِ. إِنِّي عَرَفْتُ فِكْرَهُ ٱلَّذِي يَفْكِرُ بِهِ ٱلْيَوْمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُدْخِلَهُ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمَا أَقْسَمْتُ». | ٢١ |
22 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.
| فَكَتَبَ مُوسَى هَذَا ٱلنَّشِيدَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ وَعَلَّمَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِيَّاهُ. | ٢٢ |
23 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.”
| وَأَوْصَى يَشُوعَ بْنَ نُونَ وَقَالَ: «تَشَدَّدْ وَتَشَجَّعْ، لِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَدْخُلُ بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي أَقْسَمْتُ لَهُمْ عَنْهَا، وَأَنَا أَكُونُ مَعَكَ». | ٢٣ |
24 Then Moses/I finished writing on a scroll all the laws that Yahweh had told to him/me.
| فَعِنْدَمَا كَمَّلَ مُوسَى كِتَابَةَ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ ٱلتَّوْرَاةِ فِي كِتَابٍ إِلَى تَمَامِهَا، | ٢٤ |
25 Then Moses/I told the descendants of Levi, who were carrying the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments,
| أَمَرَ مُوسَى ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ حَامِلِي تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ قَائِلًا: | ٢٥ |
26 “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].
| «خُذُوا كِتَابَ ٱلتَّوْرَاةِ هَذَا وَضَعُوهُ بِجَانِبِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، لِيَكُونَ هُنَاكَ شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ. | ٢٦ |
27 [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!
| لِأَنِّي أَنَا عَارِفٌ تَمَرُّدَكُمْ وَرِقَابَكُمُ ٱلصُّلْبَةَ. هُوَذَا وَأَنَا بَعْدُ حَيٌّ مَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ، قَدْ صِرْتُمْ تُقَاوِمُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ، فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ بَعْدَ مَوْتِي! | ٢٧ |
28 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.
| اِجْمَعُوا إِلَيَّ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ وَعُرَفَاءَكُمْ لِأَنْطِقَ فِي مَسَامِعِهِمْ بِهَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ، وَأُشْهِدَ عَلَيْهِمِ ٱلسَّمَاءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ. | ٢٨ |
29 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.”
| لِأَنِّي عَارِفٌ أَنَّكُمْ بَعْدَ مَوْتِي تَفْسِدُونَ وَتَزِيغُونَ عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ ٱلَّذِي أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهِ، وَيُصِيبُكُمُ ٱلشَّرُّ فِي آخِرِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِأَنَّكُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ حَتَّى تُغِيظُوهُ بِأَعْمَالِ أَيْدِيكُمْ». | ٢٩ |
30 Then, while all the Israeli people listened, Moses/I sang/recited this entire song to them:
| فَنَطَقَ مُوسَى فِي مَسَامِعِ كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِكَلِمَاتِ هَذَا ٱلنَّشِيدِ إِلَى تَمَامِهِ: | ٣٠ |
