Deuteronomy 31
1 When Moses/I finished saying all that to the Israeli people,
Moisés fue y dijo estas palabras a todo Israel.
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].
Les dijo: “Hoy tengo ciento veinte años. Ya no puedo salir ni entrar. Yahvé me ha dicho: ‘No pasarás este Jordán’.
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.
El propio Señor, tu Dios, pasará delante de ti. Destruirá a estas naciones delante de ti, y tú las desposeerás. Josué pasará delante de ti, como ha dicho el Señor.
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].
El Señor hará con ellos lo que hizo con Sijón y con Og, los reyes de los amorreos, y con su tierra, cuando los destruyó.
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.
El Señor los entregará delante de ti, y tú harás con ellos todo lo que te he mandado.
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.”
Sé fuerte y valiente. No les tengas miedo ni temor, porque el mismo Yahvé, tu Dios, es quien va contigo. Él no te fallará ni te abandonará”.
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.
Moisés llamó a Josué y le dijo a la vista de todo Israel: “Esfuérzate y sé valiente, porque irás con este pueblo a la tierra que Yahvé ha jurado a sus padres que les daría, y la harás heredar.
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.”
El mismo Yahvé es quien va delante de ustedes. Él estará con ustedes. No te fallará ni te abandonará. No tengas miedo. No te desanimes”.
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.
Moisés escribió esta ley y la entregó a los sacerdotes hijos de Leví, que llevaban el arca de la alianza de Yahvé, y a todos los ancianos de Israel.
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.
Moisés les ordenó diciendo: “Al final de cada siete años, en el tiempo establecido del año de la liberación, en la fiesta de las cabañas,
11 Read it to all the Israeli people when they gather at the place that Yahweh chooses for them to worship him.
cuando todo Israel haya venido a presentarse ante Yahvé vuestro Dios en el lugar que él elija, leerás esta ley ante todo Israel en su audiencia.
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.
Reúne al pueblo, a los hombres, a las mujeres y a los niños, y a los extranjeros que estén dentro de tus puertas, para que oigan, aprendan, teman a Yahvé vuestro Dios y observen para cumplir todas las palabras de esta ley,
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.”
y para que sus hijos, que no han sabido, oigan y aprendan a temer a Yahvé vuestro Dios, mientras vivas en la tierra donde pasas el Jordán para poseerla.”
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.
Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “He aquí que se acercan tus días en que debes morir. Llama a Josué y preséntense en la Tienda del Encuentro, para que yo lo comisione”. Moisés y Josué fueron y se presentaron en la Tienda del Encuentro.
15 There Yahweh appeared to them/us in a pillar of cloud, and that cloud was close to the door of the tent.
Yahvé apareció en la Tienda en una columna de nube, y la columna de nube se puso sobre la puerta de la Tienda.
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.
Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “He aquí que tú dormirás con tus padres. Este pueblo se levantará y se prostituirá en pos de los dioses extraños de la tierra a la que va para estar en medio de ellos, y me abandonará y romperá mi pacto que he hecho con ellos.
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.’
Entonces mi ira se encenderá contra ellos en aquel día, y los abandonaré, y esconderé mi rostro de ellos, y serán devorados, y les sobrevendrán muchos males y angustias; de modo que dirán en aquel día: “¿No nos han sobrevenido estos males porque nuestro Dios no está en medio de nosotros?”
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.
Ciertamente esconderé mi rostro en aquel día por todo el mal que han hecho, por haberse convertido a otros dioses.
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.
“Ahora, pues, escribid este cántico para vosotros y enseñadlo a los hijos de Israel. Ponedlo en sus bocas, para que este cántico sea testigo a mi favor contra los hijos de Israel.
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.
Porque cuando los haya introducido en la tierra que juré a sus padres, que fluye leche y miel, y hayan comido y se hayan saciado y engordado, entonces se volverán a otros dioses y los servirán, y me despreciarán y romperán mi pacto.
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].”
Sucederá que, cuando les hayan sobrevenido muchos males y angustias, este cántico dará testimonio ante ellos, pues no se olvidará de la boca de sus descendientes; porque yo conozco sus caminos y lo que hacen hoy, antes de introducirlos en la tierra que les prometí.”
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.
Ese mismo día Moisés escribió este cántico y lo enseñó a los hijos de Israel.
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.”
Mandó a Josué, hijo de Nun, y le dijo: “Sé fuerte y valiente, porque llevarás a los hijos de Israel a la tierra que les juré. Yo estaré contigo”.
24 Then Moses/I finished writing on a scroll all the laws that Yahweh had told to him/me.
Cuando Moisés terminó de escribir las palabras de esta ley en un libro, hasta terminarlas,
25 Then Moses/I told the descendants of Levi, who were carrying the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments,
Moisés ordenó a los levitas que llevaban el arca de la alianza de Yahvé, diciendo:
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].
“Tomen este libro de la ley y pónganlo al lado del arca de la alianza de Yahvé su Dios, para que esté allí como testigo contra ustedes.
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!
Porque yo conozco tu rebeldía y tu rigidez de cerviz. He aquí que, mientras yo vivo con vosotros, os habéis rebelado contra Yahvé. ¿Cuánto más después de mi muerte?
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.
Reúnanme a todos los ancianos de sus tribus y a sus oficiales, para que les diga estas palabras en sus oídos, y llame al cielo y a la tierra como testigos contra ellos.
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.”
Porque sé que después de mi muerte os corromperéis por completo y os apartaréis del camino que os he mandado; y os sucederá el mal en los últimos días, porque haréis lo que es malo a los ojos de Yahvé, para provocarlo a la ira con la obra de vuestras manos.”
30 Then, while all the Israeli people listened, Moses/I sang/recited this entire song to them:
Moisés pronunció en los oídos de toda la asamblea de Israel las palabras de este cántico, hasta que las terminó.
