Deuteronomy 32
1 “Listen to me, [all you who are in the] heavens, and [all you who are on the] earth, listen to what I say [MTY].
«Høyr himmel, på meg, med eg talar, lyd du jord, på ordi frå min munn!
2 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.
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 Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
For Herrens namn vil eg prisa; høgt love de Herren, vår Gud!
4 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.
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 “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].
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 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.
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 “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.
Hugs etter ævordoms dagar, gransk åri, ætt etter ætt! Spør far din, han gjev deg fråsegn, dine gamle, av deim fær du grein.
8 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.
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 Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
For Herrens folk er hans odel, Jakob er hans eiga og arv.
10 “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]
Han fann han på aude viddi, med det ylte i villande heid; han verna han, og han vakta han vart, som ein augnestein.
11 [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].
Som ørnen vekkjer sitt elde, og yver ungarne sviv, so breidd’ han ut flogfjørern’ sine, og bar han uppå sin veng.
12 Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
Det var Herren eine som førd’ han; ingen framand gud fylgde med.
13 “[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.
Då for du fram yver høgdern’, fekk eta av landsens avl; utor berget tappa du honning, og olje or hardaste stein;
14 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.
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 “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.
Jesjurun vart feit, og slo bakut, feit vart han, foreten og stinn; han skaut ifrå seg sin skapar, mismætte sitt frelsande fjell.
16 So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
Dei arga han med avgudar, med ufryskje harma dei han.
17 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.
Dei blota til vonde vette, til gudar dei vankjende fyrr, nye og nyst uppkomne, som federne ikkje visst’ um.
18 They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
Du ansa ikkje fjellet, ditt upphav, du gløymde din skapar og Gud.
19 “When Yahweh saw that [they had abandoned him], he became angry, so he rejected [the Israeli people, who are like] his sons and daughters.
Og Herren såg det, og støytte deim burt ifrå seg, sine born;
20 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.
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 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.
Dei arga meg upp med u-gudar, eggja meg med sine skrymt; eg skal eggja deim med eit u-folk, ei uvitug heidningeborg.
22 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)
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 cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows 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 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.
Når svolt og svidande sotter hev soge mergen or deim, sender eg mot deim udyrtonni og eitr av krjupande orm.
25 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.
Ute herjar den kalde odden, og inne rædsla og støkk, tyner sveinar og tynar møyar, sylvherde og sugarborn.
26 I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
Eg hadde vilja blåse deim burt, so ingen mintest deim meir,
27 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.”’
ottast eg ikkje min eigen harm, når uvenern’ tydde det rangt, når valdsmennern’ sagde: «Stor er vår magt, dette er ikkje Herrens verk.»»
28 You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
For dei er eit folk forutan visdom; dei vantar båd’ klokskap og vit.
29 If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
Var det vit i deim, vara dei seg; for då visste dei kvar det bar av.
30 [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.
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 Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
For deira vern er’kje som vår vern; det vitnar fienden sjølv.
32 Your enemies are like [MET] grapevines planted near [the ruins of] Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous;
I Sodoma voks deira vintre, skaut upp av Gomorras grunn; druvorn’ dei ber, det er trollber, og beisk er kvar einaste krans;
33 the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
Vinen av deim er orme-eiter og øgjeleg drakefraud.
34 [“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].
«Ligg’kje dette gøymt i mi stova, forsegla i mine skrin?
35 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.’
Eg råder for hemn og for attgjeld når foten deira skrid ut. Alt lid det mot undergangsdagen, og forloga deira kjem fort.»
36 “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.
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 Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
Han spør: «Kvar tru er deira gudar, den hjelpi dei trygde seg til,
38 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!
som slauk deira slagtofferfeita, og saup deira drykkoffervin? - Bed dei reinsa seg og dykk berga, bed deim vera vervegg for dykk!
39 “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.
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 raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
Sjå, eg lyfter handi mot himmelen: So visst eg hev ævelegt liv:
41 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.
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 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.’
Med kjøt vert sverdet mitt metta, mine piler drukne av blod - blodet av falne og fangar, av fiendehovdingen sjølv.»
43 “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.”
Love hans tenarar, lydar! Hemna vil han deira blod; mot valdsmannen vender han våpni, og løyser sitt land og sin lyd.»
44 Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
Då Moses hadde kvede alle versi i denne songen for folket, han og Hosea Nunsson,
45 When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
og hadde tala alle desse ordi til heile Israel,
46 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.
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 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.”
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 On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Denne same dagen tala Herren til Moses, og sagde:
49 “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.
«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 You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
og der uppå fjellet skal du døy og fara til federne dine, soleis som Aron, døydde på Horfjellet og for til federne sine,
51 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.
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 [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.”
Du skal få sjå landet framfyre deg, men inn skal du ikkje koma i det landet som eg vil gjeva Israels-sønerne.»
