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].
Escuchad, oh cielos, que yo hablaré; oiga la tierra las palabras de mi boca.
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.
Descienda, como lluvia, mi doctrina; destile mi palabra cual rocío, cual llovizna sobre la hierba, como gotas de agua sobre el césped.
3 I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
Pues celebraré el nombre de Yahvé; ¡dad gloria a nuestro Dios!
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.
Él es la Roca, perfecta es su obra, justos son todos sus caminos; es un Dios fiel y sin iniquidad; justo y recto es Él.
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].
Prevaricaron contra Él los que por sus inmundicias ya no son hijos suyos, una generación depravada y perversa.
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.
¡Así retribuís a Yahvé, oh pueblo necio e insensato! ¿No es Él tu padre que te adquirió tu creador, tu fundador?
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.
Acuérdate de los tiempos antiguos; considerad los años, generación tras generación; pregunta a tu padre, y él te lo anunciará; a tus ancianos y ellos te lo dirán.
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.
Cuando el que mora en lo alto dio a cada nación su posesión, cuando dividió a los hijos de los hombres, fijó los límites de los pueblos según el número de los hijos de Israel.
9 But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
Pues la porción de Yahvé es su pueblo, Jacob la herencia peculiar suya.
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]
Lo halló en una tierra desierta, en la soledad, entre aullidos salvajes; y rodeándolo por todas partes lo cuidó, y lo guardó como a la niña de sus ojos.
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].
Como el águila vigila sobre su nido cuando revolotea sobre sus polluelos, extiende sus alas, los toma, y los lleva sobre sus alas;
12 Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
así Yahvé solo lo conducía no estaba con él dios ajeno.
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.
Le hizo escalar las alturas de la tierra, para que comiera los frutos del campo; le dio a sorber miel de la peña, y aceite de la durísima roca,
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.
manteca de vacas y leche de ovejas, con pingües corderos, carneros de Basan y machos cabríos, con lo más escogido del trigo; y bebiste la sangre espumante de la uva.
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.
Mas engordó Yeschurún, y dio coces; — ¡engordaste, engrosaste, te hinchaste!— y abandonó a Dios su Hacedor, despreciando la Roca de su salvación.
16 So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
Le provocaron con dioses extraños; con abominaciones incitaron su ira.
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.
Ofrecían sacrificios a los demonios, que no son Dios, a dioses que no habían conocido, a nuevos y recién venidos, que no adoraron vuestros padres.
18 They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
Abandonaste la Roca que te engendró, diste al olvido a Dios que te dio el ser.
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.
Lo vio Yahvé y sintió asco, pues sus hijos y sus hijas le provocaron.
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.
Y dijo: “Les esconderé mi rostro, veré cuál será su fin; es una raza perversa, hijos desleales.
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.
Han provocado mis celos con no-dioses, me han irritado con sus ídolos. Por eso provocaré sus celos con aquellos que no son pueblo; con una nación necia los irritaré.
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)
Se ha encendido el fuego de mi ira, que arderá hasta lo más hondo del infierno, devorando la tierra con sus productos, y abrasando los cimientos de los montes. (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.
Males quiero amontonar sobre ellos, agotar contra ellos mis flechas.
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.
Los consumirá el hambre, y los devorará la ardiente fiebre, la amarga pestilencia. Enviaré contra ellos dientes de fieras y el veneno de las (serpientes) que se arrastran por el polvo.
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.
Por fuera los destruirá la espada, y dentro de la casa el espanto, lo mismo al joven como a la doncella, al niño de pecho como al anciano.
26 I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
Quisiera decir: “Los aniquilaré; haré cesar de entre los hombres su memoria”,
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.”’
si no temiera la arrogancia del enemigo; pues lo verían sus adversarios; y dirían: “Nuestra mano ha prevalecido, no es Yahvé quien ha hecho todo esto.”
28 You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
Pues es gente sin inteligencia, y no hay en ellos entendimiento.
29 If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
¡Oh si fueran sabios para entenderlo y comprender lo que les espera!
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.
¿Cómo puede perseguir uno a mil, y dos espantar a diez mil, si no porque su Roca los ha vendido, y Yahvé los ha entregado?
31 Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
Pues no es la Roca nuestra como la suya; los mismos enemigos lo testifican.
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;
Porque su vid es de la vid de Sodoma y de las campiñas de Gomorra; sus uvas son uvas venenosas, y llenos de amargura sus racimos.
33 the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
Veneno de dragones es su vino, ponzoña terrible de áspides.
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].
¿No tengo Yo esto guardado conmigo, sellado entre mis tesoros?
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.’
Mía es la venganza y la retribución; a su tiempo resbalará su pie; pues el día de su ruina está cerca, su destino viene volando.
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.
Pues Yahvé juzga a su pueblo, y se compadecerá de sus siervos, cuando vea que ya no tienen fuerza y no les queda ni esclavo ni libre.
37 Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
Entonces dirá: ¿Dónde están sus dioses, la Roca en que se refugiaron?
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!
(¿Dónde están esos dioses), que comían la grosura de sus sacrificios, y bebían el vino de sus libaciones? ¡Levántense y vengan a socorreros, y sean ellos vuestro amparo!
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.
Ved ahora que soy Yo, y solo Yo, y no hay dioses junto a Mí; Yo soy quien doy la muerte y doy la vida; Yo hiero y Yo sano, y no hay quien se libre de mi mano.
40 I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
Porque alzando al cielo mi mano, digo: “Por mi vida eterna:
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.
Cuando afile el rayo de mi espada, y mi mano empuñe el juicio, tomaré venganza de mis enemigos, y daré el pago a los que me odian.
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.’
Embriagaré de sangre mis saetas, y mi espada comerá carne, la sangre de muertos y de cautivos, y las cabezas de los caudillos enemigos.”
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.”
Ensalzad, oh naciones, a su pueblo, porque Él vengará la sangre de sus siervos; tomará venganza de sus enemigos, y espulgará a su tierra, a su pueblo.
44 Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
Fue, pues, Moisés, y dijo todas las palabras de este cántico a oídos del pueblo él con Josué, hijo de Nun.
45 When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
Y cuando Moisés hubo acabado de comunicar todas estas palabras a todo 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.
les dijo: “Fijad vuestro corazón en todas estas palabras que hoy os he proclamado, Los prescribiréis a vuestros hijos, a fin de que cuiden de poner por obra todas las palabras de esta Ley.
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.”
Porque no es cosa inútil para vosotros, es vuestra vida; por medio de esta palabra prolongaréis vuestros días sobre la tierra en cuya posesión vais a entrar, pasando el Jordán.”
48 On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
En aquel día habló Yahvé a Moisés, diciendo:
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.
“Sube a esta montaña de Abarim, al monte Nebo, que está en el país de Moab, frente a Jericó; y mira la tierra de Canaán, que voy a dar en posesión a los hijos de Israel.
50 You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
En el monte al que has de subir morirás y serás reunido con tu pueblo; así como murió Aarón, tu hermano, en el monte Hor, y fue reunido con su pueblo.
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.
Porque habéis pecado contra Mí en medio de los hijos de Israel, junto a las aguas de Meribá, en Cades, en el desierto de Sin y porque no me glorificasteis en medio de los hijos de Israel.
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.”
Verás delante de ti la tierra que Yo voy a dar a los hijos de Israel, pero no entrarás en ella.”
