Deuteronomii 32
1 Audite caeli quae loquor, audiat terra verba oris mei.
Give ear O ye heavens and I will speak, And let the earth hear the sayings of my mouth:
2 Concrescat ut pluvia doctrina mea, fluat ut ros eloquium meum, quasi imber super herbam, et quasi stillae super gramina.
Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew, —As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants.
3 Quia nomen Domini invocabo: date magnificentiam Deo nostro.
When, the name of Yahweh, I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness unto our God: —
4 Dei perfecta sunt opera, et omnes viae eius iudicia: Deus fidelis, et absque ulla iniquitate, iustus et rectus.
A Rock! faultless his work, For, all his ways, are just, A GOD of faithfulness and without perversity, Right and fair, is he!
5 Peccaverunt ei, et non filii eius in sordibus: generatio prava atque perversa.
They have broken faith with him to be no sons of his—their fault, —A generation twisted and crooked.
6 Haeccine reddis Domino popule stulte et insipiens? numquid non ipse est pater tuus, qui possedit te, et fecit, et creavit te?
Is it Yahweh, ye thus requite, O impious people and unwise? Is not, he, thy father who begat thee? He, that made thee and established thee?
7 Memento dierum antiquorum, cogita generationes singulas: interroga patrem tuum, et annunciabit tibi: maiores tuos, et dicent tibi.
Remember the days of age-past times, Remark the years of many generations, —Ask thy father and he will tell thee, Thine elders and they will say to thee: —
8 Quando dividebat Altissimus gentes: quando separabat filios Adam, constituit terminos populorum iuxta numerum filiorum Israel.
When the Most High gave inheritances unto the nations, When he spread abroad the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples, According to the number of the sons of Israel.
9 Pars autem Domini, populus eius: Iacob funiculus hereditatis eius.
For, Yahweh’s portion is his people, —Jacob, his inherited possession.
10 Invenit eum in terra deserta, in loco horroris, et vastae solitudinis: circumduxit eum, et docuit: et custodivit quasi pupillam oculi sui.
He met him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness, —He encompassed him watched over him, Shielded him as the pupil of his own eye.
11 Sicut aquila provocans ad volandum pullos suos, et super eos volitans, expandit alas suas, et assumpsit eum, atque portavit in humeris suis.
As, an eagle, stirreth up his nest, Over his young ones, fluttereth, Spreadeth abroad his wings, taketh one, Beareth it up on his pinions,
12 Dominus solus dux eius fuit: et non erat cum eo Deus alienus.
Yahweh alone did lead him, —And there was with him no GOD of a stranger.
13 Constituit eum super excelsam terram: ut comederet fructus agrorum, ut sugeret mel de petra, oleumque de saxo durissimo.
He made him ride on the high places of the land, Caused him to eat the increase of the fields, —And gave him to suck honey out of the cliff, And oil out of the rock of flint:
14 Butyrum de armento, et lac de ovibus cum adipe agnorum, et arietum filiorum Basan: et hircos cum medulla tritici, et sanguinem uvae biberet meracissimum.
Curds of kine and milk of sheep, —With fat of well-fed lambs, Yea rams bred in Bashan, and he-goats, With the white of the kernels of wheat, —And, the blood of the grape, thou didst drink as it foamed.
15 Incrassatus est dilectus, et recalcitravit: incrassatus, impinguatus, dilatatus, dereliquit Deum factorem suum, et recessit a Deo salutari suo.
Then Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou wast fat, Thou wast thick, Thou wast gorged, So he forsook the GOD who made him, And treated as foolish his Rock of salvation.
16 Provocaverunt eum in diis alienis, et in abominationibus ad iracundiam concitaverunt.
They moved him to jealousy with foreign [gods], —With abominations, angered they him:
17 Immolaverunt daemoniis et non Deo, diis, quos ignorabant: novi recentesque venerunt, quos non coluerunt patres eorum.
They sacrificed to mischievous demons to a No-GOD, Gods whom they knew not, —New ones lately come in, Your fathers never shuddered at them!
18 Deum, qui te genuit dereliquisti, et oblitus es Domini creatoris tui.
Of the Rock who had begotten thee, thou wast unmindful, —And didst forget GOD who had given thee birth.
19 Vidit Dominus, et ad iracundiam concitatus est: quia provocaverunt eum filii sui et filiae.
When Yahweh saw, he derided, —Because his sons and his daughters gave provocation.
20 Et ait: Abscondam faciem meam ab eis, et considerabo novissima eorum: generatio enim perversa est, et infideles filii.
So he said: —I will hide my face from them, I will see what will be their hereafter, —For a generation given to intrigue, they are, Sons, whom there is no trusting;
21 Ipsi me provocaverunt in eo, qui non erat Deus, et irritaverunt in vanitatibus suis: et ego provocabo eos in eo, qui non est populus, et in gente stulta irritabo illos.
They have moved me to jealousy with a No-GOD, They have angered me with their vanities: I, therefore, will move them to jealousy with a No-people, With an impious nation, will I anger them.
22 Ignis succensus est in furore meo, et ardebit usque ad inferni novissima: devorabitque terram cum germine suo, et montium fundamenta comburet. (Sheol h7585)
For, a fire, is kindled in mine anger, And shall burn as far as hades beneath, —And consume the earth with her produce, And set ablaze the foundations of the mountains: (Sheol h7585)
23 Congregabo super eos mala, et sagittas meas complebo in eis.
I will heap on them, calamities, —Mine arrows, will I spend upon them:
24 Consumentur fame, et devorabunt eos aves morsu amarissimo: dentes bestiarum immittam in eos, cum furore trahentium super terram, atque serpentium.
The meltings of hunger, The devourings of fever, And the dangerous pestilence, —And, the tooth of beasts, will I send among them, With the poison of crawlers of the dust:
25 Foris vastabit eos gladius, et intus pavor, iuvenem simul ac virginem, lactentem cum homine sene.
Without, shall the sword bereave, In the inmost recesses, terror, —To both young man and virgin, Suckling, with man of grey hairs.
26 Dixi: Ubinam sunt? cessare faciam ex hominibus memoriam eorum.
I said, I would puff them away, I would destroy from mortals, their memory;
27 Sed propter iram inimicorum distuli: ne forte superbirent hostes eorum, et dicerent: Manus nostra excelsa, et non Dominus, fecit haec omnia.
Were it not that the taunt of the foe, I feared, Lest their adversaries should mistake, —Lest they should say—Our own hand, is exalted, It is not Yahweh, therefore who hath wrought all this!
28 Gens absque consilio est, et sine prudentia.
For a nation of vanished sagacity, they are, —And there is in them no understanding.
29 Utinam saperent, et intelligerent, ac novissima providerent.
If they had been wise, they would have understood this, —They would have given heed to their here-after!
30 Quo modo persequebatur unus mille, et duo fugabant decem millia? nonne ideo, quia Deus suus vendidit eos, et Dominus conclusit illos?
Oh! how would one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand to flight, —Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them;
31 Non enim est Deus noster ut dii eorum: et inimici nostri sunt iudices.
For, not like our Rock, is their rock, Our enemies themselves, being judges;
32 De vinea Sodomorum, vinea eorum, et de suburbanis Gomorrhae: uva eorum uva fellis, et botri amarissimi.
For of the vine of Sodom, is their vine, And of the vineyards of Gomorrah, —Their grapes, are grapes of gall, Clusters of bitter things, are theirs:
33 Fel draconum vinum eorum, et venenum aspidum insanabile.
The poison of large serpents, is their wine, —Yea the fierce venom of asps.
34 Nonne haec condita sunt apud me, et signata in thesauris meis?
Is not, that, stored up with me, —Sealed up amongst my treasures;
35 Mea est ultio, et ego retribuam eis in tempore, ut labatur pes eorum: iuxta est dies perditionis, et adesse festinant tempora.
Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on.
36 Iudicabit Dominus populum suum, et in servis suis miserebitur: videbit quod infirmata sit manus, et clausi quoque defecerunt, residuique consumpti sunt.
For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And upon his servants, will have compassion, —When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large,
37 Et dicet: Ubi sunt dii eorum, in quibus habebant fiduciam?
Then will he say, Where are their gods, The rock in whom they have trusted;
38 De quorum victimis comedebant adipes, et bibebant vinum libaminum: surgant, et opitulentur vobis, et in necessitate vos protegant.
Who used to eat the fat of their sacrifices, To drink the wine of their libations? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be over you for a coveting!
39 Videte quod ego sim solus, et non sit alius Deus praeter me: ego occido, et ego vivere facio: percutiam, et ego sanabo, et non est qui de manu mea possit eruere.
See, now, that, I, I, am, he that is, And there are no gods with me, —I, kill—and make alive, I wound and, I, heal, And there is none who, from my hand, can deliver,
40 Levabo ad caelum manum meam, et dicam: Vivo ego in aeternum.
For I lift up unto the heavens my hand, —And say, Living am, I, unto times age-abiding:
41 Si acuero ut fulgur gladium meum, et arripuerit iudicium manus mea: reddam ultionem hostibus meis, et his qui oderunt me retribuam.
If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take hold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And them who hate me, will I requite:
42 Inebriabo sagittas meas sanguine, et gladius meus devorabit carnes, de cruore occisorum, et de captivitate, nudati inimicorum capitis.
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And, my sword, shall devour flesh, —With the blood of the slain and the captive, With the flesh of the chief leader of the foe.
43 Laudate gentes populum eius, quia sanguinem servorum suorum ulciscetur: et vindictam retribuet in hostes eorum, et propitius erit terrae populi sui.
Shout for joy O ye nations [with] his people, For the blood of his servants, he avengeth, —And, vengeance, he returneth unto his adversaries, And is propitious unto the soil of his people.
44 Venit ergo Moyses, et locutus est omnia verba cantici huius in auribus populi, ipse et Iosue filius Nun.
So Moses came in and spake all the words of this Song in the hearing of the people, —he and Hoshea son of Nun.
45 Complevitque omnes sermones istos, loquens ad universum Israel.
And, when Moses made an end of speaking all these words unto all Israel,
46 et dixit ad eos: Ponite corda vestra in omnia verba, quae ego testificor vobis hodie: ut mandetis ea filiis vestris custodire et facere, et implere universa quae scripta sunt legis huius:
he said unto them—Apply your hearts unto all the words which I am witnessing against you, to-day, —how that ye must command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law;
47 quia non incassum praecepta sunt vobis, sed ut singuli in eis viverent: quae facientes longo perseveretis tempore in Terra, ad quam, Iordane transmisso, ingredimini possidendam.
for it is not, too small a thing, for you, for, it, is your life, —and, hereby, shall ye prolong your days upon the soil whereunto ye are, passing over the Jordan to possess it.
48 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in eadem die, dicens:
And Yahweh spake unto Moses, on this selfsame day, saying:
49 Ascende in montem istum Abarim, id est, transitum, in montem Nebo, qui est in Terra Moab contra Iericho: et vide Terram Chanaan, quam ego tradam filiis Israel obtinendam, et morere in monte.
Get thee up into this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is over against Jericho—and behold the land of Canaan which I am giving unto the sons of Israel, for a possession;
50 Quem conscendens iungeris populis tuis, sicut mortuus est Aaron frater tuus in monte Hor, et appositus populis suis:
and die thou in the mount whither thou art going up, and be withdrawn unto thy kinsfolk, —as Aaron thy brother died in Mount Hor, and was withdrawn unto his kinsfolk;
51 quia praevaricati estis contra me in medio filiorum Israel ad Aquas contradictionis in Cades deserti Sin: et non sanctificastis me inter filios Israel.
for that ye acted unfaithfully against me in the midst of the sons of Israel, regarding the waters of Meribah-Kadesh in the desert of Zin, —for that ye hallowed me not in the midst of the sons of Israel.
52 Econtra videbis terram, et non ingredieris in eam, quam ego dabo filiis Israel.
Yet, over against thee, shalt thou behold the land, —but thereinto, shalt thou not enter, into the land which I am giving unto the sons of Israel.
