Deuteronômio 9
1 Ouve, Israel: tu estás hoje para passar o Jordão, para entrar a possuir nações mais numerosas e mais fortes que tu, cidades grandes e fortificadas até o céu,
“Listen, O Israel: You shall cross over the Jordan today, in order to possess nations, very great and stronger than yourself, cities vast and walled even to the sky,
2 Um povo grande e alto, filhos de gigantes, dos quais tens tu conhecimento, e ouviste dizer: Quem resistirá diante dos filhos do gigante?
a people great and lofty, the sons of the Anakim, whom you yourselves have seen and heard, against whom no one is able to stand.
3 Sabe, pois, hoje que o SENHOR teu Deus é o que passa diante de ti, fogo consumidor, que os destruirá e humilhará diante de ti: e tu os expulsarás, e os destruirás logo, como o SENHOR te disse.
Therefore, you shall know today that the Lord your God himself will pass over before you, like a devouring and consuming fire, to crush and to wipe away and to utterly ruin them before your face, quickly, just as he has spoken to you.
4 Não digas em teu coração quando o SENHOR teu Deus os haverá expulsado de diante de ti, dizendo: Por minha justiça me pôs o SENHOR a possuir esta terra; pois pela impiedade destas nações o SENHOR as expulsa de diante de ti.
You should not say in your heart, when the Lord your God will have destroyed them in your sight: ‘It is because of my justice that the Lord led me in, so that I might possess this land, while these nations have been destroyed because of their impiety.’
5 Não por tua justiça, nem pela retidão de teu coração entras a possuir a terra deles; mas pela impiedade destas nações o SENHOR teu Deus as expulsa de diante de ti, e para confirmar a palavra que o SENHOR jurou a teus pais Abraão, Isaque, e Jacó.
For it is not because of your justices or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter, so that you may possess their lands. Instead, it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival, and so that the Lord may accomplish his word, which he promised under oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
6 Portanto, sabe que não por tua justiça o SENHOR teu Deus te dá esta boa terra para possuí-la; que povo duro de cerviz és tu.
Therefore, know that the Lord your God will not give you this excellent land as a possession due to your justices, for you are a very stiff-necked people.
7 Lembra-te, não te esqueças que provocaste a ira ao SENHOR teu Deus no deserto: desde o dia que saíste da terra do Egito, até que entrastes neste lugar, fostes rebeldes ao SENHOR.
Remember, and never forget, how you provoked the Lord your God to anger in the wilderness. You have always contended against the Lord, from the day that you went forth from Egypt, even to this place.
8 E em Horebe provocastes à ira ao SENHOR, e irou-se o SENHOR contra vós para destruir-vos.
For at Horeb also, you provoked him, and, becoming angry, he was willing to destroy you,
9 Quando eu subi ao monte para receber as tábuas de pedra, as tábuas do pacto que o SENHOR fez convosco, estive então no monte quarenta dias e quarenta noites, sem comer pão nem beber água:
when I ascended onto the mountain, so that I might receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord formed with you. And I persevered on the mountain for forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water.
10 E deu-me o SENHOR as duas tábuas de pedra escritas com o dedo de Deus; e nelas estava escrito conforme todas as palavras que vos falou o SENHOR no monte do meio do fogo, no dia da assembleia.
And the Lord gave me two tablets of stone, written with the finger of God and containing all the words that he spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of fire, while the people, being stirred up, were assembled together.
11 E foi ao fim dos quarenta dias e quarenta noites, que o SENHOR me deu as duas tábuas de pedra, as tábuas do pacto.
And when forty days, and as many nights, had passed, the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
12 E disse-me o SENHOR: Levanta-te, desce logo daqui; que teu povo que tiraste do Egito se corrompeu: logo se apartaram do caminho que eu lhes mandei: fizeram para si uma efígie de fundição.
And he said to me: ‘Rise up, and descend quickly from here. For your people, whom you led away from Egypt, have quickly abandoned the way that you have shown to them, and they have made a molten idol for themselves.’
13 E falou-me o SENHOR, dizendo: Vi esse povo, e eis que ele é povo duro de cerviz:
And again, the Lord said to me: ‘I discern that this people is stiff-necked.
14 Deixa-me que os destrua, e apague seu nome de debaixo do céu; que eu te porei sobre gente forte e muito mais que eles.
Depart from me, so that I may crush them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and appoint you over a nation, which will be greater and stronger than this one.’
15 E voltei e desci do monte, o qual ardia em fogo, com as tábuas do pacto em minhas duas mãos.
And as I was descending from the burning mountain, and I held the two tablets of the covenant with both hands,
16 E olhei, e eis que havíeis pecado contra o SENHOR vosso Deus: Havíeis feito para vós um bezerro de fundição, desviando-vos logo do caminho que o SENHOR vos havia mandado.
and I had seen that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made a molten calf for yourselves, and had quickly abandoned his way, which he had revealed to you,
17 Então tomei as duas tábuas, e lancei-as de minhas duas mãos, e quebrei-as diante vossos olhos.
I threw down the tablets from my hands, and I broke them in your sight.
18 E prostrei-me diante do SENHOR, como antes, quarenta dias e quarenta noites: não comi pão nem bebi água, por causa de todo vosso pecado que havíeis cometido fazendo mal aos olhos do SENHOR para irá-lo.
And I fell prostrate before the Lord, just as before, for forty days and nights, not eating bread, and not drinking water, because of all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and because you provoked him to anger.
19 Porque temi por causa do furor e da ira com que o SENHOR estava irritado contra vós para destruir-vos. Porém o SENHOR me ouviu ainda esta vez.
For I feared his indignation and wrath, which had been stirred up against you, so that he was willing to destroy you. And the Lord heeded me at this time also.
20 Contra Arão também se irou o SENHOR em grande maneira para destruí-lo: e também orei por Arão então.
Likewise, he became vehemently angry against Aaron, and he was willing to destroy him, and I prayed for him similarly.
21 E tomei vosso pecado, o bezerro que havíeis feito, e queimei no fogo, e o esmigalhei moendo-o muito bem, até que foi reduzido a pó: e lancei o pó dele no ribeiro que descia do monte.
But as for your sin which you committed, that is, the calf, taking hold of it, I burned it with fire. And breaking it into pieces, and reducing it entirely to dust, I threw it into the torrent that descends from the mountain.
22 Também em Taberá, e em Massá, e em Quibrote-Hataavá, irritastes ao SENHOR.
Likewise, at the Burning, and at the Temptation, and at the Graves of Lust, you provoked the Lord.
23 E quando o SENHOR vos enviou desde Cades-Barneia, dizendo: Subi e possuí a terra que eu vos dei; também fostes rebeldes ao dito do SENHOR vosso Deus, e não o crestes, nem obedecestes à sua voz.
And when he sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Ascend and possess the land, which I have given to you,’ even so, you spurned the command of the Lord your God, and you did not believe him, nor were you willing to listen to his voice.
24 Rebeldes fostes ao SENHOR desde o dia que eu vos conheço.
Instead, you were ever rebellious, from the day when I first began to know you.
25 Prostrei-me, pois, diante do SENHOR quarenta dias e quarenta noites que estive prostrado; porque o SENHOR disse que vos havia de destruir.
And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights, as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you, just as he had threatened to do.
26 E orei ao SENHOR, dizendo: Ó Senhor DEUS, não destruas teu povo e tua herança que resgataste com tua grandeza, ao qual tiraste do Egito com mão forte.
And praying, I said: ‘O Lord God, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, whom you have redeemed in your greatness, whom you have led away from Egypt with a strong hand.
27 Lembra-te de teus servos Abraão, Isaque, e Jacó; não olhes à dureza deste povo, nem a sua impiedade, nem a seu pecado:
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not look upon the stubbornness of this people, nor upon their wickedness and sinfulness.
28 Porque não digam os da terra de onde nos tiraste: Porquanto não pôde o SENHOR introduzi-los na terra que lhes havia dito, ou porque os aborrecia, os tirou para matá-los no deserto.
Otherwise, perhaps the inhabitants of the land, out of which you have led us, may say: “The Lord was not able to lead them into the land, which he promised to them. And he hated them; therefore, he led them out, so that he might put them to death in the wilderness.”
29 E eles são teu povo e tua herança, que tiraste com tua grande força e com teu braço estendido.
These are your people and your inheritance, whom you have led out by your great strength, and with your outstretched arm.’”
