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,
“You people of Israel, listen to me! You will soon [HYP] cross the Jordan [River]. In the land that you will enter, there are large cities that have very high walls [around them] that [seem to] [HYP] extend up to the sky. There are people-groups in that land that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.
2 Um povo grande e alto, filhos de gigantes, dos quais tens tu conhecimento, e ouviste dizer: Quem resistirá diante dos filhos do gigante?
Those people are very tall and strong. [Some of them] are giants who are descendants of Anak. You know about them, and you have heard people say that no one [RHQ] can defeat the descendants of Anak.
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.
But I want you to know that Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will be like a raging/roaring fire. While you advance, he will defeat and destroy them. As a result, you will quickly be able to expel some of them and kill the others, which is what Yahweh promised that you would do.
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.
“After Yahweh our God has expelled them for you, do not say to yourselves, ‘It is because we are righteous that Yahweh has enabled us to capture this land.’ The truth is that it is because the people in that land are wicked that Yahweh will expel them as you advance.
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.
[I say again that] it is not because you are righteous or because you do things that are righteous that you will enter and capture that land. It is because those people-groups are very wicked that Yahweh our God will expel them as you advance, and because he intends to do what he vowed to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would do.
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.
I want you to know that it is not because you are righteous that Yahweh our God is giving you this good/fertile land. I say that because [you are not righteous]; you are a very stubborn [IDM] 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.
“Never forget what your ancestors did in the desert that caused Yahweh our God to become angry. From the day that we left Egypt until the day that we arrived here, you and your ancestors have continually rebelled against him.
8 E em Horebe provocastes à ira ao SENHOR, e irou-se o SENHOR contra vós para destruir-vos.
Even at Sinai [Mountain] your ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry. Because he was very angry, he was ready to get rid of [all of] them.
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 climbed the mountain to receive from him the stone tablets on which he had written the Ten Commandments that he was giving to them, I stayed there 40 days and nights, and [during that time] I did not eat or drink anything.
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.
Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written [the commandments] with his own fingers. They were the words/commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the fire on that mountain, when they were gathered together [at the bottom of the mountain].
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.
“At the end of those 40 days and nights, Yahweh gave me those two stone tablets on which he had written those commandments.
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.
But then he said to me, ‘Go down the mountain immediately, because [the people whom you are leading], the people whom you led out of Egypt, have committed a terrible sin! They have very quickly done what I commanded them not to do. They have made for themselves a metal statue [of a calf to worship].’
13 E falou-me o SENHOR, dizendo: Vi esse povo, e eis que ele é povo duro de cerviz:
Then Yahweh said to me, ‘I have been watching these people, and I see that they are very stubborn.
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.
So do not try to stop me. I am going to destroy all of them, with the result that no one anywhere will remember (their names [MTY]/that they ever existed). Then I will enable you to become [the ancestor of] a nation that will be more numerous and more powerful than they are.’
15 E voltei e desci do monte, o qual ardia em fogo, com as tábuas do pacto em minhas duas mãos.
So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying in my hands the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were [written]. Fire was burning all over the mountain.
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.
I looked, and I was shocked to see that your ancestors had committed a [great] sin against Yahweh. They very quickly had begun to do what Yahweh our God had commanded them not to do. They had [requested Aaron to] make for them [a metal image of] a calf [to worship].
17 Então tomei as duas tábuas, e lancei-as de minhas duas mãos, e quebrei-as diante vossos olhos.
So while they were watching, I lifted up those two stone tablets and threw them [on the ground], and they broke into pieces.
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.
Then I (prostrated myself/lay) on the ground in Yahweh’s presence as I had done before, and I did not eat or drink anything for 40 days and nights. I did that because your ancestors had sinned against Yahweh and caused him to become very angry.
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.
I was afraid/worried that because Yahweh was very angry with them, he would get rid of all of them. [But again I prayed that he would not do that], and again he listened to me [and answered my prayer].
20 Contra Arão também se irou o SENHOR em grande maneira para destruí-lo: e também orei por Arão então.
Yahweh was also very angry with Aaron [for making that golden calf] and was ready to kill Aaron. But at the same time I prayed for Aaron also, [and Yahweh answered my prayer].
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.
Your ancestors had sinned by [requesting Aaron to] make [a metal statue of] a calf. So I took that statue and [I melted it] in a fire and crushed it and ground it into very tiny pieces [HYP]. Then I threw those tiny pieces into the stream that flowed down the mountain.
22 Também em Taberá, e em Massá, e em Quibrote-Hataavá, irritastes ao SENHOR.
Your ancestors also caused Yahweh to become very angry [by what they did] at [places which they named] Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.
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 we were at Kadesh-Barnea, Yahweh said to your ancestors, ‘Go up and capture the land that I am about to give to you!’ But they rebelled against him. They did not trust him, and they did not obey what he told [MTY] them to do.
24 Rebeldes fostes ao SENHOR desde o dia que eu vos conheço.
Your ancestors rebelled against Yahweh from the first day that I knew them, [in Egypt].
25 Prostrei-me, pois, diante do SENHOR quarenta dias e quarenta noites que estive prostrado; porque o SENHOR disse que vos havia de destruir.
So, [as I said], I lay on the ground in Yahweh’s presence for 40 days and nights, because Yahweh had said that he would get rid of your ancestors.
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 I prayed to Yahweh, saying, ‘Lord God, these people belong to you; do not destroy them. They are people whom you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your very great power. [DOU, MTY]
27 Lembra-te de teus servos Abraão, Isaque, e Jacó; não olhes à dureza deste povo, nem a sua impiedade, nem a seu pecado:
Do not forget [what you promised to] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please ignore these stubborn and wicked people and the sin that they have committed.
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.
If you do not do that, [and if you get rid of them], the people of Egypt will [hear about it and] say that you were not able to bring them into the land that you promised to give to them. They will say that you took them into the desert only to kill them there because you hated them.
29 E eles são teu povo e tua herança, que tiraste com tua grande força e com teu braço estendido.
[Do not forget that] they are your people. [You chose them to] belong to you. You brought them out [from Egypt] by your very great power [DOU, MTY].’”
