Deuteronomio 31
1 Dirigido que hubo Moisés a todo Israel estas palabras,
When Moses/I finished saying all that to the Israeli people,
2 les dijo todavía: “Tengo ya ciento y veinte años de edad, y no puedo ya salir ni entrar; además me ha dicho Yahvé: ‘Tú no pasarás este Jordán.’
he/I said to them, “Now I am 120 years old. I am no longer able to go everywhere [that you go] (OR, to be your leader). Furthermore, Yahweh has told me that I will not cross the Jordan [River].
3 Yahvé, tu Dios, pasará delante de ti; Él destruirá a tu vista estos pueblos, y tú los poseerás. Josué pasará delante de ti, como Yahvé lo ha ordenado.
But Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will [enable you to] destroy the nations that are living there, in order that you can occupy their land. Joshua will be your leader, which is what Yahweh already told me.
4 Y hará Yahvé con ellos como hizo con Sehón y Og, reyes de los amorreos, y con sus reinos, a los cuales destruyó.
Yahweh will do to those nations what he did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amor people-group when he destroyed their armies [MTY].
5 Yahvé los entregará a vosotros para que hagáis con ellos como os he mandado.
Yahweh will enable you to conquer those nations, but you must [kill all of the people of those nations, which is] what I have commanded you to do.
6 Sed fuertes y valerosos; no temáis ni os amedrentéis ante ellos; porque contigo marcha Yahvé, tu Dios, quien no te abandonará ni te desamparará.”
Be brave and confident. Do not be afraid of those people. [Do not forget that] it is Yahweh our God who will go with you. He will always help [LIT] you and never abandon you.”
7 Llamó, pues, Moisés a Josué y le dijo en presencia de todo Israel: “Sé fuerte y valeroso, porque tú conducirás a este pueblo a la tierra que Yahvé con juramento prometió a sus padres que les daría, y tú se la darás en posesión.
Then Moses/I summoned Joshua, and while all the Israeli people were listening, he/I said to him, “Be brave and confident. You are the one who will lead these people into the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them, and you will enable them to occupy it.
8 Yahvé marchará delante de ti; Él estará contigo, y no te abandonará ni te desamparará; no temas, pues, ni te amedrentes.”
It is Yahweh who will go ahead of you. He will be with you. He will always help [LIT] you. He will never abandon you. So do not be afraid or dismayed.”
9 Escribió Moisés esta ley, y la dio a los sacerdotes, hijos de Leví, que llevan el Arca de la Alianza de Yahvé, y a todos los ancianos de Israel.
Moses/I wrote down all these laws [on two scrolls] and gave [one scroll] to the priests, who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments, and [gave the other scroll] to the Israeli elders.
10 Y les dio Moisés esta orden: “Al cabo de cada siete años en la celebración periódica del año de remisión, en la fiesta de los Tabernáculos,
Moses/I told them, “At the end of every seven years, at the time that all debts are canceled, [read this to the people] during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters.
11 cuando viene todo Israel a presentarse delante de Yahvé, tu Dios, en el lugar por Él elegido, leerás esta Ley en presencia de todo Israel, a oídos de ellos.
Read it to all the Israeli people when they gather at the place that Yahweh chooses for them to worship him.
12 Congregarás el pueblo, los hombres y las mujeres, los niños y los extranjeros que moran dentro de tus puertas, para que oigan y aprendan a temer a Yahvé, Dios vuestro, y cuiden de cumplir las palabras de esta Ley.
Gather together everyone—men, women, children, even the foreigners [who are living] in your towns—in order that they may hear [these laws] and learn to revere Yahweh our God, and to faithfully obey everything that is written in these laws.
13 Y también los hijos de ellos, que no la conocen, la oirán y aprenderán a temer a Yahvé, vuestro Dios, todos los días que viviereis en la tierra a la cual vais pasando el Jordán para tomarla en posesión.”
[If they do that], your descendants who have never known these laws will hear them and will also learn to revere Yahweh our God, during all the years that they live in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
14 Diio Yahvé a Moisés: “Mira, el tiempo en que has de morir está cerca; llama a Josué, y presentaos en el Tabernáculo de la Reunión y Yo le daré mis órdenes.” Fueron, pues, Moisés y Josué y se presentaron en el Tabernáculo de la Reunión.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen carefully. You will soon die. Summon Joshua, and you go to the Sacred Tent with him, in order that I may appoint him [to be the new leader].” So Joshua and Moses/I went to the Sacred Tent.
15 Y se apareció Yahvé en el Tabernáculo, en la columna de nube, la cual se detuvo a la entrada del Tabernáculo.
There Yahweh appeared to them/us in a pillar of cloud, and that cloud was close to the door of the tent.
16 Y dijo Yahvé a Moisés: “He aquí que vas a descansar con tus padres; y se rebelará este pueblo, y fornicará en pos de los dioses extraños de la tierra adonde va para morar allí; y me abandonará y quebrantará la alianza que con él he pactado.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “You will soon die [EUP]. Then these people will become unfaithful [MET] to me. They will abandon me and (break/stop obeying) the agreement that I made with them. They will begin to worship the foreign/pagan gods [that are worshiped by the people] of the land that they will enter.
17 Y se encenderá mi ira contra él en aquel día; los abandonaré y esconderé de ellos mi rostro; será consumido, y le alcanzarán muchos males y angustias, de manera que en aquel día dirá: ‘¿No me han alcanzado estos males porque mi Dios no está en medio de mí?’
When that happens, I will become very angry with them. I will abandon them [DOU] and I will no longer help them [IDM], and I will destroy them {they will be destroyed}. Many terrible things will happen to them, with the result that they will say, ‘[We are certain that] [RHQ] these things are happening to us because our God is no longer with us.’
18 Y Yo sin falta esconderé mi rostro en aquel día a causa de todas las maldades que habrá hecho, siguiendo a otros dioses.
And because of all the evil things that they will have done, and [especially because] they will have started to worship other gods, I will refuse to help [IDM] them.
19 Ahora, pues, escribíos este cántico; y tú lo enseñarás a los hijos de Israel, poniéndolo en su boca, para que este cántico me sirva de testimonio contra los hijos de Israel.
“So, [I am going to give you] a song. Write it [on a scroll] and teach it to the Israeli people and cause them to memorize it. It will be like a witness that accuses them.
20 Porque cuando Yo hubiere introducido a este pueblo en la tierra que con juramento he prometido a sus padres, tierra que mana leche y miel, y él haya comido, y se haya hartado y puesto gordo, se pasará a otros dioses para servirlos, y a Mí me tratarán con desprecio y quebrantarán mi alianza.
I am about to take them into a very fertile [IDM] land, a land that I solemnly promised their ancestors that I would give to them. There they will have plenty to eat, with the result that their [stomachs] will [always] be full and they will become fat. But then they will turn to other gods and start to worship them, and they will despise me and (break/stop obeying) the agreement that I made with them.
21 Pero cuando le alcancen muchos males y angustias, este cántico será testigo contra ellos, porque no será olvidado en la boca de sus descendientes. Pues conozco los planes que está maquinando ya en este momento en que no le he introducido todavía en la tierra que le tengo prometida con juramento.”
And they will experience many terrible disasters. After that happens, their descendants will never forget this song, and it will be like a witness [that says, ‘Now you know why Yahweh punished your ancestors].’ I will soon take them into the land that I vowed that I would give to them; but now, before I do that, I know what they are thinking [that they will do when they are living there].”
22 Escribió, pues, Moisés este cántico en aquel mismo día, y lo enseñó a los hijos de Israel.
So on the day that [Yahweh gave Moses/me this song], he/I wrote it down, and he/I taught it to the Israeli people.
23 Y (Yahvé) dio sus órdenes a Josué, hijo de Nun, y le dijo: “Sé fuerte y valeroso, porque tú conducirás a Israel a la tierra que les he jurado; y Yo seré contigo.”
Then Yahweh (appointed/set apart) Joshua and said to him, “Be brave and confident, because you will lead the Israeli people into the land that I vowed that I would give to them. And I will be with you.”
24 Cuando Moisés hubo acabado de escribir en un libro todas las palabras de esta Ley hasta el fin,
Then Moses/I finished writing on a scroll all the laws that Yahweh had told to him/me.
25 mandó a los levitas portadores del Arca de la Alianza de Yahvé, diciendo:
Then Moses/I told the descendants of Levi, who were carrying the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments,
26 “Tomad este libro de la Ley y ponedlo al lado del Arca de la Alianza de Yahvé, vuestro Dios, para que allí quede por testimonio contra ti.
“Take this scroll on which these laws [are written], and place it beside the Sacred Chest that contains the agreement that Yahweh our God made with you, in order that it may remain there to testify [about what Yahweh will do] to the people [if they disobey him].
27 Porque conozco tu ánimo rebelde y tu dura cerviz. Si estando yo todavía vivo en medio de vosotros habéis sido rebeldes a Yahvé, ¿cuánto más lo seréis después de mi muerte?
[I say this] because I know that these people are very stubborn [DOU]. They have rebelled against Yahweh all during the time that I have been [with them], and they will rebel much more after I die!
28 Congregadme todos los ancianos de vuestra tribus, y vuestros jefes, para que diga estas palabras a sus oídos y ponga por testigos contra ellos el cielo y la tierra.
So gather all the elders of the tribes and your officials, in order that I can tell them the words [of this song], and request all those who are in heaven and on the earth to be witnesses to testify against these people.
29 Pues bien sé que después de mi muerte os pervertiréis totalmente, apartándoos del camino que os he prescrito, mas en los días venideros os sobrevendrá el mal, por haber hecho lo que es malo a los ojos de Yahvé, irritándolo con las obras de vuestras manos.”
I say that because I know that after I die, the people will become very wicked. They will turn away from doing everything that I have commanded them to do. And in the future, because of all the evil things that they will do, they will cause Yahweh to become angry with them. And he will cause them to experience disasters.”
30 Pronunció, pues, Moisés a oídos de todo el pueblo de Israel todas las palabras de este cántico hasta el fin.
Then, while all the Israeli people listened, Moses/I sang/recited this entire song to them:
