Deuteronomio 31
1 Así que Moisés fue y habló estas palabras a todo Israel:
And so, Moses went out, and he spoke all these words to all of Israel.
2 Hoy tengo 120 años. Ya no puedo salir ni entrar más. Además Yavé me dijo: Tú no pasarás este Jordán.
And he said to them: “Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to go out and return, especially since the Lord has also said to me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’
3 Yavé tu ʼElohim pasará delante de ti. Él destruirá estas naciones delante de ti, y tú las heredarás. Josué también pasará al frente de ti, como dijo Yavé.
Therefore, the Lord your God will go across before you. He himself will abolish all these nations in your sight, and you shall possess them. And this man Joshua shall go across before you, just as the Lord has spoken.
4 Yavé hará con ellas como trató a Sehón y a Og, reyes amorreos, y a su tierra, a los cuales exterminó.
And the Lord will do to them just as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, and he will wipe them away.
5 Así Yavé los entregará delante de ustedes para que hagan con ellos conforme a todo este mandato que les impuse.
Therefore, when the Lord will have delivered these to you also, you shall act similarly toward them, just as I have instructed you.
6 Esfuércense y sean valientes. No teman, ni se aterroricen delante de ellos, porque Yavé tu ʼElohim es el que va contigo. No te dejará ni te desamparará.
Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid, and do not dread at the sight of them. For the Lord your God himself is your commander, and he will neither dismiss nor abandon you.”
7 Entonces Moisés llamó a Josué. Le dijo en presencia de todo Israel: Esfuérzate y ten buen ánimo, porque tú entrarás con este pueblo a la tierra que Yavé juró a sus antepasados que les daría, y tú se la darás como herencia.
And Moses called Joshua, and, before all of Israel, he said to him: ‘Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead this people into the land which the Lord swore that he would give to their fathers, and you shall divide it by lot.
8 Yavé es el que va delante de ti. Él estará contigo. No te dejará, ni te desamparará. No temas, ni desmayes.
And the Lord, who is your commander, will himself be with you. He will neither renounce nor abandon you. Do not be afraid, and do not dread.”
9 Moisés escribió esta Ley y la dio a los sacerdotes, hijos de Leví, quienes llevaban el Arca del Pacto de Yavé, y a todos los ancianos de Israel.
And so, Moses wrote this law, and he handed it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
10 Moisés les mandó: Al fin de cada siete años en el tiempo señalado del año de remisión, en la fiesta de Las Cabañas,
And he instructed them, saying: “After seven years, in the year of remission, at the solemnity of the Feast of Tabernacles,
11 cuando todo Israel vaya a presentarse ante Yavé tu ʼElohim en el lugar que Él escoja, leerás esta Ley delante de todo Israel a oídos de ellos.
when all of Israel has convened in order to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord will choose, you shall read the words of this law before all of Israel, in their hearing.
12 Congregarás al pueblo, hombres, mujeres, niños y a tu extranjero que está en tus ciudades para que escuchen, aprendan, teman a Yavé su ʼElohim y guarden las Palabras de esta Ley para cumplirlas,
And when the people have gathered together, men as well as women and little children, and the new arrivals who are within your gates, they shall listen so that they may learn, and may fear the Lord your God, and may keep and fulfill all the words of this law,
13 y que los hijos de ellos que no conocen, escuchen y aprendan a temer a Yavé su ʼElohim todos los días que vivan sobre la tierra adonde van al pasar el Jordán, para tomar posesión de ella.
and also so that their sons, who are now ignorant, may be able to listen, and may fear the Lord their God all the days that they live in the land to which you will travel, crossing the Jordan in order to obtain it.”
14 Entonces Yavé dijo a Moisés: Mira, el tiempo para que mueras está cerca. Llama a Josué y preséntense en el Tabernáculo de Reunión para que Yo lo comisione. Así que Moisés y Josué se presentaron en el Tabernáculo de Reunión.
And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, the days of your death draw near. Call Joshua, and stand in the tabernacle of the testimony, so that I may instruct him.” Therefore, Moses and Joshua went and stood in the tabernacle of the testimony.
15 Yavé apareció en el Tabernáculo en la columna de nube, la cual se posó sobre la puerta del Tabernáculo.
And the Lord appeared there, in a pillar of cloud, which stood at the entrance of the tabernacle.
16 Yavé dijo a Moisés: Mira, tú vas a dormir con tus antepasados. Este pueblo se levantará y se prostituirá al seguir a ʼelohim extraños de la tierra a donde van. Me abandonará y quebrantará el Pacto que hice con ellos.
And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will rise up and will fornicate after foreign gods, in the land which they will enter so that they may live in it. In that place, they will forsake me, and they will make void the covenant that I have formed with them.
17 Por lo cual mi ira arderá contra él en aquel día. Los abandonaré y esconderé mi rostro de ellos. Serán consumidos. Le vendrán muchos males y angustias, y dirá en aquel día: ¿No me vinieron estos males porque mi ʼElohim no está en medio de mí?
And my fury will be enraged against them in that day. And I will abandon them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured. Every evil and affliction will find them, so much so that they will say in that day: ‘Truly, it is because God is not with me that these evils have found me.’
18 Pero ciertamente esconderé mi rostro aquel día por todo el mal que harán, por regresar a otros ʼelohim.
But I will hide myself, and I will conceal my face in that day, because of all the evils that they have done, because they have followed strange gods.
19 Ahora pues, escriban este cántico para ustedes, y tú, enséñalo a los hijos de Israel. Ponlo en su boca para que este cántico me sirva de testigo contra los hijos de Israel.
And so, write this canticle now, and teach it to the sons of Israel, so that they may retain it in memory, and may chant it by mouth, and so that this verse may be a testimony to me among the sons of Israel.
20 Porque cuando lo introduzca en la tierra que juré a sus antepasados, la cual fluye leche y miel, y coma, se sacie y engorde, se volverá a otros ʼelohim. Les servirá, me rechazará con desprecio y quebrantará mi Pacto.
For I will lead them into the land, about which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. And when they have eaten, and have been satiated and fattened, they will turn aside to foreign gods, and they will serve them. And they will disparage me, and they will nullify my covenant.
21 Sucederá que cuando le lleguen muchos males y angustias, este cántico testificará contra él, por cuanto no será olvidado de la boca de sus descendientes. Porque Yo conozco su intención que está fraguando hoy, aun antes que lo introduzca en la tierra que prometí con juramento.
And after many evils and afflictions have overwhelmed them, this canticle will answer them as a testimony; it shall never pass into oblivion, away from the mouths of their offspring. For I know their thoughts and what they are about to do today, even before I lead them into the land which I have promised to them.”
22 Aquel mismo día Moisés escribió este cántico, y lo enseñó a los hijos de Israel.
Therefore, Moses wrote the canticle, and he taught it to the sons of Israel.
23 Entonces comisionó a Josué, hijo de Nun: ¡Sé fuerte y valiente, porque tú introducirás a los hijos de Israel a la tierra que les juré, y Yo estaré contigo!
And the Lord instructed Joshua, the son of Nun, and he said: “Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead the sons of Israel into the land which I have promised, and I will be with you.”
24 Sucedió que al terminar Moisés de escribir las Palabras de esta Ley sobre el rollo, hasta finalizarlas,
Therefore, after Moses had written the words of this law in a volume, and had finished it,
25 mandó a los levitas que llevaban el Arca del Pacto de Yavé:
he instructed the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying:
26 Tomen este Rollo de la Ley y pónganlo al lado del Arca del Pacto de Yavé su ʼElohim para que quede allí como testigo contra ti.
“Take this book, and place it inside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there as a testimony against you.
27 Porque yo conozco tus rebeliones y tu dura altivez. Miren, al estar yo aún vivo con ustedes, fueron rebeldes contra Yavé. ¡Cuánto más después que yo muera!
For I know your contentiousness and your very stiff neck. Even while I am still living and entering with you, you have always acted with contention against the Lord. How much more so when I will be dead?
28 Congréguenme a todos los ancianos de sus tribus y a sus oficiales para que recite a sus oídos estas palabras, y llamaré al cielo y a la tierra como testigos contra ellos.
Gather to me all those greater by birth throughout your tribes, as well as your teachers, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and I will call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.
29 Porque yo sé que después de mi muerte, ciertamente se corromperán y se apartarán del camino que les mandé. Así vendrá el mal en los días venideros, porque harán lo malo ante Yavé, y lo provocarán a ira con la obra de sus manos.
For I know that, after my death, you will act with iniquity, and you will quickly depart from the way that I have instructed to you. And so, evils will meet you in the end time, when you will have done evil in the sight of the Lord so as to provoke him through the works of your hands.”
30 Entonces Moisés recitó a oídos de toda la congregación de Israel, de principio a fin, las palabras de este cántico:
Thus did Moses speak, in the hearing of the entire assembly of Israel, the words of this canticle, and he completed it to its very end.
