Deuteronomio 31

1 Así que Moisés fue y habló estas palabras a todo Israel:

When Moses/I finished saying all that to the Israeli people,

2 Hoy tengo 120 años. Ya no puedo salir ni entrar más. Además Yavé me dijo: 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 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.

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 Yavé hará con ellas como trató a Sehón y a Og, reyes amorreos, y a su tierra, a los cuales exterminó.

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 Así Yavé los entregará delante de ustedes para que hagan con ellos conforme a todo este mandato que les impuse.

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 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.

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 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.

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 Yavé es el que va delante de ti. Él estará contigo. No te dejará, ni te desamparará. No temas, ni desmayes.

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 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.

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 Moisés les mandó: Al fin de cada siete años en el tiempo señalado del año de remisión, en la fiesta de Las Cabañas,

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 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.

Read it to all the Israeli people when they gather at the place that Yahweh chooses for them to worship him.

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,

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 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.

[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 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.

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 Yavé apareció en el Tabernáculo en la columna de nube, la cual se posó sobre la puerta 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 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.

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 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?

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 Pero ciertamente esconderé mi rostro aquel día por todo el mal que harán, por regresar a otros ʼelohim.

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, 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.

“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 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.

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 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 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 Aquel mismo día Moisés escribió este cántico, 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 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!

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 Sucedió que al terminar Moisés de escribir las Palabras de esta Ley sobre el rollo, hasta finalizarlas,

Then Moses/I finished writing on a scroll all the laws that Yahweh had told to him/me.

25 mandó a los levitas que llevaban el Arca del Pacto de Yavé:

Then Moses/I told the descendants of Levi, who were carrying the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments,

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 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 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!

[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 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.

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 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.

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 Entonces Moisés recitó a oídos de toda la congregación de Israel, de principio a fin, las palabras de este cántico:

Then, while all the Israeli people listened, Moses/I sang/recited this entire song to them: