Deuteronomio 31
1 Y fue Moisés, y habló estas palabras a todo Israel,
When Moses/I finished saying all that to the Israeli people,
2 y les dijo: De edad de ciento veinte años soy hoy día; no puedo más salir ni entrar; a más de esto el SEÑOR me ha dicho: 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 El SEÑOR tu Dios, él pasa delante de ti; él destruirá estos gentiles de delante de ti, y las heredarás; Josué será el que pasará delante de ti, como el SEÑOR ha dicho.
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 el SEÑOR con ellos como hizo con Sehón y con Og, reyes de los amorreos, y con su tierra, que los 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 Y los entregará el SEÑOR delante de vosotros, y haréis con ellos conforme a todo lo que 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 Esforzaos y cobrad ánimo; no temáis, ni tengáis miedo de ellos; que el SEÑOR tu Dios 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 Y llamó Moisés a Josué, y le dijo a vista de todo Israel: Esfuérzate y anímate; porque tú entrarás con este pueblo a la tierra que juró el SEÑOR a sus padres que les había de dar, y tú se la harás heredar.
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 Y el SEÑOR es el que va delante de ti; él será contigo, no te dejará, ni te desamparará; no temas, ni te intimides.
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 Y escribió Moisés esta ley, y la dio a los sacerdotes, hijos de Leví, que llevaban el arca del pacto del SEÑOR, 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 mandó Moisés, diciendo: Al principio del séptimo año, en el tiempo del año de la 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 viniere todo Israel a presentarse delante del SEÑOR tu Dios en el lugar que él escogiere, 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 Harás congregar el pueblo, varones y mujeres y niños, y tus extranjeros que estuvieren en tus ciudades, para que oigan y aprendan, y teman al SEÑOR vuestro Dios, y guardan de cumplir todas 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 sus hijos que no la supieron oigan, y aprendan a temer al SEÑOR vuestro Dios todos los días que viviereis sobre la tierra, para ir a la cual pasáis el Jordán para heredarla.
[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 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: He aquí tus días son ya cumplidos para que mueras; llama a Josué, y esperad en el tabernáculo del testimonio, y le mandaré. Fueron, pues, Moisés y Josué, y esperaron en el tabernáculo del testimonio.
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 el SEÑOR en el tabernáculo, en la columna de nube; y la columna de nube se puso 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 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: He aquí tú vas a dormir con tus padres, y este pueblo se levantará y fornicará tras los dioses ajenos de la tierra adonde va, cuando estará en medio de ella; y me dejará, y anulará mi pacto que he concertado con él.
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 mi furor se encenderá contra él en el mismo día; y yo los dejaré, y esconderé de ellos mi rostro, y serán consumidos; y le hallarán muchos males y angustias, y dirá en aquel día: ¿No me han hallado estos males porque no está mi Dios 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 yo esconderé ciertamente mi rostro en aquel día, por todo el mal que ellos habrán hecho, por haberse vuelto a dioses ajenos.
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 Por tanto, escribíos este cántico, y enséñalo a los hijos de Israel; ponlo en boca de ellos, para que este cántico me sea por 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 yo le introduciré en la tierra que juré a sus padres, la cual fluye leche y miel; y comerá, y se saciará, y se engordará; y se volverá a dioses ajenos, y les servirán, y me enojarán, y anularán 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 Y será que cuando le vinieren muchos males y angustias, entonces este cántico responderá en su cara por testigo, que no será olvidada de la boca de su simiente; porque yo conozco su ingenio, y lo que hace hoy antes que le introduzca en la tierra que juré.
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 Y Moisés escribió este cántico aquel 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 mandó a Josué hijo de Nun, y dijo: Esfuérzate y anímate, que tú meterás los hijos de Israel en la tierra que les juré, 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 Y cuando acabó Moisés de escribir las palabras de esta ley en el libro hasta concluirse,
Then Moses/I finished writing on a scroll all the laws that Yahweh had told to him/me.
25 mandó Moisés a los levitas que llevaban el arca del pacto del SEÑOR, 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 en un canto del arca del pacto del SEÑOR vuestro Dios, y esté allí por 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 tu rebelión, y tu cerviz dura; he aquí que aun viviendo yo hoy con vosotros, sois rebeldes al SEÑOR; y ¿cuánto más después que yo fuere muerto?
[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 Congregad a mí todos los ancianos de vuestras tribus, y a vuestros alcaldes, y hablaré en sus oídos estas palabras, y llamaré por testigos contra ellos a los cielos y a 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 Porque yo sé que después de mi muerte, ciertamente os corromperéis y os apartaréis del camino que os he mandado; y que os ha de venir mal en los postreros días, por haber hecho mal en ojos del SEÑOR, enojándole con la obra 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 Entonces habló Moisés en oídos de toda la congregación de Israel las palabras de este cántico hasta acabarlo.
Then, while all the Israeli people listened, Moses/I sang/recited this entire song to them:
