Deuteronomio 32
1 Escuchad, cielos, y hablaré; y oiga la tierra los dichos de mi boca.
“Listen to me, [all you who are in the] heavens, and [all you who are on the] earth, listen to what I say [MTY].
2 Goteará como la lluvia mi doctrina; destilará como el rocío mi dicho; como la llovizna sobre la grama, y como las gotas sobre la hierba.
I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
3 Porque el Nombre del SEÑOR invocaré; engrandeced a nuestro Dios.
I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
4 Del Fuerte, cuya obra es perfecta, porque todos sus caminos son rectitud; Dios de verdad, y ninguna iniquidad en él; es justo y recto.
He is like a rock [MET] [under which we are protected]; [everything] that he does is perfect and completely just/fair [DOU]. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong.
5 La corrupción no es suya; de sus hijos es la mancha de ellos, generación torcida y perversa.
“But [you Israeli people] have been very unfaithful to him; because of your sins, you no longer [deserve to] be his children. You are extremely wicked and deceitful [DOU].
6 ¿Así pagáis al SEÑOR, pueblo loco e ignorante? ¿No es él tu padre que te poseyó? El te hizo y te compuso.
You foolish and senseless [DOU] people, (is this the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you]?/this is certainly not the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you].) [RHQ] He is your father; he created you [RHQ]; he caused you to become a nation.
7 Acuérdate de los tiempos antiguos; considerad los años de generación y generación; pregunta a tu padre, que él te declarará; a tus viejos, y ellos te dirán;
“Think about [what happened] long ago; consider what happened to your ancestors. Ask your parents, and they will inform you; ask the older people, and they will tell you.
8 cuando el Altísimo hizo heredar a los gentiles, cuando hizo dividir a los hijos de los hombres, cuando estableció los términos de los pueblos según el número de los hijos de Israel.
When God, who is greater than any other god, long ago divided the people into groups, he assigned to the nations their land. He determined where each people-group should live and (assigned to/chose for) each people-group a god/angel.
9 Porque la parte del SEÑOR es su pueblo; Jacob el cordel de su heredad.
But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
10 Le halló en tierra de desierto, y en un desierto horrible y yermo; lo trajo alrededor, lo instruyó, lo guardó como la niña de su ojo.
“He saw [our ancestors] when they were in a desert, wandering in a land (that was desolate/where no people lived). He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. [SIM, IDM]
11 Como el águila que despierta su nidada, revolotea sobre sus pollos, extiende sus alas, los toma, los lleva sobre sus espaldas;
[Yahweh protected his people] just like an eagle encourages its babies [to fly] and flutters over them [MET], spreading its wings and catching them [if they start to fall].
12 el SEÑOR solo le guió, que no hubo con él dios ajeno.
Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
13 Lo hizo subir sobre las alturas de la tierra, y comió los frutos del campo, e hizo que chupase miel de la peña, y aceite del pedernal fuerte;
“[After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them], Yahweh enabled them to rule the hilly areas; they ate the crops that grew in the fields. They found honey in the rocks, and their olive trees [MTY] grew [even] in stony ground.
14 manteca de vacas y leche de ovejas, con grosura de corderos, y carneros de Basán; también macho cabríos, con grosura de riñones de trigo; y sangre de la uva bebiste, vino puro.
The cows gave them plenty of curds/yogurt, the goats gave them plenty of milk, they had well-fed sheep and cattle, they had very good wheat, and they made delicious wine from their grapes.
15 Y engrosó Jesurún ( el recto ), y tiró coces; te engordaste, te engrosaste, te cubriste; y dejó al Dios que le hizo, y menospreció al Fuerte de su salud.
“The Israeli people became rich and prosperous, but then they rebelled against God; they abandoned him, the one who created them, the one who powerfully saves them.
16 Le despertaron a celos con los dioses ajenos; le ensañaron con abominaciones.
So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
17 Sacrificaron a los diablos, no a Dios; a los dioses que no conocieron; nuevos dioses, venidos de cerca, que no habían temido vuestros padres.
They offered sacrifices to gods who were [really] demons, gods that their ancestors had never known; they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about, gods whom your ancestors had never revered.
18 Del Fuerte que te crió, te has olvidado; te has olvidado del Dios tu creador.
They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
19 Y lo vio el SEÑOR, y se encendió con ira, a causa de sus hijos y de sus hijas.
“When Yahweh saw that [they had abandoned him], he became angry, so he rejected [the Israeli people, who are like] his sons and daughters.
20 Y dijo: Esconderé de ellos mi rostro, veré cuál será su postrimería; que son generación de perversidades, hijos sin fe.
He said, ‘They are very wicked/stubborn people, very unfaithful; so I will no longer help them, and then I will watch and see what happens to them.
21 Ellos me despertaron a celos con lo que no es Dios; me hicieron ensañar con sus vanidades; y yo también los despertaré a celos con un pueblo que no es pueblo, con gente loca los haré ensañar.
They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be [jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me]. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send [to attack them an army of] a nation of worthless and foolish people.
22 Porque fuego se encenderá en mi furor, y arderá hasta el infierno más profundo; y devorará la tierra y sus frutos, y abrasará los fundamentos de los montes. (Sheol h7585)
I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
23 Yo allegaré males sobre ellos; emplearé en ellos mis saetas.
I will cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows at them.
24 Consumidos serán de hambre, y comidos de fiebre ardiente y de talamiento amargo; diente de bestias enviaré también sobre ellos, con veneno de serpientes de la tierra.
They will die because of being hungry and because of having hot fevers and because of terrible diseases; I will send wild animals to attack [MTY] them, and poisonous snakes to bite [MTY] them.
25 Por fuera desolará la espada, y dentro de las cámaras el espanto; así al joven como a la doncella, al que mama como al hombre cano.
Outside [their houses, their enemies] will kill them [MTY] with swords, and in their homes, [their enemies will cause] them to be terrified. Their enemies will kill young men and young women, and they will kill infants and old people with gray hair.
26 Dije: Los echaría del mundo, haría cesar de entre los hombres la memoria de ellos,
I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
27 si no temiese la ira del enemigo, no sea que se envanezcan sus adversarios, no sea que digan: Nuestra mano alta ha hecho todo esto, no el SEÑOR.
But [if I did that], their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had [gotten rid of my people]; they would say, “We [SYN] are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’
28 Porque son nación privada de consejos, y no hay en ellos entendimiento.
You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
29 ¡Deseo que fueran sabios, que entendieran esto, entendieran su postrimería!
If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
30 ¿Cómo podría perseguir uno a mil, y dos harían huir a diez mil, si su Fuerte no los hubiese vendido, y el SEÑOR no los hubiera entregado?
[You would have realized] why 1,000 [of your soldiers] would be defeated by only one [of the enemy soldiers], and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 [Israeli soldiers]. [You would realize that this would happen] only if God, the one who always defended you [MET], had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you.
31 Que el fuerte de ellos no es como nuestro Fuerte; y aun nuestros enemigos son de ello jueces.
Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
32 Por tanto de la cepa de Sodoma es la vid de ellos, y de los sarmientos de Gomorra; las uvas de ellos son uvas ponzoñosas, racimos muy amargos tienen.
Your enemies are like [MET] grapevines planted near [the ruins of] Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous;
33 Veneno de dragones es su vino, y ponzoña cruel de áspides.
the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
34 ¿No tengo yo esto guardado, sellado en mis tesoros?
[“Yahweh says], ‘I know [RHQ] [what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies], and those plans are so secure [that it as though he locked them up] [MET].
35 Mía es la venganza y el pago, al tiempo que su pie vacilará; porque el día de su aflicción está cercano, y lo que les está determinado se apresura.
I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done [to my people], at the right time for them to be punished [IDM]; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’
36 Porque el SEÑOR juzgará a su pueblo, y se arrepentirá él mismo por sus siervos, cuando viere que su fuerza pereció sin quedar nadie guardado ni quedado.
“But Yahweh will see that you who are truly his people, who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and he will be merciful to you. And he will see that you are helpless, and that there are very few of you, slaves or free people, who are still alive.
37 Y dirá: ¿Dónde están sus dioses, el Fuerte de quien se ampararon;
Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
38 que comían el sebo de sus sacrificios, bebían el vino de sus libaciones? Levántense, que os ayuden y os amparen.
You gave to those gods the best parts of the animals that you sacrificed, and you poured out wine for them to drink. So, they should begin to help you; they should be the ones who will protect you!
39 Ved ahora que yo, yo soy, y no hay dioses conmigo; yo hago morir, y yo hago vivir; yo hiero, y yo curo; y no hay quien pueda librar de mi mano.
“But now you will realize that I, only I, am God; there is no other god who is [a real] god. I am the one who can kill people and who can cause people to live; I can wound people, and I can heal people, and there is no one who can prevent me from doing those things.
40 Cuando yo alzaré a los cielos mi mano, y diré: Vivo yo para siempre,
I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
41 si amolare el resplandor de mi espada, y mi mano arrebatare el juicio, yo volveré la venganza a mis enemigos, y daré el pago a los que me aborrecen.
that when I sharpen my sword, as I [SYN] prepare to punish people, I will get revenge on my enemies; I will pay back those who hate me.
42 Embriagaré de sangre mis saetas, y mi cuchillo devorará carne; en la sangre de los muertos y de los cautivos, de los reyes y príncipes, con venganzas del enemigo.
I will kill all [of my enemies] with a sword; it will be as though I had arrows that will be covered with their blood. I will kill [MTY] all those whom I capture and cut off their leaders’ heads.’
43 Alabad, gentiles, a su pueblo, porque él vengará la sangre de sus siervos, y volverá la venganza a sus enemigos, y expiará su tierra, a su pueblo.
“You people of all nations, you as well as his people should praise Yahweh, because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him; and he cleanses his people’s land which has become defiled because of their sins.”
44 Y vino Moisés, y recitó todas las palabras de este cántico a oídos del pueblo, él, y Josué hijo de Nun.
Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
45 Y acabó Moisés de recitar todas estas palabras a todo Israel;
When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
46 y les dijo: Poned vuestro corazón a todas las palabras que yo protesto hoy contra vosotros, para que las mandéis a vuestros hijos, y guarden y cumplan todas las palabras de esta ley.
Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.
47 Porque no os es cosa vana, mas es vuestra vida; y por este negocio haréis prolongar los días sobre la tierra, para heredar la cual pasáis el Jordán.
These instructions are very important [LIT]. If [you obey] them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
48 Y habló el SEÑOR a Moisés aquel mismo día, diciendo:
On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
49 Sube a este monte de Abarim, al monte Nebo, que está en la tierra de Moab, que está en derecho de Jericó, y mira la tierra de Canaán, que yo doy por heredad a los hijos de Israel;
“Go to the Abarim Mountain range [here] in the Moab region, across from Jericho. Climb Nebo Mountain, and look [toward the west] to see Canaan land, the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people.
50 y muere en el monte al cual subes, y sé reunido a tus pueblos; de la manera que murió Aarón tu hermano en el monte de Hor, y fue reunido a sus pueblos;
You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
51 por cuanto prevaricasteis contra mí en medio de los hijos de Israel en las aguas de Meriba de Cades, en el desierto de Zin; porque no me santificasteis en medio de los hijos de Israel.
You will die because both of you disobeyed me in the presence of the Israeli people, when you all were at Meribah Springs near Kadesh [town] in the Zin Desert. You did not honor and respect me in the presence of the Israeli people in the way that I deserve because I am God.
52 Verás, por tanto, delante de ti la tierra; mas no entrarás allá, a la tierra que doy a los hijos de Israel.
[When you are on that mountain where I told you to go], you will see in the distance in front of you the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people, but you will not enter it.”
