Deuteronomio 9

1 Dinggin mo, Oh Israel, ikaw ay tatawid sa Jordan sa araw na ito, upang iyong pasukin na ariin ang mga bansang lalong dakila at lalong makapangyarihan kay sa iyo, na mga bayang malaki at nakukutaan hanggang sa himpapawid,

“You people of Israel, listen to me! You will soon [HYP] cross the Jordan [River]. In the land that you will enter, there are large cities that have very high walls [around them] that [seem to] [HYP] extend up to the sky. There are people-groups in that land that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.

2 Isang bayang malaki at mataas ng mga anak ng Anaceo, na iyong nakikilala, at tungkol sa kanila ay narinig mong sinasabi, Sinong makatatayo sa harap ng mga anak ni Anac?

Those people are very tall and strong. [Some of them] are giants who are descendants of Anak. You know about them, and you have heard people say that no one [RHQ] can defeat the descendants of Anak.

3 Talastasin mo nga sa araw na ito, na ang Panginoon mong Dios ay siyang mangunguna sa iyo na parang mamumugnaw na apoy; kaniyang lilipulin sila, at kaniyang payuyukurin sila sa harap mo; sa gayo'y iyong mapalalayas sila, at iyong malilipol silang madali, na gaya ng sinalita sa iyo ng Panginoon.

But I want you to know that Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will be like a raging/roaring fire. While you advance, he will defeat and destroy them. As a result, you will quickly be able to expel some of them and kill the others, which is what Yahweh promised that you would do.

4 Huwag kang magsasalita sa iyong puso, pagkatapos na mapalayas sila ng Panginoon mong Dios sa harap mo, na iyong sasabihin, Dahil sa aking katuwiran ay ipinasok ako ng Panginoon upang ariin ang lupaing ito; na dahil sa kasamaan ng mga bansang ito ay pinalalayas ng Panginoon sila sa harap mo.

“After Yahweh our God has expelled them for you, do not say to yourselves, ‘It is because we are righteous that Yahweh has enabled us to capture this land.’ The truth is that it is because the people in that land are wicked that Yahweh will expel them as you advance.

5 Hindi dahil sa iyong katuwiran o dahil sa pagtatapat ng iyong loob ay iyong pinapasok upang ariin ang kanilang lupain: kundi dahil sa kasamaan ng mga bansang ito ay pinalalayas sila ng Panginoong Dios sa harap mo, at upang kaniyang papagtibayin ang salita na isinumpa ng Panginoon sa iyong mga magulang kay Abraham, kay Isaac, at kay Jacob.

[I say again that] it is not because you are righteous or because you do things that are righteous that you will enter and capture that land. It is because those people-groups are very wicked that Yahweh our God will expel them as you advance, and because he intends to do what he vowed to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would do.

6 Talastasin mo nga na hindi ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios ang mabuting lupaing ito upang ariin ng dahil sa iyong katuwiran; sapagka't ikaw ay isang bayang matigas ang ulo.

I want you to know that it is not because you are righteous that Yahweh our God is giving you this good/fertile land. I say that because [you are not righteous]; you are a very stubborn [IDM] people.”

7 Alalahanin mo, huwag mong kalimutan, kung paanong minungkahi mo sa galit ang Panginoon mong Dios sa ilang: mula nang araw na kayo'y umalis sa lupain ng Egipto, hanggang sa kayo'y dumating sa dakong ito ay naging mapanghimagsik kayo laban sa Panginoon.

“Never forget what your ancestors did in the desert that caused Yahweh our God to become angry. From the day that we left Egypt until the day that we arrived here, you and your ancestors have continually rebelled against him.

8 Gayon din sa Horeb na inyong minungkahi ang Panginoon sa galit, at ang Panginoon ay nagalit sa inyo na kayo sana'y lilipulin.

Even at Sinai [Mountain] your ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry. Because he was very angry, he was ready to get rid of [all of] them.

9 Nang ako'y sumampa sa bundok upang tanggapin ang mga tapyas na bato, sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga tapyas ng tipan na ginawa ng Panginoon sa inyo, ay natira nga ako sa bundok na apat na pung araw at apat na pung gabi; hindi ako kumain ng tinapay ni uminom ng tubig.

When I climbed the mountain to receive from him the stone tablets on which he had written the Ten Commandments that he was giving to them, I stayed there 40 days and nights, and [during that time] I did not eat or drink anything.

10 At ibinigay sa akin ng Panginoon ang dalawang tapyas na bato na sinulatan ng daliri ng Dios; at sa mga yao'y nasusulat ang ayon sa lahat ng mga salita na sinalita ng Panginoon sa inyo sa bundok mula sa gitna ng apoy nang araw ng kapulungan.

Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written [the commandments] with his own fingers. They were the words/commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the fire on that mountain, when they were gathered together [at the bottom of the mountain].

11 At nangyari sa katapusan ng apat na pung araw at apat na pung gabi, na ibinigay sa akin ng Panginoon ang dalawang tapyas na bato, sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga tapyas ng tipan.

“At the end of those 40 days and nights, Yahweh gave me those two stone tablets on which he had written those commandments.

12 At sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Tumindig ka, manaog kang madali rito; sapagka't ang iyong bayan na iyong inilabas sa Egipto ay nangagpakasama; sila'y madaling lumihis sa daang aking iniutos sa kanila; sila'y nagsigawa para sa kanila ng isang larawang binubo.

But then he said to me, ‘Go down the mountain immediately, because [the people whom you are leading], the people whom you led out of Egypt, have committed a terrible sin! They have very quickly done what I commanded them not to do. They have made for themselves a metal statue [of a calf to worship].’

13 Bukod dito'y sinalita sa akin ng Panginoon, na sinasabi, Aking nakita ang bayang ito, at, narito, isang bayang matigas ang ulo:

Then Yahweh said to me, ‘I have been watching these people, and I see that they are very stubborn.

14 Bayaan mo ako na aking lipulin sila, at aking pawiin ang kanilang pangalan sa silong ng langit; at gagawin kita na isang bansang lalong makapangyarihan at lalong malaki kay sa kanila.

So do not try to stop me. I am going to destroy all of them, with the result that no one anywhere will remember (their names [MTY]/that they ever existed). Then I will enable you to become [the ancestor of] a nation that will be more numerous and more powerful than they are.’

15 Sa gayo'y pumihit ako at bumaba ako mula sa bundok, at ang bundok ay nagniningas sa apoy, at ang dalawang tapyas ng tipan ay nasa aking dalawang kamay.

So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying in my hands the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were [written]. Fire was burning all over the mountain.

16 At tumingin ako, at, narito, kayo'y nakapagkasala na laban sa Panginoon ninyong Dios: kayo'y nagsigawa para sa inyo ng isang guyang binubo: kayo'y lumihis na madali sa daan na iniutos sa inyo ng Panginoon.

I looked, and I was shocked to see that your ancestors had committed a [great] sin against Yahweh. They very quickly had begun to do what Yahweh our God had commanded them not to do. They had [requested Aaron to] make for them [a metal image of] a calf [to worship].

17 At aking tinangnan ang dalawang tapyas, at aking inihagis sa aking dalawang kamay, at aking iniwalat sa harap ng inyong mga mata.

So while they were watching, I lifted up those two stone tablets and threw them [on the ground], and they broke into pieces.

18 At ako'y nagpatirapa sa harap ng Panginoon, gaya ng una, na apat na pung araw at apat na pung gabi; hindi ako kumain ng tinapay ni uminom ng tubig; dahil sa inyong buong kasalanan na inyong ipinagkasala sa paggawa ninyo ng masama sa paningin ng Panginoon na minungkahi ninyo siya sa galit;

Then I (prostrated myself/lay) on the ground in Yahweh’s presence as I had done before, and I did not eat or drink anything for 40 days and nights. I did that because your ancestors had sinned against Yahweh and caused him to become very angry.

19 Sapagka't natatakot ako dahil sa galit at maningas na poot, na ikinayamot ng Panginoon sa inyo, na lilipulin sana kayo. Nguni't dininig din naman ako noon ng Panginoon.

I was afraid/worried that because Yahweh was very angry with them, he would get rid of all of them. [But again I prayed that he would not do that], and again he listened to me [and answered my prayer].

20 At ang Panginoo'y totoong nagalit kay Aaron na siya sana'y papatayin: at akin din namang idinalangin si Aaron nang panahon ding yaon.

Yahweh was also very angry with Aaron [for making that golden calf] and was ready to kill Aaron. But at the same time I prayed for Aaron also, [and Yahweh answered my prayer].

21 At aking kinuha ang inyong kasalanan, ang guyang inyong ginawa, at aking sinunog sa apoy, at aking niyapakan, na dinurog na mainam, hanggang sa naging durog na parang alabok; at aking inihagis ang alabok niyaon sa batis na umaagos mula sa bundok.

Your ancestors had sinned by [requesting Aaron to] make [a metal statue of] a calf. So I took that statue and [I melted it] in a fire and crushed it and ground it into very tiny pieces [HYP]. Then I threw those tiny pieces into the stream that flowed down the mountain.

22 At sa Tabera, at sa Massa, at sa Kibroth-hataa-vah, ay inyong minungkahi ang Panginoon sa galit.

Your ancestors also caused Yahweh to become very angry [by what they did] at [places which they named] Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah.

23 At nang suguin kayo ng Panginoon mula sa Cades-barnea, na sabihin, Sumampa kayo at ariin ninyo ang lupain na ibinigay ko sa inyo; kayo nga'y nanghimagsik laban sa utos ng Panginoon ninyong Dios, at hindi ninyo pinanampalatayanan siya, ni dininig ang kaniyang tinig.

And when we were at Kadesh-Barnea, Yahweh said to your ancestors, ‘Go up and capture the land that I am about to give to you!’ But they rebelled against him. They did not trust him, and they did not obey what he told [MTY] them to do.

24 Kayo'y naging mapanghimagsik laban sa Panginoon, mula nang araw na kayo'y aking makilala.

Your ancestors rebelled against Yahweh from the first day that I knew them, [in Egypt].

25 Sa gayo'y nagpatirapa ako sa harap ng Panginoon na apat na pung araw at apat na pung gabi na ako'y nagpatirapa, sapagka't sinabi ng Panginoon, na kaniyang lilipulin kayo.

So, [as I said], I lay on the ground in Yahweh’s presence for 40 days and nights, because Yahweh had said that he would get rid of your ancestors.

26 At aking ipinanalangin sa Panginoon, at sinabi, Oh Panginoong Dios, huwag mong lipulin ang iyong bayan at ang iyong mana, na iyong tinubos ng iyong kadakilaan na iyong inilabas sa Egipto ng makapangyarihang kamay.

And I prayed to Yahweh, saying, ‘Lord God, these people belong to you; do not destroy them. They are people whom you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your very great power. [DOU, MTY]

27 Alalahanin mo ang iyong mga lingkod, si Abraham, si Isaac, at si Jacob; huwag mong masdan ang pagmamatigas ng bayang ito, ni ang kasamaan nila, ni ang kasalanan nila:

Do not forget [what you promised to] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please ignore these stubborn and wicked people and the sin that they have committed.

28 Baka sabihin ng mga taga lupaing pinaglabasan mo sa amin: Sapagka't hindi sila naipasok ng Panginoon sa lupain na ipinangako sa kanila, at sa kapootan niya sa kanila, ay inilabas sila upang patayin sa ilang.

If you do not do that, [and if you get rid of them], the people of Egypt will [hear about it and] say that you were not able to bring them into the land that you promised to give to them. They will say that you took them into the desert only to kill them there because you hated them.

29 Gayon man sila'y iyong bayan at iyong mana, na iyong inilabas ng iyong dakilang kapangyarihan at ng iyong unat na bisig.

[Do not forget that] they are your people. [You chose them to] belong to you. You brought them out [from Egypt] by your very great power [DOU, MTY].’”