Deuteronomy 9

1 Gbọ́, ìwọ Israẹli. Báyìí, ẹ̀yin ti gbáradì láti la Jordani kọjá, láti lọ gba ilẹ̀ àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí wọ́n tóbi, tí wọ́n sì lágbára jù yín lọ, tí wọ́n ní àwọn ìlú ńlá ńlá, tí odi wọn kan ọ̀run.

Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

2 Àwọn ènìyàn náà lágbára wọ́n sì ga àní àwọn ọmọ Anaki ni wọ́n. Ẹ gbọ́ nípa wọn, ẹ sì gbọ́ tí àwọn ènìyàn ń sọ nípa wọn pé, “Ta ni ó le è dojú ìjà kọ àwọn ọmọ Anaki (òmíràn)?”

A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast heard [it said], Who can stand before the children of Anak!

3 Ṣùgbọ́n kí ó dá a yín lójú lónìí pé Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ni ó ń ṣáájú u yín lọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí iná ajónirun. Yóò jó wọn run, yóò sì tẹ orí wọn ba níwájú yín. Ẹ̀yin yóò sì lé wọ́n jáde, ẹ̀yin yóò sì run wọ́n kíákíá, bí Olúwa ti ṣèlérí fún un yín.

Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God [is] he who goeth over before thee; [as] a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said to thee.

4 Lẹ́yìn tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín bá ti lé wọn jáde níwájú u yín, ẹ má ṣe wí fún ara yín pé, “Torí òdodo mi ní Olúwa ṣe mú mi wá síbí láti gba ilẹ̀ náà.” Rárá, ṣùgbọ́n nítorí ìwà búburú àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè wọ̀nyí ni Olúwa yóò ṣe lé wọn jáde níwájú u yín.

Speak not thou in thy heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

5 Kì í ṣe nítorí òdodo yín, tàbí ìdúró ṣinṣin ni ẹ ó fi wọ ìlú wọn lọ láti gba ilẹ̀ wọn, ṣùgbọ́n nítorí ìwà búburú àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè wọ̀nyí ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò fi lé wọn jáde kúrò níwájú u yín láti lè mú ohun tí ó búra fún àwọn baba ṣẹ: fún Abrahamu, Isaaki àti Jakọbu.

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations, the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

6 Ṣùgbọ́n kí ó yé yín pé kì í ṣe nítorí òdodo yín ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín fi ń fún un yín ní ilẹ̀ rere náà, láti ní, nítorí pé ènìyàn ọlọ́rùn líle ni ẹ jẹ́.

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a stiff-necked people.

7 Ẹ rántí, ẹ má sì ṣe gbàgbé bí ẹ̀yin ti mú Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín bínú ní aginjù. Láti ọjọ́ ti ẹ tí kúrò ní Ejibiti ni ẹ̀yin ti ń ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí Olúwa títí tí ẹ̀yin fi dé ìhín yìí.

Remember, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart from the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

8 Ní Horebu ẹ̀yin ti mú kí Olúwa bínú, títí dé bi pé ó fẹ́ run yín.

Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.

9 Nígbà tí mo gòkè lọ láti lọ gba wàláà òkúta, wàláà májẹ̀mú ti Olúwa ti bá a yín dá. Ogójì ọ̀sán àti òru ni mo fi wà lórí òkè náà, èmi kò fẹnu kan oúnjẹ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ń kò mu omi.

When I ascended the mount, to receive the tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither ate bread, nor drank water:

10 Olúwa fún mi ní wàláà òkúta méjì tí a fi ìka Ọlọ́run kọ. Lórí wọn ni a kọ àwọn òfin tí Ọlọ́run sọ fún un yín lórí òkè láàrín iná, ní ọjọ́ ìpéjọpọ̀ sí.

And the LORD delivered to me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words which the LORD spoke with you in the mount, from the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly.

11 Lópin ogójì ọ̀sán àti òru wọ̀nyí, Olúwa fún mi ní sílétì òkúta méjì, wàláà òkúta májẹ̀mú náà.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, [that] the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant.

12 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Olúwa sọ fún mi pé, “Sọ̀kalẹ̀ kúrò níhìn-ín kíákíá, torí pé àwọn ènìyàn rẹ tí o mú jáde láti Ejibiti ti hùwà ìbàjẹ́. Wọ́n ti yípadà kúrò, nínú ọ̀nà mi, wọ́n sì ti ṣe ère dídá fún ara wọn.”

And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted [themselves]; they are quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

13 Olúwa sì sọ fún mi pé, “Mo ti rí àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí pé ènìyàn ọlọ́rùn líle gbá à ni wọ́n.

Furthermore, the LORD spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and behold, it [is] a stiff-necked people:

14 Fi mí sílẹ̀, jẹ́ kí n run wọ́n, kí n sì pa orúkọ wọn rẹ́ kúrò lábẹ́ ọ̀run. Èmi yóò sì sọ ọ́ di orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó lágbára tí ó sì pọ̀jù wọ́n lọ.”

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

15 Báyìí ni mo yípadà, tí mó sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti orí òkè náà wá, orí òkè tí o ń yọ iná. Àwọn wàláà májẹ̀mú méjèèjì sì wà lọ́wọ́ mi.

So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant [were] in my two hands.

16 Ìgbà tí mo ṣàkíyèsí, mo rí i pé ẹ ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín. Ẹ ti ṣe ère òrìṣà ní ìrí ọ̀dọ́ màlúù, fún ara yín. Ẹ ti yípadà kánkán kúrò nínú ọ̀nà tí Olúwa ti pàṣẹ fún un yín.

And I looked, and behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.

17 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni mó ju wàláà méjèèjì náà mọ́lẹ̀, mo sì fọ́ wọn sí wẹ́wẹ́ lójú u yín.

And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

18 Lẹ́yìn náà mo tún wólẹ̀ níwájú Olúwa fún ogójì ọ̀sán àti ogójì òru, èmi kò jẹ oúnjẹ kankan bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò mu omi, nítorí gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí ẹ tí dá, tí ẹ sì ń ṣe búburú lójú Olúwa, tí ẹ sì ń mú u bínú.

And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I neither ate bread, nor drank water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

19 Mo bẹ̀rù ìbínú àti ìrunú Olúwa, nítorí pé inú bí i sí i yín dé bi wí pé ó fẹ́ pa yín run. Ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa tún fetí sí mi lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i.

(For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.) But the LORD hearkened to me at that time also.

20 Inú sì bí Olúwa sí Aaroni láti pa á run, nígbà náà ni mo tún gbàdúrà fún Aaroni náà.

And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

21 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni mo sì mú ohun tí ó mú un yín dẹ́ṣẹ̀, àní ère ẹgbọrọ màlúù tí ẹ ti ṣe, mo sì fi iná sun ún, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni mo gún un, mo sì lọ̀ ọ́ lúúlúú bí eruku lẹ́búlẹ́bú, mo sì da ẹ̀lọ̀ rẹ̀ sínú odò tí ń sàn nísàlẹ̀ òkè.

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended from the mount.

22 Ẹ̀yin tún mú Olúwa bínú ní Tabera, Massa àti ní Kibirotu-Hattaafa.

And at Taberah, and at Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.

23 Nígbà tí Olúwa ran an yín jáde ní Kadeṣi-Barnea, Ó wí pé, “Ẹ gòkè lọ, kí ẹ sì gba ilẹ̀ náà tí mo fi fún un yín.” Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí òfin Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín. Ẹ kò gbẹ́kẹ̀lé e, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ kò gbọ́ tirẹ̀.

Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

24 Láti ìgbà tí mo ti mọ̀ yín ni ẹ ti ń ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí Olúwa.

Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

25 Mo ti wólẹ̀ níwájú Olúwa fún ogójì ọ̀sán àti òru wọ̀nyí nítorí pé Olúwa sọ pé Òun yóò pa yín run.

Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down [at the first]; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

26 Mo gbàdúrà sí Olúwa wí pé, “Olúwa Olódùmarè, má ṣe run àwọn ènìyàn rẹ, àní ogún rẹ tí o ti rà padà, nípa agbára rẹ tí o sì fi agbára ńlá mú wọn jáde láti Ejibiti wá.

I prayed therefore to the LORD, and said, O LORD God, destroy not thy people and thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

27 Rántí àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ Abrahamu, Isaaki, àti Jakọbu. Fojú fo orí kunkun àwọn ènìyàn yìí, pẹ̀lú ìwà búburú àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn.

Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

28 Bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, orílẹ̀-èdè tí ìwọ ti mú wa jáde wá yóò wí pé, ‘Torí pé Olúwa kò lè mú wọn lọ sí ilẹ̀ náà tí ó ti ṣèlérí fún wọn, àti pé ó ti kórìíra wọn, ni ó fi mú wọn jáde láti pa wọ́n ní aginjù.’

Lest the land from which thou hast brought us should say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

29 Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ènìyàn rẹ ni wọ́n, ogún rẹ tí o ti fi ọwọ́ agbára rẹ àti nínà ọwọ́ rẹ mú jáde.”

Yet they [are] thy people and thy inheritance which thou hast brought out by thy mighty power and by thy out-stretched arm.