Deuteronomy 32

1 Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

1 «أَصْغِي أَيَّتُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ فَأَتَكَلَّمَ وَلْتُنْصِتِ الأَرْضُ إِلَى أَقْوَالِ فَمِي.

2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

2 لِيَنْهَمِرْ تَعْلِيمِي كَالْمَطَرِ، وَلْيَقْطُرْ كَلامِي، فَيَكُونَ كَالطَّلِّ عَلَى الْكَلأ وَكَالْغَيْثِ عَلَى الْعُشْبِ.

3 For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!

3 بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ أَدْعُو، فَمَجِّدُوا عَظَمَةَ إِلَهِنَا.

4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

4 هُوَ الصَّخْرُ، وَصَنَائِعُهُ كُلُّهَا كَامِلَةٌ، سُبُلُهُ جَمِيعُهَا عَدْلٌ. هُوَ إِلَهُ أَمَانَةٍ لَا يَرْتَكِبُ جَوْراً، صِدِّيقٌ وَعَادِلٌ هُوَ.

5 His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

5 لَقَدِ اقْتَرَفُوا الْفَسَادَ أَمَامَهُ، وَلَمْ يَعُودُوا لَهُ أَبْنَاءً بَلْ لَطْخَةَ عَارٍ، إِنَّهُمْ جِيلٌ أَعْوَجُ وَمُلْتَوٍ

6 Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

6 أَبِهَذَا تُكَافِئُونَ الرَّبَّ أَيُّهَا الشَّعْبُ الأَحْمَقُ الْغَبِيُّ؟ أَلَيْسَ هُوَ أَبَاكُمْ وَخَالِقَكُمُ الَّذِي عَمِلَكُمْ وَكَوَّنَكُمْ؟

7 Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

7 اذْكُرُوا الأَيَّامَ الْغَابِرَةَ، وَتَأَمَّلُوا فِي سَنَوَاتِ الأَجْيَالِ الْمَاضِيَةِ. اسْأَلُوا آبَاءَكُمْ فَيُنْبِئُوكُمْ، وَشُيُوخَكُمْ فَيُخْبِرُوكُمْ.

8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

8 عِنْدَمَا قَسَمَ الْعَلِيُّ الْمِيرَاثَ عَلَى الأُمَمِ، وَحِينَ فَرَّقَ بَنِي آدَمَ، أَقَامَ حُدُوداً لِلشُّعُوبِ عَلَى عَدَدِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

9 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

9 لأَنَّ نَصِيبَ الرَّبِّ هُوَ شَعْبُهُ، وَأَبْنَاءَ يَعْقُوبَ قُرْعَةُ مِيرَاثِهِ.

10 He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

10 وَجَدَهُمْ فِي أَرْضٍ قَفْرٍ وَفِي خَلاءٍ مُوْحِشٍ. فَأَحَاطَ بِهِمْ وَرَعَاهُمْ وَصَانَهُمْ كَحَدَقَةِ عَيْنِهِ.

11 As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.

11 وَكَمَا يَهُزُّ النَّسْرُ عُشَّهُ، وَيَرُفُّ عَلَى فِرَاخِهِ، بَاسِطاً جَنَاحَيْهِ لِيَأْخُذَهَا وَيَحْمِلَهَا عَلَى مِنْكَبَيْهِ،

12 The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.

12 هَكَذَا الرَّبُّ وَحْدَهُ قَادَ شَعْبَهُ، وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُ إِلَهٌ غَرِيبٌ.

13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

13 أَصْعَدَهُمْ عَلَى هِضَابِ الأَرْضِ فَأَكَلُوا ثِمَارَ الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَغَذَّاهُمْ بِعَسَلٍ مِنْ صَخْرٍ، وَزَيْتٍ مِنْ حَجَرِ الصَّوَّانِ،

14 with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

14 وَزُبْدَةِ الْبَقَرِ وَلَبَنِ الْغَنَمِ وَشَحْمِ خِرَافٍ وَتُيُوسٍ وَخِيَارِ كِبَاشِ بَاشَانَ، وَأَفْضَلِ لُبِّ الْحِنْطَةِ، وَسَقَاهُمْ دَمَ الْعِنَبِ الْقَانِي.

15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

15 فَسَمِنَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَرَفَسُوا، سَمِنُوا وَغَلُظُوا وَاكْتَسَوْا شَحْماً، فَرَفَضُوا الإِلَهَ صَانِعَهُمْ وَتَنَكَّرُوا لِصَخْرَةِ خَلاصِهِمْ.

16 They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

16 أَثَارُوا غَيْرَتَهُ بِآلِهَتِهِمِ الْغَرِيبَةِ، وَأَغَاظُوهُ بِأَصْنَامِهِمِ الرِّجْسَةِ.

17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.

17 قَدَّمُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ لأَوْثَانٍ لَيْسَتْ هِيَ اللهَ، لِآلِهَةٍ غَرِيبَةٍ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا بَلْ ظَهَرَتْ حَدِيثاً، آلِهَةٍ لَمْ يَرْهَبْهَا آبَاؤُهُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ.

18 You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

18 لَقَدْ نَبَذْتُمُ الصَّخْرَ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَكُمْ، وَنَسِيتُمُ اللهَ الَّذِي أَنْشَأَكُمْ.

19 When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

19 فَرَأَى الرَّبُّ ذَلِكَ وَرَذَلَهُمْ، إِذْ أَثَارَ أَبْنَاؤُهُ وَبَنَاتُهُ غَيْظَهُ.

20 He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.

20 وَقَالَ: سَأَحْجُبُ وَجْهِي عَنْهُمْ، فَأَرَى مَاذَا يَكُونُ مَصِيرُهُمْ؟ إِنَّهُمْ جِيلٌ مُتَقَلِّبٌ وَأَوْلادٌ خَوَنَةٌ،

21 They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

21 هَيَّجُوا غَيْرَتِي بِعِبَادَةِ أَوْثَانِهِمْ، وَأَسْخَطُونِي بِأَصْنَامِهِمِ الْبَاطِلَةِ. لِذَلِكَ سَأُثِيرُ غَيْرَتَهُمْ بِشَعْبٍ مُتَوَحِّشٍ، وَأُغِيظُهُمْ بِأُمَّةٍ حَمْقَاءَ.

22 For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

22 فَهَا قَدْ أَضْرَمَ غَضَبِي نَاراً تُحْرِقُ حَتَّى الْهَاوِيَةِ السُّفْلَى، وَتَأْكُلُ الأَرْضَ وَغَلّاتِهَا، وَتُشْعِلُ أُسُسَ الْجِبَالِ.

23 I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

23 أُكَوِّمُ عَلَيْهِمْ شُرُوراً وَأُنْفِذُ سِهَامِي فِيهِمْ.

24 They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.

24 وَحِينَ يَكُونُونَ خَائِرِينَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ، مَنْهُوكِينَ مِنَ الْحُمَّى وَالدَّاءِ السَّامِّ، أَجْعَلُ أَنْيَابَ الْوُحُوشِ مَعَ سُمِّ زَوَاحِفِ الأَرْضِ تَنْشَبُ فِيهِمْ.

25 Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

25 يُثْكِلُهُمْ سَيْفُ الْعَدُوِّ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَيَسْتَوْلِي عَلَيْهِم الرُّعْبُ دَاخِلَ الْخُدُورِ، فَيَهْلِكُ الْفَتَى مَعَ الْفَتَاةِ، وَالرَّضِيعُ مَعَ الشَّيْخِ.

26 I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

26 قُلْتُ: أُشَتِّتُهُمْ فِي زَوَايَا الأَرْضِ، وَأَمْحُو مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ ذِكْرَهُمْ.

27 if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

27 لَوْلا خَوْفِي مِنْ تَبَجُّحِ الْعَدُوِّ، إِذْ يَظُنُّونَ قَائِلِينَ: إِنَّ يَدَنَا قَدْ عَظُمَتْ، وَلَيْسَ مَا جَرَى هُوَ مِنْ فِعْلِ الرَّبِّ.

28 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

28 إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أُمَّةٌ غَبِيَّةٌ لَا بَصِيرَةَ فِيهَا.

29 If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

29 لَوْ عَقَلُوا لَفَطِنُوا لِمَآلِهِمْ وَتَأَمَّلُوا فِي مَصِيرِهِمْ،

30 How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

30 إِذْ كَيْفَ يَدْحَرُ وَاحِدٌ أَلْفاً، وَيَهْزِمُ اثْنَانِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ عَشَرَةَ آلافٍ مِنْهُمْ، لَوْلا أَنَّ صَخْرَهُمْ قَدْ هَجَرَهُمْ وَالرَّبَّ قَدْ سَلَّمَهُمْ؟

31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.

31 لأَنْ لَيْسَ صَخْرُهُمْ كَصَخْرِنَا، وَهَذَا مَا يُقِرُّ بِهِ أَعْدَاؤُنَا.

32 But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.

32 إِذْ إِنَّ كَرْمَتَهُمْ هِيَ مِنْ كَرْمَةِ سَدُومَ وَمِنْ حُقُولِ عَمُورَةَ. وَعِنَبَهُمْ يَنْضَحُ سُمّاً، وَعَنَاقِيدَهُمْ تَفِيضُ مَرَارَةً.

33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.

33 خَمْرُهُمْ حُمَةُ الأَفَاعِي وَسُمُّ الثَّعَابِينِ الْمُمِيتُ.

34 “Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?

34 أَلَيْسَ هَذَا مُدَّخَراً عِنْدِي مَخْتُوماً عَلَيْهِ فِي خَزَائِنِي؟

35 Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

35 لِيَ النَّقْمَةُ وَأَنَا أُجَازِي. وَفِي الْوَقْتِ الْمُعَيَّنِ تَزِلُّ أَقْدَامُهُمْ فَيَوْمُ هَلاكِهِمْ بَاتَ وَشِيكاً، وَمَصِيرُهُمُ الْمَحْتُومُ يُسْرِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ،

36 For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

36 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَدِينُ شَعْبَهُ وَيَرْأَفُ بِعَبِيدِهِ. عِنْدَمَا يَرَى أَنَّ قُوَّتَهُمْ قَدِ اضْمَحَلَّتْ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ عَبْدٌ وَلا حُرٌّ،

37 He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

37 عِنْدَئِذٍ يَسْأَلُ الرَّبُّ: أَيْنَ آلِهَتُهُمْ؟ أَيْنَ الصَّخْرَةُ الَّتِي الْتَجَأُوا إِلَيْهَا؟

38 which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!

38 الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَلْتَهِمُ شَحْمَ ذَبَائِحِهِمْ وَتَشْرَبُ خَمْرَ سَكَائِبِهِمْ؟ لِتَهُبَّ لِمُسَاعَدَتِهِمْ وَتَبْسُطَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِمَايَتَهَا.

39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

39 انْظُرُوا الآنَ: إِنِّي أَنَا هُوَ وَلَيْسَ إِلَهٌ آخَرُ مَعِي. أَنَا أُمِيتُ وَأُحْيِي، أَسْحَقُ وَأَشْفِي، وَلا مُنْقِذَ مِنْ يَدِي.

40 For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,

40 أَبْسُطُ يَدِي نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ قَائِلاً: حَيٌّ أَنَا إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

41 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

41 إِذَا سَنَنْتُ سَيْفِي الْبَارِقَ وَأَمْسَكَتْ بِهِ يَدِي لِلْقَضَاءِ، فَإِنِّي أَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِي، وَأُجَازِي مُبْغِضِيَّ.

42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”

42 أُسْكِرُ سِهَامِي بِالدَّمِ وَيَلْتَهِمُ سَيْفِي لَحْماً، مِنْ دَمِ الْقَتْلَى وَالسَّبَايَا وَرُؤُوسِ قَادَةِ الْعَدُوِّ.

43 Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.

43 تَهَلَّلِي أَيَّتُهَا الأُمَمُ مَعَ شَعْبِهِ، لأَنَّهُ سَيَنْتَقِمُ لِدِمَاءِ عَبِيدِهِ وَيَثْأَرُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ وَيَصْفَحُ عَنْ أَرْضِهِ وَعَنْ شَعْبِهِ».

44 Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

44 وَأَقْبَلَ مُوسَى وَيَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ وَقَرَآ كَلِمَاتِ هَذَا النَّشِيدِ جَمِيعَهَا فِي مَسَامِعِ الشَّعْبِ.

45 When Moses had finished reciting all these words to all Israel,

45 وَعِنْدَمَا انْتَهَى مُوسَى مِنْ تِلاوَةِ جَمِيعِ كَلِمَاتِ أَبْيَاتِ هَذَا النَّشِيدِ عَلَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ،

46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

46 قَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَأَمَّلُوا بِقُلُوبِكُمْ فِي جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي أَنَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِها الْيَوْمَ، لِكَيْ تُوصُوا بِها أَوْلادَكُمْ، لِيَحْرِصُوا عَلَى الْعَمَلِ بِكَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ التَّوْرَاةِ كُلِّهَا.

47 For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

47 لأَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ كَلِمَاتٍ لَا جَدْوَى لَكُمْ مِنْهَا. إِنَّهَا حَيَاتُكُمْ وَبِهَا تَعِيشُونَ طَوِيلاً فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ عَابِرُونَ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ إِلَيْهَا لِتَرِثُوهَا».

48 On that same day the LORD said to Moses,

48 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى فِي نَفْسِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ:

49 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.

49 «اصْعَدْ إِلَى سِلْسِلَةِ جِبَالِ عَبَارِيمَ حَيْثُ جَبَلُ نَبُو الَّذِي فِي أَرْضِ مُوآبَ مُقَابِلَ أَرِيحَا، وَشَاهِدْ أَرْضَ كَنْعَانَ الَّتِي أَنَا وَاهِبُهَا مُلْكاً لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

50 And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.

50 وَمُتْ فِي الْجَبَلِ الَّذِي تَصْعَدُ إِلَيْهِ، وَالْحَقْ بِقَوْمِكَ كَمَا مَاتَ أَخُوكَ هَرُونُ فِي جَبَلِ هُورٍ وَلَحِقَ بِقَوْمِهِ.

51 For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.

51 لأَنَّكُمَا لَمْ تَثِقَا بِي فِي حُضُورِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ عِنْدَ مَاءِ مَرِيبَةِ قَادِشَ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ صِينٍ، إِذْ لَمْ تُقَدِّسَانِي بَيْنَ الشَّعْبِ.

52 Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”

52 لِهَذَا فَإِنَّكَ تَشْهَدُ الأَرْضَ عَنْ بُعْدٍ، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تَدْخُلَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَهَبُهَا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».