Liber Deuteronomii, 32

1. “Audite, caeli, quae loquor; audiat terra verba oris mei!

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

2. Stillet ut pluvia doctrina mea, fluat ut ros eloquium meum quasi imber super herbam et quasi stillae super gramina.

2. May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distil as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

3. Quia nomen Domini invocabo: date magnificentiam Deo nostro!

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

4. Petra, perfecta sunt opera eius, quia omnes viae eius iustitia. Deus fidelis et absque ulla iniquitate, iustus et rectus.

4. "The Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.

5. Peccaverunt ei non filii eius in sordibus suis, generatio prava atque perversa.

5. They have dealt corruptly with him, they are no longer his children because of their blemish; they are a perverse and crooked generation.

6. Haeccine redditis Domino, popule stulte et insipiens? Numquid non ipse est pater tuus, qui possedit te, ipse fecit et stabilivit te?

6. Do you thus requite the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?

7. Memento dierum antiquorum, cogita generationes singulas; interroga patrem tuum, et annuntiabit tibi, maiores tuos, et dicent tibi.

7. Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

8. Quando dividebat Altissimus gentes, quando separabat filios Adam, constituit terminos populorum iuxta numerum filiorum Israel;

8. When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of men, he fixed the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

9. pars autem Domini populus eius, Iacob funiculus hereditatis eius.

9. For the LORD's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.

10. Invenit eum in terra deserta, in loco horroris et ululatu solitudinis; circumdedit eum et attendit et custodivit quasi pupillam oculi sui.

10. "He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

11. Sicut aquila provocans ad volandum pullos suos et super eos volitans expandit alas suas et assumpsit eum atque portavit super pennas suas.

11. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions,

12. Dominus solus dux eius fuit, et non erat cum eo deus alienus.

12. the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no foreign god with him.

13. Constituit eum super excelsam terram, ut comederet fructus agrorum, ut sugeret mel de petra oleumque de saxo durissimo,

13. He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the produce of the field; and he made him suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock.

14. butyrum de armento et lac de ovibus, cum adipe agnorum et arietum filiorum Basan et hircorum, cum medulla tritici, et sanguinem uvae biberet meracissimum.

14. Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs and rams, herds of Bashan and goats, with the finest of the wheat -- and of the blood of the grape you drank wine.

15. Incrassatus est dilectus et recalcitravit; incrassatus, impinguatus, dilatatus dereliquit Deum factorem suum et recessit a Petra salutari suo.

15. "But Jesh'urun waxed fat, and kicked; you waxed fat, you grew thick, you became sleek; then he forsook God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

16. Provocaverunt eum in diis alienis et in abominationibus ad iracundiam concitaverunt.

16. They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominable practices they provoked him to anger.

17. Immolaverunt daemonibus et non Deo, diis, quos ignorabant; novi recentesque venerunt, quos non coluerunt patres vestri.

17. They sacrificed to demons which were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come in of late, whom your fathers had never dreaded.

18. Petram, quae te genuit, dereliquisti, et oblitus es Domini creatoris tui.

18. You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.

19. Vidit Dominus et sprevit, quia provocaverunt eum filii sui et filiae.

19. "The LORD saw it, and spurned them, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

20. Et ait: “Abscondam faciem meam ab eis et considerabo novissima eorum; generatio enim perversa est, et infideles filii.

20. And he said, `I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.

21. Ipsi me provocaverunt in eo, qui non erat Deus, et irritaverunt in vanitatibus suis; et ego provocabo eos in eo, qui non est populus, et in gente stulta irritabo illos.

21. They have stirred me to jealousy with what is no god; they have provoked me with their idols. So I will stir them to jealousy with those who are no people; I will provoke them with a foolish nation.

22. Ignis succensus est in furore meo et ardebit usque ad inferni profundissima; devorabitque terram cum germine suo et montium fundamenta comburet.

22. For a fire is kindled by my anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth and its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

23. Congregabo super eos mala et sagittas meas complebo in eis.

23. "`And I will heap evils upon them; I will spend my arrows upon them;

24. Consumentur fame et devorabuntur febri et peste amarissima; dentes bestiarum immittam in eos, cum veneno serpentium in pulvere.

24. they shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and poisonous pestilence; and I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with venom of crawling things of the dust.

25. Foris vastabit eos gladius, et intus pavor: iuvenem simul ac virginem, lactantem cum homine sene.

25. In the open the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers shall be terror, destroying both young man and virgin, the sucking child with the man of gray hairs.

26. Dixi: Disperdam eos, cessare faciam ex hominibus memoriam eorum!,

26. I would have said, "I will scatter them afar, I will make the remembrance of them cease from among men,"

27. sed arrogantiam inimicorum timui, ne superbirent hostes eorum et dicerent: Manus nostra excelsa, et non Dominus fecit haec omnia!'.

27. had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge amiss, lest they should say, "Our hand is triumphant, the LORD has not wrought all this."'

28. Gens enim absque consilio est et sine prudentia.

28. "For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

29. Utinam saperent et intellegerent haec ac novissima sua providerent!

29. If they were wise, they would understand this, they would discern their latter end!

30. Quomodo persequatur unus mille, et duo fugent decem milia? Nonne ideo, quia Petra eorum vendidit eos, et Dominus tradidit illos?”.

30. How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had given them up?

31. Non enim est petra eorum ut Petra nostra, et inimici nostri sunt iudices.

31. For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

32. Vere de vinea Sodomorum vinea eorum et de suburbanis Gomorrae; uva eorum uva fellis et botri amarissimi;

32. For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom, and from the fields of Gomor'rah; their grapes are grapes of poison, their clusters are bitter;

33. fel draconum vinum eorum et venenum aspidum insanabile.

33. their wine is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps.

34. Nonne haec condita sunt apud me et signata in thesauris meis?

34. "Is not this laid up in store with me, sealed up in my treasuries?

35. Mea est ultio, et ego retribuam in tempore, in quo labetur pes eorum! Iuxta est dies perditionis, et adesse festinat sors eorum.

35. Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.

36. Iudicabit Dominus populum suum et in servis suis miserebitur; videbit quod infirmata sit manus, et defecerint clausi ac liberati.

36. For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none remaining, bond or free.

37. Et dicet: “Ubi sunt dii eorum, petra, in qua habebant fiduciam,

37. Then he will say, `Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

38. de quorum victimis comedebant adipes et bibebant vinum libaminum? Surgant et opitulentur vobis et in necessitate vos protegant!

38. who ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you, let them be your protection!

39. Videte nunc quod ego sim solus, et non sit Deus praeter me. Ego occidam et ego vivere faciam; percutiam et ego sanabo; et non est qui de manu mea possit eruere.

39. "`See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

40. Levabo ad caelum manum meam et dicam: Vivo ego in aeternum!

40. For I lift up my hand to heaven, and swear, As I live for ever,

41. Si acuero ut fulgur gladium meum, et arripuerit iudicium manus mea, reddam ultionem hostibus meis et his, qui oderunt me, retribuam.

41. if I whet my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will requite those who hate me.

42. Inebriabo sagittas meas sanguine, et gladius meus devorabit carnes: de cruore occisorum et captivorum, de capite ducum inimici!”.

42. I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh -- with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'

43. Laudate, gentes, populum eius, quia sanguinem servorum suorum ulciscetur et vindictam retribuet in hostes suos et propitius erit terrae populi sui”.

43. "Praise his people, O you nations; for he avenges the blood of his servants, and takes vengeance on his adversaries, and makes expiation for the land of his people."

44. Venit ergo Moyses et locutus est omnia verba cantici huius in auribus populi, ipse et Iosue filius Nun;

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

45. complevitque omnes sermones istos loquens ad universum Israel.

45. And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

46. Et dixit ad eos: “Ponite corda vestra in omnia verba, quae ego testificor vobis hodie, ut mandetis ea filiis vestris custodire et facere et implere universa verba legis huius;

46. he said to them, "Lay to heart all the words which I enjoin upon you this day, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.

47. quia verbum non incassum vobis, sed est vita vestra: et in verbo hoc longo perseverabitis tempore in terra, ad quam, Iordane transmisso, ingredimini possidendam”.

47. For it is no trifle for you, but it is your life, and thereby you shall live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess."

48. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in eadem die dicens:

48. And the LORD said to Moses that very day,

49. “Ascende in montem istum Abarim, in montem Nabo, qui est in terra Moab contra Iericho, et vide terram Chanaan, quam ego tradam filiis Israel obtinendam.

49. "Ascend this mountain of the Ab'arim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho; and view the land of Canaan, which I give to the people of Israel for a possession;

50. Et morere in monte, quem conscendens iungeris populo tuo, sicut mortuus est Aaron frater tuus in monte Hor et appositus populo suo.

50. and die on the mountain which you ascend, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people;

51. Quia praevaricati estis contra me in medio filiorum Israel ad aquas Meribathcades deserti Sin, quia non sanctificastis me inter filios Israel.

51. because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Mer'i-bath-ka'desh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you did not revere me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel.

52. E contra videbis terram et non ingredieris in eam, quam ego dabo filiis Israel”.

52. For you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go there, into the land which I give to the people of Israel."