Ang Pagkamatay ni Moises
1Mula sa kapatagan ng Moab, umakyat si Moises sa Bundok ng Nebo sa tuktok ng Pisga na nakaharap sa Jerico. Doon ipinakita ng Panginoon ang buong lupain – mula sa Gilead hanggang sa Dan, 2ang buong lupain ng Naftali, ang lupain ng Efraim at ng Manase, ang buong lupain ng Juda hanggang sa Dagat ng Mediteraneo,34:2 Dagat ng Mediteraneo: sa Hebreo, dagat sa kanluran. 3ang Negev, at ang buong lupain mula sa Lambak ng Jerico (ang lungsod ng mga palma) hanggang sa Zoar.
4Pagkatapos, sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, “Iyan ang lupaing ipinangako ko kina Abraham, Isaac at Jacob, at sinabi kong ibibigay ko ito sa kanilang salinlahi. Ipinakita ko ito sa iyo, pero hindi ka makakapunta roon.”
5Kaya namatay si Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon, ayon sa sinabi ng Panginoon. 6Inilibing siya sa Moab, sa lambak na nakaharap sa Bet Peor, pero hanggang ngayon ay walang nakakaalam kung saan talaga siya inilibing. 7Si Moises ay 120 taong gulang nang mamatay, pero malakas pa rin siya, at malinaw pa ang paningin. 8Nagluksa ang mga Israelita kay Moises doon sa kapatagan ng Moab sa loob ng 30 araw.
9Ngayon, si Josue na anak ni Nun ay binigyan ng Espiritu ng karunungan dahil pinili siya ni Moises na pumalit sa kanya sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatong ng kamay nito sa kanya. Kaya sinunod siya ng mga Israelita, at ginawa nila ang lahat ng iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises.
10Mula noon, wala nang propeta pa sa Israel na katulad ni Moises, na nakakausap ng Panginoon nang harapan. 11Isinugo ng Panginoon si Moises para gumawa ng mga himala at mga kamangha-manghang bagay sa Egipto laban sa Faraon, sa kanyang mga opisyal at sa buong bansa. 12Wala nang nakagawa pa ng mga makapangyarihan at kamangha-manghang bagay na katulad ng ginawa ni Moises sa harap ng lahat ng Israelita.
Moses Dies
1Moses climbed Mount Nebo. He went up from the plains of Moab to the highest slopes of Pisgah. It’s across from Jericho. At Pisgah the Lord showed him the whole land from Gilead all the way to Dan. 2Moses saw the whole land of Naphtali. He saw the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh. The Lord showed him the whole land of Judah all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. 3Moses saw the Negev Desert. He saw the whole area from the Valley of Jericho all the way to Zoar. Jericho was also known as The City of Palm Trees. 4Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I told them, ‘I will give this land to your children and their children.’ Moses, I have let you see it with your own eyes. But you will not go across the Jordan River to enter it.”
5Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in Moab. It happened just as the Lord had said. 6The Lord buried the body of Moses in Moab. His grave is in the valley across from Beth Peor. But to this day no one knows where his grave is. 7Moses was 120 years old when he died. But his eyesight was still good. He was still very strong. 8The Israelites mourned over Moses on the plains of Moab for 30 days. They did it until their time for weeping and crying was over.
9Joshua, the son of Nun, was filled with wisdom. That’s because Moses had placed his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to Joshua. They did what the Lord had commanded Moses.
10Since then, Israel has never had a prophet like Moses. The Lord knew him face to face. 11Moses did many signs and amazing things. The Lord had sent him to do them in Egypt. Moses did them against Pharaoh, against all his officials and against his whole land. 12No one has ever had the mighty power Moses had. No one has ever done the wonderful acts he did in the sight of all the Israelites.
