Deuteronomy 32 – NIV & NASV

New International Version

Deuteronomy 32:1-52

1Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;

hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.

2Let my teaching fall like rain

and my words descend like dew,

like showers on new grass,

like abundant rain on tender plants.

3I will proclaim the name of the Lord.

Oh, praise the greatness of our God!

4He is the Rock, his works are perfect,

and all his ways are just.

A faithful God who does no wrong,

upright and just is he.

5They are corrupt and not his children;

to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.

6Is this the way you repay the Lord,

you foolish and unwise people?

Is he not your Father, your Creator,32:6 Or Father, who bought you

who made you and formed you?

7Remember the days of old;

consider the generations long past.

Ask your father and he will tell you,

your elders, and they will explain to you.

8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,

when he divided all mankind,

he set up boundaries for the peoples

according to the number of the sons of Israel.32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God

9For the Lord’s portion is his people,

Jacob his allotted inheritance.

10In a desert land he found him,

in a barren and howling waste.

He shielded him and cared for him;

he guarded him as the apple of his eye,

11like an eagle that stirs up its nest

and hovers over its young,

that spreads its wings to catch them

and carries them aloft.

12The Lord alone led him;

no foreign god was with him.

13He made him ride on the heights of the land

and fed him with the fruit of the fields.

He nourished him with honey from the rock,

and with oil from the flinty crag,

14with curds and milk from herd and flock

and with fattened lambs and goats,

with choice rams of Bashan

and the finest kernels of wheat.

You drank the foaming blood of the grape.

15Jeshurun32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel. grew fat and kicked;

filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.

They abandoned the God who made them

and rejected the Rock their Savior.

16They made him jealous with their foreign gods

and angered him with their detestable idols.

17They sacrificed to false gods, which are not God—

gods they had not known,

gods that recently appeared,

gods your ancestors did not fear.

18You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;

you forgot the God who gave you birth.

19The Lord saw this and rejected them

because he was angered by his sons and daughters.

20“I will hide my face from them,” he said,

“and see what their end will be;

for they are a perverse generation,

children who are unfaithful.

21They made me jealous by what is no god

and angered me with their worthless idols.

I will make them envious by those who are not a people;

I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.

22For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,

one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.

It will devour the earth and its harvests

and set afire the foundations of the mountains.

23“I will heap calamities on them

and spend my arrows against them.

24I will send wasting famine against them,

consuming pestilence and deadly plague;

I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,

the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.

25In the street the sword will make them childless;

in their homes terror will reign.

The young men and young women will perish,

the infants and those with gray hair.

26I said I would scatter them

and erase their name from human memory,

27but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,

lest the adversary misunderstand

and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;

the Lord has not done all this.’ ”

28They are a nation without sense,

there is no discernment in them.

29If only they were wise and would understand this

and discern what their end will be!

30How could one man chase a thousand,

or two put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock had sold them,

unless the Lord had given them up?

31For their rock is not like our Rock,

as even our enemies concede.

32Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom

and from the fields of Gomorrah.

Their grapes are filled with poison,

and their clusters with bitterness.

33Their wine is the venom of serpents,

the deadly poison of cobras.

34“Have I not kept this in reserve

and sealed it in my vaults?

35It is mine to avenge; I will repay.

In due time their foot will slip;

their day of disaster is near

and their doom rushes upon them.”

36The Lord will vindicate his people

and relent concerning his servants

when he sees their strength is gone

and no one is left, slave or free.32:36 Or and they are without a ruler or leader

37He will say: “Now where are their gods,

the rock they took refuge in,

38the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices

and drank the wine of their drink offerings?

Let them rise up to help you!

Let them give you shelter!

39“See now that I myself am he!

There is no god besides me.

I put to death and I bring to life,

I have wounded and I will heal,

and no one can deliver out of my hand.

40I lift my hand to heaven and solemnly swear:

As surely as I live forever,

41when 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.

42I will make my arrows drunk with blood,

while my sword devours flesh:

the blood of the slain and the captives,

the heads of the enemy leaders.”

43Rejoice, you nations, with his people,32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /

for he will avenge the blood of his servants;

he will take vengeance on his enemies

and make atonement for his land and people.

44Moses came with Joshua32:44 Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46he 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 obey carefully all the words of this law. 47They are not just idle words for you—they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Moses to Die on Mount Nebo

48On that same day the Lord told Moses, 49“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. 51This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites. 52Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”

New Amharic Standard Version

ዘዳግም 32:1-52

1ሰማያት ሆይ፤ አድምጡ፤ እኔም እናገራለሁ፤

ምድር ሆይ፤ አንቺም የአፌን ቃል ስሚ።

2ትምህርቴ እንደ ዝናብ ትውረድ፤

ቃሌም እንደ ጤዛ ይንጠባጠብ፤

በቡቃያ ሣር ላይ እንደ ካፊያ፣

ለጋ ተክልም ላይ እንደ ከባድ ዝናብ ይውረድ።

3እኔ የእግዚአብሔርን (ያህዌ) ስም ዐውጃለሁ፤

የአምላካችንን (ኤሎሂም) ታላቅነት አወድሱ!

4እርሱ ዐለት፣ ሥራውም ፍጹም ነው፤

መንገዱም ሁሉ ትክክል ነው፤

የማይሳሳት ታማኝ አምላክ፣

ቀጥተኛና ጻድቅ አምላክም እርሱ ነው።

5በእርሱ ላይ ክፋት ፈጽመዋል፤ ከነውራቸው የተነሣ ከእንግዲህ ልጆቹ አይደሉም፤

ወልጋዳና ጠማማ ትውልዶች ናቸው32፥5 ወይም የተጣመሙት እነርሱ እንጂ የእርሱ ልጆች አይደሉም

6አንተ ተላላና ጥበብ የጐደለህ ሕዝብ፣

ለእግዚአብሔር (ለያህዌ) የምትመልስለት በዚህ መንገድ ነውን?

አባትህ ፈጣሪህ32፥6 ወይም ያወጣህ አባትህ።

የሠራህና ያበጀህ እርሱ አይደለምን?

7የጥንቱን ዘመን አስታውስ፤

አባትህን ጠይቅ፤ ይነግርሃልም፤

ሽማግሌዎችህንም ጠይቅ፤ ያስረዱሃል።

8ልዑል ለአሕዛብ ርስታቸውን በሰጠ ጊዜ፣

የሰውንም ዘር በለያየ ጊዜ፣

በእስራኤል ልጆች32፥8 የማሶሬቱ ቅጅ፣ የሙት ባሕር ጥቅልል እንዲሁም የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕም፣ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ይላሉ። ቍጥር ልክ፣

የአሕዛብን ርስት ድንበር ለየ፤

9የእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ድርሻ የገዛ ሕዝቡ፣

ያዕቆብ የተለየ ርስቱ ነውና።

10እርሱን በምድረ በዳ፣

ባዶና ጭው ባለ በረሓ ውስጥ አገኘው፤

ጋሻ ሆነው፤ ተጠነቀቀለትም፤

እንደ ዐይኑ ብሌን ጠበቀው።

11ንስር ጐጆዋን በትና፣

በጫጩቶቿም ላይ እንደምትረብብ፣

እነርሱን ለመያዝ ክንፎቿን እንደምትዘረጋ፣

በክንፎቿም እንደምትሸከማቸው፣

12እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ብቻ መራው፤

ምንም ባዕድ አምላክ አብሮት አልነበረም።

13በምድር ከፍታ ላይ አወጣው፤

የዕርሻንም ፍሬ መገበው፤

ከዐለት ድንጋይ ማር አበላው፤

ከባልጩትም ድንጋይ ዘይት መገበው።

14የላሙንና የበጉን መንጋ ቅቤና ወተት፣

የሰቡትን በጎችና ፍየሎች፣

የባሳንን ምርጥ አውራ በግ፣

መልካም የሆነውንም ስንዴ፣

ማለፊያውንም የወይን ጠጅ።

15ይሹሩን32፥15 ይሹሩን ማለት ቅን ወይም ትክክለኛ ማለት ሲሆን፣ ይኸውም እስራኤልን የሚያሳይ ነው። ወፈረ፤ ረገጠ፤

ጠገበ፤ ሰውነቱ ደነደነ፤ ለሰለሰ፤

የፈጠረውንም አምላክ (ኤሎሂም) ተወ፤

መጠጊያ ዐለት የሆነውን አዳኙንም ናቀ።

16በባዕዳን አማልክታቸው አስቀኑት፤

በአጸያፊ ጣዖቶቻቸውም አስቈጡት።

17አምላክ ላልሆኑ አጋንንት፦

ላላወቋቸው አማልክት፣

ከጊዜ በኋላ ለተነሡ አማልክት፣

አባቶቻችሁ ላልፈሯቸው አማልክት ሠዉ።

18አባት የሆነህን ዐለት ከዳኸው፤

የወለደህን አምላክ ረሳኸው።

19እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ይህን አይቶ ናቃቸው፤

በወንድና በሴት ልጆቹ ተቈጥቷልና።

20እርሱም፣ “ፊቴን ከእነርሱ እሰውራለሁ፤

መጨረሻቸው ምን እንደሚሆንም አያለሁ” አለ፤

ጠማማ ትውልድ፣

የማይታመኑም ልጆች ናቸውና።

21አምላክ ባልሆነው አስቀኑኝ፤

በከንቱ ጣዖቶቻቸው አስቈጡኝ።

እኔም ሕዝብ ባልሆነው አስቀናቸዋለሁ።

በማያስተውልም ሕዝብ አስቈጣቸዋለሁ።

22በቍጣዬ እሳት ተቀጣጥሏልና፤

እርሱ እስከ ሲኦል ዘልቆ ይነድዳል።

ምድርን እስከ ሰብሏ ይበላል፤

የተራሮችንም መሠረት ያቀጣጥላል።

23“በመዓት ላይ መዓት አመጣባቸዋለሁ።

ፍላጻዬንም በእነርሱ ላይ እጨርሳለሁ።

24የሚያጠፋ ራብ፣ በልቶ የሚጨርስ ቸነፈርና ከባድ

መቅሠፍት እሰድድባቸዋለሁ፤

የአራዊትን ሹል ጥርስ፣ በምድር የሚሳብ የእባብ መርዝም

እሰድድባቸዋለሁ።

25ሰይፍ መንገድ ላይ ያስቀራቸዋል፤

ቤታቸውም ውስጥ ድንጋጤ ይነግሣል፤

ጕልማሳውና ልጃገረዷ፣

ሕፃኑና ሽማግሌው ይጠፋሉ።

26እበትናቸዋለሁ፤ ከሰዎችም መካከል መታሰቢያቸውን

አጠፋለሁ አልሁ፤

27ነገር ግን ጠላቶቻቸው እንዳይታበዩ፣

‘ድል ያደረገችው እጃችን እንጂ፣

እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ይህን ሁሉ አላደረገም’ እንዳይሉ፣

የጠላትን መነሣሣት ሠጋሁ።”

28አእምሮ የጐደላቸው፣

ማስተዋልም የሌላቸው ናቸው።

29አስተዋዮች ቢሆኑ ኖሮ ይህን በተገነዘቡ፣

መጨረሻቸውም ምን እንደሚሆን ባስተዋሉ ነበር።

30መጠጊያ ዐለታቸው ካልሸጣቸው፣

እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ካልተዋቸው በቀር፣

አንድ ሰው እንዴት ሺሑን ያሳድዳል?

ሁለቱስ እንዴት ዐሥር ሺሑን እንዲሸሹ ያደርጋሉ?

31የእነርሱ መጠጊያ ዐለት እንደ እኛ መጠጊያ

ዐለት አይደለምና፤ ጠላቶቻችንም እንኳ ይህን አይክዱም።

32ወይናቸው ከሰዶም ወይን፣

ከገሞራም ዕርሻ ይመጣል፤

የወይናቸው ፍሬ በመርዝ፣

ዘለላቸውም በምሬት የተሞላ ነው።

33ወይናቸው የእባብ መርዝ፣

የመራዥ እባብም መርዝ ነው።

34“ይህ በእኔ ዘንድ ተጠብቆ ያለ፣

በመዝገቤስ የታተመ አይደለምን?

35በቀል የእኔ ነው፤ እኔ ብድራትን እመልሳለሁ፤

ጊዜው ሲደርስ እግራቸው ይሰናከላል፤

የመጥፊያቸው ቀን ቀርቧል፤

የሚመጣባቸውም ፍርድ ፈጥኖባቸዋል።”

36ኀይላቸው መድከሙን፣

ባሪያም ሆነ ነጻ ሰው አለመቅረቱን በሚያይበት ጊዜ፣

እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ለሕዝቡ ይፈርዳል፤

ለአገልጋዮቹም ይራራል።

37እንዲህም ይላል፤ “መጠጊያ ዐለት የሆኗቸው፣

እነዚያ አማልክታቸው የት አሉ?

38የመሥዋዕታቸውን ሥብ የበሉ፣

የመጠጥ ቍርባናቸውንም የወይን ጠጅ የጠጡ አማልክት ወዴት ናቸው?

እስቲ ይነሡና ይርዷችሁ!

እስቲ መጠለያ ይስጧችሁ!

39“እኔ ራሴ እርሱ እንደ ሆንሁ እዩ፤

ከእኔም በቀር ሌላ አምላክ የለም፤

እገድላለሁ፤ አድናለሁም፤

አቈስላለሁ፤ እፈውሳለሁም፤

ከእጄም የሚያስጥል ማንም የለም።

40እጄን ወደ ሰማይ አነሣለሁ፤

ለዘላለምም ሕያው እንደ ሆንሁ እናገራለሁ፤

41የሚያብረቀርቅ ሰይፌን ስዬ፣

እጄ ለፍርድ ስትይዘው፣

ባላጋራዎቼን እበቀላቸዋለሁ፤

የሚጠሉኝንም እንደ ሥራቸው እከፍላቸዋለሁ።

42ሰይፌ ሥጋ በሚበላበት ጊዜ፣

ፍላጾቼ በደም እንዲሰክሩ አደርጋለሁ፤

ደሙ የታረዱትና የምርኮኞች፣

የጠላት አለቆችም ራስ ደም ነው።”

43አሕዛብ ሆይ፤ ከሕዝቡ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ32፥43 ወይም፣ ሕዝቦች ሆይ፤ ደስ ይበላችሁ።32፥43 የማሶሬቱ ቅጅ፣ የሙት ባሕር ጥቅልል እንዲሁም የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕም፣ ሕዝቦች ሆይ፤ መላእክት ሁሉ ለእርሱ ይስገዱ ይላሉ።

እርሱ የአገልጋዮቹን ደም ይመልሳል፤

ጠላቶቹንም ይበቀላል።

ምድሪቱንና ሕዝቡን ይቤዣቸዋልና።

44ሙሴም ከነዌ ልጅ ከኢያሱ ጋር መጥቶ የዚህን መዝሙር ቃሎች በሕዝቡ ጆሮ ተናገረ። 45ሙሴም እነዚህን ቃሎች ሁሉ ለመላው እስራኤል ተናግሮ ከጨረሰ በኋላ፣ 46እንዲህ አላቸው፤ የዚህን ሕግ ቃሎች ሁሉ በጥንቃቄ ይጠብቁ ዘንድ ልጆቻችሁን እንድታዝዟቸው፣ እኔ ዛሬ በግልጥ የምነግራችሁን ቃሎች ሁሉ በልባችሁ አኑሩ። 47ቃሎቹ ለእናንተ ሕይወታችሁ እንጂ እንዲሁ ባዶ ቃሎች አይደሉም፤ በእነርሱ ዮርዳኖስን ተሻግራችሁ፣ በምትወርሷትም ምድር ረዥም ዘመን ትኖራላችሁ።

ሙሴ በናባው ተራራ ላይ መሞቱ

48በዚያችም ዕለት እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን እንዲህ አለው፤ 49“ከኢያሪኮ ማዶ ባለው የሞዓብ ምድር፣ ከዓባሪም ተራሮች አንዱ ወደ ሆነው ወደ ናባው ተራራ ወጥተህ ለእስራኤላውያን ርስት አድርጌ የምሰጣትን የከነዓንን ምድር አሻግረህ ተመልከት። 50ወንድምህ አሮን በሖር ተራራ ላይ እንደ ሞተና ወደ ወገኖቹ እንደ ተሰበሰበ ሁሉ፣ አንተም በወጣህበት በዚያ ተራራ ላይ ሙት፤ ወደ ወገኖችህም ተሰብሰብ። 51ይህ የሚሆንበት ምክንያት ሁለታችሁም በጺን ምድረ በዳ፣ በቃዴስ በመሪባ ውሃ አጠገብ በእኔ ላይ መታመናችሁን በእስራኤላውያን ፊት ስላጐደላችሁና ቅድስናዬንም በእስራኤላውያን መካከል ስላላከበራችሁ ነው። 52ስለዚህ ምድሪቱን ከሩቅ ሆነህ ታያታለህ እንጂ፣ ለእስራኤል ሕዝብ ወደምሰጣት ምድር አትገባም።”