The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 32דברים 32

הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ אִמְרֵי פִֽי

Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

יַעֲרֹ֤ף כַּמָּטָר֙ לִקְחִ֔י תִּזַּ֥ל כַּטַּ֖ל אִמְרָתִ֑י כִּשְׂעִירִ֣ם עֲלֵי דֶ֔שֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִ֖ים עֲלֵי עֵֽשֶׂב

May my teaching drop like the rain, my speech distill like the dew, like showers on the grass, and like abundant rain on the tender plant.

כִּ֛י שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֶקְרָ֑א הָב֥וּ גֹ֖דֶל לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ

For I proclaim the name of YHWH; ascribe greatness to our God.

הַצּוּר֙ תָּמִ֣ים פָּעֳל֔וֹ כִּ֥י כָל דְּרָכָ֖יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אֵ֤ל אֱמוּנָה֙ וְאֵ֣ין עָ֔וֶל צַדִּ֥יק וְיָשָׁ֖ר הֽוּא

The Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness, without injustice; righteous and upright is he.

שִׁחֵ֥ת ל֛וֹ לֹ֖א בָּנָ֣יו מוּמָ֑ם דּ֥וֹר עִקֵּ֖שׁ וּפְתַלְתֹּֽל

They have dealt corruptly with him — they are not his children, to their shame — a crooked and twisted generation.

הֲ לַיְהוָה֙ תִּגְמְלוּ זֹ֔את עַ֥ם נָבָ֖ל וְלֹ֣א חָכָ֑ם הֲלוֹא הוּא֙ אָבִ֣יךָ קָּנֶ֔ךָ ה֥וּא עָֽשְׂךָ֖ וַֽיְכֹנְנֶֽךָ

Do you thus repay YHWH, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your father who created you? He made you and established you.

זְכֹר֙ יְמ֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם בִּ֖ינוּ שְׁנ֣וֹת דּוֹר וָד֑וֹר שְׁאַ֤ל אָבִ֨יךָ֙ וְיַגֵּ֔דְךָ זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ וְיֹ֥אמְרוּ לָֽךְ

Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will tell you; your elders, and they will say it to you.

בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל עֶלְיוֹן֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם בְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֑ם יַצֵּב֙ גְּבֻלֹ֣ת עַמִּ֔ים לְמִסְפַּ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of man, he set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

כִּ֛י חֵ֥לֶק יְהֹוָ֖ה עַמּ֑וֹ יַעֲקֹ֖ב חֶ֥בֶל נַחֲלָתֽוֹ

For YHWH's portion is his people; Jacob is the allotted share of his inheritance.

יִמְצָאֵ֨הוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִדְבָּ֔ר וּבְתֹ֖הוּ יְלֵ֣ל יְשִׁמֹ֑ן יְסֹֽבְבֶ֨נְהוּ֙ יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּ יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּ כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן עֵינֽוֹ

He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he guarded him as the pupil of his eye.

כְּנֶ֨שֶׁר֙ יָעִ֣יר קִנּ֔וֹ עַל גּוֹזָלָ֖יו יְרַחֵ֑ף יִפְרֹ֤שׂ כְּנָפָיו֙ יִקָּחֵ֔הוּ יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ עַל אֶבְרָתֽוֹ

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

יְהוָ֖ה בָּדָ֣ד יַנְחֶ֑נּוּ וְאֵ֥ין עִמּ֖וֹ אֵ֥ל נֵכָֽר

YHWH alone led him; no foreign god was with him.

יַרְכִּבֵ֨הוּ֙ עַל במותי בָּ֣מֳתֵי אָ֔רֶץ וַיֹּאכַ֖ל תְּנוּבֹ֣ת שָׂדָ֑י וַיֵּנִקֵ֤הֽוּ דְבַשׁ֙ מִסֶּ֔לַע וְשֶׁ֖מֶן מֵחַלְמִ֥ישׁ צֽוּר

He made him ride on the heights of the land, and he ate the produce of the field; and he nursed him with honey from the crag, and oil from the flinty rock;

חֶמְאַ֨ת בָּקָ֜ר וַחֲלֵ֣ב צֹ֗אן עִם חֵ֨לֶב כָּרִ֜ים וְאֵילִ֤ים בְּנֵֽי בָשָׁן֙ וְעַתּוּדִ֔ים עִם חֵ֖לֶב כִּלְי֣וֹת חִטָּ֑ה וְדַם עֵנָ֖ב תִּשְׁתֶּה חָֽמֶר

Curds of the herd and milk of the flock, with the fat of lambs, rams of Bashan's breed, and goats, with the finest of the wheat; and you drank the foaming blood of the grape.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ן יְשֻׁרוּן֙ וַיִּבְעָ֔ט שָׁמַ֖נְתָּ עָבִ֣יתָ כָּשִׂ֑יתָ וַיִּטֹּשׁ֙ אֱל֣וֹהַ עָשָׂ֔הוּ וַיְנַבֵּ֖ל צ֥וּר יְשֻׁעָתֽוֹ

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, thick, gorged — and he forsook God who made him, and treated the Rock of his salvation as a fool.

יַקְנִאֻ֖הוּ בְּזָרִ֑ים בְּתוֹעֵבֹ֖ת יַכְעִיסֻֽהוּ

They made him jealous with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger.

יִזְבְּח֗וּ לַשֵּׁדִים֙ לֹ֣א אֱלֹ֔הַ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֹ֣א יְדָע֑וּם חֲדָשִׁים֙ מִקָּרֹ֣ב בָּ֔אוּ לֹ֥א שְׂעָר֖וּם אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם

They sacrificed to demons, not-God, gods they had not known — new ones, lately arrived, whom your fathers had not feared.

צ֥וּר יְלָדְךָ֖ תֶּ֑שִׁי וַתִּשְׁכַּ֖ח אֵ֥ל מְחֹלְלֶֽךָ

You were unmindful of the Rock who bore you, and you forgot the God who writhed in labor to give you birth.

וַיַּ֥רְא יְהוָ֖ה וַיִּנְאָ֑ץ מִכַּ֥עַס בָּנָ֖יו וּבְנֹתָֽיו

And YHWH saw, and spurned them, because of the provocation of his sons and daughters.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַסְתִּ֤ירָה פָנַי֙ מֵהֶ֔ם אֶרְאֶ֖ה מָ֣ה אַחֲרִיתָ֑ם כִּ֣י ד֤וֹר תַּהְפֻּכֹת֙ הֵ֔מָּה בָּנִ֖ים לֹא אֵמֻ֥ן בָּֽם

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 there is no faithfulness.

הֵ֚ם קִנְא֣וּנִי בְלֹא אֵ֔ל כִּעֲס֖וּנִי בְּהַבְלֵיהֶ֑ם וַאֲנִי֙ אַקְנִיאֵ֣ם בְּלֹא עָ֔ם בְּג֥וֹי נָבָ֖ל אַכְעִיסֵֽם

They made me jealous with what is not God; they provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

כִּי אֵשׁ֙ קָדְחָ֣ה בְאַפִּ֔י וַתִּיקַ֖ד עַד שְׁא֣וֹל תַּחְתִּ֑ית וַתֹּ֤אכַל אֶ֨רֶץ֙ וִֽיבֻלָ֔הּ וַתְּלַהֵ֖ט מוֹסְדֵ֥י הָרִֽים

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

אַסְפֶּ֥ה עָלֵ֖ימוֹ רָע֑וֹת חִצַּ֖י אֲכַלֶּה בָּֽם

I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend my arrows on them.

מְזֵ֥י רָעָ֛ב וּלְחֻ֥מֵי רֶ֖שֶׁף וְקֶ֣טֶב מְרִירִ֑י וְשֶׁן בְּהֵמוֹת֙ אֲשַׁלַּח בָּ֔ם עִם חֲמַ֖ת זֹחֲלֵ֥י עָפָֽר

Wasted with hunger, and devoured by plague and bitter pestilence; I will send against them the teeth of beasts, with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.

מִחוּץ֙ תְּשַׁכֶּל חֶ֔רֶב וּמֵחֲדָרִ֖ים אֵימָ֑ה גַּם בָּחוּר֙ גַּם בְּתוּלָ֔ה יוֹנֵ֖ק עִם אִ֥ישׁ שֵׂיבָֽה

Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers, terror; both young man and virgin, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

אָמַ֖רְתִּי אַפְאֵיהֶ֑ם אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָה מֵאֱנ֖וֹשׁ זִכְרָֽם

I said, I will scatter them afar; I will make their remembrance cease from among mankind —

לוּלֵ֗י כַּ֤עַס אוֹיֵב֙ אָג֔וּר פֶּֽן יְנַכְּר֖וּ צָרֵ֑ימוֹ פֶּן יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ יָדֵ֣ינוּ רָ֔מָה וְלֹ֥א יְהוָ֖ה פָּעַ֥ל כָּל זֹֽאת

Had I not feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misjudge, lest they should say, 'Our hand is triumphant, it was not YHWH who did all this' —

כִּי ג֛וֹי אֹבַ֥ד עֵצ֖וֹת הֵ֑מָּה וְאֵ֥ין בָּהֶ֖ם תְּבוּנָֽה

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

ל֥וּ חָכְמ֖וּ יַשְׂכִּ֣ילוּ זֹ֑את יָבִ֖ינוּ לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם

If only they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!

אֵיכָ֞ה יִרְדֹּ֤ף אֶחָד֙ אֶ֔לֶף וּשְׁנַ֖יִם יָנִ֣יסוּ רְבָבָ֑ה אִם לֹא֙ כִּי צוּרָ֣ם מְכָרָ֔ם וַֽיהוָ֖ה הִסְגִּירָֽם

How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and YHWH had given them up?

כִּ֛י לֹ֥א כְצוּרֵ֖נוּ צוּרָ֑ם וְאֹיְבֵ֖ינוּ פְּלִילִֽים

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

כִּֽי מִגֶּ֤פֶן סְדֹם֙ גַּפְנָ֔ם וּמִשַּׁדְמֹ֖ת עֲמֹרָ֑ה עֲנָבֵ֨מוֹ֙ עִנְּבֵי ר֔וֹשׁ אַשְׁכְּלֹ֥ת מְרֹרֹ֖ת לָֽמוֹ

For their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison, their clusters are bitter.

חֲמַ֥ת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְרֹ֥אשׁ פְּתָנִ֖ים אַכְזָֽר

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

הֲלֹא ה֖וּא כָּמֻ֣ס עִמָּדִ֑י חָתֻ֖ם בְּאוֹצְרֹתָֽי

Is not this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasuries?

לִ֤י נָקָם֙ וְשִׁלֵּ֔ם לְעֵ֖ת תָּמ֣וּט רַגְלָ֑ם כִּ֤י קָרוֹב֙ י֣וֹם אֵידָ֔ם וְחָ֖שׁ עֲתִדֹ֥ת לָֽמוֹ

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

כִּֽי יָדִ֤ין יְהוָה֙ עַמּ֔וֹ וְעַל עֲבָדָ֖יו יִתְנֶחָ֑ם כִּ֤י יִרְאֶה֙ כִּי אָ֣זְלַת יָ֔ד וְאֶ֖פֶס עָצ֥וּר וְעָזֽוּב

For YHWH 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.

וְאָמַ֖ר אֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֑ימוֹ צ֖וּר חָסָ֥יוּ בֽוֹ

And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge?

אֲשֶׁ֨ר חֵ֤לֶב זְבָחֵ֨ימוֹ֙ יֹאכֵ֔לוּ יִשְׁתּ֖וּ יֵ֣ין נְסִיכָ֑ם יָק֨וּמוּ֙ וְיַעְזְרֻכֶ֔ם יְהִ֥י עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם סִתְרָֽה

The gods 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!

רְא֣וּ עַתָּ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י אֲנִי֙ ה֔וּא וְאֵ֥ין אֱלֹהִ֖ים עִמָּדִ֑י אֲנִ֧י אָמִ֣ית וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה מָחַ֨צְתִּי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶרְפָּ֔א וְאֵ֥ין מִיָּדִ֖י מַצִּֽיל

See now that I, I am he, and there is no god besides me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none who can deliver out of my hand.

כִּֽי אֶשָּׂ֥א אֶל שָׁמַ֖יִם יָדִ֑י וְאָמַ֕רְתִּי חַ֥י אָנֹכִ֖י לְעֹלָֽם

For I lift up my hand to heaven and swear, As I live forever,

אִם שַׁנּוֹתִי֙ בְּרַ֣ק חַרְבִּ֔י וְתֹאחֵ֥ז בְּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט יָדִ֑י אָשִׁ֤יב נָקָם֙ לְצָרָ֔י וְלִמְשַׂנְאַ֖י אֲשַׁלֵּֽם

If I sharpen my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me.

אַשְׁכִּ֤יר חִצַּי֙ מִדָּ֔ם וְחַרְבִּ֖י תֹּאכַ֣ל בָּשָׂ֑ר מִדַּ֤ם חָלָל֙ וְשִׁבְיָ֔ה מֵרֹ֖אשׁ פַּרְע֥וֹת אוֹיֵֽב

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.

הַרְנִ֤ינוּ גוֹיִם֙ עַמּ֔וֹ כִּ֥י דַם עֲבָדָ֖יו יִקּ֑וֹם וְנָקָם֙ יָשִׁ֣יב לְצָרָ֔יו וְכִפֶּ֥ר אַדְמָת֖וֹ עַמּֽוֹ

Rejoice, O nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will atone for his land, his people.

וַיָּבֹ֣א מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיְדַבֵּ֛ר אֶת כָּל דִּבְרֵ֥י הַשִּׁירָֽה הַזֹּ֖את בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם ה֖וּא וְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בִּן נֽוּן

And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Hoshea (Joshua) the son of Nun.

וַיְכַ֣ל מֹשֶׁ֗ה לְדַבֵּ֛ר אֶת כָּל הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה אֶל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

And Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֔ם לְכָל הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מֵעִ֥יד בָּכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר תְּצַוֻּם֙ אֶת בְּנֵיכֶ֔ם לִשְׁמֹ֣ר לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת אֶת כָּל דִּבְרֵ֖י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת

And he said to them, Set your hearts on all the words which I am testifying among you today, that you may command your children to observe to do all the words of this law.

כִּ֠י לֹֽא דָבָ֨ר רֵ֥ק הוּא֙ מִכֶּ֔ם כִּי ה֖וּא חַיֵּיכֶ֑ם וּבַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ עַל הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתֶּ֜ם עֹבְרִ֧ים אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּ֛ן שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ

For it is no empty word for you — because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל מֹשֶׁ֔ה בְּעֶ֛צֶם הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר

And YHWH spoke to Moses that very same day, saying,

עֲלֵ֡ה אֶל הַר֩ הָעֲבָרִ֨ים הַזֶּ֜ה הַר נְב֗וֹ אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל פְּנֵ֣י יְרֵח֑וֹ וּרְאֵה֙ אֶת אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנִ֥י נֹתֵ֛ן לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַאֲחֻזָּֽה

Go up to this mountain of Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession,

וּמֻ֗ת בָּהָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתָּה֙ עֹלֶ֣ה שָׁ֔מָּה וְהֵאָסֵ֖ף אֶל עַמֶּ֑יךָ כַּֽאֲשֶׁר מֵ֞ת אַהֲרֹ֤ן אָחִ֨יךָ֙ בְּהֹ֣ר הָהָ֔ר וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל עַמָּֽיו

and die on the mountain which you are ascending, and be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,

עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר מְעַלְתֶּ֜ם בִּ֗י בְּתוֹךְ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּמֵֽי מְרִיבַ֥ת קָדֵ֖שׁ מִדְבַּר צִ֑ן עַ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא קִדַּשְׁתֶּם֙ אוֹתִ֔י בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

because you broke faith with me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel.

כִּ֥י מִנֶּ֖גֶד תִּרְאֶ֣ה אֶת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְשָׁ֨מָּה֙ לֹ֣א תָב֔וֹא אֶל הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר אֲנִ֥י נֹתֵ֖ן לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

for you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the sons of Israel.