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Deuteronomy 32
New American Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 32
New American Standard Bible
The Song of Moses
32 “(A)Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!
2 (B)May my teaching drip as the rain,
My speech trickle as the dew,
(C)As droplets on the fresh grass,
And as the showers on the vegetation.
3 (D)For I proclaim the name of the Lord;
(E)Ascribe greatness to our God!
4 (F)The Rock! His work is perfect,
(G)For all His ways are [a]just;
(H)A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
Righteous and just is He.
5 [b](I)They have acted corruptly against Him,
They are not His children, because of their defect;
(J)But are a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Is this what you (K)do to the Lord,
(L)You foolish and unwise people?
(M)Is He not your Father who has purchased you?
(N)He has made you and established you.
7 Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.
(O)Ask your father and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.
8 (P)When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of [c]mankind,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
(Q)According to the number of the [d]sons of Israel.
9 (R)For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.
10 (S)He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as (T)the [e]apple of His eye.
11 (U)As an eagle stirs up its nest,
And hovers over its young,
(V)He spread His wings, He caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.
12 (W)The Lord alone guided him,
(X)And there was no foreign god with him.
13 (Y)He had him ride on the high places of the earth,
And he ate the produce of the field;
(Z)And He had him suck honey from the rock,
And [f](AA)oil from the flinty rock,
14 Curds of the herd, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and of goats,
(AB)With the best of the wheat;
And you drank wine of the (AC)blood of grapes.
15 “(AD)But [g]Jeshurun became fat and kicked—
You have become fat, thick, and obstinate—
(AE)Then he abandoned God (AF)who made him,
And [h]rejected (AG)the Rock of his salvation.
16 (AH)They made Him jealous with strange gods;
(AI)With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
17 (AJ)They sacrificed to demons, who were not God,
(AK)To gods whom they have not known,
(AL)New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers did not know.
18 You forgot (AM)the Rock who fathered you,
(AN)And forgot the God who gave you birth.
19 “(AO)The Lord saw this, and spurned them
(AP)Because of the provocation by His sons and daughters.
20 Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
(AQ)I will see what their end will be;
(AR)For they are a perverse generation,
(AS)Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.
21 (AT)They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their [i](AU)idols.
(AV)So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,
22 (AW)For a fire has flared in My anger,
And it burns to the lowest part of [j]Sheol,
(AX)And devours the earth with its yield,
And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 ‘(AY)I will add misfortunes to them;
(AZ)I will use up My arrows on them.
24 (BA)They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by [k]plague
(BB)And a bitter epidemic;
(BC)And the teeth of beasts I will send against them,
(BD)With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
25 (BE)Outside the sword will make them childless,
And inside, terror—
(BF)Both young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hair.
26 I would have said, “(BG)I will wipe them out,
(BH)I will remove the mention of [l]their name from humanity,”
27 Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “(BI)Our hand is [m]triumphant,
And the Lord has not performed all this.”’
28 “(BJ)For they are a nation [n]destitute of counsel,
And there is no understanding in them.
29 (BK)If only they were wise and they understood this;
(BL)If only they would discern their [o]future!
30 (BM)How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their (BN)Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had given them up?
31 Indeed, their rock is not like our Rock;
(BO)Even our enemies [p]themselves judge this.
32 For their vine is from the vine of Sodom,
And from the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of (BP)poison,
Their clusters, bitter.
33 Their wine is the venom of [q]serpents,
And the [r]deadly poison of vipers.
34 ‘(BQ)Is it not stored up with Me,
Sealed up in My treasuries?
35 (BR)Vengeance is Mine, and retribution;
(BS)In due time their foot will slip.
(BT)For the day of their disaster is near,
And the impending things are hurrying to them.’
36 (BU)For the Lord will vindicate His people,
(BV)And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their [s]strength is gone,
And there is none remaining, bond or free.
37 And He will say, ‘(BW)Where are their gods,
The rock in which they took refuge?
38 (BX)Those who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
(BY)Let them rise up and help you,
Let them be your protection!
39 (BZ)See now that I, I am He,
(CA)And there is no god besides Me;
(CB)It is I who put to death and give life.
(CC)I have wounded and it is I who heal,
(CD)And there is no one who can save anyone from My hand.
40 Indeed, (CE)I raise My hand to heaven,
And say, as I live forever,
41 (CF)If I have sharpened [t]My flashing sword,
And My hand has taken hold of justice,
(CG)I will return vengeance on My adversaries,
And I will repay those who hate Me.
42 (CH)I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
(CI)And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the long-haired [u]leaders of the enemy.’
43 (CJ)Rejoice, you nations, with His people;
(CK)For He will avenge the blood of His servants,
(CL)And will return vengeance on His adversaries,
(CM)And will atone for His land and His people.”
44 Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he, with [v](CN)Joshua the son of Nun. 45 When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, “(CO)Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you will command (CP)your sons to [w]follow carefully, all the words of this Law. 47 For it is not a [x]trivial matter for you; indeed (CQ)it is your life. And (CR)by this word you will prolong your days in the land, [y]which you are about to cross the Jordan to [z]possess.”
48 Now (CS)the Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, saying, 49 “(CT)Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab [aa]opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel as a possession. 50 Then you are to die on the mountain where you ascend, and be (CU)gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, 51 (CV)because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the (CW)wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel. 52 (CX)For you will see the land at a distance but (CY)you will not go there, into the land which I am giving the sons of Israel.”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:4 Or judgment
- Deuteronomy 32:5 Lit It has
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Or Adam
- Deuteronomy 32:8 As in MT; DSS sons of God; LXX angels of God
- Deuteronomy 32:10 Lit pupil
- Deuteronomy 32:13 I.e., olive oil
- Deuteronomy 32:15 I.e., Israel
- Deuteronomy 32:15 Lit declared void
- Deuteronomy 32:21 Lit nonexistent things
- Deuteronomy 32:22 I.e., the netherworld
- Deuteronomy 32:24 Lit burning heat
- Deuteronomy 32:26 Lit them
- Deuteronomy 32:27 Lit high
- Deuteronomy 32:28 Lit perishing of
- Deuteronomy 32:29 Or latter end
- Deuteronomy 32:31 Lit are judges
- Deuteronomy 32:33 Lit dragons
- Deuteronomy 32:33 Lit cruel
- Deuteronomy 32:36 Lit hand
- Deuteronomy 32:41 Lit the lightning of My sword
- Deuteronomy 32:42 Lit head
- Deuteronomy 32:44 Lit Hoshea
- Deuteronomy 32:46 Lit be careful to perform
- Deuteronomy 32:47 Lit empty word
- Deuteronomy 32:47 Lit where
- Deuteronomy 32:47 Lit possess it
- Deuteronomy 32:49 Lit which is opposite
Deuteronomio 32
Dios Habla Hoy
Deuteronomio 32
Dios Habla Hoy
32 «Escucha, cielo, que voy a hablar;
atiende, tierra, a mis palabras.
2 »Mi enseñanza caerá como la lluvia,
mi discurso será como el rocío,
como llovizna sobre la hierba,
como gotas de agua sobre el pasto.
3 »Proclamaré el nombre del Señor:
¡reconozcan la grandeza del Dios nuestro!
4 Él es nuestro protector;
sus obras son perfectas,
sus acciones son justas.
Es el Dios de la verdad,
en él no hay injusticia;
¡él es justo y verdadero!
5 »Gente malvada y perversa,
que ha ofendido a Dios,
que son indignos de ser sus hijos:
6 ¿Así es como le pagan al Señor?
Pueblo necio y sin sabiduría,
¿no es él tu padre, tu creador?
¡Él te creó y te dio el ser!
7 »Vuelve atrás la mirada,
piensa en los tiempos pasados;
pide a tu padre que te lo diga,
y a los ancianos que te lo cuenten:
8 Hubo una vez en que el Altísimo
hizo reparto de hombres y naciones,
y fijó las fronteras de los pueblos.
Pero tomó en cuenta a los israelitas,
9 pues la herencia del Señor, la gente suya,
es el pueblo de Jacob.
10 Los encontró por el desierto,
por tierras secas y azotadas por el viento;
los envolvió en sus brazos, los instruyó
y los cuidó como a la niña de sus ojos.
11 Como águila que revolotea sobre el nido
y anima a sus polluelos a volar,
así el Señor extendió sus alas
y, tomándolos, los llevó a cuestas.
12 »El Señor los guió, y nadie más;
¡ningún dios extraño tuvo que ayudarlo!
13 Los llevó en marcha triunfal
por las regiones altas del país,
los alimentó con los frutos del campo,
de la roca les dio a beber miel
y del duro pedernal les dio aceite;
14 de sus ganados tuvieron leche y cuajada,
y comieron lo mejor de los corderos,
carneros de Basán y machos cabríos;
comieron el mejor grano de trigo
y bebieron el vino, la sangre de las uvas.
15 »Pero engordó Jesurún, y dio coces
(tanto engordó que brillaba de gordo),
y abandonó a Dios, su creador;
despreció a su protector y salvador.
16 Provocaron los celos y la ira de Dios
al adorar ídolos repugnantes;
17 ofrecieron sacrificios a demonios,
a dioses falsos que nunca antes conocieron;
dioses nuevos, recién llegados,
a los que jamás sus padres dieron culto.
18 »Olvidaste, Israel, a tu padre y protector;
olvidaste al Dios que te dio la vida.
19 Y Dios se enojó al ver esto,
y rechazó a sus hijos y a sus hijas;
20 y dijo: “Voy a volverles la espalda,
¡y a ver en qué van a parar!
Realmente son gente malvada,
hijos en los que no se puede confiar.
21 Me provocan a celos con un dios que no es dios,
me irritan con sus dioses ilusorios;
¡pues yo los provocaré a celos con un pueblo que no es pueblo,
los haré enojar con un pueblo que no quiere entender!
22 Mi furor se ha encendido como un fuego,
y arderá hasta las regiones más profundas;
consumirá la tierra y sus frutos,
pondrá fuego a las bases de los montes.
23 Sobre ellos lanzaré todos los males,
contra ellos lanzaré todas mis flechas;
24 morirán de hambre y de fiebre;
una amarga peste los destruirá;
mandaré contra ellos fieras salvajes
y serpientes venenosas.
25 En las calles caerán sus hijos a filo de espada,
y en las casas reinará el espanto;
morirán muchachos y muchachas,
ancianos y niños de pecho.
26 »”Yo había pensado dispersarlos
y borrar de la tierra su memoria,
27 pero no quise soportar las burlas del enemigo;
no quise que se jactaran mis adversarios
y que dijeran: No fue el Señor quien hizo esto;
lo hicimos nosotros con nuestro poder.”
28 »Israel es un pueblo que ha perdido el juicio;
¡no tiene entendimiento!
29 Si fueran sabios, lo entenderían;
comprenderían en qué van a parar.
30 ¿Cómo es que uno solo hizo huir a mil?
¿Y cómo es que dos pusieron en fuga a diez mil?
¡Tan sólo porque el Señor, su protector,
decidió entregarlos al enemigo!
31 »Bien saben nuestros enemigos
que su protector no puede compararse al nuestro.
32 Ellos son cual viñedos corruptos,
descendientes de Sodoma y de Gomorra,
que producen uvas amargas y venenosas;
33 su vino es veneno de víboras,
¡veneno mortal de serpientes!
34 »“Todo esto me lo estoy reservando;
lo estoy guardando como un tesoro,
35 para el día en que me vengue y les dé su merecido,
para cuando llegue el momento de su caída.
Ya está cerca el día de su destrucción,
¡ya se les acerca la hora!”
36 »El Señor saldrá en defensa de su pueblo
cuando vea que le faltan las fuerzas;
el Señor se compadecerá de sus siervos
cuando vea que ya no quedan ni débiles ni fuertes.
37 Entonces les dirá: “¿Dónde están sus dioses,
esos protectores en los que confiaban,
38 esos que comían la grasa de sus sacrificios
y bebían el vino que les ofrecían?
¡Que se levanten a ayudarlos!
¡Que vengan a protegerlos!
39 Yo soy el único Dios;
no hay otros dioses fuera de mí.
Yo doy la vida, y la quito;
yo causo la herida, y la curo.
¡No hay quien se libre de mi poder!
40 Levanto mi mano al cielo,
y juro por mi eternidad
41 que cuando afile mi brillante espada
y comience a impartir justicia,
me vengaré de mis enemigos.
¡Daré su merecido a los que me odian!
42 Empaparé en sangre mis flechas,
y mi espada acabará con ellos;
¡sangre de heridos y de prisioneros!,
¡de los jefes enemigos, de largas melenas!”
43 »¡Alégrense, naciones, con el pueblo de Dios!
¡Él vengará la muerte de sus siervos,
tomará venganza de sus enemigos
y perdonará a su país y a su pueblo!»
Últimas instrucciones de Moisés
44-45 Moisés se presentó ante todo el pueblo de Israel y, junto con Josué, hijo de Nun, pronunció este cántico de principio a fin. 46 Después dijo a los israelitas:
«Piensen bien en todo lo que hoy les he dicho, y ordenen a sus hijos que pongan en práctica todos los términos de esta ley. 47 Porque no es algo que ustedes puedan tomar a la ligera; esta ley es vida para ustedes, y por ella vivirán más tiempo en la tierra que está al otro lado del río Jordán, de la cual van a tomar posesión.»
Dios permite a Moisés ver la tierra prometida
48 Aquel mismo día el Señor se dirigió a Moisés y le dijo:
49 «Ve a las montañas de Abarim y sube al monte Nebo, que está en territorio moabita, frente a Jericó, y mira desde allí la tierra de Canaán, la cual voy a dar en propiedad a los israelitas. 50 Allí, en ese monte al que vas a subir, morirás e irás a reunirte con los tuyos, tal como tu hermano Aarón, que murió en el monte Hor y fue a reunirse con los suyos. 51 Ustedes dos me fueron infieles delante de los israelitas, cuando estaban en las aguas de Meribá-cadés, en el desierto de Sin, pues no me honraron delante de ellos. 52 Por lo tanto, vas a contemplar desde lejos la tierra que voy a dar a los israelitas, pero no entrarás en ella.»
Deuteronomy 32
New International Version
Deuteronomy 32
New International Version
32 Listen,(A) you heavens,(B) and I will speak;
hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.(C)
2 Let my teaching fall like rain(D)
and my words descend like dew,(E)
like showers(F) on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
3 I will proclaim(G) the name of the Lord.(H)
Oh, praise the greatness(I) of our God!
4 He is the Rock,(J) his works are perfect,(K)
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God(L) who does no wrong,
upright(M) and just is he.(N)
5 They are corrupt and not his children;
to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.(O)
6 Is this the way you repay(P) the Lord,
you foolish(Q) and unwise people?(R)
Is he not your Father,(S) your Creator,[a]
who made you and formed you?(T)
7 Remember the days of old;(U)
consider the generations long past.(V)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.(W)
8 When the Most High(X) gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,(Y)
he set up boundaries(Z) for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[b](AA)
9 For the Lord’s portion(AB) is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.(AC)
10 In a desert(AD) land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.(AE)
He shielded(AF) him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(AG)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,(AH)
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.(AI)
12 The Lord alone led(AJ) him;(AK)
no foreign god was with him.(AL)
13 He made him ride on the heights(AM) of the land
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(AN)
and with oil(AO) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(AP)
and the finest kernels of wheat.(AQ)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(AR)
15 Jeshurun[c](AS) grew fat(AT) and kicked;
filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(AU) the God who made them
and rejected the Rock(AV) their Savior.
16 They made him jealous(AW) with their foreign gods
and angered(AX) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(AY) to false gods,(AZ) which are not God—
gods they had not known,(BA)
gods that recently appeared,(BB)
gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot(BC) the God who gave you birth.
19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(BD)
because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(BE)
20 “I will hide my face(BF) from them,” he said,
“and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(BG)
children who are unfaithful.(BH)
21 They made me jealous(BI) by what is no god
and angered me with their worthless idols.(BJ)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(BK)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(BL)
one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(BM)
It will devour(BN) the earth and its harvests(BO)
and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(BP)
23 “I will heap calamities(BQ) on them
and spend my arrows(BR) against them.
24 I will send wasting famine(BS) against them,
consuming pestilence(BT) and deadly plague;(BU)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(BV)
the venom of vipers(BW) that glide in the dust.(BX)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
in their homes terror(BY) will reign.(BZ)
The young men and young women will perish,
the infants and those with gray hair.(CA)
26 I said I would scatter(CB) them
and erase their name from human memory,(CC)
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the adversary misunderstand(CD)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
the Lord has not done all this.’”(CE)
28 They are a nation without sense,
there is no discernment(CF) in them.
29 If only they were wise and would understand this(CG)
and discern what their end will be!(CH)
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,(CI)
unless their Rock had sold them,(CJ)
unless the Lord had given them up?(CK)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,(CL)
as even our enemies concede.(CM)
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom(CN)
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,(CO)
and their clusters with bitterness.(CP)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.(CQ)
34 “Have I not kept this in reserve
and sealed it in my vaults?(CR)
35 It is mine to avenge;(CS) I will repay.(CT)
In due time their foot will slip;(CU)
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them.(CV)”
36 The Lord will vindicate his people(CW)
and relent(CX) concerning his servants(CY)
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave(CZ) or free.[d]
37 He will say: “Now where are their gods,
the rock they took refuge in,(DA)
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?(DB)
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
39 “See now that I myself am he!(DC)
There is no god besides me.(DD)
I put to death(DE) and I bring to life,(DF)
I have wounded and I will heal,(DG)
and no one can deliver out of my hand.(DH)
40 I lift my hand(DI) to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,(DJ)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword(DK)
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance(DL) on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.(DM)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(DN)
while my sword devours flesh:(DO)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
43 Rejoice,(DP) you nations, with his people,[e][f]
for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(DQ)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(DR)
and make atonement for his land and people.(DS)
44 Moses came with Joshua[g](DT) son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day,(DU) so that you may command(DV) your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.(DW) By them you will live long(DX) in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Moses to Die on Mount Nebo
48 On that same day the Lord told Moses,(DY) 49 “Go up into the Abarim(DZ) Range to Mount Nebo(EA) in Moab, across from Jericho,(EB) and view Canaan,(EC) the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die(ED) and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died(EE) on Mount Hor(EF) and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh(EG) in the Desert of Zin(EH) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.(EI) 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance;(EJ) you will not enter(EK) the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:6 Or Father, who bought you
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God
- Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
- Deuteronomy 32:36 Or and they are without a ruler or leader
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
- Deuteronomy 32:44 Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua
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