Deuteronomy 31

vayyelekh mosheh vayedabber et-haddevarim ha'elleh el-kol-yisra'el

Moses went and spoke these things to all Israel.

vayyomer alehem ben-me'ah ve'esrim shanah anokhi hayyom lo-ukhal od latset velavo va-Adonai amar elay lo ta'avor et-hayyarden hazzeh

He said to them: I am now one hundred and twenty years old, I can no longer be active. Moreover, GOD has said to me, “You shall not go across yonder Jordan.”

Adonai elohekha hu over lefanekha hu-yashmid et-haggoyim ha'elleh millefanekha virishtam yehoshua hu over lefanekha ka'asher dibber Adonai

It is indeed the ETERNAL your God who will cross over before you, and who will wipe out those nations from your path; and you shall dispossess them.—Joshua is the one who shall cross before you, as GOD has spoken.—

ve'asah Adonai lahem ka'asher asah lesikhon ule'og malkhe ha'emori ule'artsam asher hishmid otam

GOD will do to them as was done to Sihon and Og, kings of the Amorites, and to their countries, when they were wiped out.

unetanam Adonai lifnekhem va'asitem lahem kekhol-hammitsvah asher tsivviti etkhem

GOD will deliver them up to you, and you shall deal with them in full accordance with the Instruction that I have enjoined upon you.

khizqu ve'imtsu al-tire'u ve'al-ta'artsu mippenehem ki Adonai elohekha hu haholekh immakh lo yarpekha velo ya'azvekka

Be strong and resolute; be not in fear or in dread of them, for it is indeed the ETERNAL your God who marches with you—who will not fail you or forsake you.

vayyiqra mosheh lihoshua vayyomer elayw le'ene khol-yisra'el khazaq ve'emats ki attah tavo et-ha'am hazzeh el-ha'arets asher nishba Adonai la'avotam latet lahem ve'attah tankhilennah otam

Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel: “Be strong and resolute, for it is you who shall go with this people into the land that GOD swore to their fathers to give them, and it is you who shall apportion it to them.

va-Adonai hu haholekh lefanekha hu yihyeh immakh lo yarpekha velo ya'azvekka lo tira velo tekhat

And it is indeed GOD who will go before you, and be with you—and not fail you or forsake you. Fear not and be not dismayed!”

vayyikhtov mosheh et-hattorah hazzot vayyittenah el-hakkohanim bene levi hannose'im et-aron berit Adonai ve'el-kol-ziqne yisra'el

Moses wrote down this Teaching and gave it to the priests, sons of Levi, who carried the Ark of GOD’s Covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.

vayetsav mosheh otam lemor miqqets sheva shanim bemo'ed shenat hashemittah bekhag hassukkot

And Moses instructed them as follows: Every seventh year, the year set for remission, at the Feast of Booths,

bevo khol-yisra'el lera'ot et-pene Adonai elohekha bammaqom asher yivkhar tiqra et-hattorah hazzot neged kol-yisra'el be'oznehem

when all Israel comes to appear before the ETERNAL your God in the place that [God] will choose, you shall read this Teaching aloud in the presence of all Israel.

haqhel et-ha'am ha'anashim vehannashim vehattaf vegerekha asher bisharekha lema'an yishme'u ulema'an yilmedu veyare'u et-Adonai elohekhem veshameru la'asot et-kol-divre hattorah hazzot

Gather the people—men, women, children, and the strangers in your communities—that they may hear and so learn to revere the ETERNAL your God and to observe faithfully every word of this Teaching.

uvenehem asher lo-yade'u yishme'u velamedu leyirah et-Adonai elohekhem kol-hayyamim asher attem khayyim al-ha'adamah asher attem overim et-hayyarden shammah lerishtah

Their children, too, who have not had the experience, shall hear and learn to revere the ETERNAL your God as long as they live in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh hen qarevu yamekha lamut qera et-yehoshua vehityatsevu be'ohel mo'ed va'atsavvennu vayyelekh mosheh vihoshua vayyityatsevu be'ohel mo'ed

GOD said to Moses: The time is drawing near for you to die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may instruct him. Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.

vayyera Adonai ba'ohel be'ammud anan vayya'amod ammud he'anan al-petakh ha'ohel

GOD appeared in the Tent, in a pillar of cloud, the pillar of cloud having come to rest at the entrance of the tent.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh hinnekha shokhev im-avotekha veqam ha'am hazzeh vezanah akhare elohe nekhar-ha'arets asher hu va-shammah beqirbo va'azavani vehefer et-beriti asher karatti itto

GOD said to Moses: You are soon to rest with your ancestors. This people will thereupon go astray after the alien gods in their midst, in the land that they are about to enter; they will forsake Me and break My covenant that I made with them.

vekharah appi vo vayyom-hahu va'azavtim vehistarti fanay mehem vehayah le'ekhol umetsa'uhu ra'ot rabbot vetsarot ve'amar bayyom hahu halo al ki-en elohay beqirbi metsa'uni hara'ot ha'elleh

Then My anger will flare up against them, and I will abandon them and hide My countenance from them. They shall be ready prey; and many evils and troubles shall befall them. And they shall say on that day, “Surely it is because our God is not in our midst that these evils have befallen us.”

ve'anokhi haster astir panay bayyom hahu al kol-hara'ah asher asah ki fanah el-elohim akherim

Yet I will keep My countenance hidden on that day, because of all the evil they have done in turning to other gods.

ve'attah kitvu lakhem et-hashirah hazzot velammedah et-bene-yisra'el simah befihem lema'an tihyeh-lli hashirah hazzot le'ed bivne yisra'el

Therefore, write down this poem and teach it to the people of Israel; put it in their mouths, in order that this poem may be My witness against the people of Israel.

ki-avi'ennu el-ha'adamah asher-nishbati la'avotayw zavat khalav udevash ve'akhal vesava vedashen ufanah el-elohim akherim va'avadum veni'atsuni vehefer et-beriti

When I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey that I promised on oath to their fathers, and they eat their fill and grow fat and turn to other gods and serve them, spurning Me and breaking My covenant,

vehayah ki-timtsena oto ra'ot rabbot vetsarot ve'anetah hashirah hazzot lefanayw le'ed ki lo tishakhakh mippi zaro ki yadati et-yitsro asher hu oseh hayyom beterem avi'ennu el-ha'arets asher nishbati

and the many evils and troubles befall them—then this poem shall confront them as a witness, since it will never be lost from the mouth of their offspring. For I know what plans they are devising even now, before I bring them into the land that I promised on oath.

vayyikhtov mosheh et-hashirah hazzot bayyom hahu vayelammedah et-bene yisra'el

That day, Moses wrote down this poem and taught it to the Israelites.

vayetsav et-yehoshua bin-nun vayyomer khazaq ve'emats ki attah tavi et-bene yisra'el el-ha'arets asher-nishbati lahem ve'anokhi ehyeh immakh

And [God] charged Joshua son of Nun: “Be strong and resolute: for you shall bring the Israelites into the land that I promised them on oath, and I will be with you.”

vayehi kekhallot mosheh likhtov et-divre hattorah-hazzot al-sefer ad tummam

When Moses had put down in writing the words of this Teaching to the very end,

vayetsav mosheh et-haleviyyim nose'e aron berit-Adonai lemor

Moses charged the Levites who carried the Ark of the Covenant of GOD, saying:

laqoakh et sefer hattorah hazzeh vesamtem oto mitsad aron berit-Adonai elohekhem vehayah-sham bekha le'ed

Take this book of Teaching and place it beside the Ark of the Covenant of the ETERNAL your God, and let it remain there as a witness against you.

ki anokhi yadati et-meryekha ve'et-orpekha haqqasheh hen be'odenni khay immakhem hayyom mamrim heyitem im-Adonai ve'af ki-akhare moti

Well I know how defiant and stiffnecked you are: even now, while I am still alive in your midst, you have been defiant toward GOD; how much more, then, when I am dead!

haqhilu elay et-kol-ziqne shivtekhem veshoterekhem va'adabberah ve'oznehem et haddevarim ha'elleh ve'a'idah bam et-hashamayim ve'et-ha'arets

Gather to me all the elders of your tribes and your officials, that I may speak all these words to them and that I may call heaven and earth to witness against them.

ki yadati akhare moti ki-hashkhet tashkhitun vesartem min-hadderekh asher tsivviti etkhem veqarat etkhem hara'ah be'akharit hayyamim ki-ta'asu et-hara be'ene Adonai lehakhiso bema'aseh yedekhem

For I know that, when I am dead, you will act wickedly and turn away from the path that I enjoined upon you, and that in time to come misfortune will befall you for having done evil in GOD’s sight and provoking anger by your deeds.

vayedabber mosheh be'ozne kol-qehal yisra'el et-divre hashirah hazzot ad tummam

Then Moses recited the words of the following poem to the very end, in the hearing of the whole congregation of Israel.