Deuteronomy 32

ha'azinu hashamayim va'adabberah vetishma ha'arets imre-fi

Give ear, O heavens, let me speak; Let the earth hear the words I utter!

ya'arof kammatar liqkhi tizzal kattal imrati kisirim ale-deshe vekhirvivim ale-esev

May my discourse come down as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, Like showers on young growth, Like droplets on the grass.

ki shem Adonai eqra havu godel lelohenu

For the name of the ETERNAL I proclaim; Give glory to our God!

hatsur tamim po'olo ki khol-derakhayw mishpat el emunah ve'en avel tsaddiq veyashar hu

The Rock!—whose deeds are perfect, Yea, all of whose ways are just; A faithful God, never false, True and upright indeed.

shikhet lo lo banayw mumam dor iqqesh ufetaltol

Unworthy children— That crooked, perverse generation— Their baseness has played God false.

ha le-Adonai tigmelu-zot am naval velo khakham halo-hu avikha qanekha hu asekha vayekhonenekha

Do you thus requite GOD, O dull and witless people? Is not this the Father who created you— Fashioned you and made you endure!

zekhor yemot olam binu shenot dor-vador she'al avikha veyaggedekha zeqenekha veyomeru lakh

Remember the days of old, Consider the years of ages past; Ask your parent, who will inform you, Your elders, who will tell you:

behankhel elyon goyim behafrido bene adam yatsev gevulot ammim lemispar bene yisra'el

When the Most High gave nations their homes And set the divisions of humankind, The boundaries of peoples were fixed In relation to Israel’s numbers.

ki kheleq Adonai ammo ya'aqov khevel nakhalato

For the ETERNAL’s portion is this people; Jacob, God’s own allotment.

yimtsa'ehu be'erets midbar uvetohu yelel yeshimon yesovevenhu yevonenehu yitserenhu ke'ishon eno

[God] found them in a desert region, In an empty howling waste— Then engirded them, watched over them, Guarded them as the pupil of one’s eye.

kenesher ya'ir qinno al-gozalayw yerakhef yifros kenafayw yiqqakhehu yissa'ehu al-evrato

Like an eagle who rouses its nestlings, Gliding down to its young, So did [God] spread wings and take them, Bear them along on pinions;

Adonai badad yankhennu ve'en immo el nekhar

The ETERNAL alone did guide them, No alien deity alongside.

yarkivehu al-[bomote] (vmvty) arets vayyokhal tenuvot saday vayyeniqehu devash missela veshemen mekhalmish tsur

[God] set them atop the highlands, To feast on the yield of the earth; Nursing them with honey from the crag, And oil from the flinty rock,

khemat baqar vakhalev tson im-khelev karim ve'elim bene-vashan ve'attudim im-khelev kilyot khittah vedam-enav tishteh-khamer

Curd of kine and milk of flocks; With the best of lambs, And rams of Bashan, and he-goats; With the very finest wheat— And foaming grape-blood was your drink.

vayyishman yeshurun vayyivat shamanta avita kasita vayyittosh eloah asahu vayenabbel tsur yeshu'ato

So Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— You grew fat and gross and coarse— They forsook the God who made them And spurned the Rock of their support.

yaqni'uhu bezarim beto'evot yakhisuhu

They kindled wrath with alien things, Provoked anger with abominations.

yizbekhu lashedim lo eloah elohim lo yeda'um khadashim miqqarov ba'u lo se'arum avotekhem

They sacrificed to demons, no-gods, Gods they had never known, New ones, who came but lately, Who stirred not your forebears’ fears.

tsur yeladekha teshi vattishkakh el mekholelekha

You neglected the Rock who begot you, Forgot the God who labored to bring you forth.

vayyar Adonai vayyinats mikka'as banayw uvenotayw

GOD saw and was vexed And spurned these sons and daughters.

vayyomer astirah fanay mehem ereh mah akharitam ki dor tahpukhot hemmah banim lo-emun bam

[God] said: I will hide My countenance from them, And see how they fare in the end. For they are a treacherous breed, Children with no loyalty in them.

hem qinuni velo-el ki'asuni behavlehem va'ani aqni'em belo-am begoy naval akhisem

They incensed Me with no-gods, Vexed Me with their futilities; I’ll incense them with a no-folk, Vex them with a nation of fools.

ki-esh qadekhah ve'appi vattiqad ad-she'ol takhtit vattokhal erets vivulah vattelahet mosede harim

For a fire has flared in My wrath And burned to the bottom of Sheol, Has consumed the earth and its increase, Eaten down to the base of the hills.

aspeh alemo ra'ot khitsay akhalleh-bbam

I will sweep misfortunes on them, Use up My arrows on them:

meze ra'av ulekhume reshef veqetev meriri veshen-behemot ashallakh-bam im-khamat zokhale afar

Wasting famine, ravaging plague, Deadly pestilence, and fanged beasts Will I let loose against them, With venomous creepers in dust.

mikhuts teshakkel-kherev umekhadarim emah gam-bakhur gam-betulah yoneq im-ish sevah

The sword shall deal death without, As shall the terror within, To youth and maiden alike, The suckling as well as the aged.

amarti afehem ashbitah me'enosh zikhram

I might have reduced them to naught, Made their memory cease among humankind,

lule ka'as oyev agur pen-yenakkeru tsaremo pen-yomeru yadenu ramah velo Adonai pa'al kol-zot

But for fear of the taunts of the foe, Their enemies who might misjudge And say, “Our own hand has prevailed; None of this was wrought by GOD!”

ki-goy ovad etsot hemmah ve'en bahem tevunah

For they are a folk void of sense, Lacking in all discernment.

lu khokhmu yaskilu zot yavinu le'akharitam

Were they wise, they would think upon this, Gain insight into their future:

ekhah yirdof ekhad elef ushenayim yanisu revavah im-lo ki-tsuram mekharam va-Adonai hisgiram

“How could one have routed a thousand, Or two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, GOD had given them up?”

ki lo khetsurenu tsuram ve'oyevenu pelilim

For their rock is not like our Rock, In our enemies’ own estimation.

ki-miggefen sedom gafnam umishadmot amorah anavemo inneve-rosh ashkelot merorot lamo

Ah! The vine for them is from Sodom, From the vineyards of Gomorrah; The grapes for them are poison, A bitter growth their clusters.

khamat tanninim yenam verosh petanim akhzar

Their wine is the venom of asps, The pitiless poison of vipers.

halo-hu kamus immadi khatum be'otserotay

Lo, I have it all put away, Sealed up in My storehouses,

li naqam veshillem le'et tamut raglam ki qarov yom edam vekhash atidot lamo

To be My vengeance and recompense, At the time that their foot falters. Yea, their day of disaster is near, And destiny rushes upon them.

ki-yadin Adonai ammo ve'al-avadayw yitnekham ki yireh ki-azelat yad ve'efes atsur ve'azuv

For GOD will vindicate this people And take revenge for these servants, Upon seeing that their might is gone, And neither bond nor free is left.

ve'amar e elohemo tsur khasayu vo

[God] will say: Where are their gods, The rock in whom they sought refuge,

asher khelev zevakhemo yokhelu yishtu yen nesikham yaqumu veyazerukhem yehi alekhem sitrah

Who ate the fat of their offerings And drank their libation wine? Let them rise up to your help, And let them be a shield unto you!

re'u attah ki ani ani hu ve'en elohim immadi ani amit va'akhayyeh makhatsti va'ani erpa ve'en miyyadi matsil

See, then, that I, I am the One; There is no god beside Me. I deal death and give life; I wounded and I will heal: None can deliver from My hand.

ki-essa el-shamayim yadi ve'amarti khay anokhi le'olam

Lo, I raise My hand to heaven And say: As I live forever,

im-shannoti beraq kharbi vetokhez bemishpat yadi ashiv naqam letsaray velimsanay ashallem

When I whet My flashing blade And My hand lays hold on judgment, Vengeance will I wreak on My foes, Will I deal to those who reject Me.

ashkir khitsay middam vekharbi tokhal basar middam khalal veshivyah merosh parot oyev

I will make My arrows drunk with blood— As My sword devours flesh— Blood of the slain and the captive From the long-haired enemy chiefs.

harninu goyim ammo ki dam-avadayw yiqqom venaqam yashiv letsarayw vekhipper admato ammo

O nations, acclaim this people! For [God] will avenge the blood of these servants, Wreak vengeance on opponents, And cleanse this people’s land.

vayyavo mosheh vayedabber et-kol-divre hashirah-hazzot be'ozne ha'am hu vehoshea bin-nun

Moses came, together with Hosea son of Nun, and recited all the words of this poem in the hearing of the people.

vayekhal mosheh ledabber et-kol-haddevarim ha'elleh el-kol-yisra'el

And when Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel,

vayyomer alehem simu levavkhem lekhol-haddevarim asher anokhi me'id bakhem hayyom asher tetsavvum et-benekhem lishmor la'asot et-kol-divre hattorah hazzot

he said to them: Take to heart all the words with which I have warned you this day. Enjoin them upon your children, that they may observe faithfully all the terms of this Teaching.

ki lo-davar req hu mikkem ki-hu khayyekhem uvaddavar hazzeh ta'arikhu yamim al-ha'adamah asher attem overim et-hayyarden shammah lerishtah

For this is not a trifling thing for you: it is your very life; through it you shall long endure on the land that you are to possess upon crossing the Jordan.

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh be'etsem hayyom hazzeh lemor

That very day GOD spoke to Moses:

aleh el-har ha'avarim hazzeh har-nevo asher be'erets mo'av asher al-pene yerekho ure'eh et-erets kena'an asher ani noten livne yisra'el la'akhuzzah

Ascend these heights of Abarim to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab facing Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving the Israelites as their holding.

umut bahar asher attah oleh shammah vehe'asef el-ammekha ka'asher-met aharon akhikha behor hahar vayye'asef el-ammayw

You shall die on the mountain that you are about to ascend, and shall be gathered to your kin, as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his kin;

al asher me'altem bi betokh bene yisra'el beme-merivat qadesh midbar-tsin al asher lo-qiddashtem oti betokh bene yisra'el

for you both broke faith with Me among the Israelite people, at the Waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin, by failing to uphold My sanctity among the Israelite people.

ki minneged tireh et-ha'arets veshammah lo tavo el-ha'arets asher-ani noten livne yisra'el

You may view the land from a distance, but you shall not enter it—the land that I am giving to the Israelite people.