Deuteronomy 32

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 Listen, heavens, while I speak; hear, earth, the words that I shal say!	1 “ Audite, caeli, quae loquor; audiat terra verba oris mei!
2 May my teaching fal like the rain, may my word drop down like the dew, like showers on the grass,like light rain on the turf!	2 Stillet ut pluvia doctrina mea, fluat ut ros eloquium meum quasi imber super herbam et quasi stillae super gramina.
3 For I shal proclaim the name of Yahweh. Oh, tell the greatness of our God!	3 Quia nomen Domini invocabo: date magnificentiam Deo nostro!
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect, for al his ways are equitable. A trustworthy God who does nowrong, he is the Honest, the Upright One!	4 Petra, perfecta sunt opera eius, quia omnes viae eius iustitia. Deus fidelis et absque ulla iniquitate, iustus et rectus.
5 They have acted perversely, those he fathered without blemish, a deceitful and underhand brood.	5 Peccaverunt ei non filii eius in sordibus suis, generatio prava atque perversa.
6 Is this the return you make to Yahweh? O people brainless and unwise! Is this not your father, whogave you being, who made you, by whom you subsist?	6 Haeccine redditis Domino, popule stulte et insipiens? Numquid non ipse est pater tuus, qui possedit te, ipse fecit et stabilivit te?
7 Think back on the days of old, think over the years, down the ages. Question your father, let himexplain to you, your elders, and let them tel you!	7 Memento dierum antiquorum, cogita generationes singulas; interroga patrem tuum, et annuntiabit tibi, maiores tuos, et dicent tibi.
8 When the Most High gave the nations each their heritage, when he partitioned out the human race, heassigned the boundaries of nations according to the number of the children of God,	8 Quando dividebat Altissimus gentes, quando separabat filios Adam, constituit terminos populorum iuxta numerum filiorum Israel;
9 but Yahweh's portion was his people, Jacob was to be the measure of his inheritance.	9 pars autem Domini populus eius, Iacob funiculus hereditatis eius.
10 In the desert he finds him, in the howling expanses of the wastelands. He protects him, rears him,guards him as the pupil of his eye.	10 Invenit eum in terra deserta, in loco horroris et ululatu solitudinis; circumdedit eum et attendit et custodivit quasi pupillam oculi sui.
11 Like an eagle watching its nest, hovering over its young, he spreads out his wings to hold him, hesupports him on his pinions.	11 Sicut aquila provocans ad volandum pullos suos et super eos volitans expandit alas suas et assumpsit eum atque portavit super pennas suas.
12 Yahweh alone is his guide; no alien god for him!	12 Dominus solus dux eius fuit, et non erat cum eo deus alienus.
13 He gives him the heights of the land to ride, he feeds him on the yield of the mountains, he gives himhoney from the rock to taste, and oil from the flinty crag;	13 Constituit eum super excelsam terram, ut comederet fructus agrorum, ut sugeret mel de petra oleumque de saxo durissimo,
14 curds from the cattle, milk from the flock, and the richness of the pasture, rams of Bashan's breed,and goats, the richness of the wheat kernel; the fermented blood of the grape for drink.	14 butyrum de armento et lac de ovibus, cum adipe agnorum et arietum filiorum Basan et hircorum, cum medulla tritici, et sanguinem uvae biberet meracissimum.
15 Jacob has eaten to his heart's content, Jeshurun, grown fat, has now lashed out. (You have grownfat, gross, bloated.) He has disowned the God who made him, and dishonoured the Rock, his salvation,	15 Incrassatus est dilectus et recalcitravit; incrassatus, impinguatus, dilatatus dereliquit Deum factorem suum et recessit a Petra salutari suo.
16 whose jealousy they aroused with foreigners -- with things detestable they angered him.	16 Provocaverunt eum in diis alienis et in abominationibus ad iracundiam concitaverunt.
17 They sacrificed to demons who are not God, to gods hitherto unknown to them, to newcomers ofyesterday whom their ancestors had never respected.	17 Immolaverunt daemonibus et non Deo, diis, quos ignorabant; novi recentesque venerunt, quos non coluerunt patres vestri.
18 (You forget the Rock who fathered you, the God who made you, you no longer remember.)	18 Petram, quae te genuit, dereliquisti, et oblitus es Domini creatoris tui.
19 Yahweh saw it and, in anger, he spurned his sons and daughters.	19 Vidit Dominus et sprevit, quia provocaverunt eum filii sui et filiae.
20 'I shal hide my face from them,' he said, 'and see what wil become of them. For they are a deceitfulbrood, children with no loyalty in them.	20 Et ait: “Abscondam faciem meam ab eis et considerabo novissima eorum; generatio enim perversa est, et infideles filii.
21 They have roused me to jealousy with a non-god, they have exasperated me with their idols. In myturn I shal rouse them to jealousy with a non-people, I shal exasperate them with a stupid nation.	21 Ipsi me provocaverunt in eo, qui non erat Deus, et irritaverunt in vanitatibus suis; et ego provocabo eos in eo, qui non est populus, et in gente stulta irritabo illos.
22 Yes, a fire has blazed from my anger, it will burn right down to the depths of Sheol; it will devour theearth and al its produce, it wil set fire to the footings of the mountains.	22 Ignis succensus est in furore meo et ardebit usque ad inferni profundissima; devorabitque terram cum germine suo et montium fundamenta comburet.
23 I shal hurl disasters on them, on them I shal use up al my arrows.	23 Congregabo super eos mala et sagittas meas complebo in eis.
24 They wil be weakened by hunger, eaten away by plague and the bitter scourge. Against them I shalsend the fang of wild animals and the poison of snakes that glide in the dust.	24 Consumentur fame et devorabuntur febri et peste amarissima; dentes bestiarum immittam in eos, cum veneno serpentium in pulvere.
25 Outside, the sword bereaves, while inside terror wil reign. Young man and girl alike will perish,suckling and greybeard both together.	25 Foris vastabit eos gladius, et intus pavor: iuvenem simul ac virginem, lactantem cum homine sene.
26 I should crush them to dust, I said, I should wipe out al memory of them,	26 Dixi: Disperdam eos, cessare faciam ex hominibus memoriam eorum!,
27 did I not fear the boasting of the enemy.' But do not let their foes be mistaken! Do not let them say,'We have got the upper hand and Yahweh plays no part in this.'	27 sed arrogantiam inimicorum timui, ne superbirent hostes eorum et dicerent: >Manus nostra excelsa, et non Dominus fecit haec omnia!'.
28 What a short-sighted nation this is, how thoroughly imperceptive!	28 Gens enim absque consilio est et sine prudentia.
29 Were they wise, they would succeed, they would be able to read their destiny.	29 Utinam saperent et intellegerent haec ac novissima sua providerent!
30 How else could one man rout a thousand, how could two put ten thousand to flight, were it not thattheir Rock has sold them, that Yahweh has delivered them up?	30 Quomodo persequatur unus mille, et duo fugent decem milia? Nonne ideo, quia Petra eorum vendidit eos, et Dominus tradidit illos?”.
31 But their rock is not like our Rock; our enemies cannot pray for us!	31 Non enim est petra eorum ut Petra nostra, et inimici nostri sunt iudices.
32 For their vine springs from the stock of Sodom and from the groves of Gomorrah: their grapes arepoisonous grapes, their clusters are bitter;	32 Vere de vinea Sodomorum vinea eorum et de suburbanis Gomorrae; uva eorum uva fellis et botri amarissimi;
33 their wine is snakes' poison, the vipers' cruel venom.	33 fel draconum vinum eorum et venenum aspidum insanabile.
34 But he, is he not safe with me, sealed inside my treasury?	34 Nonne haec condita sunt apud me et signata in thesauris meis?
35 Vengeance is mine, I wil pay them back, for the time when they make a false step. For the day oftheir ruin is close, doom is rushing towards them, for he wil see to it that their power fails. that neither serf norfree man remains.	35 Mea est ultio, et ego retribuam in tempore, in quo labetur pes eorum! Iuxta est dies perditionis, et adesse festinat sors eorum.
36 (For Yahweh wil see his people righted, he wil take pity on his servants.)	36 Iudicabit Dominus populum suum et in servis suis miserebitur; videbit quod infirmata sit manus, et defecerint clausi ac liberati.
37 'Where are their gods then?' he wil ask, 'the rock where they sought refuge,	37 Et dicet: “Ubi sunt dii eorum, petra, in qua habebant fiduciam,
38 who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their libations?' Let these arise and help you,let these be the shelter above you!	38 de quorum victimis comedebant adipes et bibebant vinum libaminum? Surgant et opitulentur vobis et in necessitate vos protegant!
39 See now that I, I am he, and beside me there is no other god. It is I who deal death and life; when Ihave struck, it is I who heal (no one can rescue anyone from me).	39 Videte nunc quod ego sim solus, et non sit Deus praeter me. Ego occidam et ego vivere faciam; percutiam et ego sanabo; et non est qui de manu mea possit eruere.
40 Yes, I raise my hand to heaven, and I say, 'As surely as I live for ever,	40 Levabo ad caelum manum meam et dicam: Vivo ego in aeternum!
41 When I have whetted my flashing sword, I shal enforce justice, I shal return vengeance to my foes, Ishall take vengeance on my foes.	41 Si acuero ut fulgur gladium meum, et arripuerit iudicium manus mea, reddam ultionem hostibus meis et his, qui oderunt me, retribuam.
42 I shal make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword wil feed on flesh: the blood of the woundedand the prisoners, the dishevelled heads of the enemy!'	42 Inebriabo sagittas meas sanguine, et gladius meus devorabit carnes: de cruore occisorum et captivorum, de capite ducum inimici!”.
43 Heavens, rejoice with him, let al the children of God pay him homage! Nations, rejoice with hispeople, let God's envoys tel of his power! For he wil avenge the blood of his servants, he wil return vengeanceto my foes, he will repay those who hate him and purify his people's country.	43 Laudate, gentes, populum eius, quia sanguinem servorum suorum ulciscetur et vindictam retribuet in hostes suos et propitius erit terrae populi sui ”.
44 Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the people's hearing.	44 Venit ergo Moyses et locutus est omnia verba cantici huius in auribus populi, ipse et Iosue filius Nun;
45 When Moses had finished reciting these words to al Israel,	45 complevitque omnes sermones istos loquens ad universum Israel.
46 he said to them, 'Take al these words to heart; I intend them today to be evidence against you. Youmust order your children to keep and observe al the words of this Law.	46 Et dixit ad eos: “ Ponite corda vestra in omnia verba, quae ego testificor vobis hodie, ut mandetis ea filiis vestris custodire et facere et implere universa verba legis huius;
47 You must not think of this as empty words, for the Law is your life, and by its means you will live longin the country which you are crossing the Jordan to possess.'	47 quia verbum non incassum vobis, sed est vita vestra: et in verbo hoc longo perseverabitis tempore in terra, ad quam, Iordane transmisso, ingredimini possidendam ”.
48 Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day and said to him,	48 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in eadem die dicens:
49 'Climb this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, in the country of Moab, opposite Jericho, and viewthe Canaan which I am giving to the Israelites as their domain.	49 “ Ascende in montem istum Abarim, in montem Nabo, qui est in terra Moab contra Iericho, et vide terram Chanaan, quam ego tradam filiis Israel obtinendam.
50 Die on the mountain you have climbed, and be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron diedon Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.	50 Et morere in monte, quem conscendens iungeris populo tuo, sicut mortuus est Aaron frater tuus in monte Hor et appositus populo suo.
51 Because, with the other Israelites, you broke faith with me at the Waters of Meribah-Kadesh in thedesert of Zin, because you did not make my holiness clear to the Israelites;	51 Quia praevaricati estis contra me in medio filiorum Israel ad aquas Meribathcades deserti Sin, quia non sanctificastis me inter filios Israel.
52 you may only see the country from outside; you cannot enter it -- the country which I am giving to theIsraelites.'	52 E contra videbis terram et non ingredieris in eam, quam ego dabo filiis Israel ”.