Deuteronomy 9

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 'Listen, Israel; today you are about to cross the Jordan, to go and dispossess nations greater andstronger than yourself, and cities immense, with walls reaching to the sky.	1 Audi, Israel: Tu transgredieris hodie Iordanem, ut possideas nationes maximas et fortiores te, civitates ingentes et ad caelum usque muratas,
2 A people great and tal , these Anakim, as you know; you have heard the saying: Who can stand up tothe sons of Anak?	2 populum magnum atque sublimem, filios Enacim, quos ipse nosti et audisti, quibus nullus potest ex adverso resistere.
3 Know then today that Yahweh your God himself wil go ahead of you, destroying them like a devouringfire, and that he himself wil subdue them before you so that you can dispossess and quickly make an end ofthem, as Yahweh has already said.	3 Scies ergo hodie quod Dominus Deus tuus ipse transibit ante te ignis devorans, qui conteret eos atque subiciet ante faciem tuam, ut velociter expellas et deleas eos, sicut locutus est tibi.
4 Do not think to yourself, once Yahweh your God has driven them before you, "Yahweh has brought meinto possession of this country because I am upright," when Yahweh is dispossessing these nations for you,because they do wrong.	4 Ne dicas in corde tuo, cum deleverit eos Dominus Deus tuus in conspectu tuo: “Propter iustitiam meam introduxit me Dominus, ut terram hanc possiderem”, cum propter impietates nationum istarum expellat eas Dominus ante te.
5 You are not going into their country to take possession because of any right behaviour or uprightnesson your part; rather, it is because of their wickedness that Yahweh is dispossessing these nations for you, andalso to keep the pact which he swore to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.	5 Neque enim propter iustitiam tuam et aequitatem cordis tui ingredieris, ut possideas terras earum, sed quia illae egerunt impie, introeunte te, Dominus Deus tuus expellet eos ante te, et ut compleat verbum suum Dominus, quod sub iuramento pollicitus est patribus tuis, Abraham, Isaac et Iacob.
6 Be clear about this: Yahweh is not giving you possession of this fine country because of any rightconduct on your part, for you are an obstinate people.	6 Scito igitur quod non propter iustitiam tuam Dominus Deus tuus dederit tibi terram hanc optimam in possessionem, cum durissimae cervicis sis populus.
7 'Remember; never forget how you provoked Yahweh your God in the desert. From the very day thatyou left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebels against Yahweh.	7 Memento et ne obliviscaris quomodo ad iracundiam provocaveris Dominum Deum tuum in solitudine; ex eo die, quo egressus es ex Aegypto, usque ad locum istum adversum Dominum contendistis.
8 At Horeb, you provoked Yahweh, and Yahweh was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.	8 Nam et in Horeb provocastis eum, et iratus delere vos voluit,
9 I had gone up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that Yahweh wasmaking with you. I stayed forty days and forty nights on the mountain, with nothing to eat or drink.	9 quando ascendi in montem, ut acciperem tabulas lapideas, tabulas pacti, quod pepigit vobiscum Dominus, et perseveravi in monte quadraginta diebus ac noctibus panem non comedens et aquam non bibens.
10 Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God, exactly corresponding to whatYahweh had said to you on the mountain, from the heart of the fire, on the day of the Assembly.	10 Deditque mihi Dominus duas tabulas lapideas scriptas digito Dei et continentes omnia verba, quae vobis locutus est in monte de medio ignis, quando contio populi congregata est.
11 After forty days and forty nights, having given me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant,	11 Cumque transissent quadraginta dies et totidem noctes, dedit mihi Dominus duas tabulas lapideas, tabulas foederis,
12 Yahweh said to me, "Get up, go down quickly, for your people, whom you have brought out of Egypt,are corrupting one another. They have been quick to leave the way I marked out for them; they have castthemselves a metal idol."	12 dixitque mihi: “Surge et descende hinc cito, quia peccavit populus tuus, quem eduxisti de Aegypto: deseruerunt velociter viam, quam praecepi eis, feceruntque sibi conflatile”.
13 Yahweh then said to me, "I have seen this people, and what an obstinate people they are!	13 Rursumque ait Dominus ad me: “Cerno quod populus iste durae cervicis sit;
14 Leave me, I am going to destroy them and wipe out their name under heaven; and I shal make youinto a mightier and more numerous nation than they are!"	14 dimitte me, ut conteram eos et deleam nomen eorum sub caelo et faciam te in gentem, quae hac fortior et maior sit”.
15 'I went back down the mountain, which was blazing with fire, and in my hands were the two tablets ofthe covenant.	15 Cumque reversus de monte ardente descenderem et duas tabulas foederis utraque tenerem manu
16 When I looked, I saw that you had been sinning against Yahweh your God. You had cast yourselves ametal calf; you had been quick to leave the way marked out for you by Yahweh.	16 vidissemque vos peccasse Domino Deo vestro et fecisse vobis vitulum conflatilem ac deseruisse velociter viam eius, quam Dominus vobis praeceperat,
17 I seized the two tablets and with my two hands threw them down and broke them before your eyes.	17 arripui duas tabulas et proieci eas de manibus meis confregique eas in conspectu vestro;
18 Then I fel prostrate before Yahweh; as before, I spent forty days and forty nights with nothing to eat ordrink, on account of al the sins which you had committed, by doing what was displeasing to Yahweh and thusarousing his anger.	18 et procidi ante Dominum, sicut prius quadraginta diebus et noctibus panem non comedens et aquam non bibens propter omnia peccata vestra, quae gessistis contra Dominum et eum ad iracundiam provocastis;
19 For I was afraid of this anger, of the fury which so roused Yahweh against you that he was ready todestroy you. And, once again, Yahweh heard my prayer.	19 timui enim indignationem et iram illius, qua adversum vos concitatus delere vos voluit. Et exaudivit me Dominus etiam hac vice.
20 Yahweh was enraged with Aaron and was ready to destroy him too; I also pleaded for Aaron on thatoccasion.	20 Adversum Aaron quoque vehementer iratus voluit eum conterere; et pro illo similiter tunc deprecatus sum.
21 That work of sin, the calf you had made, I took and burned and broke to pieces; having ground it to thefinest dust, I threw its dust into the stream that comes down from the mountain.	21 Peccatum autem vestrum, quod feceratis, id est vitulum, arripiens igne combussi et in frusta comminuens omninoque in pulverem redigens proieci in torrentem, qui de monte descendit.
22 'At Taberah too and at Massah and Kibroth-ha-Taavah, you provoked Yahweh.	22 In Tabera quoque et in Massa et in Cibrottaava provocastis Dominum;
23 And when Yahweh, meaning you to leave Kadesh-Barnea, said, "Go up and take possession of thecountry which I have given you," you rebel ed against the command of Yahweh your God and would not believehim or listen to his voice.	23 et quando misit Dominus vos de Cadesbarne dicens: “Ascendite et possidete terram, quam dedi vobis”, contempsistis imperium Domini Dei vestri et non credidistis ei neque vocem eius audire voluistis;
24 You have been rebels against Yahweh from the day he first knew you.	24 semper fuistis rebelles contra Dominum a die, qua nosse vos coepi.
25 'So I fell prostrate before Yahweh and lay there those forty days and forty nights, Yahweh having saidthat he was going to destroy you.	25 Et iacui coram Domino quadraginta diebus ac noctibus, quibus eum suppliciter deprecabar, ne deleret vos, ut fuerat comminatus.
26 And I pleaded with Yahweh. "My Lord Yahweh," I said, "do not destroy your people, your heritagewhom in your greatness you have redeemed, whom you have brought out of Egypt with your mighty hand.	26 Et orans dixi: Domine Deus, ne disperdas populum tuum et hereditatem tuam, quam redemisti in magnitudine tua, quos eduxisti de Aegypto in manu forti.
27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; take no notice of this people's stubbornness,their wickedness, and their sin,	27 Recordare servorum tuorum Abraham, Isaac et Iacob; ne aspicias duritiam populi huius et impietatem atque peccatum,
28 so that, in the country from which you have brought us, it may not be said, 'Yahweh was not able tobring them to the country which he had promised them. He hated them; that was why he brought them out -- toslaughter them in the desert.'	28 ne forte dicant habitatores terrae, de qua eduxisti nos: “Non poterat Dominus introducere eos in terram, quam pollicitus est eis, et oderat illos; idcirco eduxit, ut interficeret eos in solitudine”.
29 But these are your people, your heritage, whom you yourself have brought out by your great powerand your outstretched arm." '	29 Attamen ipsi sunt populus tuus et hereditas tua, quos eduxisti in fortitudine tua magna et in brachio tuo extento.