Deuteronomy 9

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	NOVA VULGATA
1 "Hear, O Israel; you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves, cities great and fortified up to heaven,	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 tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'	2 populum magnum atque sublimem, filios Enacim, quos ipse nosti et audisti, quibus nullus potest ex adverso resistere.
3 Know therefore this day that he who goes over before you as a devouring fire is the LORD your God; he will destroy them and subdue them before you; so you shall drive them out, and make them perish quickly, as the LORD has promised you.	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 say in your heart, after the LORD your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land'; whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is driving them out before you.	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 Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land; but because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 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 "Know therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness; for you are a stubborn 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 and do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day you came out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.	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 Even at Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, and the LORD 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 When I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.	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 And the LORD gave me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the LORD had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst 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 And at the end of forty days and forty nights the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.	11 Cumque transissent quadraginta dies et totidem noctes, dedit mihi Dominus duas tabulas lapideas, tabulas foederis,
12 Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly; they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molten image.'	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 "Furthermore the LORD said to me, 'I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people;	13 Rursumque ait Dominus ad me: “Cerno quod populus iste durae cervicis sit;
14 let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'	14 dimitte me, ut conteram eos et deleam nomen eorum sub caelo et faciam te in gentem, quae hac fortior et maior sit”.
15 So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.	15 Cumque reversus de monte ardente descenderem et duas tabulas foederis utraque tenerem manu
16 And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.	16 vidissemque vos peccasse Domino Deo vestro et fecisse vobis vitulum conflatilem ac deseruisse velociter viam eius, quam Dominus vobis praeceperat,
17 So I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.	17 arripui duas tabulas et proieci eas de manibus meis confregique eas in conspectu vestro;
18 Then I lay prostrate before the LORD as before, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin which you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to 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 the anger and hot displeasure which the LORD bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened to me that time also.	19 timui enim indignationem et iram illius, qua adversum vos concitatus delere vos voluit. Et exaudivit me Dominus etiam hac vice.
20 And the LORD was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.	20 Adversum Aaron quoque vehementer iratus voluit eum conterere; et pro illo similiter tunc deprecatus sum.
21 Then I took the sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I threw the dust of it into the brook that descended out of 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 also, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked the LORD to wrath.	22 In Tabera quoque et in Massa et in Cibrottaava provocastis Dominum;
23 And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, 'Go up and take possession of the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and did not believe him or obey 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 rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.	24 semper fuistis rebelles contra Dominum a die, qua nosse vos coepi.
25 "So I lay prostrate before the LORD for these forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.	25 Et iacui coram Domino quadraginta diebus ac noctibus, quibus eum suppliciter deprecabar, ne deleret vos, ut fuerat comminatus.
26 And I prayed to the LORD, 'O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thy heritage, whom thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt with a 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 thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness, or their sin,	27 Recordare servorum tuorum Abraham, Isaac et Iacob; ne aspicias duritiam populi huius et impietatem atque peccatum,
28 lest the land from which thou didst bring us say, "Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness."	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 For they are thy people and thy heritage, whom thou didst bring out by thy great power and by thy outstretched arm.'	29 Attamen ipsi sunt populus tuus et hereditas tua, quos eduxisti in fortitudine tua magna et in brachio tuo extento.