Deuteronomio 31

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1 Moisés acabó diciendo estas palabras a todo Israel:	1 And so, Moses went out, and he spoke all these words to all of Israel.
2 «He cumplido 120 años. Ya no puedo salir ni entrar. Y Yahveh me ha dicho: Tú no pasarás este Jordán.	2 And he said to them: “Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to go out and return, especially since the Lord has also said to me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’
3 Yahveh tu Dios pasará delante de ti, él destruirá ante ti esas naciones y las desalojará. Será Josué quien pasará delante de ti, como ha dicho Yahveh.	3 Therefore, the Lord your God will go across before you. He himself will abolish all these nations in your sight, and you shall possess them. And this man Joshua shall go across before you, just as the Lord has spoken.
4 Yahveh las tratará como trató a Sijón y a Og, reyes amorreos, y a su país, a los cuales destruyó.	4 And the Lord will do to them just as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, and he will wipe them away.
5 Yahveh os los entregará, y vosotros los trataréis exactamente conforme a la orden que yo os he dado.	5 Therefore, when the Lord will have delivered these to you also, you shall act similarly toward them, just as I have instructed you.
6 ¡Sed fuertes y valerosos!, no temáis ni os asustéis ante ellos, porque Yahveh tu Dios marcha contigo: no te dejará ni te abandonará».	6 Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid, and do not dread at the sight of them. For the Lord your God himself is your commander, and he will neither dismiss nor abandon you.”
7 Después Moisés llamó a Josué y le dijo en presencia de todo Israel: «¡Se fuerte y valeroso!, tú entrarás con este pueblo en la tierra que Yahveh juró dar a sus padres, y tú se la darás en posesión.	7 And Moses called Joshua, and, before all of Israel, he said to him: ‘Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead this people into the land which the Lord swore that he would give to their fathers, and you shall divide it by lot.
8 Yahveh marchará delante de ti, él estará contigo; no te dejará ni te abandonará. No temas ni te asustes».	8 And the Lord, who is your commander, will himself be with you. He will neither renounce nor abandon you. Do not be afraid, and do not dread.”
9 Moisés puso esta Ley por escrito y se la dio a los sacerdotes, hijos de Leví, que llevaban el arca de la alianza de Yahveh, así como a todos los ancianos de Israel.	9 And so, Moses wrote this law, and he handed it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
10 Y Moisés les dio esta orden: «Cada siete años, tiempo fijado para el año de la Remisión, en la fiesta de las Tiendas,	10 And he instructed them, saying: “After seven years, in the year of remission, at the solemnity of the Feast of Tabernacles,
11 cuando todo Israel acuda, para ver el rostro de Yahveh tu Dios, al lugar elegido por él, leerás esta Ley a oídos de todo Israel.	11 when all of Israel has convened in order to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord will choose, you shall read the words of this law before all of Israel, in their hearing.
12 Congrega al pueblo, hombres, mujeres y niños, y al forastero que vive en tus ciudades, para que oigan, aprendan a temer a Yahveh vuestro Dios, y cuiden de poner en práctica todas las palabras de esta Ley.	12 And when the people have gathered together, men as well as women and little children, and the new arrivals who are within your gates, they shall listen so that they may learn, and may fear the Lord your God, and may keep and fulfill all the words of this law,
13 Y sus hijos, que todavía no la conocen, la oirán y aprenderán a temer a Yahveh vuestro Dios todos los días que viváis en el suelo que vais a tomar en posesión al pasar el Jordán».	13 and also so that their sons, who are now ignorant, may be able to listen, and may fear the Lord their God all the days that they live in the land to which you will travel, crossing the Jordan in order to obtain it.”
14 Yahveh dijo a Moisés: «Ya se acerca el día de tu muerte; llama a Josué y presentaos en la Tienda del Encuentro, para que yo le dé mis órdenes». Fue, pues, Moisés con Josué a presentarse en la Tienda del Encuentro.	14 And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, the days of your death draw near. Call Joshua, and stand in the tabernacle of the testimony, so that I may instruct him.” Therefore, Moses and Joshua went and stood in the tabernacle of the testimony.
15 Y Yahveh se apareció en la Tienda, en una columna de nube; la columna de nube estaba parada a la entrada de la Tienda.	15 And the Lord appeared there, in a pillar of cloud, which stood at the entrance of the tabernacle.
16 Yahveh dijo a Moisés: «He aquí que vas a acostarte con tus padres, y este pueblo se levantará para prostituirse yendo en pos de dioses extraños, los de la tierra en la que va a entrar. Me abandonará y romperá mi alianza, que yo he concluido con él.	16 And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will rise up and will fornicate after foreign gods, in the land which they will enter so that they may live in it. In that place, they will forsake me, and they will make void the covenant that I have formed with them.
17 Aquel día montaré en cólera contra él, los abandonaré y les ocultaré mi rostro. Será pasto y presa de un sinfin de males y adversidades, de suerte que dirá aquel día: «¿No me habrán llegado estos males porque mi Dios no está en medio de mí?»	17 And my fury will be enraged against them in that day. And I will abandon them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured. Every evil and affliction will find them, so much so that they will say in that day: ‘Truly, it is because God is not with me that these evils have found me.’
18 Pero yo ocultaré mi rostro aquel día, a causa de todo el mal que habrá hecho, yéndose en pos de otros dioses.	18 But I will hide myself, and I will conceal my face in that day, because of all the evils that they have done, because they have followed strange gods.
19 «Y ahora escribid para vuestro uso el cántico siguiente; ensénaselo a los israelitas, ponlo en su boca para que este cántico me sirva de testimonio contra los israelitas,	19 And so, write this canticle now, and teach it to the sons of Israel, so that they may retain it in memory, and may chant it by mouth, and so that this verse may be a testimony to me among the sons of Israel.
20 cuando yo les lleve a la tierra que bajo juramento prometí a sus padres, tierra que mana leche y miel, y ellos, después de comer hasta hartarse y engordar bien, se vuelvan hacia otros dioses, les den culto, y a mí me desprecien y rompan mi alianza.	20 For I will lead them into the land, about which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. And when they have eaten, and have been satiated and fattened, they will turn aside to foreign gods, and they will serve them. And they will disparage me, and they will nullify my covenant.
21 Y cuando les alcancen males y adversidades sin número, este cántico dará testimonio contra él, porque no caerá en olvido en la boca de su descendencia. Pues sé muy bien los planes que está tramando hoy, incluso antes de haberle introducido en la tierra que le tengo prometida bajo juramento».	21 And after many evils and afflictions have overwhelmed them, this canticle will answer them as a testimony; it shall never pass into oblivion, away from the mouths of their offspring. For I know their thoughts and what they are about to do today, even before I lead them into the land which I have promised to them.”
22 Y Moisés escribió aquel día este cántico y se lo enseño a los israelitas.	22 Therefore, Moses wrote the canticle, and he taught it to the sons of Israel.
23 Luego dio esta orden a Josué, hijo de Nun: «¡Sé fuerte y valeroso!, porque tú llevarás a los israelitas a la tierra que yo les tengo prometida bajo juramento, y yo estaré contigo».	23 And the Lord instructed Joshua, the son of Nun, and he said: “Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead the sons of Israel into the land which I have promised, and I will be with you.”
24 Cuando terminó de escribir en un libro las palabras de esta Ley hasta el fin,	24 Therefore, after Moses had written the words of this law in a volume, and had finished it,
25 Moisés dio esta orden a los levitas que llevaban el arca de la alianza de Yahveh:	25 he instructed the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying:
26 «Tomad el libro de esta Ley. Ponedlo al lado del arca de la alianza de Yahveh vuestro Dios. Ahí quedará como testimonio contra ti.	26 “Take this book, and place it inside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there as a testimony against you.
27 Porque conozco tu rebeldía y tu dura cerviz. Si hoy, que vivo todavía entre vosotros, sois rebeldes a Yahveh, ¡cuánto más lo seréis después de mi muerte!»	27 For I know your contentiousness and your very stiff neck. Even while I am still living and entering with you, you have always acted with contention against the Lord. How much more so when I will be dead?
28 «Congregad junto a mí a todos los ancianos de vuestras tribus y a vuestros escribas, que voy a pronunciar a sus oídos estas palabras, poniendo por testigos contra ellos al cielo y a la tierra.	28 Gather to me all those greater by birth throughout your tribes, as well as your teachers, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and I will call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.
29 Porque sé que después de mi muerte no dejaréis de pervertiros; os apartaréis del camino que os he prescrito; y la desgracia vendrá sobre vosotros en el futuro, por haber hecho lo que es malo a los ojos de Yahveh, irritándole con vuestras obras».	29 For I know that, after my death, you will act with iniquity, and you will quickly depart from the way that I have instructed to you. And so, evils will meet you in the end time, when you will have done evil in the sight of the Lord so as to provoke him through the works of your hands.”
30 Luego, a oídos de toda la asamblea de Israel, Moisés pronunció hasta el fin las palabras de este cantico:	30 Thus did Moses speak, in the hearing of the entire assembly of Israel, the words of this canticle, and he completed it to its very end.