1 “ Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities fortified to heaven,

«استَمِعُوا يا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، سَتَعبُرُونَ اليَومَ نَهرَ الأُردُنِّ لِتَدخُلُوا وَتَطرُدُوا أُمَماً أعظَمَ وَأقوَى مِنكُمْ، لَها مُدُنٌ ذاتُ أسوارٍ مُرتَفِعَةٍ تَصِلُ السَّماءَ،

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?’

يَسكُنُها شَعبٌ عَظِيمٌ وَطَوِيلُ القامَةِ، وَهُمُ العَناقِيُّونَ، الَّذِينَ عَرَفْتُمْ عَنهُمْ وَسَمِعتُمُ الآخَرِينَ يَقُولُونَ: ‹مَنْ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يُقاوِمَ العَناقِيِّينَ؟›

3 K now therefore today that it is the Lord your God who is crossing over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that you may drive them out and destroy them quickly, just as the Lord has spoken to you.

فاعلَمُوا اليَومَ أنَّ إلَهَكُمْ هُوَ مَنْ سَيَعبُرُ نَهرَ الأُردُنِّ أمامَكُمْ كَنارٍ مُلتَهِمَةٍ. وَسَيُهلِكُهُمْ وَيَهزِمُهُمْ بَينَما أنتُمْ تَتَقَدَّمُونَ، فَتَطرُدُونَهُمْ وَتُفنُونَهُمْ سَرِيعاً كَما وَعَدَكُمْ اللهُ تَماماً.

4 “ Do not say in your heart when the Lord your God has driven them out before you, ‘Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is dispossessing them before you.

«وَحِينَ يَطْرُدُهُمْ إلَهُكُمْ مِنْ أمامِكُمْ، لا تَقُولُوا فِي نُفُوسِكُمْ: ‹لِأنَّنا صالِحُون، أدخَلَنا اللهُ لِنَمتَلِكَ هَذِهِ الأرْضَ.› بَلْ سَيَطْرُدُ اللهُ تِلكَ الأُمَمَ مِنْ أمامِكُمْ لِأنَّهُمْ أشرارٌ.

5 I t is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm the oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

وَسَتَدخُلُونَ لامتِلاكِ أرْضِهِمْ، وَلَكِنْ لَيسَ بِفَضلِ بِرِّكُمْ وَاسْتِقامَةِ قُلُوبِكُمْ، إنَّما سَيَطرُدُهُمْ إلهُكُمْ مِنْ أمامِكُمْ بِسَبَبِ شَرِّهِمْ، حِفاظاً عَلَى الوَعدِ الَّذِي أقسَمَ اللهُ بِهِ لآبائِكُمْ إبراهِيمَ وَإسْحاقَ وَيَعقُوبَ.

6 “ Know, then, it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people.

فاعلَمُوا أنَّ إلهَكُمْ لَنْ يُعْطِيَكُمُ الأرْضَ لِتَمتَلِكُوها بِفَضلِ بِرِّكُمْ، فَأنْتُمْ شَعبٌ عَنِيدٌ وَمُتَمَرِّدٌ. تَذكيرٌ بغَضَبِ الله

7 R emember, do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord.

«اذكُرُوا وَلا تَنسَوا أنَّكُمْ أغضَبتُمْ إلهِكُمْ فِي الصَّحْراءِ، فَقَد رَفَضتُمْ أنْ تُطِيعُوهُ وَتَمَرَّدْتُمْ عَلَى اللهِ مِنْ يَومِ مُغادَرَتِكُمْ لِأرضِ مِصْرَ إلَى أنْ أتَيتُمْ لِهَذا المَكانِ.

8 E ven at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you.

أثَرْتُمْ غَضَبَ اللهِ فِي جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ. حَتَّى أوْشَكَ اللهُ فِيْ غَضَبِهِ الشَّدِيدِ أنْ يُفنِيَكُمْ.

9 W hen I went up to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord had made with you, then I remained on the mountain forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.

فَحِينَ صَعِدتُ إلَى الجَبَلِ لِأخذِ لَوحَي حَجَرِ العَهدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ اللهُ مَعكُمْ، بَقِيتُ عَلَى الجَبَلِ مُدَّةَ أربَعِينَ يَوماً وَأربَعِينَ لَيلَةً، لَمْ آكُلْ فِيها خُبزاً وَلَمْ أشرَبْ ماءً.

10 T he Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the Lord had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

وَأعطانِي اللهُ الَّلوحَينِ الحَجَرِيَّينِ اللّذَينِ نُقِشا بَإصبَعِ اللهِ ، وَعَلَيهِما جَمِيعُ الكَلِماتِ الَّتِي تكَلَّمَ بِها اللهُ لَكُمْ مِنْ وَسَطِ النّارِ، يَومَ اجتَمَعتُمْ هُناكَ.

11 I t came about at the end of forty days and nights that the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.

«وَفِي نِهايَةِ الأربَعِينَ يَوماً وَالأربَعِينَ لَيلَةً، أعطانِي اللهُ لَوحَي حَجَرِ العَهدِ،

12 T hen the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.’

ثُمَّ قالَ لِي اللهُ: ‹قُمْ وَانْزِلْ مِنْ هُنا بِسُرعَةٍ لِأنَّ شَعبَكَ الَّذِي أخرَجتُهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ قَدْ أفسَدُوا أنفُسَهُمْ، فَقَدِ ابْتَعَدُوا سَرِيعاً عَنْ وَصايايَ، فَصَنَعُوا لِأنفُسِهِمْ صَنَماً.›

13 T he Lord spoke further to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people.

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِي: ‹قَدْ راقَبتُ هَذا الشَّعبَ، فَوَجَدتُ أنَّهُ شَعبٌ عَنِيدٌ.

14 L et 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.’

دَعْني الآنَ فَأقْضيَ عَلَيهِمْ، فَلا يَعُودُ أحَدٌ يَتَذَكَّرُهُمْ. وَأجعَلُكَ أُمَّةً أقوَى وَأكثَرَ عَدَداً مِنهُمْ.›» العِجلُ الذَّهَبِيّ

15 “ So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

«حِينَئِذٍ، نَزَلتُ مِنَ الجَبَلِ، وَقَدْ كانَ مُشتَعِلاً بِالنّارِ، وَكانَ لَوحا العَهدِ فِي يَدَيَّ.

16 A nd I saw that you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the Lord had commanded you.

وَنَظَرتُ وَإذا بِكُمْ قَدْ أخطَأْتُمْ إلَى إلَهِكُمْ ، وَسَبَكْتُمْ لِأنفُسِكُمْ صَنَماً عَلَى شَكلِ عِجلٍ، وَابتَعَدتُمْ سَرِيعاً عَمّا أوصاكُمْ بِهِ اللهُ.

17 I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands and smashed them before your eyes.

فَأمسَكْتُ بِاللَّوحَينِ وَرَمَيتُهُما مِنْ يَدَيَّ، وَحَطَّمتُهُما أمامَ أعيُنِكُمْ.

18 I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.

ثُمَّ عُدُّتُ وَانْبَطَحْتُ ثانِيَةً وَوَجهِي إلَى الأرْضِ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ لِأربَعِينَ يَوماً وَأربَعِينَ لَيلَةً، لَمْ آكُلْ فِيها خُبزاً وَلَمْ أشرَبْ ماءً، بِسَبَبِ الخَطِيَّةِ الَّتِي ارتَكَبتُمُوها بِعِبادَةِ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى أمامَ عَينَي اللهِ ، فَأغضَبتُمُوهُ.

19 F or I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the Lord was wrathful against you in order to destroy you, but the Lord listened to me that time also.

كُنتُ خائِفاً مِنْ غَضَبِ اللهِ وَسَخَطِهِ، إذْ كانَ غاضِباً جِدّاً عَلَيكُمْ حَتَّى أوشَكَ أنْ يُهلِكَكُمْ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ أصغَى إلَيَّ فِي تِلكَ المَرَّةِ أيضاً.

20 T he Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time.

كَما غَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَى هَرُونَ بِما يَكفِي لِيُهلِكَهُ، فَصَلَّيتُ مِنْ أجلِهِ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ.

21 I took your 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 its dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.

«ثُمَّ أخَذْتُ العِجلَ النَّجِسَ الَّذِي صَنَعتُمُوهُ، وَأحرَقْتُهُ بِالنّارِ، وَحَطَّمتُهُ وَطَحَنتُهُ حَتَّى صارَ ناعِماً كَالغُبارِ، ثُمَّ ألقَيتُ بِغُبارِهِ فِي الجَدوَلِ المُنحَدِرِ مِنَ الجَبَلِ.

22 “ Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath.

وَأيضاً فِي تَبعِيرَةَ وَمَسَّةَ وَقَبْرُوتَ هَتَّأوَةَ أغضَبتُمُ اللهَ.

23 W hen the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘ Go up and possess the land which I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God; you neither believed Him nor listened to His voice.

وَعِندَما أرسَلَكُمْ اللهُ مِنْ قادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ وَقالَ لَكُمْ: ‹اذْهَبُوا وَامتَلِكُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لَكُمْ.› عَصَيتُمْ أمرَ إلَهِكُمْ ، وَلَمْ تَثِقُوا بِهِ وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوهُ.

24 Y ou have been rebellious against the Lord from the day I knew you.

فَأنتُمْ تَرفُضُونَ إطاعَةَ اللهِ وَتَتَمَرَّدُونَ عَلَيْهِ مُنذُ عَرَفْتُكُمْ.

25 “ So I fell down before the Lord the forty days and nights, which I did because the Lord had said He would destroy you.

«فَانْبَطَحْتُ وَوَجهِي إلَى الأرْضِ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ أربَعِينَ يَوماً وَأربَعِينَ لَيلَةً، لِأنَّ اللهَ أعلَنَ أنَّهُ سَيُهلِكُكُمْ.

26 I prayed to the Lord and said, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

وَصَلَّيتُ إلَى اللهِ وَقُلْتُ: يا اللهُ ، لا تُهلِكْ شَعبَكَ الَّذِي هُوَ لَكَ، وَقَدْ فَدَيتَهُ بِقُوَّتِكَ العَظِيمَةِ، وَأخرَجتَهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ بِيَدِكَ الجَبَّارَةِ.

27 R emember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin.

اذكُرْ خُدّامَكَ إبراهِيمَ وَإسْحاقَ وَيَعقُوبَ. وَتَغاضَ عَنْ عِنادِ الشَّعبِ وَشَرِّهِ وَخَطِيَّتِهِ،

28 O therwise the land from which You brought us may say, “ Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which He had promised them and because He hated them He has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.”

لِكَيْ لا يَقُولَ المِصْرِيُّونَ: ‹لِأنَّ يهوه لَمْ يَستَطِعْ إحضارَهُمْ إلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَهُمْ بِها، وَلأنَّهُ يَكْرَهُهُمْ، أخرَجَهُمْ لِيَقتُلَهُمْ فِي الصَّحراءِ.›

29 Y et they are Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have brought out by Your great power and Your outstretched arm.’

إنَّهُمْ شَعبُكَ وَمُلكُكَ الَّذِي أخرَجْتَهُ بِقُوَّتِكَ وَقُدرَتِكَ العَظِيمَتَينِ.»