1 “ Listen, O heavens, and let me speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

ESCUCHAD, cielos, y hablaré; Y oiga la tierra los dichos de mi boca.

2 L et my teaching fall as the rain, and my voice like the water on the grass in the early morning, like rain upon the new grass, and rain upon the plant.

Goteará como la lluvia mi doctrina; Destilará como el rocío mi razonamiento; Como la llovizna sobre la grama, Y como las gotas sobre la hierba:

3 F or I will make known the name of the Lord. I will tell of the greatness of God!

Porque el nombre de Jehová invocaré: Engrandeced á nuestro Dios.

4 T he Rock! His work is perfect. All His ways are right and fair. A God Who is faithful and without sin, right and good is He.

El es la Roca, cuya obra es perfecta, Porque todos sus caminos son rectitud: Dios de verdad, y ninguna iniquidad en él: Es justo y recto.

5 T hey have acted in sin toward Him, but they are not His children, because the mark of sin is on them. They are a bad and sinful people.

La corrupción no es suya: á sus hijos la mancha de ellos, Generación torcida y perversa.

6 I s this how you pay the Lord, you foolish people who are not wise? Is He not your Father Who has bought you? He has made you and given you your place.

¿Así pagáis á Jehová, Pueblo loco é ignorante? ¿No es él tu padre que te poseyó? El te hizo y te ha organizado.

7 R emember the days long ago. Think of the years of all people. Ask your father and he will show you. Ask your leaders. They will tell you.

Acuérdate de los tiempos antiguos; Considerad los años de generación y generación: Pregunta á tu padre, que él te declarará; A tus viejos, y ellos te dirán.

8 W hen the Most High divided up the world among the nations, he divided the children of men. He set the place where each nation was to live by the number of the sons of Israel.

Cuando el Altísimo hizo heredar á las gentes, Cuando hizo dividir los hijos de los hombres, Estableció los términos de los pueblos Según el número de los hijos de Israel.

9 F or the Lord’s share is His people. He chose the people of Jacob for Himself.

Porque la parte de Jehová es su pueblo; Jacob la cuerda de su heredad.

10 H e found him in a desert land, in the empty waste of a desert. He came around him and cared for him. He kept him as He would His own eye.

Hallólo en tierra de desierto, Y en desierto horrible y yermo; Trájolo alrededor, instruyólo, Guardólo como la niña de su ojo.

11 L ike an eagle that shakes its nest, that flies over its young, He spread His wings and caught them. He carried them on His wings.

Como el águila despierta su nidada, Revolotea sobre sus pollos, Extiende sus alas, los toma, Los lleva sobre sus plumas:

12 T he Lord alone led him. There was no strange god with him.

Jehová solo le guió, Que no hubo con él dios ajeno.

13 H e made him sit on the high places of the earth. And he ate the food of the field. He made him eat honey from the rock, oil out of hard rock,

Hízolo subir sobre las alturas de la tierra, Y comió los frutos del campo, E hizo que chupase miel de la peña, Y aceite del duro pedernal;

14 m ilk from cows and milk from the flock, the fat of lambs, rams of Bashan, goats, and the best of the grain. And you drank wine of the blood of grapes.

Manteca de vacas y leche de ovejas, Con grosura de corderos, Y carneros de Basán; también machos de cabrío, Con grosura de riñones de trigo: Y sangre de uva bebiste, vino puro.

15 “ But Jeshurun grew fat and would not obey. You became fat and full of food. Then he turned away from God Who made him. He hated the Rock of His saving power.

Y engrosó Jeshurun, y tiró coces: Engordástete, engrosástete, cubrístete: Y dejó al Dios que le hizo, Y menospreció la Roca de su salud.

16 T hey made Him jealous with strange gods. They made Him angry with hated things.

Despertáronle á celos con los dioses ajenos; Ensañáronle con abominaciones.

17 T hey gave gifts to demons who were not God, to gods they have not known, new gods who came later, whom your fathers did not fear.

Sacrificaron á los diablos, no á Dios; A dioses que no habían conocido, A nuevos dioses venidos de cerca, Que no habían temido vuestros padres.

18 Y ou did not think of the Rock Who gave you birth. You forgot the God Who gave you birth.

De la Roca que te crió te olvidaste: Te has olvidado del Dios tu criador.

19 “ The Lord saw this, and hated them. His sons and daughters made Him angry.

Y vió lo Jehová, y encendióse en ira, por el menosprecio de sus hijos y de sus hijas.

20 T hen He said, ‘I will hide My face from them. I will see what their end will be. For they are a sinful people, children who are not faithful.

Y dijo: Esconderé de ellos mi rostro, Veré cuál será su postrimería: Que son generación de perversidades, Hijos sin fe.

21 T hey have made Me jealous with what is not God. They have made Me angry with their false gods. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people. I will make them angry with a foolish nation.

Ellos me movieron á celos con lo que no es Dios; Hiciéronme ensañar con sus vanidades: Yo también los moveré á celos con un pueblo que no es pueblo, Con gente insensata los haré ensañar.

22 F or a fire is started by My anger. It burns to the very bottom of the place of the dead. It burns up the earth and all that grows on the earth. It burns the base of the mountains.

Porque fuego se encenderá en mi furor, Y arderá hasta el profundo; Y devorará la tierra y sus frutos, Y abrasará los fundamentos de los montes.

23 ‘ I will send much trouble upon them. I will use My arrows against them.

Yo allegaré males sobre ellos; Emplearé en ellos mis saetas.

24 T hey will be wasted with hunger. They will be destroyed by burning heat and disease. I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, with the poison of things moving in the dust.

Consumidos serán de hambre, y comidos de fiebre ardiente Y de amarga pestilencia; Diente de bestias enviaré también sobre ellos, Con veneno de serpiente de la tierra.

25 T he sword will bring death in the street, and bring fear in the homes. It will destroy both young man and young woman, the baby and the man with white hair.

De fuera desolará la espada, Y dentro de las cámaras el espanto: Así al mancebo como á la doncella, Al que mama como el hombre cano.

26 I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces. I will make all people forget about them.”

Dije: Echaríalos yo del mundo, Haría cesar de entre los hombres la memoria de ellos,

27 B ut I was afraid that those who hate them would fight in anger against them and would not understand. They would say, “We have won with our own strength. The Lord has not done this.”’

Si no temiese la ira del enemigo, No sea que se envanezcan sus adversarios, No sea que digan: Nuestra mano alta Ha hecho todo esto, no Jehová.

28 “ For they are a nation without wise teaching. There is no understanding in them.

Porque son gente de perdidos consejos, Y no hay en ellos entendimiento.

29 I f they were wise, they would understand this. They would know their future!

Ojalá fueran sabios, que comprendieran esto, Y entendieran su postrimería!

30 H ow could one run after a thousand? How could two make ten thousand run away, unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had given them up?

¿Cómo podría perseguir uno á mil, Y dos harían huir á diez mil, Si su Roca no los hubiese vendido, Y Jehová no los hubiera entregado?

31 F or their rock is not like our Rock. Even those who hate us judge this.

Que la roca de ellos no es como nuestra Roca: Y nuestros enemigos sean de ello jueces.

32 T heir vine is from the vine of Sodom, and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of poison. Their fruit tastes bitter.

Porque de la vid de Sodoma es la vid de ellos, Y de los sarmientos de Gomorra: Las uvas de ellos son uvas ponzoñosas, Racimos muy amargos tienen.

33 T heir wine is the poison of snakes that kill.

Veneno de dragones es su vino, Y ponzoña cruel de áspides.

34 ‘ Are they not kept in store with Me, shut in with My stores of riches?

¿No tengo yo esto guardado, Sellado en mis tesoros?

35 I t is Mine to punish when their foot makes a false step. The day of their trouble is near. Their fall is coming fast upon them.’

Mía es la venganza y el pago, Al tiempo que su pie vacilará; Porque el día de su aflicción está cercano, Y lo que les está preparado se apresura.

36 F or the Lord will judge His people. He will have loving-pity on His servants when He sees their strength is gone, and none are left of those who are free or of those who are not free.

Porque Jehová juzgará á su pueblo, Y por amor de sus siervos se arrepentirá, Cuando viere que la fuerza pereció, Y que no hay guardado, mas desamparado.

37 T hen He will say, ‘Where are their gods? Where is the rock where they went to be safe?

Y dirá: ¿Dónde están sus dioses, La roca en que se guarecían;

38 W ho ate the fat of their burnt gifts and drank the wine of their drink gifts? Let them come and help you. Let them be your hiding place!

Que comían el sebo de sus sacrificios, Bebían el vino de sus libaciones? Levántense, que os ayuden Y os defiendan.

39 S ee now that it is I. I am He. There is no god except Me. It is I Who kills and gives life. I hurt, and I heal. And there is no one who can take from My hand.

Ved ahora que yo, yo soy, Y no hay dioses conmigo: Yo hago morir, y yo hago vivir: Yo hiero, y yo curo: Y no hay quien pueda librar de mi mano.

40 F or I lift up My hand to heaven, and promise that, as I live forever,

Cuando yo alzaré á los cielos mi mano, Y diré: Vivo yo para siempre,

41 I will make My shining sword sharp. My hand takes hold of what is right and fair. I will punish those who are against Me. And I will punish those who hate Me.

Si afilare mi reluciente espada, Y mi mano arrebatare el juicio, Yo volveré la venganza á mis enemigos, Y daré el pago á los que me aborrecen.

42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood. My sword will eat flesh with the blood of those who are killed and those who are in prison, from the long-haired leaders of those who hate Me.’

Embriagaré de sangre mis saetas, Y mi espada devorará carne: En la sangre de los muertos y de los cautivos, De las cabezas, con venganzas de enemigo.

43 B e glad, O nations, with His people! For He will punish because of the blood of His servants. He will punish those who fight against Him. And He will take away the sin of His land and His people.”

Alabad, gentes, á su pueblo, Porque él vengará la sangre de sus siervos, Y volverá la venganza á sus enemigos, Y expiará su tierra, á su pueblo.

44 M oses came with Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people.

Y vino Moisés, y recitó todas las palabras de este cántico á oídos del pueblo, él, y Josué hijo de Nun.

45 W hen Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

Y acabó Moisés de recitar todas estas palabras á todo Israel;

46 h e said to them, “Take into your heart all the words I tell you today. Tell them to your children, so they may be careful to do all the words of this Law.

Y díjoles: Poned vuestro corazón á todas las palabras que yo os protesto hoy, para que las mandéis á vuestros hijos, y cuiden de poner por obra todas las palabras de esta ley.

47 T his word is of great worth to you. It is your very life. By this word you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to take.” Moses to Die on Mount Nebo

Porque no os es cosa vana, mas es vuestra vida: y por ellas haréis prolongar los días sobre la tierra, para poseer la cual pasáis el Jordán.

48 T he Lord said to Moses that same day,

Y habló Jehová á Moisés aquel mismo día, diciendo:

49 “ Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab beside Jericho. Look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for their own.

Sube á este monte de Abarim, al monte Nebo, que está en la tierra de Moab, que está en derecho de Jericó, y mira la tierra de Canaán, que yo doy por heredad á los hijos de Israel;

50 T hen die on the mountain you go up, and join your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and joined his people.

Y muere en el monte al cual subes, y sé reunido á tus pueblos; al modo que murió Aarón tu hermano en el monte de Hor, y fué reunido á sus pueblos:

51 T his is because you were not faithful to Me among the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin and you did not honor Me as holy among the people of Israel.

Por cuanto prevaricasteis contra mí en medio de los hijos de Israel en las aguas de la rencilla de Cades, en el desierto de Zin; porque no me santificasteis en medio de los hijos de Israel.

52 Y ou will see the land from far away, but you will not go into the land I am giving the people of Israel.”

Verás por tanto delante de ti la tierra; mas no entrarás allá, á la tierra que doy á los hijos de Israel.