1 “ Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to take the land that belongs to nations greater and stronger than you, with big cities with walls as high as heaven.

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

2 T he people there are strong and tall, the sons of Anakim. You know of them and have heard it said, ‘Who can stand in front of the sons of Anak?’

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

3 B ut know today that it is the Lord your God Who is crossing over before you as a fire that destroys everything. He will destroy them and bring them down before you. So you may drive them out and be quick to destroy them, just as the Lord has told 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 B ut after the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, ‘The Lord has brought me in to take this land because I am right and good.’ It is because of the sin of these nations that the Lord is driving them out in front of 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 because of your being right with God that you are going to take their land. But it is because of the sin of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out in front of you. By this the Lord is proving that He keeps the promise He made 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 U nderstand that it is not because you are right with God that the Lord your God is giving you this good land for your own, for you are a strong-willed people.

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

7 “ Remember and do not forget how you made the Lord your God angry in the desert. You have gone against the Lord from the day you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place.

«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 Mount Sinai you made the Lord angry. 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 I went up the mountain to receive the pieces of stone, the Laws of the agreement which the Lord had made with you. I stayed on the mountain forty days and nights. I did not eat bread or drink 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 hen the Lord gave me the two pieces of stone written by the finger of God. On them were all the words the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain from the fire on the day of the meeting.

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

11 A t the end of forty days and nights the Lord gave me the two pieces of stone, the Laws of the agreement.

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

12 T hen the Lord said to me, ‘Get up. Hurry and go down from here. For your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become very sinful. They have been quick to turn away from what I told them. They have made a false god 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 A nd the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen these people. See, they are strong-willed.

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

14 L et Me alone, so I may destroy them and destroy their name from under heaven. I will make you into a nation that will be greater and stronger than they.’

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

15 S o I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire. The two pieces of stone of the agreement were in my two hands.

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

16 A nd I saw that it was true that you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a calf out of gold. You had been quick to turn away from what the Lord had told you.

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

17 S o I took the two pieces of stone and threw them from my hands, and broke them in front of your eyes.

فَأمسَكْتُ بِاللَّوحَينِ وَرَمَيتُهُما مِنْ يَدَيَّ، وَحَطَّمتُهُما أمامَ أعيُنِكُمْ.

18 T hen again I fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights. I did not eat bread or drink water, because of all the sin you had done. You did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord and made Him angry.

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 I was afraid of the anger of the Lord which was burning against you to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me again.

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 prayed for Aaron at the same time also.

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

21 T hen I took your sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it. I ground it into pieces until it was as fine as dust. And I threw its dust into the river that flowed 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 “ You made the Lord angry again at Taberah, Massah and Kibroth-hattaavah.

وَأيضاً فِي تَبعِيرَةَ وَمَسَّةَ وَقَبْرُوتَ هَتَّأوَةَ أغضَبتُمُ اللهَ.

23 T he Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go and take for your own the land I have given you.’ But you went against what the Lord your God told you to do. You did not believe Him or listen 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 gone against the Lord from the day I first knew you.

فَأنتُمْ تَرفُضُونَ إطاعَةَ اللهِ وَتَتَمَرَّدُونَ عَلَيْهِ مُنذُ عَرَفْتُكُمْ.

25 “ So I fell down before the Lord and lay forty days and nights, 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, saying, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, Your chosen nation, whom You have set free by Your power and brought out of Egypt with a strong 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 strong will or sin or wrong-doing of these people.

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

28 O r the land You brought us from may say, “The Lord was not able to bring them into the land He promised them. Because He hated them, He brought them out to kill them in the desert.”

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, Your chosen nation, whom You have brought out by Your great power and Your long arm.’

إنَّهُمْ شَعبُكَ وَمُلكُكَ الَّذِي أخرَجْتَهُ بِقُوَّتِكَ وَقُدرَتِكَ العَظِيمَتَينِ.»