1 Earth and Sky,
listen to what I say!
2 Israel, I will teach you.
My words will be like gentle rain
on tender young plants,
or like dew on the grass.
3 Join with me in praising
the wonderful name
of the Lord our God.
4 The Lord is a mighty rock,
and he never does wrong.
God can always be trusted
to bring justice.
5 But you lie and cheat
and are unfaithful to him.
You have disgraced yourselves
and are no longer worthy
to be his children.
6 Israel, the Lord is your Father,
the one who created you,
but you repaid him
by being foolish.
7 Think about past generations.
Ask your parents
or any of your elders.
They will tell you
8 that God Most High
gave land to every nation.
He assigned a guardian angel
to each of them,
9 but the Lord himself
takes care of Israel.
10 Israel, the Lord discovered you
in a barren desert
filled with howling winds.
God became your fortress,
protecting you as though
you were his own eyes.
11 The Lord was like an eagle
teaching its young to fly,
always ready to swoop down
and catch them on its back.
12 Israel, the Lord led you,
and without the aid
of a foreign god,
13 he helped you
capture the land.
Your fields were rich
with grain.
Olive trees grew
in your stony soil,
and honey was found
among the rocks.
14 Your flocks and herds
produced milk and yogurt,
and you got choice meat
from your sheep and goats
that grazed in Bashan.
Your wheat was the finest,
and you drank the best wine.
15 Israel, you grew fat and rebelled
against God, your Creator
you rejected the Mighty Rock,
your only place of safety.
16 You made God jealous and angry
by worshiping disgusting idols
and foreign gods.
17 You offered sacrifices
to demons, those useless gods
that never helped you,
new gods that your ancestors
never worshiped.
18 You turned away
from God, your Creator;
you forgot the Mighty Rock,
the source of your life.
19 You were the Lord's children,
but you made him angry.
Then he rejected you 20 and said,
“You are unfaithful
and can't be trusted.
So I won't answer your prayers;
I'll just watch and see
what happens to you.
21 You worshiped worthless idols,
and made me jealous
and angry!
Now I will send a cruel
and worthless nation
to make you jealous and angry.
22 “My people, I will breathe out fire
that sends you down
to the world of the dead.
It will scorch your farmlands
and burn deep down
under the mountains.
23 I'll send disaster after disaster
to strike you like arrows.
24 You'll be struck by starvation
and deadly diseases,
by the fangs of wild animals
and poisonous snakes.
25 Young and old alike
will be killed in the streets
and terrified at home.
26 “I wanted to scatter you,
so no one would remember
that you had ever lived.
27 But I dreaded the sound
of your enemies saying,
‘We defeated Israel with no help
from the Lord.’ ”
28 People of Israel,
that's what the Lord
has said to you.
But you don't have good sense,
and you never listen
to advice.
29 If you did, you could see
where you are headed.
30 How could one enemy soldier
chase a thousand
of Israel's troops?
Or how could two of theirs
pursue ten thousand of ours?
It can only happen if the Lord
stops protecting Israel
and lets the enemy win.
31 Even our enemies know
that only our God
is a Mighty Rock.
32 Our enemies are grapevines
rooted in the fields
of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The grapes they produce
are full of bitter poison;
33 their wine is more deadly
than cobra venom.
34 But the Lord has written
a list of their sins
and locked it in his vault.
35 Soon our enemies will get
what they deserve —
suddenly they will slip,
and total disaster
will quickly follow.
36 When only a few
of the Lord's people remain,
when their strength is gone,
and some of them are slaves,
the Lord will feel sorry for them
and give them justice.
37 But first the Lord will say,
“You ran for safety to other gods—
couldn't they help you?
38 You offered them wine
and your best sacrifices.
Can't those gods help you now
or give you protection?
39 Don't you understand?
I am the only God;
there are no others.
I am the one who takes life
and gives it again.
I punished you with suffering.
But now I will heal you,
and nothing can stop me!
40 “I make this solemn promise:
Just as I live forever,
41 I will take revenge
on my hateful enemies.
I will sharpen my sword
and let it flash
like lightning.
42 My arrows will get drunk
on enemy blood;
my sword will taste the flesh
and the blood of the enemy.
It will kill prisoners,
and cut off the heads
of their leaders.”
43 Tell the heavens to celebrate
and all gods to bow down
to the Lord,
because he will take revenge
on those hateful enemies
who killed his people.
He will forgive the sins of Israel
and purify their land.
44-45 Moses spoke the words of the song so that all the Israelites could hear, and Joshua helped him. When Moses had finished, 46 he said, “Always remember this song I have taught you today. And let it be a warning that you must teach your children to obey everything written in The Book of God's Law. 47 The Law isn't empty words. It can give you a long life in the land that you are going to take.”
Moses Will See the Land
48 Later that day the Lord said to Moses:
49 Go up into the Abarim Mountain range here in Moab across the Jordan River valley from Jericho. And when you reach the top of Mount Nebo, you will be able to see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to Israel. 50 Then you will die and be buried on the mountaintop, just as your brother Aaron died and was buried on Mount Hor. 51 Both of you were unfaithful to me at Meribah Spring near Kadesh in the Zin Desert. I am God, but there in front of the Israelites, you did not treat me with the honor and respect I deserve. 52 So I will give the land to the people of Israel, but you will only get to see it from a distance.
Mozus dziesma
1 “Klausieties, debesis, un es runāšu!
Sadzirdi, zeme, ko es teikšu!
2 Lai pil kā lietus mana pamācība,
lai lās kā rasa mana runa –
kā lietus pār mauru,
kā lītavas pār zāli,
3 jo Kunga vārdu es piesaucu!
Slavējiet mūsu Dieva lielumu!
4 Viņa darbs – vienlaidus klints!
Visi viņa ceļi ir patiesi!
Patiesības Dievs, kam nav vainas,
taisns un taisnīgs viņš ir!
5 Viņa priekšā tie apgānījušies, ne viņa dēli –
nešķīsti tie, šķība un greiza paaudze!
6 Vai to jūs nodarāt Kungam?!
Tauta dumjā un neldzīgā!
Vai ne viņš ir tavs tēvs, kas izpircis tevi?
Viņš tevi radīja un audzināja!
7 Atceries vissenās dienas,
apjēdz audžaudžu gadus,
jautā savam tēvam, un viņš tev teiks,
saviem vecajiem, un tie tev pastāstīs!
8 Kad Visuaugstais deva tautām mantojumu,
kad viņš nošķīra cilvēka dēlus,
viņš nolika robežas tautām
pēc Israēla dēlu skaita!
9 Kunga daļa ir viņa tauta,
Jēkabs – viņa mantojuma tiesa!
10 Viņš to atrada tuksneša zemē,
tukšumā, svelmē, kailatnē,
par viņu gādāja, to aprūpēja,
sargāja kā savu acuraugu!
11 Kā ērglis nomodā par savu ligzdu,
pār saviem ērglēniem plīv,
izpleš spārnus, tos segdams,
gulda tos savās dūnās, –
12 tā Kungs viens veda viņus,
kopā ar viņu nebija cita dieva!
13 Kā seglos viņš nolika tos savas zemes augstienēs,
lauka labumiem ēdināja,
viņš zīdīja tos ar medu no klints
un ar eļļu no krama,
14 ar govju sviestu un kazu pienu,
ar jēru treknumu,
ar Bāšānas auniem un kazām,
ar visleknākajiem kviešiem, –
un tu dzēri sarkanās vīnogu asinis!
15 Mans mīlulis aptaukojās un sāka spārdīties –
tu aptaukojies, apvēlies, pietūki! –
un atmeta Dievu, kas viņu radījis,
noniecināja savas pestīšanas klinti!
16 Darīja viņu greizsirdīgu ar svešiem dieviem,
ar preteklībām viņu kaitināja!
17 Kāva upurus dievekļiem, kas pat nav dievi,
pie tādiem dieviem, ko nepazina,
pie jauniem un tāliem gāja,
par tiem tavi tēvi pat nenojauta!
18 Klinti, kas tevi dzemdināja, pret citiem tu iemainīji,
tu aizmirsi Dievu, kas tevi dzemdēja sāpēs!
19 To redzēja Kungs un nicināja,
noskaitās uz saviem dēliem un meitām,
20 viņš teica: es paslēpšu savu vaigu no tiem,
es viņu galu vēl ieraudzīšu,
jo visa to paaudze sagānījusies,
tie ir dēli, kam ticības nav!
21 Tie darīja mani greizsirdīgu ar tiem, kas pat nav dievi,
ar saviem elkiem mani kaitināja!
Es greizsirdībā tiem uzsūtīšu tādus, kas pat nav tauta,
ar nelgu tautu tos kaitināšu!
22 Manās dusmās iedegsies uguns,
tā degs līdz šeola dzīlēm,
aprīs zemi un tās augļus
un aizdegs kalnu pamatus!
23 Es tiem ļaunumu nesīšu,
savas bultas pret viņiem sūtīšu!
24 Bads tos vārdzinās,
karsonis aprīs un rūgtais mēris!
Un zvēru zobus tiem uzsūtīšu
un odzes, kas pīšļos rāpo!
25 No ārpuses kaus zobens
un no iekšpuses šaušalas –
gan jaunekli, gan jaunavu,
gan zīdaini, gan sirmgalvi!
26 Tad es teiktu: es tos izkaisīšu,
cilvēkos viņu piemiņu izdeldēšu, –
27 ja vien no ienaidnieku dusmības es nevairītos,
ka viņa ienaidnieki lepni neiedomājas,
ka nesaka: mēs esam stiprāki,
ne Kungs to visu darīja!
28 Jo tie ir ļaudis, kam padoms zudis
un kam nav saprašanas!
29 Kaut tie taptu gudrāki un reiz saprastu,
nojēgtu savu galu!
30 Kā lai viens vajā tūkstoti
un divi liek ļaunumam bēgt?! –
ja Klints tos viņiem nebūtu nodevusi,
ja Kungs tos tiem nebūtu atdevis!
31 Jo viņu klints nav tāda kā mūsu Klints!
Mūsu ienaidnieki paši sev tiesu sprieduši!
32 Jo no Sodomas vīnakokiem ir viņu vīnogas
un no Gomoras laukiem!
Viņu vīnogas ir indes vīnogas,
un tām rūgti ķekari!
33 Viņu vīns – nezvēru inde
un drausms odžu nāveklis!
34 Vai tas pie manis nav noglabāts?
Vai nav manās krātuvēs aizzīmogots?
35 Es atriebšu un atdarīšu,
kad tiem paslīdēs kāja,
tuvu ir viņu posta diena,
jau steidz tas, kas tiem nospriests!
36 Kungs tiesās savu tautu,
bet savus kalpus viņš žēlos,
kad redzēs, ka tiem nolaižas rokas
un ka tiem gals klāt!
37 Viņš teiks: kur viņu dievi,
klintis, aiz kurām tie slēpās,
38 kas viņu upuru taukus rija
un lejamo upuru vīnu tempa?!
Lai tie nāk un jums palīdz!
Lai tie jums ir patvērums!
39 Tagad jūs redzat, ka es – tas!
Nav cita dieva, vien es!
Es nāvēju, un es daru dzīvu!
Es ievainoju, un es sadziedēju!
Neviens nevar glābt no manas rokas!
40 Līdz debesīm es savu roku pacēlu,
teicu: es dzīvs uz mūžiem!
41 Ja es notrīšu sava zobena asmeni
un mana roka sāks tiesāt,
tad es atriebšu saviem ienaidniekiem,
tiem, kas nīst mani, es atmaksāšu!
42 Savas bultas es dzirdīšu asinīm,
un mans zobens rīs miesu –
nokauto asinis un gūstekņus
un ienaidnieka matainās galvas!
43 Līksmojiet, tautas, par viņa tautu,
jo viņš atriebj savu kalpu asinis,
atmaksā saviem ienaidniekiem,
šķīsta savu zemi un tautu!”
44 Mozus nāca un sacīja visus šīs dziesmas vārdus kopā ar Jozuu, Nūna dēlu, lai dzird visa tauta. 45 Kad Mozus bija beidzis runāt uz Israēlu, 46 viņš tiem sacīja: “Ņemiet šos vārdus, ko es jums šodien pavēlēju, pie sirds, lai jūs tos varētu mācīt saviem dēliem, ka tie ievēro un pilda visus šīs bauslības vārdus, 47 jo tā jums nav nekāda nieka lieta, bet gan jūsu dzīvība – tā jūs sev paildzināsiet dienas tajā zemē, kuru iemantot jūs dodaties pāri Jardānai.”
Mozum jāmirst Nebo kalnā
48 Un tajā pašā dienā Kungs sacīja Mozum: 49 “Kāp Abārīma kalnos, Nebo kalnā, kas iepretī Jērikai, un skaties uz Kanaāna zemi, ko es dodu Israēla dēliem par īpašumu! 50 Un mirsti tajā kalnā, kur tu būsi uzkāpis, un tiec piepulcināts savai tautai, – tāpat kā tavs brālis Ārons nomira Hora kalnā un tika piepulcināts savai tautai, – 51 tādēļ ka tu mani pievīli Israēla dēlu priekšā pie Kādēšas Merības ūdeņiem, Cīna tuksnesī, jo tu mani tur nesvētīji Israēla dēlu vidū! 52 Iztālēm tu redzēsi to zemi, bet tu neiesi uz to zemi, ko es dodu Israēla dēliem!”
