1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, 2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say , Who can stand before the children of Anak! 3 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. 4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. 5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
7 ¶ Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: 10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. 12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. 13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. 15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. 17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. 18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. 20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath. 23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. 24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. 25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. 26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: 28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
Ne Israēla taisnības dēļ
(2Moz 32:1–35)1 Klausies, Israēl, šodien tu ej pār Jardānu, lai ietu un padzītu tautas, kas lielākas un stiprākas par tevi, – tām ir lielas un līdz debesīm nocietinātas pilsētas! 2 Tā ir liela un stalta tauta, Anāka dēli, ko tu pazīsti, par kuriem tu esi dzirdējis sakām: kas gan var stāties pretī Anāka dēliem?! 3 Un zini šodien, ka Kungs, tavs Dievs, – viņš ir tas, kas ies tev pa priekšu kā rijīga uguns, viņš tos iznīcinās un pakļaus tev, un jūs viņus jo ātri padzīsiet un izdeldēsiet, kā Kungs tev ir solījis! 4 Kad Kungs, tavs Dievs, padzīs tos tavā priekšā, tad nesaki savā sirdī: manas taisnības dēļ Kungs mani veda iemantot šo zemi! – Kungs padzina tos tavā priekšā tādēļ, ka šī tauta bija ļauna! 5 Ne tavas taisnības dēļ un ne tavas sirds taisnības dēļ tu ej iemantot viņu zemi, bet šo tautu ļaunuma dēļ Kungs, tavs Dievs, padzen tos tavā priekšā – tādēļ, lai piepildītu to, ko Kungs zvērējis taviem tēviem Ābrahāmam, Īzakam un Jēkabam. 6 Un zini, ka ne tavas taisnības dēļ Kungs, tavs Dievs, ļauj tev iemantot šo labo zemi – jo tu esi stūrgalvīga tauta!
7 Atceries – neaizmirsti, kā tu tuksnesī kaitināji Kungu, savu Dievu, – kopš dienas, kad iznāci no Ēģiptes zemes, līdz atnāci šurp, jūs visu laiku dumpojāties pret Kungu! 8 Un Horebā tu sadusmoji Kungu, un Kungs noskaitās un gribēja jūs iznīcināt. 9 Kad es uzkāpu kalnā, lai saņemtu akmens plāksnes – derības plāksnes, ko Kungs ar jums bija noslēdzis, es paliku kalnā četrdesmit dienas un četrdesmit naktis, maizi es neēdu un ūdeni nedzēru. 10 Un Kungs man iedeva divas akmens plāksnes, kas bija aprakstītas ar Dieva pirkstu, un uz tām bija visi vārdi, ko Kungs jums bija sacījis kalnā no uguns vidus todien, kad tika sasaukta sapulce. 11 Kad četrdesmit dienas un četrdesmit naktis bija pagājušas, Kungs man deva divas akmens plāksnes, derības plāksnes. 12 Kungs man teica: celies, kāp ātri lejā no šejienes, jo tava tauta, ko tu izvedi no Ēģiptes, ir apgānījusies – ātri gan tie novērsušies no ceļa, ko es tiem pavēlēju, un uztaisījuši sev izlietu tēlu! 13 Un Kungs man teica: es uzlūkoju šo tautu, un redzi – tā ir stūrgalvīga tauta! 14 Atstājies no manis – es iznīcināšu viņus, izdzēsīšu to vārdus zem debesīm, bet tevi es darīšu par lielāku un stiprāku tautu nekā viņi! 15 Tad es gāju un nokāpu no kalna – kalns dega ugunī, un man rokā bija abas derības plāksnes. 16 Es paraudzījos, un redzi – jūs bijāt grēkojuši pret Kungu, savu Dievu, uztaisījuši izlietu teļu, ātri vien novērsušies no tā ceļa, ko Kungs jums bija pavēlējis! 17 Es satvēru abas plāksnes, nosviedu tās un sadauzīju jūsu acu priekšā! 18 Un es gulēju, nokritis Kunga priekšā kā iepriekš – četrdesmit dienas un četrdesmit naktis, maizi es neēdu un ūdeni nedzēru visu jūsu grēku dēļ, ko jūs bijāt grēkojuši, darīdami, kas netīk Kungam, un viņu kaitinājuši, 19 jo es bijos no dusmām un niknuma, ko Kungs dusmoja pret jums, gribēdams jūs iznīcināt, – tomēr Kungs man paklausīja arī toreiz! 20 Kungs bija sadusmojies uz Āronu un gribēja viņu iznīcināt, un tolaik es lūdzos arī par Āronu. 21 Bet jūsu grēku – teļu, ko jūs bijāt darinājuši, es ņēmu un sadedzināju ugunī un saberzu labi smalki, līdz tas bija tik smalks kā putekļi. Putekļus es izkaisīju upē, kas tecēja no kalna!
22 Un jūs sadusmojāt Kungu Tabērā, Masā un Kibrot-Taavā. 23 Kad Kādēš-Barnēā Kungs jūs sūtīja, sacīdams: celies un iemanto zemi, ko es jums esmu devis! – tad jūs dumpojāt pret Kungu, savu Dievu, neticējāt un neklausījāt viņam! 24 Jūs esat bijuši dumpīgi pret Kungu kopš tās dienas, kad es jūs iepazinu!
25 Es gulēju nokritis Kunga priekšā – četrdesmit dienas un četrdesmit naktis, jo Kungs bija teicis, ka jūs iznīcinās. 26 Un es lūdzos Kungu un teicu: Kungs Dievs! Neiznīdē savu tautu un mantojumu, ko tu esi izpircis savā diženumā, ko tu esi izvedis no Ēģiptes ar stipru roku! 27 Atceries savus kalpus Ābrahāmu, Īzaku un Jēkabu – nepievērsies šīs tautas stūrgalvībai, ļaunumam un grēkam –, 28 lai tajā zemē, no kuras tu mūs izvedi, neteiktu: tādēļ ka Kungs nevarēja aizvest viņus uz to zemi, ko bija viņiem solījis, un tādēļ ka viņš tos ienīda – viņš tos aizveda nonāvēt tuksnesī! 29 Viņi ir tava tauta un tavs mantojums, ko tu esi izvedis ar lielu spēku un ar izstieptu elkoni!
