Revised Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 31:27-29

27For I knowיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ya.Da'.tiH3045thy rebellionמֶרְיְךָ֔mer.ye.KhaH4805,and thy stiffהַקָּשֶׁ֑הha.ka.ShehH7186neckעָרְפְּךָ֖'a.re.pe.KhaH6203:behold, while I am yet aliveחַ֨יchaiH2416with you this dayהַיּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117,ye have been rebelliousמַמְרִ֤יםmam.RimH4784against Yhwhיְהֹוָ֔הYah.wehH3068;and how much more afterאַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiH310my deathמוֹתִֽי׃mo.TiH4194?

28Gatherהַקְהִ֧ילוּhak.Hi.luH6950unto me all the eldersזִקְנֵ֥יzik.NeiH2205of your tribesשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֖םshiv.tei.KhemH7626,and your officersוְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶ֑םve.sho.te.rei.KhemH7860,that I may speakוַאֲדַבְּרָ֣הva.'a.da.be.RahH1696these wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697in their earsבְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗םve.'a.ze.nei.HemH241,and callוְאָעִ֣ידָהve.'a.'I.dahH5749heavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064and earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776to recordH5749against them.

29For I knowיָדַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310my deathמוֹתִי֙mo.TiH4194ye will utterlyהַשְׁחֵ֣תhash.ChetH7843corruptתַּשְׁחִת֔וּןtash.chi.TunH7843yourselves,and turn asideוְסַרְתֶּ֣םve.sar.TemH5493from the wayהַדֶּ֔רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870which I have commandedצִוִּ֖יתִיtzi.Vi.tiH6680you; and evilהָֽרָעָה֙ha.ra.'AhH7451will befallוְקָרָ֨אתve.ka.RatH7122you in the latterבְּאַחֲרִ֣יתbe.'a.cha.RitH319daysהַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.MimH3117;because ye will doתַעֲשׂ֤וּta.'a.SuH6213evilהָרַע֙ha.Ra'H7451in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,to provoke him to angerלְהַכְעִיס֖וֹle.hakh.'i.SoH3707through the workבְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הbe.ma.'a.SehH4639of your handsיְדֵיכֶֽם׃ye.dei.KhemH3027.

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