Revised Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 32:28-36

28For they area nationג֛וֹיGoyH1471voidאֹבַ֥ד'o.VadH6of counselעֵצ֖וֹתe.TzotH6098, neither is there anyunderstandingתְּבוּנָֽה׃te.vu.NahH8394in them.

29O thatל֥וּluH3863they were wiseחָכְמ֖וּcha.khe.MuH2449, thatthey understoodיַשְׂכִּ֣ילוּyas.Ki.luH7919this, thatthey would considerיָבִ֖ינוּya.Vi.nuH995their latter endלְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃le.'a.cha.ri.TamH319!

30How should oneאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259chaseיִרְדֹּ֤ףyir.DofH7291a thousandאֶ֔לֶף'E.lefH505,and twoוּשְׁנַ֖יִםu.she.Na.yimH8147put tenרְבָבָ֑הre.va.VahH7233thousandH505to flightיָנִ֣יסוּya.Ni.suH5127,exceptלֹא֙lo'H3808their Rockצוּרָ֣םtzu.RamH6697had soldמְכָרָ֔םme.kha.RamH4376themכִּי־ki-H3588,And Yhwhוַֽיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehH3068had shut them upהִסְגִּירָֽם׃his.gi.RamH5462?

31For their rockכְצוּרֵ֖נוּkhe.tzu.Re.nuH6697isnot as our Rockצוּרָ֑םtzu.RamH6697,even our enemiesוְאֹיְבֵ֖ינוּve.'o.ye.Vei.nuH341themselves beingjudgesפְּלִילִֽים׃pe.li.LimH6414.

32For their vineמִגֶּ֤פֶןmi.Ge.fenH1612isof the vineגַּפְנָ֔םgaf.NamH1612of Sodomסְדֹם֙se.DomH5467,and of the fieldsוּמִשַּׁדְמֹ֖תu.mi.shad.MotH7709of Gomorrahעֲמֹרָ֑ה'a.mo.RahH6017:their grapesעֲנָבֵ֙מוֹ֙'a.na.Ve.movH6025aregrapesעִנְּבֵי־'i.ne.vei-H6025of gallר֔וֹשׁRo.oshH7219,their clustersאַשְׁכְּלֹ֥ת'ash.ke.LotH811arebitterמְרֹרֹ֖תme.ro.RotH4846:

33Their wineיֵינָ֑םyei.NamH3196isthe poisonחֲמַ֥תcha.MatH2534of dragonsתַּנִּינִ֖םta.ni.NimH8577,and the cruelאַכְזָֽר׃'akh.ZarH393venomוְרֹ֥אשׁve.RoshH7219of aspsפְּתָנִ֖יםpe.ta.NimH6620.

34Isnot this laid up in storeכָּמֻ֣סka.MusH3647with me, andsealed upחָתֻ֖םcha.TumH2856among my treasuresבְּאוֹצְרֹתָֽי׃be.'otz.ro.TaiH214?

35To me belongethvengeanceנָקָם֙na.KamH5359,and recompenceוְשִׁלֵּ֔םve.shi.LemH8005;their footרַגְלָ֑םrag.LamH7272shall slideתָּמ֣וּטta.MutH4131in duetimeלְעֵ֖תle.'EtH6256:for the dayי֣וֹםYomH3117of their calamityאֵידָ֔ם'ei.DamH343isat handקָרוֹב֙ka.rOvH7138,and the things that shall comeעֲתִדֹ֥ת'a.ti.DotH6264upon them make hasteוְחָ֖שׁve.ChashH2363.

36For Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068shall judgeיָדִ֤יןya.DinH1777his peopleעַמּ֔וֹa.MoH5971,and repentיִתְנֶחָ֑םyit.ne.ChamH5162himself for his servantsעֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.DavH5650,when he seethיִרְאֶה֙yir.'EhH7200that theirpowerיָ֔דYadH3027is goneאָ֣זְלַת'A.ze.latH235, and there isnoneוְאֶ֖פֶסve.'E.fesH657shut upעָצ֥וּר'a.TzurH6113,or leftוְעָזֽוּב׃ve.'a.ZuvH5800.

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