Deuteronomy 31:14–23

14 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Look, ⌊you are about to die⌋;u call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of assembly,v so that I may instruct him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves inw the tent of assembly.x 15 And Yahweh appeared in the tent in a column of cloud, and the column of the cloud stood at the entrance of the tent. 16 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Look, you are about to lie down with your ancestors,y and this people will arise and theyz will play the prostitute after ⌊the foreign gods⌋a of the land ⌊to which they are going⌋.b 17 And ⌊my anger shall flare up against them⌋c on that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and theyd shall become as prey, and disasters and troubles shall finde them,f and theyg shall say on that day, ‘Is it not because ourh God is not in ouri midst that these disasters have foundj us?’k 18 But I will certainly hide my face on that day, because of all of the evil that theyl did because theym turned to other gods.

19 “And so then write this song for yourselves and teach it to the ⌊Israelites⌋;n put it in their mouth, so that this song may be for me as a witness against the ⌊Israelites⌋.o 20 For when I bring themp into the land that I swore to theirq ancestors,r a land flowing with milk and honey, ⌊they will eat their fill⌋,s and theyt will become fat, and then theyu will turn to other gods, and they will serve them, and they will spurn me, and theyv will break my covenant. 21 ⌊And then⌋w many disasters and troubles will come upon them,x and this song will give evidence before themy as a witness, because it will not be forgotten from out of the mouth of their descendants,z for I know theira inclination that theyb are having ⌊today⌋c before I have brought themd into the land that I swore.” 22 And Moses wrote this song on that day and taught it to the ⌊Israelites⌋.e

23 Then hef told Joshua the son of Nun, and said to him, “Be strong and be courageous, for you shall bring the ⌊Israelites⌋g into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you.”

u	Literally “are near your days to die”
v	Or “meeting”
w	Or “at”
x	Or “meeting”
y	Or “fathers”
z	Hebrew “he”
a	Literally “the gods of the foreigner/foreign person of the land”
b	Literally “which he is going to”
c	Literally “shall become my nose against it/him”
d	Hebrew “he”
e	Or “encounter”
f	Hebrew “him”
g	Hebrew “he”
h	Hebrew “my” but represents all the people
i	Hebrew “my”
j	Or “encountered”
k	Hebrew “me”
l	Hebrew “he”
m	Hebrew “he”
n	Literally “sons/children of Israel”
o	Literally “sons/children of Israel”
p	Hebrew “him,” referring to the people
q	Hebrew “his”
r	Or “fathers”
s	Literally “he will eat and he will be satisfied”
t	Hebrew “he”
u	Hebrew “he”
v	Hebrew “he”
w	Literally “And it shall happen”
x	Hebrew “him”
y	Hebrew “him”
z	Hebrew “his offspring/descendant”
a	Hebrew “his”
b	Hebrew “he”
c	Literally “the day”
d	Hebrew “him”
e	Literally “sons/children of Israel”
f	That is, Yahweh
g	Literally “sons/children of Israel”