וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה הֵ֣ן קָרְב֣וּ יָמֶיךָ֮ לָמוּת֒ קְרָ֣א אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ וְהִֽתְיַצְּב֛וּ בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד וַאֲצַוֶּ֑נּוּ וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ מֹשֶׁה֙ וִֽיהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

The Lord said to Moses: Behold, your days are drawing near for you to die. Summon Joshua, and both of you stand in the Tent of Meeting, the Tabernacle, and there I will command him, appoint him to his new task. Moses and Joshua went and stood in the Tent of Meeting. Moses could speak with God face-to-face, as it were, in the Tent of Meeting. On this occasion, he took Joshua with him as well. Their entrance together into the Tent of Meeting was a public, ceremonial act, and presumably, even those not invited to witness this event came to see what was happening.

וַיֵּרָ֧א יְהוָ֛ה בָּאֹ֖הֶל בְּעַמּ֣וּד עָנָ֑ן וַיַּעֲמֹ֛ד עַמּ֥וּד הֶעָנָ֖ן עַל־פֶּ֥תַח הָאֹֽהֶל׃ (ס)

The Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance of the tent.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה הִנְּךָ֥ שֹׁכֵ֖ב עִם־אֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ וְקָם֩ הָעָ֨ם הַזֶּ֜ה וְזָנָ֣ה ׀ אַחֲרֵ֣י ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י נֵֽכַר־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה֤וּא בָא־שָׁ֙מָּה֙ בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ וַעֲזָבַ֕נִי וְהֵפֵר֙ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּרַ֖תִּי אִתּֽוֹ׃

The Lord said to Moses: Behold, you will lie with your fathers, as you are about to die. You should know what will happen after your death: This people will rise, and it will stray after the foreign gods of the land, or alternatively, the gods of the foreign people of the land, that it is coming there into their midst of those nations. And it will forsake Me, and it will breach My covenant that I made with it.

וְחָרָ֣ה אַפִּ֣י ב֣וֹ בַיּוֹם־הַ֠הוּא וַעֲזַבְתִּ֞ים וְהִסְתַּרְתִּ֨י פָנַ֤י מֵהֶם֙ וְהָיָ֣ה לֶֽאֱכֹ֔ל וּמְצָאֻ֛הוּ רָע֥וֹת רַבּ֖וֹת וְצָר֑וֹת וְאָמַר֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא הֲלֹ֗א עַ֣ל כִּֽי־אֵ֤ין אֱלֹהַי֙ בְּקִרְבִּ֔י מְצָא֖וּנִי הָרָע֥וֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

My wrath will be enflamed against it on that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and it, this people, will be for consumption. All the foreign peoples will rule over the nation, oppressing it and destroying it. Many evils and troubles will find it, and it, the nation of Israel, will say on that day: Is it not because my God is not in my midst that these evils found me? These evils are not random occurrences, but are a punishment for abandoning God.

וְאָנֹכִ֗י הַסְתֵּ֨ר אַסְתִּ֤יר פָּנַי֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא עַ֥ל כָּל־הָרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה כִּ֣י פָנָ֔ה אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֲחֵרִֽים׃

I will conceal My face on that day, in an undefined, future period, because of all the evil that it, Israel, performed as it turned to other gods.

וְעַתָּ֗ה כִּתְב֤וּ לָכֶם֙ אֶת־הַשִּׁירָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את וְלַמְּדָ֥הּ אֶת־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שִׂימָ֣הּ בְּפִיהֶ֑ם לְמַ֨עַן תִּהְיֶה־לִּ֜י הַשִּׁירָ֥ה הַזֹּ֛את לְעֵ֖ד בִּבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Now, in light of the events to come, write this song for you, the song that appears later on (32:1–43), which is called the song of Haazinu , after its opening word, and teach it to the children of Israel, place it in their mouths. They shall write down this song and familiarize themselves with it until they can recite it, so that this song will be a witness for Me for the children of Israel. The song describes poetically, in highly condensed form, the rise of Israel, their sins, punishments, and redemption. Its poetic style is designed to facilitate remembering its contents throughout the generations.