barbaralba's translation of the old testament
THE TANAKH:
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
THE BIBLE


TORAH

deuteronomy

 

chapter 31

We almost got the last of fuckin' megalomaniac Moses.

"God said I couldn't come with you people 'cause I got pissed off once too many. Don't worry though. God will go ahead of you to prepare for the slaughter. Joshua will be your military monarch. And the Lord will wipe out the Canaanites like he did the Amorites. Be strong. Never fear. God won't forsake you."

After Moses addressed the Israelites, the last 30 chapters, he tells Joshua the same thing. And he wrote it down and handed out copies of the first version of the Torah. Though it hadn't been yet written in real reality. In real reality there was more than one author. Moses none of them. You can see the style changes. But no matter. It's science fiction and should be seen as the first attempt at making a meaning where before there was nothing. And in a way, it is a noble attempt. A brutal but realistic start. Not bad for then. Dumb apes. Real bad for now. Smart humans.

But Moses didn't know nothing about the possibility of the evolution of human language and thinking. He knew soldiers must obey. And the game requires soldiers, just ask any nation that no longer exists because their soldiers were too few or not well equipped.

So Moses made it law that all Israel get together and read the laws every 7 years.

What, of course, is completely impossible. Or nearly completely impossible. It would be virtually possible.

In fact, let's set it up. All Jews, Christians and Moslems read the book that was the foundation of western religions and cultures. Here for your convenience on the world wide web. Free, from your friends at antikult.org, to read online. Download. Make copies and give them to friends. Find us a publisher and we'll make a real book to read in schools and cafés.

Everybody in the western world should read this. Not for blessings. For knowing your heritage. And everyone who claims to be Jewish, Christian or moslem.

Must.

They, you, we, must understand what our ancestors were about. It is brutal beyond what a child could imagine. But it is us and we are too dangerous to be ignorant. Ignorance is a tool of war.

Moses gave other reasons why it is law to read the Torah every seven years, but it doesn't matter. If you have read this far for the first time. Read it again. Know what you believe.

God told Moses to write a poem so people don't forget they are soldiers. Sit around and get fat. 'Cause, like we know, the Israelites are a stiffnecked and defiant people. And with Moses out of the way, they were certain to run amok. Turn right wicked and get every kind of misfortune and evil thrown at them.

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"Okay, I got a poem, listen up.
Everything I said and say are your law
'Cause I am the voice of the Lord your God
A real bitchin' God like no other.
You lying, cheating, perverts don't deserve
Dull and stupid fools who speak like frogs.

God made Jacob a lying son of a bitch
That's the sort he calls his own.
Peasants that will do all to make the grade
He took the empty shell and made it full
Changed his name to Israel, took his hand
The promise land had been prepaid.

And that's it for the poem. It is more redundancy. People get lazy from the fat of the land, forget their fear of God. Sacrifice to daemons, no-gods. Shit with no track record. Like in any land. And that ain't good. Gentiles in general are a real bad lot.

And shit about famine, plague, pestilence, killer beasts, venomous sand creatures. The sword and terror.

'Round 'n' round between look what happened or will happen if you don't obey my laws. Bringing in the destroyed cities of the Amorites, Sodom, Gomorrah: those last two being before Moses.

Anywhore, what he's trying to say, and though he is a bald face lyer and not even a good one, millions think they believe Moses when he says:

"Look and see that I am He. No other gods but me. I deal death and life. I live forever. Flashing blade. Judgment. Vengeance.

Those who reject me will make my arrows, now we use bullets and bombs, drunk with their blood. My sword devours flesh.

Blood of the slain and captive from those long haired enemy chiefs.

He didn't know about the Americas back then. Just like in the Americas they had never heard talk of the God of Jacob. Ab and Isaac. Didn't know they wanted them all dead.

They, those savages in far away lands. Gentiles, the lot of them. Were made by God just so the Israelites could kill 'em all.

So Moses told them once again to hate all forever. And always follow the laws of the Lord your God.

Bitch.

Anyfish. Moses was to have a look over the Jordan from Mount Nebo. So he could have a look before he died. At the promised land.

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Okay. He's almost dead, he got one more little poem.

Moses tell us the Lord came from Sinai. SinAI. A first run Artificial Intelligence Law program. Version 0.1. And in case you missed the roots of this religion. Lightening. And thunder. Which are elements. Making the foundation quite pagan. Which worked for us before the advent of agriculture and wealth. The invention of the concept of material wealth. Our new religion. And it was worth killing many to get. As it still is. Money walks hand in hand with murder.

Anycunt. Moses wants to bless the 12 tribes.

Nothing new. In fact one senses Moses is fading fast. Drank his hemlock.

So he blesses the 12 tribes and reminds them one last time, well maybe 4th last, that God will be popping in and out from the sky to save the day by destroying enemies of Jacob's family.

Oh happy Israel. None are like you. With the Lord as your shield, sword of victory. Your enemies will cringe before you and you'll walk on their backs.


chapters 34