申命記 1
1 以下是梅瑟在約但河東岸，對全以色列所講的話。──即在穌夫對面的阿辣巴曠野中，在帕蘭與托費耳、拉班、哈則洛特和狄匝哈布之間。
These are the words which Moses spoke to all of Israel, across the Jordan, in the plain of the wilderness opposite the Red Sea, between Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth, where gold is very plentiful,
2 從曷勒布經色依爾山，到卡得士巴爾乃亞，共有十一天的程路。──
eleven days from Horeb, by way of Mount Seir as far as Kadesh-barnea.
3 在第四十年十一月一日，梅瑟將上主吩咐他的一切事，全訓示了以色色列子民。
In the fortieth year, on the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses told the sons of Israel all that the Lord had instructed him. And so he spoke to them,
4 當時他已擊敗住在赫市朋的阿摩黎王息紅，和住在阿舍塔洛特和厄得勒的巴商王敖格。
after he had struck down Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, who resided at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
5 梅瑟在約但河東岸摩阿布地方開始宣講這法律說：「
across the Jordan in the land of Moab. And so, Moses began to explain the law, and to say:
6 上主，我們的天主，在曷勒布曾訓示我們說：你們在這山下住得夠久了，
“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying: ‘You have remained long enough on this mountain.
7 現在起身出發，到阿摩黎人的山地去，到那些住在阿辣巴荒野、山地、盆地、乃革布和沿海一帶地方去，到客納罕地，到黎巴嫩，直到大河，即幼發拉的河那一帶地方去。
Turn back and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and to the other places which are near it: the plains as well as the mountainous regions, and the low-lying places opposite the south and along the shore of the sea, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river Euphrates.’
8 看，我已將此地擺在你們面前，你們應去佔領上主誓許給你們祖先亞巴郎、依撒格、雅各伯和他們後裔的地方。」
‘Lo,’ he said, ‘I have delivered it to you. Enter and possess that which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them, and to their offspring after them.’
9 那時我對你們說過：我個人無法負擔你們。
And I said to you, at that time:
10 上主你們的天主使你們的人數增加，看，你們今天多得有如天上的繁星。
‘I alone am not able to sustain you. For the Lord, your God, has multiplied you, and you are today like the stars of heaven, very many.
11 惟願上主你們祖先的天主，再千百倍地增加你們的數目，照他所應許的，祝福你們!
May the Lord, the God of your fathers, add to this number many thousands more, and may he bless you, just as he has said.
12 但我個人怎能承擔起你們的煩務、重任和訴訟的事!
Alone, I do not have the strength to endure your arbitrations and judgments and disputes.
13 你們各支派應推舉一些有智慧，有見識，有經驗的人，我好立他們為你們的首領。
Offer, from among you, wise and experienced men, those whose conversation has been proven within your tribes, so that I may appoint them as your rulers.’
14 你們回答我說：「你建議的事很好。」
Then you responded to me: ‘What you intend to do is a good thing.’
15 我遂選了你們各支派中有智慧有經驗的首領，立為你們的首領：即千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十人長，並為各支派立了監督，
And so, I took from your tribes men, wise and noble, and I appointed them as rulers, as tribunes and centurions, and as leaders over fifty and over ten, who would teach you each thing.
16 同時我也吩咐你們的判官說：你們要聽斷你們兄弟間的訴訟：無論是兄弟彼此訴訟，或與方外人訴訟，都應秉公審斷。
And I instructed them, saying: ‘Listen to them, and judge what is just, whether he is one of your citizens or a sojourner.
17 審案時不可偏袒，無論貴賤，同樣聽斷；任何人都不要怕，因為審判是天主的事。若遇有難斷的案件，該呈報給我，我來聽斷。
There shall be no favoritism to any persons. So you shall listen to the little as well as to the great. And you shall not accept anyone’s reputation, for this is the judgment of God. But if anything seems difficult to you, then refer it to me, and I will hear it.’
18 同時，凡你們當做的事，我都吩咐了你們。
And I instructed you in all that you were obliged to do.
19 我們由曷勒布起程，經過了你們所見的這整個遼闊的可怖的曠野：照上主我們的天主對我們的吩咐，我們向阿摩黎人山地進發，一直來到了卡德士巴爾乃亞。
Then, setting out from Horeb, we crossed through a terrible and great wasteland, which you saw along the way of the mountain of the Amorite, just as the Lord our God had instructed us. And when we had arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
20 那時我曾對你們說：你們已來到上主我們的天主即將賜給我們的阿摩黎人的山地。
I said to you: ‘You have arrived at the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God will give to us.
21 看上主你的天主已將這地擺在你面前，你要照上主你祖先的天主對你所許下的，去佔領這地；不要害怕，也不要膽怯。
Gaze upon the land that the Lord your God gives to you. Ascend and possess it, just as the Lord our God has spoken to your fathers. Do not be afraid, and do not become terrified by anything.’
22 你們眾人便來到我跟前說：「讓我們先派些人去，替我們偵探那地方，然後回報我們，我們當走那條路，當去那些城。」
And you all approached me and said: ‘Let us send men who may consider the land, and who may report as to the way by which we ought to ascend, and as to which cities we ought to travel.’
23 我就由你們中挑選了十二人，每支派一人；
And since the word was pleasing to me, I sent from among you twelve men, one from each tribe.
24 他們起身上了山地，一直到了厄市苛耳山谷，偵探了那地。
These, when they had set out and had ascended the mountains, arrived as far as the valley of the cluster of grapes. And having considered the land,
25 他們帶回來那地方的一些果品，並回報我們說：「上主我們的天主即將賜給我們的地方實在好。」
having taken from its fruits in order to show its fertility, they brought these to us, and they said: ‘The land that the Lord our God will give to us is good.’
26 但你們卻不肯上去，竟違背了上主你們天主的命令，
Yet you were not willing to go there. Instead, being incredulous to the word of the Lord our God,
27 在你們的帳幕內抱怨說：「上主因為恨我們，才將我們由埃及地領出來，將我們交在阿摩黎人手中，消滅我們。
you murmured in your tents, and you said: ‘The Lord hates us, and therefore he has led us away from the land of Egypt, so that he might deliver us into the hand of the Amorite and destroy us.
28 我們上那裏去呢﹖我們的兄弟又說了些使我們心灰意冷的話。他們說：我們在那裏看見了一個比我們又大又高的民族，他們的城邑廣大，城牆高聳摩天；我們在那裏還看見了阿納克人的子孫。」
To where should we ascend? The messengers have terrified our heart by saying: “The multitude is very great, and taller than us. And the cities are great, and the walls extend even to the sky. We have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’
29 我遂對你們說：「不要畏懼，不要害怕。
And I said to you: ‘Do not be apprehensive, nor should you fear them.
30 因為上主你們的天主，走在你們面前，他必為你們作戰，正如他在埃及在你們眼前，為你們所做的一樣；
The Lord God himself, who is your leader, will fight on your behalf, just as he did in Egypt in the sight of all.
31 並且在曠野裏，你也看出上主你的天主在你所走的長途中，攜帶你們，如同人攜帶自己的兒子一樣，直到你們來到這地方。
And in the wilderness (as you yourselves saw), the Lord your God carried you, like a man who is accustomed to carrying his little son, along all the way that you walked, until you arrived at this place.’
32 雖然如此，但你們仍不信賴上主你們的天主，
And yet, despite all of this, you did not believe the Lord your God,
33 他一路原走在你們前面，替你們找安營的地方：夜間藉著火，日間藉著雲彩，指示你們應走的道路。
who went before you on the way, and who marked out the place where you should pitch your tents, showing you the way by fire in the night, and by a pillar of cloud in the day.
34 上主一聽見你們的怨聲，就發怒起誓說：「
And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, becoming angry, he swore and said:
35 這個邪惡世代的人，一個也不得見我誓許要賜給你們祖先的樂土；
‘None of the men of this wicked generation will see the good land, which I have promised by oath to your fathers,
36 只要耶孚乃的兒子加肋布除外，他必見到此地，並且我要將他踏過的地，賜給他和他的子孫，因為他一心隨從了上主。」
except Caleb the son of Jephuneh. For he himself will see it, and I will give the land on which he has walked to him and to his sons, because he has followed the Lord.’
37 為了你們的緣故，上主也對我發怒說：「連你也不能進入那地。
Neither is his indignation with the people a wonder, since the Lord also became angry with me because of you, and so he said: ‘Neither will you enter into that place.
38 那侍候你的農的兒子若蘇厄，要進入那地；你應壯他的膽，因為他要使以色列佔領那地作為產業。
But Joshua, the son of Nun, your minister, shall himself enter on your behalf. Exhort and strengthen this man, and he himself shall divide the land by lot to Israel.
39 此外，你們所說要成為戰利品的幼童，至今尚不知好歹的子女，他們都要進入那地。我要將那地賜給他們作為產業。
Your little ones, about whom you said that they would be led away as captives, and your sons, who to this day are ignorant of the difference between good and evil, they shall enter. And I will give the land to them, and they will possess it.
40 至於你們應轉向紅海出發，往曠野裏去。」
But as for you, turn back and go out to the wilderness, by way of the Red Sea.’
41 你們回答我說：「我們得罪了上主；現在我們願全照上主我們的天主的吩咐上去交戰。」你們各人遂都武裝起來，輕率地上了山地。
And you responded to me: ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will ascend and fight, just as the Lord our God has instructed.’ And having been equipped with weapons, when you were setting out for the mountain,
42 但上主對我說：「你告訴他們說：你們不要上去，不要作戰，因為我不在你們中間，免得被敵人擊敗。」
the Lord said to me: ‘Say to them: Do not ascend and do not fight. For I am not with you. Otherwise, you may fall in the sight of your enemies.’
43 我立即告訴了你們，你們卻不聽，違背上主的命令，擅自上了山地。
I spoke, and you did not listen. But, opposing the order of the Lord, and swelling with pride, you ascended onto the mountain.
44 住在山地的阿摩黎人蜂擁而出，攻擊你們，追趕你們，由色依爾直殺到曷爾瑪。
And so, having gone forth, the Amorite, who was living in the mountains, came against you and pursued you, just as a swarm of bees would do. And he struck you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.
45 你們回來，在上主面前哭泣哀號，但上主未曾俯聽你們的哭聲，也未向你們側耳；
And when you returned and were weeping in the sight of the Lord, he would not hear you, nor was he willing to agree to your voice.
46 你們只得長期地停留在卡德士，停留得這樣長久。
Therefore, you camped at Kadesh-barnea for a long time.”
