申命記 11
1 你應愛上主你的天主，天天遵守他的訓令、法律、規則和誡命。
“[Because of all that] Yahweh your God [has done for you], you must love him and continually obey all his rules and regulations and commandments.
2 今天你們應知道：你們的子孫並沒有見過，也沒有經歷過上主你們天主的懲戒、偉大強力的手和伸展的臂，
It was you and your ancestors, not your children, whom he disciplined [by causing all of you to have/experience difficulties]. So, starting today, continue to think about how very great and very powerful he is [DOU, MTY].
3 以及他在埃及對埃及王法郎及其全國所行的神蹟和奇事；
Think about the various miracles [DOU] that he performed in Egypt. Think about what he did to the king of Egypt and to his country.
4 他如何對待了埃及的軍隊、戰馬和車輛；當他們追趕你們時，上主怎樣使紅海的水淹沒了他們，將他們消滅，直到今日；
Think about what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots. Think about how he caused the Red Sea to flood/cover over them while they were pursuing your ancestors, and how the army of Egypt was completely (wiped out/destroyed).
5 並且在曠野裏給你們作了什麼，直到你們來到此地；
Think about what Yahweh did for your ancestors in the desert before you arrived at this place.
6 他怎樣對待了勒烏本的後裔厄里雅布的兒子達堂和阿彼蘭，地怎樣裂開了口，在全以色列中間吞沒了他們同他們的眷屬，帳棚以及屬他們的一切；
Think about what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the two sons of Eliab from the tribe of Reuben. While all of your ancestors were watching, the earth split open, and they fell into the opening [and disappeared], along with their families and their tents, their servants, and their animals.
7 而且你們親眼見過上主所做的一切偉大作為。
You [SYN] and your ancestors have seen all these miracles that Yahweh performed.
8 所以你們應該遵守我今日吩咐你們的一切誡命，好能有力量去佔領你們過河要去佔領的地方，
So, obey all the commandments that I am giving you today, in order that you will be strong and able to cross the river and occupy the land that you are about to enter,
9 並在上主向你們祖先誓許要給他們和他們後裔的地方，即流奶流蜜的地方，得享長壽。
and in order that you will live for a long time in that land, the land that Yahweh solemnly promised your ancestors that he would give to them and to their descendants, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 因為你要去佔領的地方，不像你們出來的埃及地，在那裏你撒了種，還要用腳灌溉，像灌溉菜園一樣；
The land that you are about to enter and occupy is not like the land of Egypt, where your ancestors lived. In Egypt, after they planted seeds, it was necessary for them to work hard [MTY] to water [the plants that grew].
11 但你們過河去佔領的地方，卻是一個有山有谷，有天上的雨水所滋潤的地方，
But the land that you are about to enter is a land where there are many hills and valleys, where there is plenty of rain.
12 是上主你的天主自己照管的地方，是上主你的天主，自年首至年尾，時常注目眷視的地方。
Yahweh takes care of that land. He [SYN] watches over it every day, from the beginning of each year to the end of each year.
13 如果你們真聽從我今日吩咐你們的誡命，愛上主你們的天主，全心全靈事奉他，
Today I am commanding you to love Yahweh our God and to serve him with your entire inner beings. If you do that,
14 他必按時給你們的土地降下時雨，秋雨和春雨；必使你豐收五穀、新酒和新油；
each year he will send rain on your land at the (right times/times when it is needed), (in the autumn/at the end of the dry season) and (in the spring/before the next dry season starts). As a result, you will have grain and [grapes to make] wine and [olives to make olive] oil.
15 也必使田野給你的牲畜生出青草；如此你必能吃飽。
And he will cause grass to grow in your fields for your livestock [to eat]. You will have all the food that you want.
16 你們應謹慎，免得你們的心受迷惑，離棄正道，去事奉敬拜其他的神，
“But I warn you, do not turn away from Yahweh our God and start to worship other gods,
17 叫上主對你們發怒，使蒼天封閉，雨不下降，地不生產，你們必由上主賜給你們的肥美土地上迅速滅亡。
because if you do that, Yahweh will become very angry with you. He will prevent any rain from falling. As a result, the crops will not grow, and you will soon die [from hunger] in the good land that Yahweh is about to give to you.
18 你們應將我這些話銘刻在你們的心靈上，繫在你們的手上，當作標記；懸在你們的額上，當作徽號。
So, keep thinking [IDM] about these commands. Write them [on tiny scrolls] and fasten them to your arms/wrists, and write them on bands that you fasten to your foreheads [to help you to remember them].
19 應將這些話教給你們的子孫，不論住在家裏，或在路上行走，或臥或立，不斷地講述；
Teach them to your children again and again. Talk about them [all the time]: When you are in your houses and when you are walking outside; talk about them when you are lying down at night and when you are getting up in the morning.
20 還應刻在你房屋的門框和門扇上，
Write them on the doorposts and on the gates of your houses.
21 好使你們和你們子孫的歲月，在上主誓許給你們祖先的土地上，如天覆地之久長。
Do that in order that you and your children will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them. That land will belong to you [and your descendants] as long as there is a sky above the earth.
22 如果你們謹慎遵守我吩咐你們遵行的這一切誡命，愛上主你們的天主，履行他的一切道路．一心依賴他，
“Faithfully continue to obey what I am commanding you to do—to love Yahweh our God, and to conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and to (be faithful to/have a close relationship with) him.
23 上主必由你們面前將這一切民族驅逐，使你們能征服比你們更強大的民族。
If you do that, Yahweh will expel all the people-groups in that land as you advance, people-groups that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.
24 凡你們的腳掌所踏之地，都必成為你們的；由曠野直到黎巴嫩，由大河，即幼發拉的河直到西海，是你們的疆界。
All the ground [in that land] on which you walk will be yours. Your territory will extend from the desert [in the south] to the Lebanon [Mountains in the north], and from the Euphrates River [in the east] to the [Mediterranean] Sea in the west.
25 沒有人能對抗你們，上主你們的天主必照他對你們所許的，將害怕和畏懼你們的心情，散佈在你們所要踏進的地面。
Yahweh our God will cause all the people in that land to be afraid of you, which is what he promised, with the result that no people-group will be able to stop you.
26 你看，我今天將祝福和詛咒，擺在你們面前：
“Listen carefully: Today I am telling you [that Yahweh will either] bless [you or he will] curse you.
27 如果你們聽從上主你們天主的誡命，就是我今天吩咐你們的，你們必蒙祝福；
If you obey the commandments of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, he will bless you.
28 如果你們不聽從上主你們天主的誡命，離棄我今天吩咐你們的道路，去跟隨你們素不相識的其他神祇，必遭詛咒。
If you do not obey them, and if you turn away from him to worship other gods that you have never known about before, he will curse you.
29 幾時上主你的天主領你進入你要去佔領的地方，你應在革黎斤山上宣佈祝福，在厄巴耳山上宣佈詛咒。──
And when Yahweh brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy, [some of you must stand on top of] Gerizim Mountain and proclaim what will cause Yahweh to bless you, and [the others must stand on top of] Ebal Mountain and proclaim [what will cause Yahweh to] curse you.”
30 這兩座位於約但河西，日落之處，在居於阿辣巴荒野的客納罕人的境內，與基耳加耳相對，靠近摩勒橡樹。
(Those two mountains are [RHQ] west of the Jordan [River], west of the Jordan Valley near the huge oak tree at Moreh [village] in the land where the Canaan people-group lives. They live close to the sacred trees near Gilgal.)
31 你們就快要過約但河，去佔領上主你們的天主賜給你們的土地。當你們佔領了那地，居住在那裏時，
“You will soon cross the Jordan [River] to occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. When you enter that land and start to live there,
32 你們應謹慎遵行我今天在你們面前所頒佈的一切法令和規則。
be sure to obey all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.”
