申命記 30
1 幾時這一切事，就是我在你面前提出的祝福和詛咒，來到你身上，而你在上主你的天主驅逐你去的異族中，回心轉意，
One day after you experience all this, the blessings and curses I've told you about, you'll think about them, living in all the different nations where the Lord your God has exiled you.
2 你和你的子孫全心全靈歸向上主你的天主，全照我今天吩咐你的，聽從他的話，
When that happens, and when you and your children come back to the Lord your God, and when you do what he says with all your mind and all your being in accordance with everything I'm telling you today, then the Lord your God will be merciful to you.
3 那麼，上主你的天主必轉變你的命運，憐憫你；上主你的天主必從分散你去的各民族中，再召集你回來；
He will bring you back home, gathering you from all the nations where he scattered you.
4 即便被放逐的人遠在天涯，上主你的天主也要從那裏召回，將你從那裏領回來。
Even if you were exiled to the ends of the earth, will gather you from there and bring you back.
5 上主你的天主必領你進入你祖先所佔領的土地，叫你再佔領；也必使你比你的祖先更幸福，更眾多。
The Lord your God will bring you home to the country that belonged to your forefathers and you will own it again. He will make you successful, and you will have even more descendants than your forefathers.
6 那時，上主你的天主必在你的心上，和你後裔的心上行割損，叫你全心全靈愛慕上主你的天主，使你得以生存。
The Lord your God will make you and your descendants his again, and you will love him with all your mind and with all your being, so that you'll live.
7 上主你的天主必將這一切詛咒，加在迫害你的仇人和敵人身上。
Then the Lord your God will place all these curses upon your enemies instead, on those who hate and persecute you.
8 從此，你必再聽從上主的話，遵行我今天吩咐你的一切誡命。
You will once again do what the Lord tells you and follow all his commandments that I'm giving you today.
9 上主你的天主必使你做的一切事，你身所生的、牲畜所出的、田地所產的，都順利興旺，因為上主要再喜歡你，使你享福，如他以前喜歡你的祖先一樣，
The Lord your God will make you successful in everything you do, you will have children, your livestock will be productive, and you will have good harvests. The Lord will once again be happy to do you good, as he did to your forefathers,
10 只要你聽從上主你天主的話，謹守這法律書上所記載的誡命和法令；只要你全心全靈回頭，歸向上主你的天主。
if you obey the Lord your God by keeping his commandments and regulations written in this book of the Law, and if you come back to him with all your mind and with all your being.
11 其實，我今天吩咐你的這誡命，為你並不太難，也不是達不到的。
The instruction I'm giving you today isn't too difficult for you to follow. It's not as if it's so far from you that it's impossible to achieve.
12 這誡命不在天上，以致你能說：「誰能為我們上到天上，給我們取下，使我們聽了好能遵行呢﹖」
It's not in heaven so you have to ask, “Who is going to go up to heaven get it for us and let us know what it says so we can obey it?”
13 也不在海外，以致你能說：「誰能為我們渡到海外，給我們取來，使我們聽了好能遵行呢﹖」
It's not across the ocean not beyond the sea so you have to ask, “Who is going to cross the ocean to get it for us and let us know what it says so we can obey it?”
14 其實，這話離你很近，就在你口裏，就在你心裏，使你遵行。
No—you have this instruction is right there with you. It's in your mouth and in your mind so you can obey it.
15 你看，我今天將生命與幸福，死亡與災禍，都擺在你面前，
Listen! Today I've placed a choice before you: life and what's good, or death and what's evil.
16 如果你遵行我今天吩咐你的，上主你天主的誡命：愛慕上主你的天主，履行他的道路，謹守他的誡命、法令和規定，你必能生活繁榮，上主你的天主在要去佔領的地上，必要祝福你。
I'm telling you today to love the Lord your God, to follow his ways, and to keep his commandments, rules, and regulations, so you can live and grow in number, and so the Lord your God may bless you in the country that you are entering and will own.
17 但是，如果你心中叛離，不願聽從，被人引去敬拜事奉其他的神，
If you disregard this and you refuse to listen, if you're lured into bowing down to other gods and worshiping them,
18 我今天警告你們：你們必要滅亡，在你渡過約但河去佔領的土地上，決不能久存。
then I warn you right now that you will definitely die. You won't live long in the country that you're going to own after you cross the Jordan.
19 我今天指著天地向你們作證：我已將生命與死亡，祝福與詛咒，都擺在你面前；你要選擇生命，為叫你和你的後裔得以生存；
I call on heaven and earth to be my witnesses against you today that I have placed before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life, so you and your descendants will live,
20 你應愛慕上主你的天主，聽從他的話，完全依賴他；因為這樣你纔能生活，纔能久存，纔能住在上主向你的祖先亞巴郎、依撒格和雅各伯誓許要給他們的土地上。
so you will love the Lord your God, obey him, and hold onto him. For he is your life, and he will give you long lives in the country that the Lord promised to give your forefathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
