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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,
“I have now told you about the ways that Yahweh our God will bless you [if you obey him] and the ways that he will curse you [if you disobey him]. I am saying that you must choose which you want. But when [you choose not to obey his laws], some day you will be living in the countries to which he will scatter you, and you will remember [what I told 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,
Then, if you return to Yahweh our God and faithfully [IDM] obey all that I have today commanded you to do,
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 be merciful to you. He will bring you back from the nations to which he scattered you, and he will cause you to be prosperous again.
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 have been scattered to the most distant places on the earth, Yahweh our God will gather you from there and bring you back [to your land].
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。
He will enable you to possess again the land where your ancestors lived. And he will cause you to be more prosperous and more numerous than you are now.
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。
Yahweh our God will change [MET] your inner beings, with the result that you will love him more than you love anything else and want to do only what he wants you to do. And then you will continue to live in that land.
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。
Yahweh our God will cause your enemies and those who oppressed/persecuted you to experience all the disasters that I have told you about.
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 do what Yahweh wants you to do, as you did before, and you will obey all the commands that I have given to 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,
Yahweh our God will cause you to be very successful in all that you do. You will have many children [IDM], and a lot of cattle, and you will have abundant crops. He will again be happy to enable you to prosper, just like he was happy to enable your ancestors to prosper.
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。
[But he will do those things only] if you do what he has told you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations that I have written about [in this scroll], and if you will love him more than you love anything else and want to do only what he wants you to do.
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 commands that I am giving to you today are not very difficult for you [to obey], and they are not [difficult to know].
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﹖」
They are not in heaven, with the result that you need to say, ‘(Who will need to go up to heaven for us to bring them [down here to us] in order that we can hear them and obey them?/Someone will need to go up to heaven for us to bring them [down here to us] in order that we can hear them and obey them.)’ [RHQ]
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﹖」
And they are not on the other side of the sea, with the result that you need to say, ‘(Who will need to cross the sea for us and bring them back to us, in order that we can hear them and obey them?/Someone will need to cross the sea for us and bring them back to us, in order that we can hear them and obey them.)’ [RHQ]
14 其實,這話離你很近,就在你口裏,就在你心裏,使你遵行。
[You do not need to do that because] his commands are here with you. You know them [MTY] and you have (memorized them/put them in your minds). So you can [easily] obey them.
15 你看,我今天將生命與幸福,死亡與災禍,都擺在你面前,
So listen! Today I am allowing you to choose between [doing what is] evil and [doing what is] good, between what will enable you to live [for a long time] and [what will cause you] to die [while you are still young].
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 say again], if you obey the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, and if you love him and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations, you will prosper and become very numerous, and Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
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,
But if you turn away [from Yahweh] and refuse to heed what he says, and if you allow yourselves to be led away to worship other gods,
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。
I am warning you today that you will [soon] die. You will not live for a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to enter and possess.
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 am requesting that [everyone in] heaven and the earth testify to you, that today I am allowing you to choose whether you [want to] live for a long time or to soon die, whether [you want Yahweh to] bless you or to curse you. So choose to 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。
[Choose to] love Yahweh our God, and to obey him [MTY], and to (be faithful to/have a close relationship with) him. If you do that, you and your descendants will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh solemnly promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give to them.”

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