申命記 4
1 以色列! 現在你要聽我教訓你們的法令和規律，盡力遵行：這樣你們纔能生活，纔能進入佔領，上主你們祖先的天主賜給你們的地方。
And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances which I teach you to do; in order that ye may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, giveth unto you.
2 我吩咐你們的話，你們不可增刪，而應全守我向你們所訓示的，上主你們天主的誡命。
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, nor shall ye diminish aught from it; that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
3 你們親眼見了上主在巴耳培敖爾所做的事：凡隨從巴耳培敖爾的人，上主你們的天主都由你們中間消滅了；
Your own eyes have seen that which the Lord hath done because of Baal-peor; for every man that followed Baal-peor, him the Lord thy God hath destroyed from the midst of thee.
4 你們依附上主你們的天主的人，今日都還活著。
But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God, are alive, every one of you, this day.
5 看，我授與你們法令和規律，都是上主我的天主吩咐與我的，好叫你們在你們要去佔領的土地內，依照遵行。
See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, just as the Lord my God commanded me; that ye may do so in the midst of the land whither ye go to take possession of it.
6 你們要謹守遵行，因為這樣，在萬民眼中，纔能顯出你們的智慧和見識；他們一聽到這一切法令說：「這實在是一個有智慧，有見識的大民族! 」
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the nations, that shall hear all these statutes, and they will say, Nothing but a wise and understanding people is this great nation.
7 有那個大民族的神這樣接近他們，如同上主我們的天主，在我們每次呼求他時，這樣親近我們呢﹖
For what great nation is there that hath gods so nigh unto it, as is the Lord our God at all times that we call upon him.
8 又有那個大民族，有這樣公正的法令和規律，如同我今天在你們面前，所頒佈的這一切法律呢﹖
And what great nation is there that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as is all this law, which I lay before you this day?
9 你應謹慎，加意留心，不要忘了你親眼所見的奇事，終生日日不要讓這些事遠離你的心，並要將這一切傳於你的子子孫孫。
Only take heed to thyself, and guard thy soul diligently, that thou do not forget the things which thy eyes have seen, and that they depart not from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons, and unto thy sons' sons;
10 當你在曷勒布，站在上主你的天主面前的那一天，上主曾對我說：「你給我召集民眾，我要叫他們聽清我的話，使他們在世有生之日，學習敬畏我，以此教訓自己的子女。」
The day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God at Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Assemble for me the people, and I will cause them to hear my words, which they shall learn, to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and which they shall teach their children.
11 你們遂走上前來，站在山腳下，其時山上火燄沖天，且為黑暗和烏雲籠罩著。
And ye came near and stood at the foot of the mount; and the mount was burning with fire unto the midst of the heaven, [from amidst] darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12 上主由火中對你們說話，你們聽到說話的聲音，卻見不到什麼形狀，只有聲音。
And the Lord spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire; the sound of words ye heard, but any similitude ye saw not: there was nothing but a sound.
13 他將他的盟約，即那十條誡命，給你們宣布出來，吩咐你們遵守，又將這誡命寫在兩塊石版上；
And he told unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14 同時上主也吩咐我將法令和規律教訓你們．叫你們在要去佔領的土地內遵行。
And me the Lord commanded at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15 你們應極其謹慎：因為上主你們的天主，在曷勒布由火中對你們說話的那天，你們既然沒有見到什麼形狀，
Take ye therefore good heed of your souls; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spoke unto you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 那麼，你們切不要墮落，為自己製造任何形狀的神像，無論是男或者是女的形狀，
That ye become not corrupt, and make yourselves a graven image, the similitude of any idol-figure, the likeness of a male or of a female,
17 或地上各種走獸的形狀，或空中各類飛鳥的形狀，
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air of heaven,
18 或地上任何爬蟲的形狀，或地下水裏各種魚類的形狀。
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth;
19 當你舉目望天，觀看日月星辰，和天上的眾星宿時，切不要為之勾引，而去敬拜事奉。那原是上主，你的天主分賜給普天下萬民享用的；
And that thou lift not up thy eyes unto the heavens, and thou see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be misled to bow down to them, and to serve them, those which the Lord thy God hath assigned unto all nations under the whole heaven.
20 至於你們，上主揀選了你們，將你們由鐵爐中──埃及──領出來，作他特有的子民，就如今日一樣。
But you did the Lord take, and he brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto you a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21 可是，上主為了你們的緣故，對我發怒起誓，不讓我過約但河，不許我進入，上主你的天主賜給你作產業的那肥美的土地；
Farthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and he swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth unto thee for an inheritance;
22 我只有死在這地方，不得過約但河；你們都要過去，佔領那肥美的土地為產業，
For I must die in this land; I shall not go over the Jordan; but ye will go over and take possession of this good land.
23 那麼你們應謹慎，不要忘記上主你們的天主與你們所訂立的盟約，不要製造任何形狀的神像，有如上主你的天主所禁止的，
Take heed unto yourselves, that ye do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he hath made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 因為上主你的天主是吞噬的烈火，忌邪的天主。
For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire; yea, a watchful God.
25 當你們生養了子孫，在那地住得久了，如果你們墮落下去，製造任何形狀的偶像，行了上主你的天主眼中視為邪惡的事，惹他發怒，
When thou begettest children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and ye become corrupt, and make a graven image, the likeness of any thing, and do the evil in the eyes of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:
26 我今天就指著上天下地對你們作證，你們必在過約但河後所佔領的土地上迅速滅亡，決不會在那地長久生存，必全被消滅。
I call this day the heavens and the earth to witness against you, that ye shall soon perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not remain many days upon it, but ye shall surely be destroyed.
27 上主要將你們分散到萬民之中，在上主領你們所到的外邦中，你們剩下的人，必為數不多。
And the Lord will scatter you among the nations, and ye will be left few in number among the nations, whither the Lord will lead you.
28 在那裏你們要事奉人手所製造的神，即各種看不見，聽不見，不會吃，不能聞的木石神像。
And ye will serve there gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither can see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 你在那裏必要尋求上主你的天主，只要你全心全靈尋求，你就可尋到他。
But thou wilt seek from there the Lord thy God, and wilt find him, if thou apply to him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30 日後，當這些事都臨於你，使你困惱時，你必回心歸向上主你的天主，聽從他的聲音；
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things have overtaken thee, in the latter end of days: then wilt thou return to the Lord thy God, and be obedient unto his voice.
31 因為上主你的天主原是仁慈的天主，他不會捨棄你，不會毀滅你，也不會忘卻他起誓與你祖先所立的盟約。
For a merciful God is the Lord thy God; he will not forsake thee, nor destroy thee; and he will not forget the covenant of thy fathers which he hath sworn unto them.
32 你且考察在你以前過去的世代，從天主在地上造了人以來，由天這邊到天那邊，是否有過像這樣的大事，是否聽過像這樣的事﹖
For do but ask of former days, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of the heavens unto the other end of the heavens, whether there hath been the like of this great thing, or whether the like of it hath been heard.
33 是否有一民族，如同你一樣，聽到了天主由火中說話的聲音，還仍然活著﹖
Hath ever a people heard the voice of a god, speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and remained alive?
34 或者，是否有過一個神，以災難、神蹟、奇事、戰爭、強力的手、伸展的臂和可怕的威能，企圖將某一民族由另一民族中領出來，如上主你們的天主在埃及於你們眼前，對你們所做的一切一樣﹖
Or hath a god essayed to go to take himself a nation from the midst of a nation, by proofs, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, like all that which the Lord your God hath done for you in Egypt before thy eyes.
35 這一切只顯示給你，是要你知道，只有上主是天主，除他以外再沒有別的神。
Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightest know, that the Eternal is the God: there is none else besides him.
36 他由天上使你聽到他的聲音，是為教訓你；在地上使你見到他的烈火，叫你聽到他由火中發出的言語。
Out of the heavens he caused thee to hear his voice, to correct thee: and upon the earth he caused thee to see his great fire; and his words didst thou hear out of the midst of the fire.
37 他由於愛你的祖先，纔揀選了他們的後裔，親自以強力把你由埃及領出來，
And therefore, because he loved thy fathers, he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his presence with his mighty power out of Egypt;
38 由你面前趕走比你更大的民族，領你進入他們的國土，賜給你作為產業，就如今日一樣。
To drive out nations greater and mightier than thou art, from before thee, to bring thee in, to give unto thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
39 所以今日你該知道，且要牢記在心：天上地下，只有上主是天主，再沒有別的神。
Know therefore this day, and reflect in thy heart, that the Eternal is the God in the heavens above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
40 你應遵守他的法令和誡命，就是我今日所訓示與你的，好使你和你的後代子孫得享幸福，在上主你的天主永久賜給你的土地內，能以久住。」
And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee; and that thou mayest live many days upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for all times.
41 那時梅瑟在約但河東，向日出之地，劃定了三座城，
Then Moses set aside three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun;
42 使那素無仇恨而又無心殺死同胞的人，可逃到那裏去避難；凡逃入其中的一座，就可獲救。
That thither might flee the manslayer, who should kill his neighbor unawares, when he had not been an enemy to him in times past; and that he should flee unto one of these cities and live.
43 為勒烏本人指定了位於曠野高原的貝責爾；為加得人指地了基肋阿得的辣摩特；為默納協人指定了巴商的哥藍。
Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gil'ad for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Menassites.
44 這是梅瑟在以色列子民面前宣布的法律，
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 就是梅瑟在以色列子民出埃及後，對他們所發表的勸告、法令和規則。
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
46 地點是在約但河東，貝特培敖爾對面的山谷中，即在位於赫市朋的阿摩黎王息紅的國土內。息紅已為梅瑟和以色列子民由埃及出來後所殺，
On this side of the Jordan, in the valley opposite to Beth-peor, in the land of Sichon the king of the Emorites, who dwelt at Cheshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt;
47 他的土地為他們所佔領，並且也佔了巴商王敖格的土地。──這兩個阿摩黎人王，住在約但河東，向日出之地，
And they took possession of his land, and of the land of 'Og the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Emorites, who were on this side of the Jordan toward the rising of the sun;
48 從阿爾農河岸的阿洛厄爾，直到息爾翁山，即赫爾孟山，
From 'Aro'er, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Chermon,
49 連約但河東的全阿辣巴荒野在內，直到位於丕斯加山坡下的阿辣巴海。
And all the plain on this side of the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the declivities of Pisgah.
