申命记 32
1 诸天哪，侧耳，我要说话； 愿地也听我口中的言语。
“Listen to me, [all you who are in the] heavens, and [all you who are on the] earth, listen to what I say [MTY].
2 我的教训要淋漓如雨； 我的言语要滴落如露， 如细雨降在嫩草上， 如甘霖降在菜蔬中。
I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass.
3 我要宣告耶和华的名； 你们要将大德归与我们的 神。
I will praise Yahweh [MTY]. And [all you people should] tell others that our God is very great.
4 他是磐石，他的作为完全； 他所行的无不公平， 是诚实无伪的 神， 又公义，又正直。
He is like a rock [MET] [under which we are protected]; [everything] that he does is perfect and completely just/fair [DOU]. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong.
5 这乖僻弯曲的世代向他行事邪僻； 有这弊病就不是他的儿女。
“But [you Israeli people] have been very unfaithful to him; because of your sins, you no longer [deserve to] be his children. You are extremely wicked and deceitful [DOU].
6 愚昧无知的民哪，你们这样报答耶和华吗？ 他岂不是你的父、将你买来的吗？ 他是制造你、建立你的。
You foolish and senseless [DOU] people, (is this the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you]?/this is certainly not the way that you should repay Yahweh [for all that he has done for you].) [RHQ] He is your father; he created you [RHQ]; he caused you to become a nation.
7 你当追想上古之日， 思念历代之年； 问你的父亲，他必指示你； 问你的长者，他必告诉你。
“Think about [what happened] long ago; consider what happened to your ancestors. Ask your parents, and they will inform you; ask the older people, and they will tell you.
8 至高者将地业赐给列邦，将世人分开， 就照以色列人的数目立定万民的疆界。
When God, who is greater than any other god, long ago divided the people into groups, he assigned to the nations their land. He determined where each people-group should live and (assigned to/chose for) each people-group a god/angel.
9 耶和华的分本是他的百姓； 他的产业本是雅各。
But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose [us, the descendants of] Jacob, to belong to him.
10 耶和华遇见他在旷野— 荒凉野兽吼叫之地， 就环绕他，看顾他， 保护他，如同保护眼中的瞳人。
“He saw [our ancestors] when they were in a desert, wandering in a land (that was desolate/where no people lived). He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. [SIM, IDM]
11 又如鹰搅动巢窝， 在雏鹰以上两翅搧展， 接取雏鹰，背在两翼之上。
[Yahweh protected his people] just like an eagle encourages its babies [to fly] and flutters over them [MET], spreading its wings and catching them [if they start to fall].
12 这样，耶和华独自引导他， 并无外邦神与他同在。
Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him.
13 耶和华使他乘驾地的高处， 得吃田间的土产； 又使他从磐石中咂蜜， 从坚石中吸油；
“[After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them], Yahweh enabled them to rule the hilly areas; they ate the crops that grew in the fields. They found honey in the rocks, and their olive trees [MTY] grew [even] in stony ground.
14 也吃牛的奶油， 羊的奶，羊羔的脂油， 巴珊所出的公绵羊和山羊， 与上好的麦子， 也喝葡萄汁酿的酒。
The cows gave them plenty of curds/yogurt, the goats gave them plenty of milk, they had well-fed sheep and cattle, they had very good wheat, and they made delicious wine from their grapes.
15 但耶书 渐渐肥胖，粗壮， 光润，踢跳，奔跑， 便离弃造他的 神， 轻看救他的磐石；
“The Israeli people became rich and prosperous, but then they rebelled against God; they abandoned him, the one who created them, the one who powerfully saves them.
16 敬拜别神，触动 神的愤恨， 行可憎恶的事，惹了他的怒气。
So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry.
17 所祭祀的鬼魔并非真神， 乃是素不认识的神， 是近来新兴的， 是你列祖所不畏惧的。
They offered sacrifices to gods who were [really] demons, gods that their ancestors had never known; they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about, gods whom your ancestors had never revered.
18 你轻忽生你的磐石， 忘记产你的 神。
They forgot [the true] God, the one who protects them [MET], the one who created them and caused them to live.
19 耶和华看见他的儿女惹动他， 就厌恶他们，说：
“When Yahweh saw that [they had abandoned him], he became angry, so he rejected [the Israeli people, who are like] his sons and daughters.
20 我要向他们掩面， 看他们的结局如何。 他们本是极乖僻的族类， 心中无诚实的儿女。
He said, ‘They are very wicked/stubborn people, very unfaithful; so I will no longer help them, and then I will watch and see what happens to them.
21 他们以那“不算为神”的触动我的愤恨， 以虚无的神惹了我的怒气。 我也要以那“不成子民”的触动他们的愤恨， 以愚昧的国民惹了他们的怒气。
They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be [jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me]. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send [to attack them an army of] a nation of worthless and foolish people.
I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are [MET]; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. (Sheol h7585)
23 我要将祸患堆在他们身上， 把我的箭向他们射尽。
I will cause them to experience many disasters; [they will feel as though] [MET] I am shooting all my arrows at them.
24 他们必因饥饿消瘦， 被炎热苦毒吞灭。 我要打发野兽用牙齿咬他们， 并土中腹行的，用毒气害他们。
They will die because of being hungry and because of having hot fevers and because of terrible diseases; I will send wild animals to attack [MTY] them, and poisonous snakes to bite [MTY] them.
25 外头有刀剑，内室有惊恐， 使人丧亡，使少男、童女、 吃奶的、白发的，尽都灭绝。
Outside [their houses, their enemies] will kill them [MTY] with swords, and in their homes, [their enemies will cause] them to be terrified. Their enemies will kill young men and young women, and they will kill infants and old people with gray hair.
26 我说，我必将他们分散远方， 使他们的名号从人间除灭。
I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.
27 惟恐仇敌惹动我， 只怕敌人错看，说：是我们手的能力， 并非耶和华所行的。
But [if I did that], their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had [gotten rid of my people]; they would say, “We [SYN] are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’
28 因为以色列民毫无计谋， 心中没有聪明。
You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise.
29 惟愿他们有智慧， 能明白这事，肯思念他们的结局。
If you were wise, you would understand [why you would be punished]; you would have realized what was going to happen to you.
30 若不是他们的磐石卖了他们， 若不是耶和华交出他们， 一人焉能追赶他们千人？ 二人焉能使万人逃跑呢？
[You would have realized] why 1,000 [of your soldiers] would be defeated by only one [of the enemy soldiers], and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 [Israeli soldiers]. [You would realize that this would happen] only if God, the one who always defended you [MET], had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you.
31 据我们的仇敌自己断定， 他们的磐石不如我们的磐石。
Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, [so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis].
32 他们的葡萄树是所多玛的葡萄树， 蛾摩拉田园所生的； 他们的葡萄是毒葡萄， 全挂都是苦的。
Your enemies are like [MET] grapevines planted near [the ruins of] Sodom and Gomorrah [cities]; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous;
33 他们的酒是大蛇的毒气， 是虺蛇残害的恶毒。
the wine [from those grapes] is like the poison of snakes [DOU].
34 这不都是积蓄在我这里， 封锁在我府库中吗？
[“Yahweh says], ‘I know [RHQ] [what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies], and those plans are so secure [that it as though he locked them up] [MET].
35 他们失脚的时候，伸冤报应在我； 因他们遭灾的日子近了； 那要临在他们身上的必速速来到。
I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done [to my people], at the right time for them to be punished [IDM]; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’
36 耶和华见他百姓毫无能力， 无论困住的、自由的都没有剩下， 就必为他们伸冤， 为他的仆人后悔。
“But Yahweh will see that you who are truly his people, who (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and he will be merciful to you. And he will see that you are helpless, and that there are very few of you, slaves or free people, who are still alive.
37 他必说：他们的神， 他们所投靠的磐石，
Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you [MET]?
38 就是向来吃他们祭牲的脂油， 喝他们奠祭之酒的，在哪里呢？ 他可以兴起帮助你们， 护卫你们。
You gave to those gods the best parts of the animals that you sacrificed, and you poured out wine for them to drink. So, they should begin to help you; they should be the ones who will protect you!
39 你们如今要知道： 我，惟有我是 神； 在我以外并无别神。 我使人死，我使人活； 我损伤，我也医治， 并无人能从我手中救出来。
“But now you will realize that I, only I, am God; there is no other god who is [a real] god. I am the one who can kill people and who can cause people to live; I can wound people, and I can heal people, and there is no one who can prevent me from doing those things.
40 我向天举手说： 我凭我的永生起誓：
I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever,
41 我若磨我闪亮的刀， 手掌审判之权， 就必报复我的敌人， 报应恨我的人。
that when I sharpen my sword, as I [SYN] prepare to punish people, I will get revenge on my enemies; I will pay back those who hate me.
42 我要使我的箭饮血饮醉， 就是被杀被掳之人的血。 我的刀要吃肉， 乃是仇敌中首领之头的肉。
I will kill all [of my enemies] with a sword; it will be as though I had arrows that will be covered with their blood. I will kill [MTY] all those whom I capture and cut off their leaders’ heads.’
43 你们外邦人当与主的百姓一同欢呼； 因他要伸他仆人流血的冤， 报应他的敌人， 洁净他的地，救赎他的百姓。
“You people of all nations, you as well as his people should praise Yahweh, because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him; and he cleanses his people’s land which has become defiled because of their sins.”
44 摩西和嫩的儿子约书亚去将这歌的一切话说给百姓听。
Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening.
45 摩西向以色列众人说完了这一切的话，
When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song,
46 又说：“我今日所警教你们的，你们都要放在心上；要吩咐你们的子孙谨守遵行这律法上的话。
Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them.
47 因为这不是虚空、与你们无关的事，乃是你们的生命；在你们过约旦河要得为业的地上必因这事日子得以长久。”
These instructions are very important [LIT]. If [you obey] them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to occupy.”
48 当日，耶和华吩咐摩西说：
On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
49 “你上这亚巴琳山中的尼波山去，在摩押地与耶利哥相对，观看我所要赐给以色列人为业的迦南地。
“Go to the Abarim Mountain range [here] in the Moab region, across from Jericho. Climb Nebo Mountain, and look [toward the west] to see Canaan land, the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people.
50 你必死在你所登的山上，归你列祖去，像你哥哥亚伦死在何珥山上，归他的列祖一样。
You will die on that mountain [EUP, DOU], like your [older] brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain.
51 因为你们在寻的旷野，加低斯的米利巴水，在以色列人中没有尊我为圣，得罪了我。
You will die because both of you disobeyed me in the presence of the Israeli people, when you all were at Meribah Springs near Kadesh [town] in the Zin Desert. You did not honor and respect me in the presence of the Israeli people in the way that I deserve because I am God.
52 我所赐给以色列人的地，你可以远远地观看，却不得进去。”
[When you are on that mountain where I told you to go], you will see in the distance in front of you the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people, but you will not enter it.”
