申命記 1
1 以下所記的是摩西在約旦河東的曠野、疏弗對面的亞拉巴－就是巴蘭、陀弗、拉班、哈洗錄、底撒哈中間－向以色列眾人所說的話。（
These ben the wordis whiche Moyses spak to al Israel ouer Jordan, in the wildirnesse of the feeld, ayens the reed see, bitwix Pharan and Tophel and Laban and Asseroth, where is ful myche gold,
2 從何烈山經過西珥山到加低斯‧巴尼亞有十一天的路程。）
by enleuene daies fro Oreb bi the weie of the hil of Seir, til to Cades Barne.
3 出埃及第四十年十一月初一日，摩西照耶和華藉着他所吩咐以色列人的話都曉諭他們。
In the fortithe yeer, in the enleuenth monethe, in the firste dai of the monethe, Moises spak to the sones of Israel alle thingis whiche the Lord commandide to hym that he schulde seie to hem,
4 那時，他已經擊殺了住希實本的亞摩利王西宏和住以得來、亞斯他錄的巴珊王噩。
after that he smoot Seon, kyng of Ammorreis, that dwellide in Esebon, and Og, the kyng of Basan, that dwelide in Asseroth and in Edray, ouer Jordan, in the lond of Moab.
5 摩西在約旦河東的摩押地講律法說：
And Moyses bigan to declare the lawe, and to seie,
6 「耶和華－我們的上帝在何烈山曉諭我們說：你們在這山上住的日子夠了；
Oure Lord God spak to vs in Oreb, and seide, It suffisith to you that ye han dwellid in this hil;
7 要起行轉到亞摩利人的山地和靠近這山地的各處，就是亞拉巴、山地、高原、南地，沿海一帶迦南人的地，並黎巴嫩山又到幼發拉底大河。
turne ye ayen, and come ye to the hil of Amorreis, and to othere placis that ben next it; to places of feeldis, and of hillis, and to lowere places ayens the south, and bisidis the brenke of the see, to the lond of Cananeys, and of Liban, `til to the greet flood Eufrates.
8 如今我將這地擺在你們面前；你們要進去得這地，就是耶和華向你們列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓應許賜給他們和他們後裔為業之地。」
Lo, `he seith, Y haue youe to you; entre ye, and `welde ye `that lond on which the Lord swoor to youre fadrys, Abraham, Ysaac, and Jacob, that he schulde yyue it to hem, and to her seed after hem.
9 「那時，我對你們說：『管理你們的重任，我獨自擔當不起。
And Y seide to you in that time, Y may not aloone susteyne you, for youre Lord God hath multiplied you,
10 耶和華－你們的上帝使你們多起來。看哪，你們今日像天上的星那樣多。
and ye ben ful many to dai, as the sterris of heuene;
11 惟願耶和華－你們列祖的上帝使你們比如今更多千倍，照他所應許你們的話賜福與你們。
the Lord God of youre fadris adde to this noumbre many thousyndis, and blesse you, as he spak.
12 但你們的麻煩，和管理你們的重任，並你們的爭訟，我獨自一人怎能擔當得起呢？
Y may not aloone susteyne youre causis, and birthun, and stryues; yyue ye of you men wise `in dyuyn thingis,
13 你們要按着各支派選舉有智慧、有見識、為眾人所認識的，我立他們為你們的首領。』
and witti `in mennus thingis worthi to be don, whose conuersacioun is preued in youre lynagis, that Y sette hem princes to you.
14 你們回答我說：『照你所說的行了為妙。』
Thanne ye answeriden to me, The thing is good which thou wolt do.
15 我便將你們各支派的首領，有智慧、為眾人所認識的，照你們的支派，立他們為官長、千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十夫長，管理你們。
And Y took of youre lynagis men wise and noble, `in vertues and kyn; and Y ordeynede hem princis, tribunes, and centuryouns, and quynquagenaries, and denys, whiche schulden teche you all thingis.
16 「當時，我囑咐你們的審判官說：『你們聽訟，無論是弟兄彼此爭訟，是與同居的外人爭訟，都要按公義判斷。
And Y comaundide to hem, and seide, Here ye hem, and deme ye that that is iust, whether he be a citeseyn, whether a pilgrym.
17 審判的時候，不可看人的外貌；聽訟不可分貴賤，不可懼怕人，因為審判是屬乎上帝的。若有難斷的案件，可以呈到我這裏，我就判斷。』
No difference schal be of persones; ye schulen here so a litil man, `that is, pore, as a greet man, nether ye schulen take the persoone of ony man, for it is the doom of God. That if ony thing semeth hard to you, telle ye to me, and Y schal here.
18 那時，我將你們所當行的事都吩咐你們了。」
And Y comaundide alle thingis whiche ye ouyten to do.
19 「我們照着耶和華－我們上帝所吩咐的從何烈山起行，經過你們所看見那大而可怕的曠野，往亞摩利人的山地去，到了加低斯‧巴尼亞。
Forsothe we yeden forth fro Oreb, and passiden bi a feerdful deseert, and grettiste wildirnesse, which ye sien, bi the weye of the hil of Ammorrey, as oure Lord God comaundide to vs. And whanne we hadden come in to Cades Barne,
20 我對你們說：『你們已經到了耶和華－我們上帝所賜給我們的亞摩利人之山地。
Y seide to you, Ye ben comen to the hil of Ammorrey, which youre Lord God schal yyue to you;
21 看哪，耶和華－你的上帝已將那地擺在你面前，你要照耶和華－你列祖的上帝所說的上去得那地為業；不要懼怕，也不要驚惶。』
se thou the lond which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee; `stie thou, and welde it, as oure Lord God spak to thi fadris; `nyle thou drede, nether `drede thou in herte ony thing.
22 你們都就近我來說：『我們要先打發人去，為我們窺探那地，將我們上去該走何道，必進何城，都回報我們。』
And alle ye neiyiden to me, and ye seiden, Sende we men, that schulen biholde the lond, and telle to vs bi what weye we owen stie, and to whiche citees we owen to go.
23 這話我以為美，就從你們中間選了十二個人，每支派一人。
And whanne the word pleside to me, Y sente of you twelue men, of ech lynage oon.
24 於是他們起身上山地去，到以實各谷，窺探那地。
And whanne thei hadden go, and hadden stied in to the hilli places, thei camen `til to the valei of Clustre; and whanne thei hadden biholde the lond,
25 他們手裏拿着那地的果子下來，到我們那裏，回報說：『耶和華－我們的上帝所賜給我們的是美地。』
thei token of the fruytis therof, to schewe the plentee, and brouyten `to vs, and seiden, The lond is good which oure Lord God schal yyue to vs.
26 「你們卻不肯上去，竟違背了耶和華－你們上帝的命令，
And ye `nolden stie, but ye weren vnbileueful to the word of oure Lord God.
27 在帳棚內發怨言說：『耶和華因為恨我們，所以將我們從埃及地領出來，要交在亞摩利人手中，除滅我們。
And ye grutchiden in youre tabernaclis, and ye seiden, The Lord hatith vs, and herfor he ledde vs out of the lond of Egipt, that he schulde bitake vs in the hond of Ammorey, and schulde do awei vs.
28 我們上哪裏去呢？我們的弟兄使我們的心消化，說那地的民比我們又大又高，城邑又廣大又堅固，高得頂天，並且我們在那裏看見亞衲族的人。』
Whidur schulen we stie? the messangeris maden aferd oure herte, and seiden, A grettiste multitude is, and largere in stature than we; the citees ben greete, and wallid `til to the heuene; we sien there the sones of Enachym, that is, giauntis.
29 我就對你們說：『不要驚恐，也不要怕他們。
And Y seide to you, `Nyle ye drede `with ynne, nether `drede withoutforth; the Lord God hym silf,
30 在你們前面行的耶和華－你們的上帝必為你們爭戰，正如他在埃及和曠野，在你們眼前所行的一樣。
which is youre ledere, schal fiyte for you, as he dide in Egipt, while alle men sien.
31 你們在曠野所行的路上，也曾見耶和華－你們的上帝撫養你們，如同人撫養兒子一般，直等你們來到這地方。』
And ye sien in the wildirnesse, thi Lord God bar thee, as a man is wont to bere his litil sone, in al the weie bi which ye yeden til ye camen to this place.
32 你們在這事上卻不信耶和華－你們的上帝。
And sotheli nether so ye bileueden to youre Lord God, that yede bifor you in the weie,
33 他在路上，在你們前面行，為你們找安營的地方；夜間在火柱裏，日間在雲柱裏，指示你們所當行的路。」
and mesuride the place in which ye ouyten to sette tentis, and schewide in nyyt the weie to you bi fier, and in dai bi a piler of cloude.
34 「耶和華聽見你們這話，就發怒，起誓說：
And whanne the Lord hadde herd the vois of youre wordis, he was wrooth,
35 『這惡世代的人，連一個也不得見我起誓應許賜給你們列祖的美地；
and swoor, and seide, Noon of the men of this werste generacioun schal se the good lond, which Y bihiyte vndur an ooth to youre fadris,
36 惟有耶孚尼的兒子迦勒必得看見，並且我要將他所踏過的地賜給他和他的子孫，因為他專心跟從我。』
outakun Caleph, the sone of Jephone; for he schal se it, and Y schal yyue to hym the lond on which he trad, and to hise sones, for he suede the Lord.
37 耶和華為你的緣故也向我發怒，說：『你必不得進入那地。
Nether the indignacioun ayens the puple is wondirful, sithen the Lord was wrooth also to me for you, and seide,
38 伺候你、嫩的兒子約書亞，他必得進入那地；你要勉勵他，因為他要使以色列人承受那地為業。
Nether thou schalt entre thidur, but Josue, the sone of Nun, thi mynystre, he schal entre for thee; excyte and strengthe thou him, and he schal departe the lond bi lot to Israel.
39 並且你們的婦人孩子，就是你們所說、必被擄掠的，和今日不知善惡的兒女，必進入那地。我要將那地賜給他們，他們必得為業。
Youre litle children, of whiche ye seiden, that thei schulden be led prisoneris, and the sones that kunnen not to dai the diuersite of good and of yuel, thei schulen entre; and Y schal yyue to hem the lond, and thei schulen welde it.
40 至於你們，要轉回，從紅海的路往曠野去。』
Sotheli turne ye ayen, and go ye in to the wildirnesse, bi the weie of the Reed See.
41 「那時，你們回答我說：『我們得罪了耶和華，情願照耶和華－我們上帝一切所吩咐的上去爭戰。』於是你們各人帶着兵器，爭先上山地去了。
And ye answeriden to me, We synneden to the Lord; we schulen stie, and we schulen fiyte, as oure Lord God comaundide. And whanne ye weren arayed with armeris, and yeden `into the hil, the Lord seide to me,
42 耶和華吩咐我說：『你對他們說：不要上去，也不要爭戰；因我不在你們中間，恐怕你們被仇敵殺敗了。』
Seie thou to hem, `Nyle ye stye, nether fiyte ye, for Y am not with you, lest ye fallen bifor youre enemyes.
43 我就告訴了你們，你們卻不聽從，竟違背耶和華的命令，擅自上山地去了。
Y spak, and ye herden not; but ye `weren aduersaries to the comaundement of the Lord, and bolnden with prijde, and stieden in to the hil.
44 住那山地的亞摩利人就出來攻擊你們，追趕你們，如蜂擁一般，在西珥殺退你們，直到何珥瑪。
Therfor Ammorrey yede out, that dwellide in the hillis, and he cam ayens you, and pursuede you, as bees ben wont to pursue, and killide fro Seir til Horma. And whanne ye turneden ayen,
45 你們便回來，在耶和華面前哭號；耶和華卻不聽你們的聲音，也不向你們側耳。
and wepten bifor the Lord, he herde not you, nether wolde asente to youre vois;
46 於是你們在加低斯住了許多日子。」
therfor ye saten in Cades Barne bi myche tyme.
