Deuteronomy 26
1 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,
當你進入上主你的天主賜給你作產業的土地，佔領後住在那裏時，
2 you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
應由上主你的天主賜給你的土地上，將一切田產的初熟之物，取出一部分放在筐裏，往上主你的天主選定立自己名號的地方去，
3 to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”
到當時供職的司祭前，對他說：「我今日向上主我的天主明認，我已來到了上主對我們的祖先誓許賜與我們的地方。」
4 Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,
司祭就由你手中接過筐子，放在上主你的天主的祭壇前；
5 and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
然後你就在上主你的天主面前聲明說：「我的祖先原是個飄泊的阿蘭人，下到埃及，同少數的家人寄居在那裏，竟成了一強大有力，人口眾多的民族。
6 But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
埃及虐待我們，壓迫我們，勒令我們做苦工。
7 So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.
我們向上主我們祖先的天主呼號，上主俯聽了我們的哀聲，垂視了我們的苦痛、勞役和所受的壓迫。
8 Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
上主以強力的手，伸展的臂，巨大的恐嚇，神蹟奇事，領我們出了埃及，
9 And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
來到這地方，將這流奶流蜜的土地賜給了我們。
10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.
上主，請看! 我現今帶來了你賜給我的田地裏所出產的初熟之物。」遂將這初熟之物放在上主你的天主面前，俯伏朝拜上主你的天主。
11 So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.
然後你與肋未人，和住在你中間的外方人，歡樂享受上主你的天主賜與你和你家庭的一切福分。
12 When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.
在第三年，即獻什一之年，當你把你一切出產十分之一，完全取出，分給肋未人、外方人、孤兒和寡婦，並使他們在你的城鎮中吃飽之後，
13 Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
你應到上主你的天主面前說：「我由我家中完全交出了這祝聖的一份，分給了肋未人、外方人、孤兒和寡婦，全照你吩咐我的命令；我沒有違犯你的命令，也沒有忽略。
14 I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.
這些聖物，在我居喪時，我沒有取食；在不潔中，我沒有交出，更沒有獻給死人；我聽從了上主我的天主的話，全照你吩咐我的一切履行了。
15 Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
願你由你神聖的住所，由天上俯視，祝福你的人民以色列，和你賜給我們的土地，即你向我們祖先所誓許的那流奶流蜜的地方。」
16 The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.
上主你的天主今天吩咐你遵行這些法令和規則，你應全心全靈謹守遵行。
17 Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
今天你明認上主是你的天主，願履行他的道路，謹守他的法令、誡命和規則，聽從他的話。
18 And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
上主今天也照他對你所說的，明認你為他特屬的人民，只要你謹守他的一切誡命，
19 that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.
並且他要使你在名譽、聲望和光榮上，遠超過他所造的一切民族，使你如他所說的，成為屬於上主你的天主的聖潔人民。」
