Deuteronomy 1
1 These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.
以下是梅瑟在約但河東岸，對全以色列所講的話。──即在穌夫對面的阿辣巴曠野中，在帕蘭與托費耳、拉班、哈則洛特和狄匝哈布之間。
2 It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
從曷勒布經色依爾山，到卡得士巴爾乃亞，共有十一天的程路。──
3 Now in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses gave to the children of Israel all the orders which the Lord had given him for them;
在第四十年十一月一日，梅瑟將上主吩咐他的一切事，全訓示了以色色列子民。
4 After he had overcome Sihon, king of the Amorites, ruling in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, ruling in Ashtaroth, at Edrei:
當時他已擊敗住在赫市朋的阿摩黎王息紅，和住在阿舍塔洛特和厄得勒的巴商王敖格。
5 On the far side of Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses gave the people this law, saying,
梅瑟在約但河東岸摩阿布地方開始宣講這法律說：「
6 The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have been long enough in this mountain:
上主，我們的天主，在曷勒布曾訓示我們說：你們在這山下住得夠久了，
7 Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
現在起身出發，到阿摩黎人的山地去，到那些住在阿辣巴荒野、山地、盆地、乃革布和沿海一帶地方去，到客納罕地，到黎巴嫩，直到大河，即幼發拉的河那一帶地方去。
8 See, all the land is before you: go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their seed after them.
看，我已將此地擺在你們面前，你們應去佔領上主誓許給你們祖先亞巴郎、依撒格、雅各伯和他們後裔的地方。」
9 At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself;
那時我對你們說過：我個人無法負擔你們。
10 The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.
上主你們的天主使你們的人數增加，看，你們今天多得有如天上的繁星。
11 May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!
惟願上主你們祖先的天主，再千百倍地增加你們的數目，照他所應許的，祝福你們!
12 How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?
但我個人怎能承擔起你們的煩務、重任和訴訟的事!
13 Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
你們各支派應推舉一些有智慧，有見識，有經驗的人，我好立他們為你們的首領。
14 And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.
你們回答我說：「你建議的事很好。」
15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.
我遂選了你們各支派中有智慧有經驗的首領，立為你們的首領：即千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十人長，並為各支派立了監督，
16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.
同時我也吩咐你們的判官說：你們要聽斷你們兄弟間的訴訟：無論是兄弟彼此訴訟，或與方外人訴訟，都應秉公審斷。
17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
審案時不可偏袒，無論貴賤，同樣聽斷；任何人都不要怕，因為審判是天主的事。若遇有難斷的案件，該呈報給我，我來聽斷。
18 And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.
同時，凡你們當做的事，我都吩咐了你們。
19 Then we went on from Horeb, through all that great and cruel waste which you saw, on our way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the Lord gave us orders; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
我們由曷勒布起程，經過了你們所見的這整個遼闊的可怖的曠野：照上主我們的天主對我們的吩咐，我們向阿摩黎人山地進發，一直來到了卡德士巴爾乃亞。
20 And I said to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.
那時我曾對你們說：你們已來到上主我們的天主即將賜給我們的阿摩黎人的山地。
21 See now, the Lord your God has put the land into your hands: go up and take it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you; have no fear and do not be troubled.
看上主你的天主已將這地擺在你面前，你要照上主你祖先的天主對你所許下的，去佔領這地；不要害怕，也不要膽怯。
22 And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come.
你們眾人便來到我跟前說：「讓我們先派些人去，替我們偵探那地方，然後回報我們，我們當走那條路，當去那些城。」
23 And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;
我就由你們中挑選了十二人，每支派一人；
24 And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.
他們起身上了山地，一直到了厄市苛耳山谷，偵探了那地。
25 And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.
他們帶回來那地方的一些果品，並回報我們說：「上主我們的天主即將賜給我們的地方實在好。」
26 But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:
但你們卻不肯上去，竟違背了上主你們天主的命令，
27 And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction.
在你們的帳幕內抱怨說：「上主因為恨我們，才將我們由埃及地領出來，將我們交在阿摩黎人手中，消滅我們。
28 Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts feeble with fear by saying, The people are greater and taller than we are, and the towns are great and walled up to heaven; and more than this, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
我們上那裏去呢﹖我們的兄弟又說了些使我們心灰意冷的話。他們說：我們在那裏看見了一個比我們又大又高的民族，他們的城邑廣大，城牆高聳摩天；我們在那裏還看見了阿納克人的子孫。」
29 Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.
我遂對你們說：「不要畏懼，不要害怕。
30 The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
因為上主你們的天主，走在你們面前，他必為你們作戰，正如他在埃及在你們眼前，為你們所做的一樣；
31 And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place.
並且在曠野裏，你也看出上主你的天主在你所走的長途中，攜帶你們，如同人攜帶自己的兒子一樣，直到你們來到這地方。
32 But for all this, you had no faith in the Lord your God,
雖然如此，但你們仍不信賴上主你們的天主，
33 Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.
他一路原走在你們前面，替你們找安營的地方：夜間藉著火，日間藉著雲彩，指示你們應走的道路。
34 And the Lord, hearing your words, was angry, and said with an oath,
上主一聽見你們的怨聲，就發怒起誓說：「
35 Truly, not one of this evil generation will see that good land which I said I would give to your fathers,
這個邪惡世代的人，一個也不得見我誓許要賜給你們祖先的樂土；
36 But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he will see it; and to him and to his children I will give the land over which his feet have gone, because he has been true to the Lord with all his heart.
只要耶孚乃的兒子加肋布除外，他必見到此地，並且我要將他踏過的地，賜給他和他的子孫，因為他一心隨從了上主。」
37 And, in addition, the Lord was angry with me because of you, saying, You yourself will not go into it:
為了你們的緣故，上主也對我發怒說：「連你也不能進入那地。
38 Joshua, the son of Nun, your servant, he will go into the land: say to him that he is to be strong, for he will be Israel's guide into their heritage.
那侍候你的農的兒子若蘇厄，要進入那地；你應壯他的膽，因為他要使以色列佔領那地作為產業。
39 And your little ones, who, you said, would come into strange hands, your children, who now have no knowledge of good or evil, they will go into that land, and to them I will give it and it will be theirs.
此外，你們所說要成為戰利品的幼童，至今尚不知好歹的子女，他們都要進入那地。我要將那地賜給他們作為產業。
40 But as for you, go back, journeying into the waste land by the way of the Red Sea.
至於你們應轉向紅海出發，往曠野裏去。」
41 Then you said to me, We have done evil against the Lord, we will go up to the attack, as the Lord our God has given us orders. And arming yourselves every one, you made ready to go up without care into the hill-country.
你們回答我說：「我們得罪了上主；現在我們願全照上主我們的天主的吩咐上去交戰。」你們各人遂都武裝起來，輕率地上了山地。
42 And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.
但上主對我說：「你告訴他們說：你們不要上去，不要作戰，因為我不在你們中間，免得被敵人擊敗。」
43 This I said to you, but you gave no attention and went against the orders of the Lord, and in your pride went up into the hill-country.
我立即告訴了你們，你們卻不聽，違背上主的命令，擅自上了山地。
44 And the Amorites who were in the hill-country came out against you and put you to flight, rushing after you like bees, and overcame you in Seir, driving you even as far as Hormah.
住在山地的阿摩黎人蜂擁而出，攻擊你們，追趕你們，由色依爾直殺到曷爾瑪。
45 And you came back, weeping before the Lord; but the Lord gave no attention to your cries and did not give ear to you.
你們回來，在上主面前哭泣哀號，但上主未曾俯聽你們的哭聲，也未向你們側耳；
46 So you were kept waiting in Kadesh for a long time.
你們只得長期地停留在卡德士，停留得這樣長久。
