Deuteronomy 12
1 And these [are] the ordinances and the judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives you for an inheritance, all the days which ye live upon the land.
這是你們在上主你祖先的天主賜給你作產業的地上，當遵守奉行的法令和規則；你們幾時生活在那地，就應日日遵守。
2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places in which they served their gods, whose [land] ye inherit, on the high mountains and on the hills, and under the thick tree.
凡你們去征服的民族供奉神祇的地方，無論在高山上，或在丘陵上，或在任何綠樹下，都應加以破壞：
3 And ye shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their groves, and ye shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods, and ye shall abolish their name out of that place.
拆毀他們的祭壇，打碎他們的石碣，燒毀他們的神柱，砍倒他們神祇的雕像，將他們的名字由那地方完全消除。
4 Ye shall not do so to the Lord your God.
你們不可像他們那樣崇拜上主你們的天主。
5 But in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose in one of your cities to name his name there, and to be called upon, ye shall even seek [him] out and go thither.
上主你們的天主，將由你們各支派中選擇一個地方，為立自己的名號，為做自己的住所，你們只可到那裏去尋求他，
6 And ye shall carry thither your whole-burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your first-fruits, and your vowed-offerings, and your freewill-offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the first-born of your herds, and of your flocks.
在那裏奉獻你們的全燔祭、祭獻、什一之物、獻儀、還願祭、自願祭，以及首生的牛羊；
7 And ye shall eat there before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all the things on which ye shall lay your hand, ye and your houses, as the Lord your God has blessed you.
在那裏你們和你們的家屬，應在上主你們的天主面前宴會歡樂，因為上主你們的天主祝福了你們的一切事業。
8 Ye shall not do altogether as we do here to-day, every man that which is pleasing in his own sight.
你們不要照我們今日在這裏所行的，各行其是，
9 For hitherto ye have not arrived at the rest and the inheritance, which the Lord our God gives you.
因為你們至今還沒有到安居之地，還沒有到上主你的天主賜給你為業的地方。
10 And ye shall go over Jordan, and shall dwell in the land, which the Lord our God takes as an inheritance for you; and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about, and ye shall dwell safely.
但是，當你們過了約但河，住在上主你們的天主賜給你們為業的地方，脫免了四周的仇敵，安居樂業時，
11 And there shall be a place which the Lord thy God shall choose for his name to be called there, thither shall ye bring all things that I order you to-day; your whole-burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the first-fruits of your hands, and every choice gift of yours, whatsoever ye shall vow to the Lord your God.
你們應在上主你們的天主所選定為立自己名號的地方，奉獻我所吩咐的一切：即你們的全燔祭、獻祭、什一之物、獻儀，以及一切向上主許願應獻的禮品；
12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is at your gates; because he has no portion or inheritance with you.
你們和你們的兒女、僕婢，以及在你們城鎮裏的肋未人，都應在上主你們的天主面前一同歡樂，因為肋未人沒有在你們中分得產業。
13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy whole-burnt-offerings in any place which thou shalt see;
你應小心，不可在你所見的任何地方奉獻你的全燔祭；
14 save in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, in one of thy tribes, there shall ye offer your whole-burnt-offerings, and there shalt thou do all things whatsoever I charge thee this day.
只可在上主由你一支派中所選定的地方，奉獻你的全燔祭，行我所規定的一切。
15 But thou shalt kill according to all thy desire, and shalt eat flesh according to the blessing of the Lord thy God, which he has given thee in every city; the unclean that is within thee and the clean shall eat it on equal terms, as the doe or the stag.
但是你可在各城鎮內，依照上主你的天主所賜與你的祝福，隨意殺牲食肉；不潔和潔淨的，人都可以吃，如吃羚羊和鹿肉一樣；
16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it out on the ground as water.
只有血，你們不可以吃，你應將血和水一樣潑在地上。
17 Thou shalt not be able to eat in thy cities the tithe of thy corn, and of thy wine, and of thine oil, the first-born of thine herd and of thy flock, and all [your] vows as many as ye shall have vowed, and your thank-offerings, and the first-fruits of thine hands.
你所收的五穀、酒、油的十分之一，你的頭胎牛羊，你許願獻的供物，或自願獻的供物以及你手中的獻儀，都不可在你的城鎮內吃，
18 But before the Lord thy God thou shalt eat it, in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the stranger that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, on whatsoever thou shalt lay thine hand.
只可在上主你的天主面前，在上主你的天主選定的地方，你和你的兒女、僕婢，以及在你城鎮內的肋未人一起吃；在上主你的天主面前，為了你的一切事業而歡樂。
19 Take heed to thyself that thou do not desert the Levite all the time that thou livest upon the earth.
你要留意，在你的地域內，永不可忘記肋未人。
20 And if the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy borders, as he said to thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh; if thy soul should desire to eat flesh, thou shalt eat flesh according to all the desire of thy soul.
當上主你的天主，照他對你所許的，擴展了你的疆域時，你若說：「我想吃肉，」你既然想肉吃，你可以任意吃肉。
21 And if the place be far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself, that his name be called upon it, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock which God shall have given thee, even as I commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy cities according to the desire of thy soul.
若上主你的天主選定建立自己名號的地方離你太遠，你可照我吩咐你的，宰殺上主賜給你的牛羊，在你的城鎮內任意吃，
22 As the doe and the stag are eaten, so shalt thou eat it; the unclean in thee and the clean shall eat it in like manner.
全如吃羚羊和鹿肉一樣；不潔和潔淨的，人都可以一起吃。
23 Take diligent heed that thou eat no blood, for blood [is] the life of it; the life shall not be eaten with the flesh.
但應記住：不可吃血，因為血是生命，你不可將生命與肉一起吃。
24 Ye shall not eat [it]; ye shall pour it out on the ground as water.
你不可吃血，應將血和水一樣潑在地上。
25 Thou shalt not eat it, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee, if thou shalt do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord thy God.
你不要吃血，好使你和你的後代子孫能享幸福，因為你行了上主眼中視為正直的事。
26 But thou shalt take thy holy things, if thou hast any, and thy vowed-offerings, and come to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name named upon it.
至於你所獻的聖物和許願的祭品，應帶到上主所揀選的地方去；
27 And thou shalt sacrifice thy whole-burnt-offerings, thou shalt offer the flesh upon the altar of the Lord thy God; but the blood of thy sacrifices thou shalt pour out at the foot of the altar of the Lord thy God, but the flesh thou shalt eat.
將你的全燔祭、肉和血全獻在上主你的天主的祭壇上；至於其他的祭獻，應將血倒在上主你的天主的祭壇上，肉可以吃。
28 Beware and hearken, and thou shalt do all the commands which I charge thee, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons for ever, if thou shalt do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord thy God.
你應謹慎聽從我吩咐你的這一切事，好使你和你的後代子孫永遠享福，因為你行了上主你的天主眼中視為善良和正直的事。
29 And if the Lord thy God shall utterly destroy the nations, to whom thou goest in thither to inherit their land, from before thee, and thou shalt inherit it, and dwell in their land;
當上主你的天主，將你所要進佔之地的民族，由你面前剷除，而你佔領了他們的地方，住在那裏的時候，
30 take heed to thyself that thou seek not to follow them after they are destroyed before thee, saying, How do these nations act towards their gods? I will do likewise.
你應小心，不要在他們由你面前消滅以後，你自己反受迷惑，去仿傚他們；也不要探究他們的神說：「這些民族怎樣事奉了他們的神，我也要怎樣去做。」
31 Thou shalt not do so to thy God; for they have sacrificed to their gods the abominations of the Lord which he hates, for they burn their sons and their daughters in fire to their gods.
對上主你的天主，你不可這樣做，因為凡上主所憎恨的可惡之事，他們對自己的神都做了；甚至為自己的神，用火焚燒了自己的子女。
32 Every word that I command you this day, it shalt thou observe to do: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.
凡我吩咐你們的事，你們應謹慎遵行；不可加添，也不可刪除。
