Deuteronomy 8
1 Every commandment which I command thee this day shall ye take heed to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers.
「我今日所吩咐的一切誡命，你們要謹守遵行，好叫你們存活，人數增多，且進去得耶和華向你們列祖起誓應許的那地。
2 And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.
你也要記念耶和華－你的上帝在曠野引導你這四十年，是要苦煉你，試驗你，要知道你心內如何，肯守他的誡命不肯。
3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
他苦煉你，任你飢餓，將你和你列祖所不認識的嗎哪賜給你吃，使你知道，人活着不是單靠食物，乃是靠耶和華口裏所出的一切話。
4 Thy clothing grew not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
這四十年，你的衣服沒有穿破，你的腳也沒有腫。
5 And know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;
你當心裏思想，耶和華－你上帝管教你，好像人管教兒子一樣。
6 and thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
你要謹守耶和華－你上帝的誡命，遵行他的道，敬畏他。
7 For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of water-brooks, of springs, and of deep waters, that gush forth in the valleys and hills;
因為耶和華－你上帝領你進入美地，那地有河，有泉，有源，從山谷中流出水來。
8 a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;
那地有小麥、大麥、葡萄樹、無花果樹、石榴樹、橄欖樹，和蜜。
9 a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, where thou shalt lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose mountains thou wilt dig copper.
你在那地不缺食物，一無所缺。那地的石頭是鐵，山內可以挖銅。
10 And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
你吃得飽足，就要稱頌耶和華－你的上帝，因他將那美地賜給你了。」
11 Beware that thou forget not Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day;
「你要謹慎，免得忘記耶和華－你的上帝，不守他的誡命、典章、律例，就是我今日所吩咐你的；
12 lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
恐怕你吃得飽足，建造美好的房屋居住，
13 and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,
你的牛羊加多，你的金銀增添，並你所有的全都加增，
14 then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
你就心高氣傲，忘記耶和華－你的上帝，就是將你從埃及地為奴之家領出來的，
15 who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, [a wilderness of] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there is no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
引你經過那大而可怕的曠野，那裏有火蛇、蠍子、乾旱無水之地。他曾為你使水從堅硬的磐石中流出來，
16 who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
又在曠野將你列祖所不認識的嗎哪賜給你吃，是要苦煉你，試驗你，叫你終久享福；
17 — and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has procured me this wealth.
恐怕你心裏說：『這貨財是我力量、我能力得來的。』
18 But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, that it is he who giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
你要記念耶和華－你的上帝，因為得貨財的力量是他給你的，為要堅定他向你列祖起誓所立的約，像今日一樣。
19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget Jehovah thy God, and go after other gods, and serve them, and bow down to them, I testify against you this day that ye shall utterly perish.
你若忘記耶和華－你的上帝，隨從別神，事奉敬拜，你們必定滅亡；這是我今日警戒你們的。
20 As the nations which Jehovah is causing to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.
耶和華在你們面前怎樣使列國的民滅亡，你們也必照樣滅亡，因為你們不聽從耶和華－你們上帝的話。」
