Deuteronomy 31
1 And Moses finished speaking all these words to all the children of Israel;
梅瑟又繼續用以下的話向全以色列人說：「
2 and said to them, I am this day a hundred and twenty years [old]; I shall not be able any longer to come in or go out; and the Lord said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan.
我今天已經一百二十歲，再不能出入；而且上主曾對我說：『你不能過這約但河。』
3 The Lord your God who goes before you, he shall destroy these nations before you, and you shall inherit them: and [it shall be] Joshua that goes before your face, as the Lord has spoken.
上主你的天主親自要領你過去，親自要由你面前將這些民族消滅，使你佔領他們的土地；按上主所許過的，若蘇厄將領你們過去。
4 And the Lord your God shall do to them as he did to Seon and Og the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, and to their land, as he destroyed them.
上主對待那些民族，必像以前對待阿摩黎人王息紅和敖格，以及他們的國一樣，將他們完全消滅。
5 And the Lord has delivered them to you; and you shall do to them, as I charged you.
上主必將他們交於你們，你們應依照我吩咐你們的一切命令，對待他們。
6 Be courageous and strong, fear not, neither be cowardly neither be afraid before them; for [it is] the Lord your God that advances with you in the midst of you, neither will he by any means forsake you, nor desert you.
你們應勇敢堅決，不要害怕，在他們面前也不要畏懼，因為上主你的天主親自與你同行，決不拋棄你，也決不離開你。」
7 And Moses called Joshua, and said to him before all Israel, Be courageous and strong; for you shall go in before this people into the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, and you shall give it to them for an inheritance.
然後梅瑟召若蘇厄來，當著全以色列的面對他說：「你要勇敢堅決，因為你應領這人民，進入上主向他們祖先誓許要賜予他們的土地；你應將那地分給他們作為基業。
8 And the Lord that goes with you shall not forsake you nor abandon you; fear not, neither be afraid.
上主必親自領導你，與你同在，決不拋棄你，也決不離開你；你不要害怕，也不要膽怯。」
9 And Moses wrote the words of this law in a book, and gave it to the priests the sons of Levi who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the sons of Israel.
梅瑟寫好這法律，交給抬上主約櫃的肋未子孫司祭，和以色列所有的長老；
10 And Moses charged them in that day, saying, After seven years, in the time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
然後梅瑟吩咐他們說：「每逢七年，即在豁免年間的帳棚節期內，
11 when all Israel come together to appear before the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their ears,
當全以色列人來到上主你的天主所選的地方朝拜上主時，你應在全以色列人前，大聲宣讀這法律。
12 having assembled the people, the men, and the women, and the children, and the stranger that is in your cities, that they may hear, and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God; and they shall listen to do all the words of this law.
你應召集人民，男女幼小，和你城鎮中的外方人，叫他們都聽到，好學習敬畏上主你們的天主，謹守遵行這法律上的一切話。
13 And their sons who have not known shall hear, and shall learn to fear the Lord your God all the days that they live upon the land, into which you go over Jordan to inherit it.
尚不認識這法律的子女，也應叫他們聽到，好使他們在你們渡過約但河去佔領的土地上生活的時候，日日學習敬畏上主你們的天主。」
14 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, the days of your death are at hand; call Joshua, and stand you by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and I will give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went to the tabernacle of testimony, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.
上主對梅瑟說：「看，你的死期已近，你召若蘇厄來，你們一起站在會幕那裏，我好吩咐他。」梅瑟於是和若蘇厄前去，一起站在會幕那裏。
15 And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony; and the pillar of the cloud stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.
上主出現在會幕上，在雲柱中，這雲柱停在會幕門口上面。
16 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will arise and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land, into which they are entering: and they will forsake me, and break my covenant, which I made with them.
上主對梅瑟說：「看，你快與你的祖先同眠；這人民要起來，在要去的地方內，同異邦之神行淫，而離棄我，破壞我與他們所訂立的盟約。
17 And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me.
那時，我必要對他們大發忿怒，拋棄他們，掩面不顧他們，讓他們被人吞併，使他們遭遇許多災禍和艱難；到那日他們必說：『我遭遇了這些災禍，豈不是因為我的天主已不在我中間了麼﹖』
18 And I will surely turn away my face from them in that day, because of all their evil doings which they have done, because they turned aside after strange gods.
因了他們歸向其他的神所作的一切邪惡，那天我必掩面不顧他們。
19 And now write the words of this song, and teach it to the children of Israel, and you shall put it into their mouth, that this song may witness for me among the children of Israel to their face.
所以，現在你應寫下這篇詩歌，教給以色列子民的證據。
20 For I will bring them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey: and they shall eat and be filled and satisfy [themselves]; then will they turn aside after other gods, and serve them, and they will provoke me, and break my covenant.
因我領他們進了我對他們的祖先所誓許的流奶流蜜的土地，他們吃飽了，吃肥了，卻歸向了其他的神，事奉他們，而蔑視我，破壞我的盟約。
21 And this song shall stand up to witness against them; for they shall not forget it out of their mouth, or out of the mouth of their seed; for I know their wickedness, what they are doing here this day, before I have brought them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers.
當他們遭遇到許多災禍和艱難時，這詩歌就成為反對他們的證據，因為這詩歌總不會由他們後裔的口中失傳。的確，在我領他們進入我誓許的地方以前，我早已知道他們今天所懷的企圖。」
22 And Moses wrote this song in that day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
梅瑟遂在那一天寫下了這篇詩歌，教給了以色列子民。
23 And he charged Joshua, and said, Be courageous and strong, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land, which the Lord sware to them, and he shall be with you.
此後，上主吩咐農的兒子若蘇厄說：「你要勇敢堅決，因為你要領以色列子民進入我給他們誓許的土地，我必與你同在。」
24 And when Moses finished writing all the words of this law in a book, even to the end,
梅瑟將這法律的話在書上寫完以後，
25 then he charged the Levites who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
便吩咐抬上主約櫃的肋未人說：「
26 Take the book of this law, and you shall put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God; and it shall be there among you for a testimony.
你們將這法律書拿去，放在上主你們天主的約櫃旁，留在那裏作為反對你的證據。
27 For I know your provocation, and your stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, you have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall you not also be so after my death?
因為我知道你是如何頑固執拗。看，我還同你們生活在一起的今天，你們就這樣反抗了上主；何況在我死後!
28 Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.
你們給我將你們支派所有的長老和官員召來，我要將這些話說給他們聽，指著天地對他們作證。
29 For I know that after my death you will utterly transgress, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you; and evils shall come upon you in the latter days, because you will do evil before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of your hands. And Moses spoke all the words of this song even to the end, in the ears of the whole assembly.
因為我知道在我死後，你們必定完全敗壞，離棄我吩咐你們的道；最後，你們必要遭受災禍，因為作了上主視為邪惡的事，以你們的作為，使他發怒。」
梅瑟遂在以色列全體會眾前，由頭至尾，大聲朗誦了這篇詩歌的話。
