Deuteronomy 4
1 And now, thou Israel, here the comaundementis and domes whiche Y teche thee, that thou do tho, and lyue, and that thow entre and welde the lond which the Lord God of youre fadris schal yyue to you.
以色列! 現在你要聽我教訓你們的法令和規律，盡力遵行：這樣你們纔能生活，纔能進入佔領，上主你們祖先的天主賜給你們的地方。
2 Ye schulen not adde to the word which Y speke to you, nether ye schulen take awei `fro it; kepe ye the comaundementis of youre Lord God, which Y comaunde to you.
我吩咐你們的話，你們不可增刪，而應全守我向你們所訓示的，上主你們天主的誡命。
3 Youre iyen sien alle thingis whiche the Lord dide ayens Belphegor; how he alto brak alle the worschiperis `of hym fro the myddis of you.
你們親眼見了上主在巴耳培敖爾所做的事：凡隨從巴耳培敖爾的人，上主你們的天主都由你們中間消滅了；
4 Forsothe ye that cleuen to youre Lord God lyuen alle `til in to present day.
你們依附上主你們的天主的人，今日都還活著。
5 Ye witen that Y tauyte you the comaundementis and riytfulnessis, as my Lord God comaundide to me; so ye schulen do tho in the lond whiche ye schulen welde,
看，我授與你們法令和規律，都是上主我的天主吩咐與我的，好叫你們在你們要去佔領的土地內，依照遵行。
6 and ye schulen kepe, and schulen fille in werk. For this is youre wisdom and vndurstondyng bifor puplis, that alle men here these comaundementis, and seie, Lo! a wise puple and vnderstondynge! a greet folk!
你們要謹守遵行，因為這樣，在萬民眼中，纔能顯出你們的智慧和見識；他們一聽到這一切法令說：「這實在是一個有智慧，有見識的大民族! 」
7 Noon other nacioun is so greet, `not in noumbre ether in bodili quantite, but in dignite, that hath Goddis neiyynge to it silf, as oure God is redi to alle oure bisechyngis.
有那個大民族的神這樣接近他們，如同上主我們的天主，在我們每次呼求他時，這樣親近我們呢﹖
8 For whi what other folk is so noble, that it hath cerymonyes and iust domes, and al the lawe which Y schal `sette forth to dai bifor youre iyen?
又有那個大民族，有這樣公正的法令和規律，如同我今天在你們面前，所頒佈的這一切法律呢﹖
9 Therfor kepe thi silf, and thi soule bisili; foryete thou not the wordis whiche thin iyen sien, and falle tho not doun fro thin herte, in alle the daies of thi lijf. Thou schalt teche tho thi sones and thi sones sones.
你應謹慎，加意留心，不要忘了你親眼所見的奇事，終生日日不要讓這些事遠離你的心，並要將這一切傳於你的子子孫孫。
10 Telle thou the day in which thou stodist bifor thi Lord God in Oreb, whanne the Lord spak to me, and seide, Gadere thou the puple to me, that it here my wordis, and lerne for to drede me in al tyme in which it lyueth in erthe, and teche hise sones.
當你在曷勒布，站在上主你的天主面前的那一天，上主曾對我說：「你給我召集民眾，我要叫他們聽清我的話，使他們在世有生之日，學習敬畏我，以此教訓自己的子女。」
11 And ye neiyiden to the `roote of the hille, that brente `til to heuene; and derknessis, and cloude, and myist weren therynne.
你們遂走上前來，站在山腳下，其時山上火燄沖天，且為黑暗和烏雲籠罩著。
12 And the Lord spak to you fro the myddis of fier; ye herden the vois of hise wordis, and outirli ye sien no fourme.
上主由火中對你們說話，你們聽到說話的聲音，卻見不到什麼形狀，只有聲音。
13 And he schewide to you his couenaunt, which he comaundide, that ye schulden do, and `he schewide ten wordis, whiche he wroot in two tablis of stoon.
他將他的盟約，即那十條誡命，給你們宣布出來，吩咐你們遵守，又將這誡命寫在兩塊石版上；
14 And he comaundide to me in that tyme, that Y schulde teche you cerymonyes and domes, whiche ye owen to do in the lond whiche ye schulen welde.
同時上主也吩咐我將法令和規律教訓你們．叫你們在要去佔領的土地內遵行。
15 Therfor kepe ye bisili youre soulis; ye sien not ony licnesse in the dai in which the Lord spak to you in Oreb, fro the myddis of the fier;
你們應極其謹慎：因為上主你們的天主，在曷勒布由火中對你們說話的那天，你們既然沒有見到什麼形狀，
16 lest perauenture ye be disseyued and make to you a grauun licnesse, ether an ymage of male, ether of female;
那麼，你們切不要墮落，為自己製造任何形狀的神像，無論是男或者是女的形狀，
17 a licnesse of alle beestis that ben on erthe, ether of bridis fleynge vndur heuene,
或地上各種走獸的形狀，或空中各類飛鳥的形狀，
18 and of crepynge beestis that ben moued in erthe, ether of fischis that dwellen vndur the erthe in watris; lest perauenture,
或地上任何爬蟲的形狀，或地下水裏各種魚類的形狀。
19 whanne thin iyen ben reisid to heuene, thou se the sonne, and moone, and alle the sterris of heuene, and be disseyued bi errour, and worschipe tho, `bi outermer reuerence, and onour, `bi ynner reuerence, `tho thingis whiche thi Lord God made of nouyt, in to seruyce to alle folkis that ben vndur heuene.
當你舉目望天，觀看日月星辰，和天上的眾星宿時，切不要為之勾引，而去敬拜事奉。那原是上主，你的天主分賜給普天下萬民享用的；
20 Forsothe the Lord took you, and ledde out of the yrun furneys of Egipt, that he schulde haue a puple of eritage, as it is in `present dai.
至於你們，上主揀選了你們，將你們由鐵爐中──埃及──領出來，作他特有的子民，就如今日一樣。
21 And the Lord was wrooth ayens me for youre wordis, and swoor that Y schulde not passe Jordan, and schulde not entre in to the beeste lond, which he schal yyue to you.
可是，上主為了你們的緣故，對我發怒起誓，不讓我過約但河，不許我進入，上主你的天主賜給你作產業的那肥美的土地；
22 Lo! Y die in this erthe; Y schal not passe Jordan; ye schulen passe, and schulen welde the noble lond.
我只有死在這地方，不得過約但河；你們都要過去，佔領那肥美的土地為產業，
23 Be thou war, lest ony tyme thou foryete the couenaunt of thi Lord God, which he made with thee, and lest thou make to thee a grauun licness of tho thingis whiche the Lord forbeed to make.
那麼你們應謹慎，不要忘記上主你們的天主與你們所訂立的盟約，不要製造任何形狀的神像，有如上主你的天主所禁止的，
24 For thi Lord God is fier wastynge; `God, a feruent louyere.
因為上主你的天主是吞噬的烈火，忌邪的天主。
25 If ye gendren sones, and sones of sones, and ye dwellen in the lond, and ye be disceyued, and make to you ony licnesse, and doen yuel bifor youre Lord God, that ye terren hym to greet wrathe,
當你們生養了子孫，在那地住得久了，如果你們墮落下去，製造任何形狀的偶像，行了上主你的天主眼中視為邪惡的事，惹他發怒，
26 Y clepe witnesses to dai heuene and erthe, `that is, ech resonable creature beynge in heuene and in erthe, that ye schulen perische soone fro the lond, which ye schulen welde, whanne ye han passid Jordan; ye schulen not dwelle long tyme therynne, but the Lord schal do awey you,
我今天就指著上天下地對你們作證，你們必在過約但河後所佔領的土地上迅速滅亡，決不會在那地長久生存，必全被消滅。
27 and schal scatere `in to alle hethen men, and ye schulen leeue fewe among naciouns, to whiche the Lord schal lede you.
上主要將你們分散到萬民之中，在上主領你們所到的外邦中，你們剩下的人，必為數不多。
28 And there ye schulen serue to goddis, that ben maad bi `the hond of men, to a tre and a stoon, that `seen not, nether heren, nether eten, nether smellen.
在那裏你們要事奉人手所製造的神，即各種看不見，聽不見，不會吃，不能聞的木石神像。
29 And whanne thou hast souyt there thi Lord God, thou schalt fynde hym; if netheles thou sekist with al the herte, and with al the tribulacioun of thi soule.
你在那裏必要尋求上主你的天主，只要你全心全靈尋求，你就可尋到他。
30 Aftir that alle thingis han founde thee, that ben biforseid, forsothe in the laste tyme, thou schalt turne ayen to thi Lord God, and thou schalt here his vois.
日後，當這些事都臨於你，使你困惱時，你必回心歸向上主你的天主，聽從他的聲音；
31 For thi Lord God is merciful God; he schal not forsake thee, nethir he schal do awey outirli, nethir he schal foryete the couenaunt, in which he swoor to thi fadris.
因為上主你的天主原是仁慈的天主，他不會捨棄你，不會毀滅你，也不會忘卻他起誓與你祖先所立的盟約。
32 Axe thou of elde daies that weren bifor thee, fro the day in which thi Lord God made of nouyt man on erthe, axe thou fro that oon ende of heuene `til to the tother ende therof, if sich a thing was doon ony tyme, ether if it was euere knowun,
你且考察在你以前過去的世代，從天主在地上造了人以來，由天這邊到天那邊，是否有過像這樣的大事，是否聽過像這樣的事﹖
33 that a puple herde the vois of God spekynge fro the myddis of the fier, as thou herdist, and siest;
是否有一民族，如同你一樣，聽到了天主由火中說話的聲音，還仍然活著﹖
34 if God `dide, that he entride, and took to him silf a folc fro the middis of naciouns, bi temptaciouns, myraclis, and grete wondris, bi batel, and strong hond, and arm holdun forth, and orrible siytis, bi alle thingis whiche youre Lord God dide for you in Egipt, `while thin iyen sien;
或者，是否有過一個神，以災難、神蹟、奇事、戰爭、強力的手、伸展的臂和可怕的威能，企圖將某一民族由另一民族中領出來，如上主你們的天主在埃及於你們眼前，對你們所做的一切一樣﹖
35 that thou schuldist wite, that the Lord hym silf is God, and noon other is, outakun oon.
這一切只顯示給你，是要你知道，只有上主是天主，除他以外再沒有別的神。
36 Fro heuene he made thee to here his vois, that he schulde teche thee; and in erthe he schewide to thee his grettiste fier, and thou herdist the wordis `of hym fro the myddis of the fier;
他由天上使你聽到他的聲音，是為教訓你；在地上使你見到他的烈火，叫你聽到他由火中發出的言語。
37 for he louyde thi fadris, and chees her seed aftir hem. And he ledde thee out of Egipt, and yede bifore in his greet vertu,
他由於愛你的祖先，纔揀選了他們的後裔，親自以強力把你由埃及領出來，
38 that he schulde do awei grettiste naciouns, and strongere than thou, in thin entryng, and that he schulde lede thee ynne, and schulde yyue to thee the lond `of hem in to possessioun, as thou seest in `present day.
由你面前趕走比你更大的民族，領你進入他們的國土，賜給你作為產業，就如今日一樣。
39 Therfor wite thou to dai, and thenke in thin herte, that the Lord him silfe is God in heuene aboue, and in erthe bynethe, and noon other is.
所以今日你該知道，且要牢記在心：天上地下，只有上主是天主，再沒有別的神。
40 Kepe thou hise heestis, and comaundementis, whiche Y comaunde to thee, that it be wel to thee, and to thi sones after thee, and that thou dwelle mych tyme on the lond, which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee.
你應遵守他的法令和誡命，就是我今日所訓示與你的，好使你和你的後代子孫得享幸福，在上主你的天主永久賜給你的土地內，能以久住。」
41 Thanne Moises departide thre citees biyende Jordan at the eest coost,
那時梅瑟在約但河東，向日出之地，劃定了三座城，
42 that he fle to tho, that sleeth his neighbore not wilfuli, and was not enemy bifore oon and `the tother dai, and that he mai fle to summe of these citees;
使那素無仇恨而又無心殺死同胞的人，可逃到那裏去避難；凡逃入其中的一座，就可獲救。
43 Bosor in the wildirnesse, which is set in the feeldi lond, of the lynage of Ruben; and Ramoth in Galaad, which is in the lynage of Gad; and Golan in Basan, which is in the lynage of Manasses.
為勒烏本人指定了位於曠野高原的貝責爾；為加得人指地了基肋阿得的辣摩特；為默納協人指定了巴商的哥藍。
44 This is the lawe which Moises `settide forth bifor the sones of Israel,
這是梅瑟在以色列子民面前宣布的法律，
45 and these ben the witnessyngis, and cerymonyes, and domes, whiche he spak to the sones of Israel, whanne thei yeden out of Egipt,
就是梅瑟在以色列子民出埃及後，對他們所發表的勸告、法令和規則。
46 biyende Jordan, in the valey ayens the temple of Phegor, in the lond of Seon, kyng of Ammorreis, that dwellide in Esebon, whom Moises killide. And the sones of Israel yeden out of Egipt, and weldiden `the lond of him,
地點是在約但河東，貝特培敖爾對面的山谷中，即在位於赫市朋的阿摩黎王息紅的國土內。息紅已為梅瑟和以色列子民由埃及出來後所殺，
47 and the lond of Og, kyng of Basan, twei kyngis of Ammoreis, that weren biyende Jordan, at the rysyng of the sunne;
他的土地為他們所佔領，並且也佔了巴商王敖格的土地。──這兩個阿摩黎人王，住在約但河東，向日出之地，
48 fro Aroer which is set on the brenke of the stronde of Arnon, `til to the hil of Seon, which is Hermon;
從阿爾農河岸的阿洛厄爾，直到息爾翁山，即赫爾孟山，
49 thei weldiden al the pleyn biyende Jordan, at the eest coost, `til to the see of wildirnesse, and `til to the rootis of the hil of Phasga.
連約但河東的全阿辣巴荒野在內，直到位於丕斯加山坡下的阿辣巴海。
