Deuteronomy 31

1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.

梅瑟又繼續用以下的話向全以色列人說：「

2 And he said unto them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou shalt 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 Jehovah thy God, he will go over before thee; he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as Jehovah hath 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 Jehovah will do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land; whom he destroyed.

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 Jehovah will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the commandment which I have commanded 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 strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

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 unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for thou shalt go with this people into the land which Jehovah hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

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 Jehovah, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

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 this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders 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 commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the set 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 is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

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 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe 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 that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess 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 Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

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 Jehovah appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.

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 Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have 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 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

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 hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other 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 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

所以，現在你應寫下這篇詩歌，教給以色列子民的證據。

20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise 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 it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

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 So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it 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 gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.

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 it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

梅瑟將這法律的話在書上寫完以後，

25 that Moses commanded the Levites, that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,

便吩咐抬上主約櫃的肋未人說：「

26 Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

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 thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more 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 Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call 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 ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

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。」

30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.

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。