申命記 1
1 以下所記的是摩西在約旦河東的曠野、疏弗對面的亞拉巴－就是巴蘭、陀弗、拉班、哈洗錄、底撒哈中間－向以色列眾人所說的話。（
These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
2 從何烈山經過西珥山到加低斯‧巴尼亞有十一天的路程。）
It is eleven days journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
3 出埃及第四十年十一月初一日，摩西照耶和華藉着他所吩咐以色列人的話都曉諭他們。
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, according to all that Jehovah had given him in commandment to them,
4 那時，他已經擊殺了住希實本的亞摩利王西宏和住以得來、亞斯他錄的巴珊王噩。
after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
5 摩西在約旦河東的摩押地講律法說：
Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
6 「耶和華－我們的上帝在何烈山曉諭我們說：你們在這山上住的日子夠了；
Jehovah our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough at this mountain.
7 要起行轉到亞摩利人的山地和靠近這山地的各處，就是亞拉巴、山地、高原、南地，沿海一帶迦南人的地，並黎巴嫩山又到幼發拉底大河。
Turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and to all the places near thereto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
8 如今我將這地擺在你們面前；你們要進去得這地，就是耶和華向你們列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓應許賜給他們和他們後裔為業之地。」
Behold, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.
9 「那時，我對你們說：『管理你們的重任，我獨自擔當不起。
And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone.
10 耶和華－你們的上帝使你們多起來。看哪，你們今日像天上的星那樣多。
Jehovah your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11 惟願耶和華－你們列祖的上帝使你們比如今更多千倍，照他所應許你們的話賜福與你們。
Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
12 但你們的麻煩，和管理你們的重任，並你們的爭訟，我獨自一人怎能擔當得起呢？
How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
13 你們要按着各支派選舉有智慧、有見識、為眾人所認識的，我立他們為你們的首領。』
Take for you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
14 你們回答我說：『照你所說的行了為妙。』
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou have spoken is good to do.
15 我便將你們各支派的首領，有智慧、為眾人所認識的，照你們的支派，立他們為官長、千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十夫長，管理你們。
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
16 「當時，我囑咐你們的審判官說：『你們聽訟，無論是弟兄彼此爭訟，是與同居的外人爭訟，都要按公義判斷。
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner who is with him.
17 審判的時候，不可看人的外貌；聽訟不可分貴賤，不可懼怕人，因為審判是屬乎上帝的。若有難斷的案件，可以呈到我這裏，我就判斷。』
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment. Ye shall hear the small and the great alike. Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you ye shall bring to me, and I will hear it.
18 那時，我將你們所當行的事都吩咐你們了。」
And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19 「我們照着耶和華－我們上帝所吩咐的從何烈山起行，經過你們所看見那大而可怕的曠野，往亞摩利人的山地去，到了加低斯‧巴尼亞。
And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us, and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
20 我對你們說：『你們已經到了耶和華－我們上帝所賜給我們的亞摩利人之山地。
And I said to you, Ye have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God gives to us.
21 看哪，耶和華－你的上帝已將那地擺在你面前，你要照耶和華－你列祖的上帝所說的上去得那地為業；不要懼怕，也不要驚惶。』
Behold, Jehovah thy God has set the land before thee. Go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, has spoken to thee. Fear not, neither be dismayed.
22 你們都就近我來說：『我們要先打發人去，為我們窺探那地，將我們上去該走何道，必進何城，都回報我們。』
And ye came near to me, all of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come.
23 這話我以為美，就從你們中間選了十二個人，每支派一人。
And the thing pleased me well. And I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe.
24 於是他們起身上山地去，到以實各谷，窺探那地。
And they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
25 他們手裏拿着那地的果子下來，到我們那裏，回報說：『耶和華－我們的上帝所賜給我們的是美地。』
And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God gives to us.
26 「你們卻不肯上去，竟違背了耶和華－你們上帝的命令，
Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God.
27 在帳棚內發怨言說：『耶和華因為恨我們，所以將我們從埃及地領出來，要交在亞摩利人手中，除滅我們。
And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
28 我們上哪裏去呢？我們的弟兄使我們的心消化，說那地的民比我們又大又高，城邑又廣大又堅固，高得頂天，並且我們在那裏看見亞衲族的人。』
Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven, and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
29 我就對你們說：『不要驚恐，也不要怕他們。
Then I said to you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30 在你們前面行的耶和華－你們的上帝必為你們爭戰，正如他在埃及和曠野，在你們眼前所行的一樣。
Jehovah your God who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
31 你們在曠野所行的路上，也曾見耶和華－你們的上帝撫養你們，如同人撫養兒子一般，直等你們來到這地方。』
and in the wilderness, where thou have seen how that Jehovah thy God bore thee, as a man bears his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came to this place.
32 你們在這事上卻不信耶和華－你們的上帝。
Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,
33 他在路上，在你們前面行，為你們找安營的地方；夜間在火柱裏，日間在雲柱裏，指示你們所當行的路。」
who went before you in the way, to seek out a place for you to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.
34 「耶和華聽見你們這話，就發怒，起誓說：
And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was angry, and swore, saying,
35 『這惡世代的人，連一個也不得見我起誓應許賜給你們列祖的美地；
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,
36 惟有耶孚尼的兒子迦勒必得看見，並且我要將他所踏過的地賜給他和他的子孫，因為他專心跟從我。』
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and I will give to him the land that he has trodden upon, and to his sons, because he has wholly followed Jehovah.
37 耶和華為你的緣故也向我發怒，說：『你必不得進入那地。
Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shall not go in there.
38 伺候你、嫩的兒子約書亞，他必得進入那地；你要勉勵他，因為他要使以色列人承受那地為業。
Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before thee, he shall go in there. Encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39 並且你們的婦人孩子，就是你們所說、必被擄掠的，和今日不知善惡的兒女，必進入那地。我要將那地賜給他們，他們必得為業。
Moreover your little ones, who ye said would be a prey, and your sons, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there, and I will give it to them, and they shall possess it.
40 至於你們，要轉回，從紅海的路往曠野去。』
But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
41 「那時，你們回答我說：『我們得罪了耶和華，情願照耶和華－我們上帝一切所吩咐的上去爭戰。』於是你們各人帶着兵器，爭先上山地去了。
Then ye answered and said to me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.
42 耶和華吩咐我說：『你對他們說：不要上去，也不要爭戰；因我不在你們中間，恐怕你們被仇敵殺敗了。』
And Jehovah said to me, Say to them, Do not go up, neither fight, for I am not among you, lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
43 我就告訴了你們，你們卻不聽從，竟違背耶和華的命令，擅自上山地去了。
So I spoke to you, and ye did not hearken, but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.
44 住那山地的亞摩利人就出來攻擊你們，追趕你們，如蜂擁一般，在西珥殺退你們，直到何珥瑪。
And the Amorites, who dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah.
45 你們便回來，在耶和華面前哭號；耶和華卻不聽你們的聲音，也不向你們側耳。
And ye returned and wept before Jehovah, but Jehovah did not hearken to your voice, nor gave ear to you.
46 於是你們在加低斯住了許多日子。」
So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according to the days that ye abode there.
