Deuteronomy 31

1 When Moses had finished speaking these words to all Israel,

1 摩西继续对以色列人说：

2 he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’

2 “我现在已经一百二十岁了，无法再继续带领你们，耶和华曾说我不得过约旦河。

3 The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

3 你们的上帝耶和华要亲自带领你们过河，在你们面前消灭那里的各族，使你们占领他们的土地。约书亚将带领你们过河，正如耶和华所言。

4 And the LORD will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, when He destroyed them along with their land.

4 耶和华要毁灭那里的各族，像毁灭亚摩利二王西宏和噩及其国家一样。

5 The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.

5 耶和华要把他们交给你们，你们要照我的一切吩咐处置他们。

6 Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

6 你们要刚强勇敢，不要惧怕他们，因为你们的上帝耶和华与你们同行，祂不会撇下你们，也不会离弃你们。”

7 Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.

7 摩西把约书亚叫来，当着全体以色列人的面对他说：“你要刚强勇敢！因为你要与百姓一同进入耶和华起誓要赐给他们祖先的土地，把土地分给他们作产业。

8 The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

8 耶和华必带领你，与你同在。祂不会撇下你，也不会离弃你。不要惊慌害怕。”

9 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

9 摩西把这律法写好，交给抬耶和华约柜的利未祭司和以色列的众长老。

10 Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles,

10 摩西吩咐他们说：“每逢免除债务的第七年的住棚节，

11 when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.

11 所有以色列人到你们的上帝耶和华选定的地方朝见祂时，你们要当众大声宣读这律法。

12 Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.

12 要招聚所有男女、孩童以及住在你们中间的外族人，让他们聆听这律法，学习敬畏你们的上帝耶和华，谨遵律法上的一切话。

13 Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

13 这样，他们那些还不知道这律法的孩子便有机会听到律法，在你们将要占领的约旦河西岸的土地上，学习终生敬畏你们的上帝耶和华。”

14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.

14 耶和华对摩西说：“你快要离世了。叫约书亚与你一起到会幕，我要委派他。”摩西和约书亚就来到会幕。

15 Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

15 有云柱停在会幕入口的上方，耶和华在云柱中向他们显现。

16 And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

16 耶和华对摩西说：“你快要与祖先同眠了。这些百姓将很快在要占领的土地上与外族人的神明苟合，背弃我，违背我与他们所立的约。

17 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

17 那时，我要向他们发怒，离弃他们，掩面不理他们。他们将被吞灭，遭遇许多祸患和灾难，以致他们会说，‘这些祸患临到我们，岂不是因为上帝不在我们中间了吗？’

18 And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

18 那时，我必掩面不理他们，因为他们祭拜其他神明，行为邪恶。

19 Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

19 “现在，你要写一首歌，教导以色列人，让他们吟唱，作为我指控他们的证据。

20 When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

20 因为当我把他们带到我起誓应许他们祖先的奶蜜之乡后，当他们在那里吃饱喝足后，就会嫌弃我，违背我与他们所立的约，去供奉其他神明。

21 And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

21 当许多祸患和灾难临到他们的时候，这首歌就要成为指控他们的证据，因为这首歌要在他们的子孙中世代流传。虽然我还没有带领他们进入我起誓应许之地，我已经知道他们的心思意念。”

22 So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.

22 当天，摩西就写下这首歌，传授给以色列人。

23 Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

23 耶和华嘱咐嫩的儿子约书亚：“你要刚强勇敢，因为你要带领以色列人进入我起誓应许他们的土地，我必与你同在。”

24 When Moses had finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

24 摩西把这律法都写在书上以后，

25 he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

25 就吩咐抬耶和华约柜的利未人：

26 “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

26 “把这律法书放在你们的上帝耶和华的约柜旁，作为指控你们的证据。

27 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

27 因为我知道你们悖逆、顽固不化，我还活在你们中间的时候，你们尚且背叛上帝，何况我死后呢？

28 Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

28 把你们各支派的长老和首领招聚来，我要把这些话告诉他们，叫天地作证来指控他们。

29 For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”

29 我知道，我死后你们会彻底堕落，偏离我吩咐你们行的道，做耶和华视为恶的事，惹祂发怒，将来祸患必临到你们。”

30 Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:

30 然后，摩西把这首诗歌从头到尾读给以色列全体会众听。