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立约书亚作继承人

31 摩西又把这些话告诉以色列众人, 对他们说:“我现今一百二十岁,不能再照常出入了;耶和华也曾对我说:你必不得过这约旦河。 耶和华你的 神要亲自领你们过去,从你们面前消灭这些国的民,使你们得着他们的地,照着耶和华说过的,约书亚要亲自领你们过去。 耶和华对待他们,必好象从前对待他消灭的亚摩利人的两个王西宏和噩,以及他们的国一样。 耶和华必把他们交给你们,你们照着我吩咐你们的一切命令对待他们。 你们要坚强勇敢;不要害怕,也不要因他们畏惧,因为耶和华你的 神与你同去;他决不撇下你,也不离弃你。” 摩西把约书亚召了来,在以色列众人面前对他说:“你要坚强勇敢,因为你要和这人民一同进入耶和华向他们的列祖起誓,应许要赐给他们的地;你也要使他们得着那地为业。 耶和华亲自在你前头行,与你同在;他决不撇下你,也不离弃你;你不要害怕,也不要惊慌。”

按时宣读律法书

摩西把这律法写好了,就交给抬耶和华约柜的利未支派的祭司子孙,和以色列的众长老。 10 摩西吩咐他们:“每逢七年的最后一年,就是在豁免年的定期,住棚节期间, 11 以色列众人来到耶和华你的 神选择的地方朝见他的时候,你要在以色列众人面前把这律法宣读给他们听。 12 你要召集人民、男人、女人、孩子,以及你城里的寄居者,叫他们可以听见,叫他们可以学习,好敬畏耶和华你们的 神,谨守遵行这律法的一切话, 13 也叫他们还不认识这律法的儿女可以听见,使他们在你们过约旦河去得为业的地上生活的时候,一生学习敬畏耶和华你们的 神。”

耶和华给摩西最后的训示

14 耶和华对摩西说:“看哪,你的死期临近了;你要把约书亚召来,你们二人要站在会幕里,我好吩咐他。”于是摩西和约书亚前去,一同站在会幕里。 15 耶和华在会幕里,在云柱中显现,这云柱停在会幕的门口上面。 16 耶和华对摩西说:“看哪,你快要和你的列祖长眠了;这人民要起来,在他们所要去的地方,在那地的人中,与外族人的神行邪淫,离弃我,破坏我与他们所立的约。 17 到了那日,我必向他们大发烈怒,离弃他们,掩面不顾他们,他们就必被吞灭,并且遭遇很多灾祸和患难。到了那日,他们必说:‘我们遭遇这些灾祸,不是因为我们的 神不在我们中间吗?’ 18 到了那日,因为他们偏向了别的神,和所作的一切恶事,我必掩面不顾他们。 19 所以,现在你们要为自己写下这首诗歌来,教导以色列人,放在他们口中,使这首诗歌成为我反对他们的见证。 20 因为我把他们领进了我向他们的列祖起誓应许的地,就是流奶与蜜的地,他们在那里吃饱了,发胖了,就必偏向别的神,事奉他们,藐视我,破坏我的约。 21 他们遭遇许多灾祸和患难的时候,这首诗歌就必在他们面前作证,因为这首诗歌必不会从他们后裔的口中忘记。其实,我还未领他们进入我起誓应许之地以先,他们今日心里所怀的意念,我都知道了。” 22 摩西就在那一天写下了这首诗歌,教导以色列人。

23 耶和华吩咐嫩的儿子约书亚,说:“你当坚强勇敢,因为你要领以色列人进我向他们起誓应许的地,我必与你同在。”

24 摩西把这律法的话写在书上,直到写完了, 25 摩西就吩咐抬耶和华约柜的利未人说: 26 “你们要把这律法书,放在耶和华你们的 神的约柜旁,可以在那里作反对你们的见证, 27 因为我知道你们的悖逆和顽固。看哪,我今日还活着与你们同在的时候,你们尚且悖逆耶和华,何况我死了以后呢? 28 你们要把你们各支派的众长老和官长都召集到我这里来,我好把这些话说给他们听,并且呼天唤地对他们作证。 29 因为我知道我死了以后,你们必完全败坏,偏离我吩咐你们的道路;在末后的日子必有灾祸临到你们身上,因为你们必行耶和华看为恶的事,以你们手所作的事,惹他发怒。”

30 于是摩西把这首诗歌的话,都说给以色列的全体会众听,直到说完了。

摩西之歌

32 “天哪,留心吧,我要说话;

地啊,聆听我口中的言语。

我的教训下降如雨,

我的言语滴落如露,

像细雨落在青草上,

像甘霖降在蔬菜上。

因为我要宣告耶和华的名;

你们要尊崇我们的 神的伟大。

他是盘石,他的作为完全,

因为他一切所行的全都公平;

他是诚实无伪的 神,

又公义,又正直。

这世代向他行事败坏,就不是他的儿女,满有弊病,

这实在是个乖僻弯曲的世代。

愚昧无知的人民哪,

你们这样报答耶和华吗?

他不是你的父,不是把你买回来的吗?

他造了你,建立了你。

你要回想古时的日子,

思念历代以来的年月;

问你的父亲,他必告诉你;

问你的长者,他们必对你说。

至高者把地业赐给列国的时候,

把人类分开的时候,

就照着以色列子孙的数目,

立定了万民的境界。

但耶和华的分就是他的子民,

他的产业就是雅各。

10 耶和华在旷野之地遇见了他,

在荒凉之地和野兽吼叫的荒野,遇见了他,

就环绕他,看顾他,

保护他,好象保护自己眼中的瞳人一样。

11 又像老鹰搅动巢窝,

飞翔在雏鹰之上,

搧展翅膀,接取雏鹰,

背在自己的两翼之上。

12 耶和华独自领导了他,

并没有外族人的神与他同在。

13 耶和华使他乘驾地的高处,

得吃田间的土产;

又使他从岩石中吸蜜,

从坚固的盘石中取油。

14 也吃牛酪和羊乳,

羊羔的脂肪,

巴珊的公牛和公山羊,

以及上好的麦子;

也喝了葡萄汁酿成的酒。

15 但耶书仑肥胖了,就踢跳,

‘你肥胖了,你粗壮了,你饱满了,’

他离弃了造他的 神,

轻看了救他的盘石。

16 他们以外族人的神激动了 神的愤恨,

以可憎之事惹起了他的怒气。

17 他们献祭给鬼魔(他们不是神),

就是他们从来不认识的神,

是近来新兴的,

是你们的列祖所不惧怕的。

18 你轻忽了生你的盘石,

你忘记了产你的 神。

19 因为他的儿女激怒了 神,

耶和华看见了,就弃绝了他们,

20 说:‘我必掩面不顾他们,

要看看他们的结局怎样;

因为他们是乖曲的一代,

心里没有信实的人。

21 他们以不是神的神激动了我的愤恨,

以虚无之物惹动了我的怒气;

我也以不是子民的人激动他们的愤恨,

以愚昧的国民惹动他们的怒气。

22 因为在我的怒中有火燃烧起来,

烧到阴间的深处,

把大地和地的出产尽都吞灭,

连山的根基也烧着了。

23 我要把灾祸加在他们身上,

把我的箭向他们射尽。

24 他们必因饥荒消瘦,被热病和毒症消灭;

我也要打发野兽用牙齿咬他们,

和土中的蛇类用毒液害他们。

25 外有刀剑,

内有惊恐,使人丧亡,

使少男少女,

婴孩和白发老人,尽都丧亡。

26 我原想:“我要把他们分散到各处,

把他们的名号都从人间除灭。”

27 但我惧怕仇人激动我,

恐怕敌人误会了,

又恐怕他们说:“是我们的手高举了,

并不是耶和华作了这一切事。”’

28 因为他们是缺乏计谋的国,

他们心中没有见识。

29 如果你们有智慧,就可以明白这事,

认清自己将来的结局了。

30 如果不是他们的盘石把他们出卖了,

如果不是耶和华把他们交出来,

一人怎能追赶一千人,

二人怎能使万人逃跑呢?

31 连我们的仇敌也自己断定,

他们的盘石不像我们的盘石。

32 因为他们的葡萄树,是所多玛的葡萄树所出的,

是蛾摩拉的田地所生的;

他们的葡萄是毒葡萄,

每一挂都是苦的。

33 他们的酒是大蛇的毒液,

是虺蛇的剧毒。

34 这不是贮藏在我这里,

封闭在我的宝库中吗?

35 等到他们失足的时候,

我要伸冤报应;

因为他们遭遇灾难的日子近了,

那预备要临到他们身上的事,必快快临到。

36 耶和华要为自己的子民伸冤,

为自己的仆人难过,

因为耶和华看见他们的能力已经消逝,

为奴的或自由的都没有剩下一人。

37 他必说:‘他们的神在哪里呢?

他们投靠的盘石在哪里呢?

38 就是向来吃他们祭牲脂肪的,

喝他们奠祭之酒的神在哪里呢?

让他们兴起来帮助你们吧,

愿他们保护你们吧!

39 现在你们要知道,只有我是那一位,

除我以外,并没有别的神;

我使人死,也使人活;

我打伤,我也医治;

没有人可以从我的手里抢救出去。

40 我向天举手

说:我活到永永远远;

41 如果我磨亮了我的刀剑,

如果我掌握了审判权,

就必向我的仇敌伸冤,

必向恨我的人报应。

42 我要使我的箭饮血饮醉,

就是被杀的人和被掳的人的血;

我的刀剑要吃肉,就是吃仇敌长发首领的肉。’

43 列国啊,你们当与耶和华的子民一同欢呼,

因为他要伸他仆人流血的冤,他要向他的仇人报复,

他要救赎他的地和他的子民。”

44 摩西和嫩的儿子约书亚前来,把这首诗歌的一切话都说给人民听。

摩西的遗言

45 摩西向以色列众人说完了这一切话, 46 就对他们说:“我今日警告你们的一切话,你们都要放在心上,好吩咐你们的子孙谨守遵行这律法上的一切话。 47 因为这不是空洞、与你们无关重要的事,而是你们的生命;借着这事,你们在过约旦河去得为业的地上,才可以日子长久。”

预言摩西死在尼波山上

48 就在那一天,耶和华对摩西说: 49 “你要上这亚巴琳山去,就是尼波山,在耶利哥对面的摩押地,观看我赐给以色列人为业的迦南地。 50 你必死在你登上的山上,归到你的族人那里去,像你的哥哥亚伦死在何珥山上,归到他的族人那里去一样。 51 因为你们在寻的旷野,在加低斯米利巴水边,在以色列人中间悖逆我,在以色列人中间没有尊我为圣。 52 我赐给以色列人的地,你可以从对面观看,却不得进去。”

Joshua to Succeed Moses

31 Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel: “I am now a hundred and twenty years old(A) and I am no longer able to lead you.(B) The Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’(C) The Lord your God himself will cross(D) over ahead of you.(E) He will destroy these nations(F) before you, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross(G) over ahead of you, as the Lord said. And the Lord will do to them what he did to Sihon and Og,(H) the kings of the Amorites, whom he destroyed along with their land. The Lord will deliver(I) them to you, and you must do to them all that I have commanded you. Be strong and courageous.(J) Do not be afraid or terrified(K) because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you;(L) he will never leave you(M) nor forsake(N) you.”

Then Moses summoned Joshua and said(O) to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them,(P) and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you;(Q) he will never leave you nor forsake you.(R) Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

Public Reading of the Law

So Moses wrote(S) down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carried(T) the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. 10 Then Moses commanded them: “At the end of every seven years, in the year for canceling debts,(U) during the Festival of Tabernacles,(V) 11 when all Israel comes to appear(W) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose,(X) you shall read this law(Y) before them in their hearing. 12 Assemble the people—men, women and children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn(Z) to fear(AA) the Lord your God and follow carefully all the words of this law. 13 Their children,(AB) who do not know this law, must hear it and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Israel’s Rebellion Predicted

14 The Lord said to Moses, “Now the day of your death(AC) is near. Call Joshua(AD) and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, where I will commission him.(AE)” So Moses and Joshua came and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.(AF)

15 Then the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.(AG) 16 And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your ancestors,(AH) and these people will soon prostitute(AI) themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake(AJ) me and break the covenant I made with them. 17 And in that day I will become angry(AK) with them and forsake(AL) them; I will hide(AM) my face(AN) from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters(AO) and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’(AP) 18 And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.

19 “Now write(AQ) down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness(AR) for me against them. 20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors,(AS) and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods(AT) and worship them,(AU) rejecting me and breaking my covenant.(AV) 21 And when many disasters and calamities come on them,(AW) this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do,(AX) even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath.” 22 So Moses wrote(AY) down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites.

23 The Lord gave this command(AZ) to Joshua son of Nun: “Be strong and courageous,(BA) for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you.”

24 After Moses finished writing(BB) in a book the words of this law(BC) from beginning to end, 25 he gave this command to the Levites who carried(BD) the ark of the covenant of the Lord: 26 “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.(BE) 27 For I know how rebellious(BF) and stiff-necked(BG) you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die! 28 Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to testify against them.(BH) 29 For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt(BI) and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster(BJ) will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.”

The Song of Moses

30 And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel:

32 Listen,(BK) you heavens,(BL) and I will speak;
    hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.(BM)
Let my teaching fall like rain(BN)
    and my words descend like dew,(BO)
like showers(BP) on new grass,
    like abundant rain on tender plants.

I will proclaim(BQ) the name of the Lord.(BR)
    Oh, praise the greatness(BS) of our God!
He is the Rock,(BT) his works are perfect,(BU)
    and all his ways are just.
A faithful God(BV) who does no wrong,
    upright(BW) and just is he.(BX)

They are corrupt and not his children;
    to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.(BY)
Is this the way you repay(BZ) the Lord,
    you foolish(CA) and unwise people?(CB)
Is he not your Father,(CC) your Creator,[a]
    who made you and formed you?(CD)

Remember the days of old;(CE)
    consider the generations long past.(CF)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
    your elders, and they will explain to you.(CG)
When the Most High(CH) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(CI)
he set up boundaries(CJ) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[b](CK)
For the Lord’s portion(CL) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(CM)

10 In a desert(CN) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.(CO)
He shielded(CP) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(CQ)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
    and hovers over its young,(CR)
that spreads its wings to catch them
    and carries them aloft.(CS)
12 The Lord alone led(CT) him;(CU)
    no foreign god was with him.(CV)

13 He made him ride on the heights(CW) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(CX)
    and with oil(CY) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(CZ)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.(DA)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(DB)

15 Jeshurun[c](DC) grew fat(DD) and kicked;
    filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(DE) the God who made them
    and rejected the Rock(DF) their Savior.
16 They made him jealous(DG) with their foreign gods
    and angered(DH) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(DI) to false gods,(DJ) which are not God—
    gods they had not known,(DK)
    gods that recently appeared,(DL)
    gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
    you forgot(DM) the God who gave you birth.

19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(DN)
    because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(DO)
20 “I will hide my face(DP) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(DQ)
    children who are unfaithful.(DR)
21 They made me jealous(DS) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(DT)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(DU)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(DV)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(DW)
It will devour(DX) the earth and its harvests(DY)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(DZ)

23 “I will heap calamities(EA) on them
    and spend my arrows(EB) against them.
24 I will send wasting famine(EC) against them,
    consuming pestilence(ED) and deadly plague;(EE)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(EF)
    the venom of vipers(EG) that glide in the dust.(EH)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
    in their homes terror(EI) will reign.(EJ)
The young men and young women will perish,
    the infants and those with gray hair.(EK)
26 I said I would scatter(EL) them
    and erase their name from human memory,(EM)
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
    lest the adversary misunderstand(EN)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
    the Lord has not done all this.’”(EO)

28 They are a nation without sense,
    there is no discernment(EP) in them.
29 If only they were wise and would understand this(EQ)
    and discern what their end will be!(ER)
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,(ES)
unless their Rock had sold them,(ET)
    unless the Lord had given them up?(EU)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,(EV)
    as even our enemies concede.(EW)
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom(EX)
    and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,(EY)
    and their clusters with bitterness.(EZ)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
    the deadly poison of cobras.(FA)

34 “Have I not kept this in reserve
    and sealed it in my vaults?(FB)
35 It is mine to avenge;(FC) I will repay.(FD)
    In due time their foot will slip;(FE)
their day of disaster is near
    and their doom rushes upon them.(FF)

36 The Lord will vindicate his people(FG)
    and relent(FH) concerning his servants(FI)
when he sees their strength is gone
    and no one is left, slave(FJ) or free.[d]
37 He will say: “Now where are their gods,
    the rock they took refuge in,(FK)
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
    and drank the wine of their drink offerings?(FL)
Let them rise up to help you!
    Let them give you shelter!

39 “See now that I myself am he!(FM)
    There is no god besides me.(FN)
I put to death(FO) and I bring to life,(FP)
    I have wounded and I will heal,(FQ)
    and no one can deliver out of my hand.(FR)
40 I lift my hand(FS) to heaven and solemnly swear:
    As surely as I live forever,(FT)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword(FU)
    and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance(FV) on my adversaries
    and repay those who hate me.(FW)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(FX)
    while my sword devours flesh:(FY)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
    the heads of the enemy leaders.”

43 Rejoice,(FZ) you nations, with his people,[e][f]
    for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(GA)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(GB)
    and make atonement for his land and people.(GC)

44 Moses came with Joshua[g](GD) son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day,(GE) so that you may command(GF) your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.(GG) By them you will live long(GH) in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Moses to Die on Mount Nebo

48 On that same day the Lord told Moses,(GI) 49 “Go up into the Abarim(GJ) Range to Mount Nebo(GK) in Moab, across from Jericho,(GL) and view Canaan,(GM) the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die(GN) and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died(GO) on Mount Hor(GP) and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh(GQ) in the Desert of Zin(GR) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.(GS) 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance;(GT) you will not enter(GU) the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:6 Or Father, who bought you
  2. Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God
  3. Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
  4. Deuteronomy 32:36 Or and they are without a ruler or leader
  5. Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
  6. Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
  7. Deuteronomy 32:44 Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua