申命记 9
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
得勝在乎耶和華
9 “以色列啊,你要聽,你今日快要過約旦河,進去趕出比你又大又強的列國,佔領堅固、高得頂天的城市。 2 那地的民族又高又大,就是亞衲族的人,是你知道的,你也聽過有人指著他們說:‘誰能在亞衲族人面前站立得住呢?’ 3 所以今日你要知道,耶和華你的 神要像烈火一樣在你面前過去;他要消滅他們,他要在你面前把他們征服;這樣你就可以照著耶和華吩咐你的,把他們趕走,使他們迅速滅亡。 4 耶和華你的 神把這些國的民從你面前驅逐出去以後,你心裡不要說:‘耶和華把我領進來取得這地,是因著我的義。’其實耶和華從你面前把這些國的民趕出去,是因著他們的惡。 5 你進去取得他們的地,並不是因著你的義,也不是因著你心裡的正直,而是因著這些國的民的惡,耶和華你的 神才把他們從你面前趕出去,為要實踐他向你的列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各,起誓應許的話。 6 你要知道,耶和華你的 神把這美地賜給你作產業,並不是因著你的義;你本來是頑固的民族。
複述以色列人的叛逆行為
7 “你要記住,不可忘記,你在曠野怎樣惹耶和華你的 神發怒;自從你出了埃及地的那天起,直到你們來到這地方,你們常是反抗耶和華的。 8 你們在何烈山又惹耶和華發怒,以致耶和華向你們發怒,要滅絕你們。 9 那時,我上了山,要領受石版,就是耶和華與你們立約的石版;那時我在山上住了四十晝夜,不吃不喝。 10 耶和華把那兩塊石版交給了我,是 神用手指寫的;石版上所寫的,是耶和華在大會之日,在山上從火中對你們所說的一切話。 11 過了四十晝夜,耶和華把那兩塊石版,就是約版,交給了我。 12 耶和華對我說:‘你起來,從這裡趕快下去,因為你從埃及領出來的人已經敗壞了,他們很快就偏離了我吩咐他們走的道路,為自己鑄造了偶像。’ 13 耶和華又對我說:‘你看這民族真是一個頑固的民族。 14 你不要管我,我要消滅他們,把他們的名字從天下除去;我要使你成為一個比他們更強更大的國。’ 15 於是我轉身,從山上下來,山上有火燒著;我手中拿著兩塊約版。 16 我觀看,見你們自己鑄造了牛犢,很快就離開了耶和華吩咐你們走的道路。 17 我拿著那兩塊石版,從我兩手中扔下去,在你們眼前摔碎了。 18 為了你們所犯的一切罪,作了耶和華看為惡的事,惹他發怒,我就像先前那樣,俯伏在耶和華面前,四十晝夜,不吃不喝。 19 因為耶和華向你們大發烈怒,要消滅你們,我就很懼怕;但是那一次耶和華也聽了我的懇求。 20 耶和華也向亞倫發怒,要消滅他;那時候我也為亞倫祈禱。 21 我把你們的罪,就是你們鑄造的牛犢,拿去用火燒了,又把它搗碎,磨成細粉,像灰塵一樣;我把這灰塵撒在從山上流下來的溪水中。
22 “後來你們在他備拉、瑪撒、基博羅.哈他瓦,又惹耶和華發怒。 23 耶和華打發你們離開加低斯.巴尼亞,說:‘你們上去得我賜給你們作產業的地。’那時你們竟違背耶和華你們的 神的命令,不相信他,不聽從他的話。 24 自從我認識了你們那一天起,你們就常常悖逆耶和華。
25 “因為耶和華說要消滅你們,我就俯伏在耶和華面前,共俯伏了四十晝夜。 26 我祈求耶和華,說:‘主耶和華啊,求你不要毀滅你的子民,你的產業,就是你藉著你的大能救贖,藉著你有力的手從埃及領出來的。 27 求你記念你的僕人亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各;不要看這民族的頑固、邪惡和罪過, 28 免得你領我們從那裡出來的那地的人說:“耶和華因為不能把他們領進他應許的地,又因為恨他們,所以才把他們領出來,要在曠野殺死他們。” 29 但是,他們是你的子民,是你的產業,又是你藉著大能和伸出來的膀臂領出來的。’”
申命记 9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
以色列人的悖逆
9 “以色列人啊,你们要听!今天你们要过约旦河,去赶出那些比你们强大的民族。他们住在城墙高耸入云的大城里, 2 是长得高大威猛的亚衲人。你们了解他们,也听人说过,‘谁能抵挡亚衲人呢?’ 3 但今天你们要知道,你们的上帝耶和华要走在你们前面,像烈火一样吞噬他们。祂要制服他们,使你们迅速赶走他们,毁灭他们,正如祂对你们的应许。
4 “你们的上帝耶和华赶走他们以后,你们不要以为耶和华带领你们占领那片土地是因为你们公义,其实是因为那里的民族邪恶,耶和华才将他们从你们面前赶走。 5 你们能占领他们的土地并非因为你们公义、行为正直。你们的上帝耶和华从你们面前赶走那些民族,是因为他们邪恶,也是为了实现祂给你们祖先亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各的誓言。 6 你们要知道,耶和华赐给你们那佳美之地不是因为你们有好品德。其实你们是顽固不化的人。
7 “要牢记你们在旷野怎样触怒你们的上帝耶和华。从你们离开埃及那天到现在,你们屡屡背叛耶和华。 8 在何烈山,你们触怒了耶和华,以致祂要毁灭你们。 9 那时,我上山去接受耶和华与你们立约的石版,在山上待了四十昼夜,不吃也不喝。 10 耶和华把两块立约的石版交给我,上面刻着那天你们聚会时祂在山上的火焰中对你们说的话,是祂用手指刻上去的。 11 四十昼夜后,耶和华把那两块刻着约的石版交给我, 12 对我说,‘快下山吧,你从埃及领出来的百姓已经败坏了。他们这么快就偏离了我吩咐他们走的道,为自己铸造了神像。’
13 “耶和华又对我说,‘我已看出,这是顽固不化的百姓。 14 不要拦我,我要毁灭他们,从世上抹去他们的名字。我要使你的子孙成为一个比他们更强大的民族。’ 15 我双手拿着那两块石版,转身从烈火熊熊的山上下来, 16 看见你们为自己铸造了牛犊像,得罪了你们的上帝耶和华,这么快就偏离了耶和华吩咐你们走的道, 17 就当着你们的面摔碎了那两块石版。
18 “我又俯伏在耶和华面前,四十昼夜不吃不喝,因为你们犯了大罪,做耶和华憎恶的事,惹祂发怒。 19 耶和华向你们发烈怒,要毁灭你们,我非常惧怕。但耶和华再次垂听了我的祈求。 20 耶和华对亚伦非常愤怒,以致要杀掉他,于是我也为他祈求。 21 我焚烧了你们铸造的罪恶之物——牛犊像,把它磨成细粉,撒在从山上流下来的溪水中。
22 “你们在他备拉、玛撒和基博罗·哈他瓦三番四次地触怒耶和华。 23 你们的上帝耶和华吩咐你们离开加低斯·巴尼亚,去占领祂赐给你们的土地,你们却背叛祂,不信靠祂,也不听从祂。 24 自从我认识你们以来,你们就不断地背叛耶和华。
25 “因为耶和华说要毁灭你们,我就俯伏在耶和华面前四十昼夜, 26 向祂祈求说,‘主耶和华啊,求你不要毁灭你的子民!他们是你的产业,是你用大能的手从埃及拯救出来的。 27 求你看在你仆人亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各的份上,不要计较这个民族的顽固和罪恶, 28 免得你带领我们离开之地的人说,你不能把他们领到你应许给他们的地方,你憎恶他们,所以把他们带到旷野杀了。 29 他们毕竟是你的子民,你的产业,是你伸出大能的臂膀从埃及带出来的。’
Deuteronomy 9
New English Translation
Theological Justification of the Conquest
9 Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.[a] 2 They include the Anakites,[b] a numerous[c] and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said, “Who is able to resist the Anakites?” 3 Understand today that the Lord your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he[d] has told you. 4 Do not think to yourself after the Lord your God has driven them out before you, “Because of my own righteousness the Lord has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you. 5 It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness,[e] that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations, the Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he[f] made on oath to your ancestors,[g] to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 6 Understand, therefore, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is about to give you this good land as a possession, for you are a stubborn[h] people!
The History of Israel’s Stubbornness
7 Remember—don’t ever forget[i]—how you provoked the Lord your God in the wilderness; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him.[j] 8 At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you. 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained there[k] forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing. 10 The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, written by the very finger[l] of God, and on them was everything[m] he[n] said to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that assembly. 11 Now at the end of the forty days and nights the Lord presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant. 12 And he said to me, “Get up, go down at once from here because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have sinned! They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them and have made for themselves a cast metal image.”[o] 13 Moreover, he said to me, “I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn[p] lot! 14 Stand aside[q] and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory,[r] and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”
15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it[s] was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. 16 When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf;[t] you had quickly turned aside from the way he[u] had commanded you! 17 I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down,[v] and shattered them before your very eyes. 18 Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him. 19 For I was terrified at the Lord’s intense anger[w] that threatened to destroy you. But he[x] listened to me this time as well. 20 The Lord was also angry enough at Aaron to kill him, but at that time I prayed for him[y] too. 21 As for your sinful thing[z] that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down,[aa] ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain. 22 Moreover, you continued to provoke the Lord at Taberah,[ab] Massah,[ac] and Kibroth Hattaavah.[ad] 23 And when he[ae] sent you from Kadesh Barnea and told you, “Go up and possess the land I have given you,” you rebelled against the Lord your God[af] and would neither believe nor obey him. 24 You have been rebelling against him[ag] from the very first day I knew you!
Moses’ Plea on Behalf of God’s Reputation
25 I lay flat on the ground before the Lord for forty days and nights,[ah] for he[ai] had said he would destroy you. 26 I prayed to him:[aj] O, Sovereign Lord,[ak] do not destroy your people, your valued property[al] that you have powerfully redeemed,[am] whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength.[an] 27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people. 28 Otherwise the people of the land[ao] from which you brought us will say, “The Lord was unable to bring them to the land he promised them, and because of his hatred for them he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.” 29 They are your people, your valued property,[ap] whom you brought out with great strength and power.[aq]
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 9:1 tn Heb “fortified to the heavens” (so NRSV); NLT “cities with walls that reach to the sky.” This is hyperbole.
- Deuteronomy 9:2 sn Anakites. See note on this term in Deut 1:28.
- Deuteronomy 9:2 tn Heb “great and tall.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “strong,” NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).
- Deuteronomy 9:3 tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style to avoid redundancy.
- Deuteronomy 9:5 tn Heb “uprightness of your heart” (so NASB, NRSV). The Hebrew word צְדָקָה (tsedaqah, “righteousness”), though essentially synonymous here with יֹשֶׁר (yosher, “uprightness”), carries the idea of conformity to an objective standard. The term יֹשֶׁר has more to do with an inner, moral quality (cf. NAB, NIV “integrity”). Neither, however, was grounds for the Lord’s favor. As he states in both vv. 4-5, the main reason he allowed Israel to take this land was the sinfulness of the Canaanites who lived there (cf. Gen 15:16).
- Deuteronomy 9:5 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
- Deuteronomy 9:5 tn Heb “fathers.”
- Deuteronomy 9:6 tn Heb “stiff-necked” (so KJV, NAB, NIV).sn The Hebrew word translated stubborn means “stiff-necked.” The image is that of a draft animal that is unsubmissive to the rein or yoke and refuses to bend its neck to draw the load. This is an apt description of OT Israel (Exod 32:9; 33:3, 5; 34:9; Deut 9:13).
- Deuteronomy 9:7 tn By juxtaposing the positive זְכֹר (zekhor, “remember”) with the negative אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח (ʾal tishkakh, “do not forget”), Moses makes a most emphatic plea.
- Deuteronomy 9:7 tn Heb “the Lord” (likewise in the following verse with both “him” and “he”). See note on “he” in 9:3.
- Deuteronomy 9:9 tn Heb “in the mountain.” The demonstrative pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Deuteronomy 9:10 sn The very finger of God. This is a double figure of speech (1) in which God is ascribed human features (anthropomorphism) and (2) in which a part stands for the whole (synecdoche). That is, God, as Spirit, has no literal finger nor, if he had, would he write with his finger. Rather, the sense is that God himself—not Moses in any way—was responsible for the composition of the Ten Commandments (cf. Exod 31:18; 32:16; 34:1).
- Deuteronomy 9:10 tn Heb “according to all the words.”
- Deuteronomy 9:10 tn Heb “the Lord” (likewise at the beginning of vv. 12, 13). See note on “he” in 9:3.
- Deuteronomy 9:12 tc Heb “a casting.” The MT reads מַסֵּכָה (massekhah, “a cast thing”) but some mss and Smr add עֵגֶל (ʿegel, “calf”), “a molten calf” or the like (Exod 32:8). Perhaps Moses here omits reference to the calf out of contempt for it.
- Deuteronomy 9:13 tn Heb “stiff-necked.” See note on the word “stubborn” in 9:6.
- Deuteronomy 9:14 tn Heb “leave me alone.”
- Deuteronomy 9:14 tn Heb “from under heaven.”
- Deuteronomy 9:15 tn Heb “the mountain.” The translation uses a pronoun for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
- Deuteronomy 9:16 tn On the phrase “metal calf,” see note on the term “metal image” in v. 12.
- Deuteronomy 9:16 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
- Deuteronomy 9:17 tn The Hebrew text includes “from upon my two hands,” but as this seems somewhat obvious and redundant, it has been left untranslated for stylistic reasons.
- Deuteronomy 9:19 tn Heb “the anger and the wrath.” Although many English versions translate as two terms, this construction is a hendiadys which serves to intensify the emotion (cf. NAB, TEV “fierce anger”).
- Deuteronomy 9:19 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
- Deuteronomy 9:20 tn Heb “Aaron.” The pronoun is used in the translation to avoid redundancy.
- Deuteronomy 9:21 tn Heb “your sin.” This is a metonymy in which the effect (sin) stands for the cause (the metal calf).
- Deuteronomy 9:21 tn Heb “burned it with fire.”
- Deuteronomy 9:22 sn Taberah. By popular etymology this derives from the Hebrew verb בָעַר (baʿar, “to burn”), thus, here, “burning.” The reference is to the Lord’s fiery wrath against Israel because of their constant complaints against him (Num 11:1-3).
- Deuteronomy 9:22 sn Massah. See note on this term in Deut 6:16.
- Deuteronomy 9:22 sn Kibroth Hattaavah. This place name means in Hebrew “burial places of appetite,” that is, graves that resulted from overindulgence. The reference is to the Israelites stuffing themselves with the quail God had provided and doing so with thanklessness (Num 11:31-35).
- Deuteronomy 9:23 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
- Deuteronomy 9:23 tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord your God,” that is, against the commandment that he had spoken.
- Deuteronomy 9:24 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
- Deuteronomy 9:25 tn The Hebrew text includes “when I prostrated myself.” Since this is redundant, it has been left untranslated.
- Deuteronomy 9:25 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
- Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.
- Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “Lord Yahweh” (אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, ʾadonay yehvih). The phrase is customarily rendered by Jewish tradition as “Lord God” (אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהִים, ʾadonay ʾelohim).
- Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “your inheritance”; NLT “your special (very own NRSV) possession.” Israel is compared to landed property that one would inherit from his ancestors and pass on to his descendants.
- Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “you have redeemed in your greatness.”
- Deuteronomy 9:26 tn Heb “by your strong hand.”
- Deuteronomy 9:28 tc The MT reads only “the land.” Smr supplies עַם (ʿam, “people”) and LXX and its dependents supply “the inhabitants of the land.” The truncated form found in the MT is adequate to communicate the intended meaning; the words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Deuteronomy 9:29 tn Heb “your inheritance.” See note at v. 26.
- Deuteronomy 9:29 tn Heb “an outstretched arm.”
Deuteronomy 9
New International Version
Not Because of Israel’s Righteousness
9 Hear, Israel: You are now about to cross the Jordan(A) to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you,(B) with large cities(C) that have walls up to the sky.(D) 2 The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?”(E) 3 But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you(F) like a devouring fire.(G) He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly,(H) as the Lord has promised you.
4 After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself,(I) “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness(J) of these nations(K) that the Lord is going to drive them out before you. 5 It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity(L) that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness(M) of these nations,(N) the Lord your God will drive them out(O) before you, to accomplish what he swore(P) to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.(Q) 6 Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.(R)
The Golden Calf
7 Remember this and never forget how you aroused the anger(S) of the Lord your God in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious(T) against the Lord.(U) 8 At Horeb you aroused the Lord’s wrath(V) so that he was angry enough to destroy you.(W) 9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant(X) that the Lord had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days(Y) and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.(Z) 10 The Lord gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God.(AA) On them were all the commandments the Lord proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.(AB)
11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights,(AC) the Lord gave me the two stone tablets,(AD) the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the Lord told me, “Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt.(AE) They have turned away quickly(AF) from what I commanded them and have made an idol for themselves.”
13 And the Lord said to me, “I have seen this people(AG), and they are a stiff-necked people indeed! 14 Let me alone,(AH) so that I may destroy them and blot out(AI) their name from under heaven.(AJ) And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.”
15 So I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.(AK) 16 When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf.(AL) You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you. 17 So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your eyes.
18 Then once again I fell(AM) prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water,(AN) because of all the sin you had committed,(AO) doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and so arousing his anger. 19 I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you.(AP) But again the Lord listened to me.(AQ) 20 And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too. 21 Also I took that sinful thing of yours, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust(AR) and threw the dust into a stream that flowed down the mountain.(AS)
22 You also made the Lord angry(AT) at Taberah,(AU) at Massah(AV) and at Kibroth Hattaavah.(AW)
23 And when the Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea,(AX) he said, “Go up and take possession(AY) of the land I have given you.” But you rebelled(AZ) against the command of the Lord your God. You did not trust(BA) him or obey him. 24 You have been rebellious against the Lord ever since I have known you.(BB)
25 I lay prostrate before the Lord those forty days and forty nights(BC) because the Lord had said he would destroy you.(BD) 26 I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people,(BE) your own inheritance(BF) that you redeemed(BG) by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.(BH) 27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness(BI) of this people, their wickedness and their sin. 28 Otherwise, the country(BJ) from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them,(BK) he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’(BL) 29 But they are your people,(BM) your inheritance(BN) that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.(BO)”
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