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得勝在乎耶和華

“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。 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?’ 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。 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。 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。 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

“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。 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。 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。’”

Not Because of Israel’s Righteousness

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) The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?”(E) 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.

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. 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) 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

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) At Horeb you aroused the Lord’s wrath(V) so that he was angry enough to destroy you.(W) 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)