申命记 1
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
引言：摩西忆述往事
1 以下是摩西在约旦河东的旷野，疏弗对面的亚拉巴，就是在巴兰和陀弗、拉班、哈洗录、底撒哈之间，向以色列人所说的话。 2 从何烈山经过西珥山的路，到达加低斯．巴尼亚，共有十一天的路程。 3 出埃及以后第四十年十一月一日，摩西照着耶和华吩咐他一切关于以色列人的话，都告诉了他们。 4 当时，他已经击败了住在希实本的亚摩利人的王西宏，和住在亚斯他录与以得来的巴珊王噩。 5 摩西在约旦河东的摩押地，开始讲解这律法，说： 6 “耶和华我们的 神，在何烈山告诉我们：‘你们在这山上住够了； 7 现在你们要转回，起程到亚摩利人的山地去，到那些住在亚拉巴、山地、低地、南地、沿海一带、迦南人的地、黎巴嫩，直到大河，就是幼发拉底河一带的地方去。 8 看哪，我把这地摆在你面前，你们要进去，占领这地为业，就是耶和华向你们列祖亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓应许给他们和他们的后裔的地。’
选立智慧人为首领(A)
9 “那时，我曾经对你们说：‘你们的重担，我独自一人无法担当。 10 耶和华你们的 神使你们多起来；你们看，你们今日像天上的星那样多。 11 愿耶和华你们列祖的 神，使你们比现在更多千倍，又照着他应许你们的话，赐福给你们。 12 我独自一人怎能担得起你们的重担、责任和你们争讼的事呢？ 13 你们要按着支派选出一些有智慧、有见识、有经验的人，我就立他们作你们的首领。’ 14 你们回答我，说：‘你吩咐我们作的事很好。’ 15 我就选出你们众支派中的领袖，就是有智慧有经验的人；按着你们的支派，立他们作管理你们的首领，就是作千夫长、百夫长、五十夫长、十夫长和其他官长。
16 “那时，我吩咐你们的审判官，说：‘你们在兄弟中听讼，无论是兄弟彼此诉讼，或是与同居的外地人诉讼，都要按着公义审判。 17 审判的时候，不可偏袒人；无论贵贱尊卑，都要一样地听讼；不可怕人的情面，因为审判是属于 神的；如果你们遇见难断的案件，可以呈到我这里来，让我审断。’ 18 那时，我把你们当作的一切事，都吩咐了你们。
派人前往窥探迦南地(B)
19 “我们照着耶和华我们的 神吩咐我们的，从何烈山起行，走过你们所见那大而可怕的旷野，沿着到亚摩利人山地的路而行；后来到了加低斯．巴尼亚。 20 我对你们说：‘你们已经到了亚摩利人的山地，就是耶和华我们的 神赐给我们的。 21 看哪，耶和华你的 神已经把这地摆在你面前；你要照着耶和华你列祖的 神告诉你的上去，占领那地；不要害怕，也不要惊惶。’ 22 你们众人都走到我这里来，说：‘我们要先派些人去，替我们窥探那地，然后把我们上去该走哪一条路，该进哪些城，向我们回报。’ 23 这话我很同意，就从你们中间选了十二个人，每支派一人。 24 于是他们转身出发，上了山地，到了以实各谷，窥探那地。 25 他们手里拿着那地的果子，带下来到我们这里，并且向我们回报，说：‘耶和华我们的 神要赐给我们的地是美地。’
众民缺乏信心(C)
26 “但你们不肯上去，竟违背了耶和华你们的 神的吩咐； 27 你们在帐幕里抱怨，说：‘耶和华因为恨我们，所以把我们从埃及地领出来，要把我们交在亚摩利人手中，消灭我们。 28 我们上哪里去呢？我们的兄弟使我们心灰意冷，说：那地的人比我们高大；他们的城邑又大又坚固，高耸入天；我们在那里还看见有亚衲族的人。’ 29 我就对你们说：‘不要惊恐，不要害怕他们。 30 耶和华你们的 神，就是那走在你们前面的那一位，他必为你们作战，好象他在埃及，在你们面前，为你们所行的一切一样， 31 并且在旷野里，你们也看见了耶和华你们的 神，怎样在你们所行的一切路上，背负你们，好象人背负自己的儿子一样，直到你们来到了这地方。’ 32 虽然这样，你们还是不信耶和华你们的 神； 33 他在路上走在你们前面，为你们寻找安营的地方；夜间用火柱，日间用云彩，指示你们当走的路。
众民的惩罚(D)
34 “耶和华听见了你们说话的声音，就恼怒，起誓说： 35 ‘这个邪恶世代的人，连一个也不能看见我起誓应许赐给他们列祖的美地； 36 只有耶孚尼的儿子迦勒可以看见；并且我要把他踏过的地赐给他和他的子孙，因为他专心跟从了我耶和华。’ 37 因为你们的缘故，耶和华也向我发怒，说：‘你也不能进入那地； 38 但是站在你面前侍候你的嫩的儿子约书亚，他可以进到那里去；你要鼓励他，因为他要使以色列人承受那地为业。 39 还有你们的小孩子，你们说要被掳掠的，和你们的儿女，就是今天还不知道善恶的，他们都要进入那地；我要把那地赐给他们，他们要占领那地。 40 至于你们，你们要转回，经往红海的路，起程到旷野里去。’
41 “那时你们回答我，说：‘我们得罪了耶和华；现在我们愿意照着耶和华我们 神的一切吩咐，上去作战。’于是你们都预备了兵器，轻率地上山去了。 42 耶和华对我说：‘你要对他们说：“你们不要上去，也不要作战，因为我不在你们中间，免得你们在仇敌面前被击败。”’ 43 我就告诉你们，你们却不听从，竟违背耶和华的吩咐，擅自上山去了。 44 住在那山上的亚摩利人，就出来攻击你们，好象蜂群一样追赶你们，在西珥击杀你们，直到何珥玛。 45 你们就回来，在耶和华面前哭，但耶和华不听你们的声音，也不向你们侧耳。 46 于是你们在加低斯住了许多日子。”
Deuteronomy 1
Expanded Bible
Moses Talks to the Israelites
1 ·This is the message [L These are the words] Moses gave to all the people of Israel in the ·desert [wilderness] east of the Jordan River. They were in the ·desert [wilderness] area near Suph, between Paran and the towns of Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
2 (The trip from Mount Sinai to Kadesh Barnea on the Mount Seir road takes eleven days.) 3 ·Forty years after the Israelites had left Egypt [L In the fortieth year], on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses told the ·people [L sons; T children] of Israel everything the Lord had commanded him to tell them. 4 This was after the Lord had ·defeated [L struck] Sihon and Og. Sihon was king of the Amorite people and lived in Heshbon. Og was king of Bashan and lived in Ashteroth and Edrei [Num. 21:21–35].
5 Now ·the Israelites [L they] were ·east of [L beyond] the Jordan River in the land of Moab, and there Moses began to ·explain [make clear] ·what God had commanded [L this law/instruction]. He said:
6 The Lord our God spoke to us at ·Mount Sinai [L Horeb; C another name for Sinai] and said, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7 ·Get ready [L Turn face], and go to the mountain country of the Amorites, and to all the places around there—the ·Jordan Valley [L Arabah], the mountains, the ·western hills [L Shephelah], the ·southern area [L Negev], the seacoast, the land of Canaan, and Lebanon. Go as far as the great river, the Euphrates [Gen. 15:18–21]. 8 See, I have given you this land, so go in and take it for yourselves. The Lord ·promised it [swore] to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their descendants [Gen. 12:1–3; 15:17–20].”
Moses Appoints Leaders
9 At that time I said, “I am not able to ·take care of you [L lift you up; bear you] by myself. 10 The Lord your God has made you grow in number so that there are as many of you as there are stars in the ·sky [heavens; Gen. 15:5; 22:17; 26:4; Ex. 32:13]. 11 I pray that the Lord, the God of your ·ancestors [fathers], will give you a thousand times more people and ·do all the wonderful things [L bless you as] he promised. 12 ·But I cannot take care of [L How can I lift up/bear…?] your problems, your troubles, and your arguments by myself. 13 So choose some men from each tribe—wise men who have ·understanding [discernment] and experience—and I will make them leaders over you.”
14 And you said, “That’s a good thing to do.”
15 So I took the wise and experienced leaders of your tribes, and I made them your leaders. I appointed commanders over a thousand people, over a hundred people, over fifty people, and over ten people and made them officers over your tribes. 16 Then I told your ·leaders [judges], “Listen to the arguments between your people. Judge fairly between two ·Israelites [relatives; L brothers] or between an ·Israelite [L relative; brother] and a ·foreigner [resident alien]. 17 When you judge, ·be fair to everyone [do not show favoritism]; don’t act as if one person is more important than another, and don’t be ·afraid of [intimidated by] anyone, because your decision comes from God. Bring the hard cases to me, and I will judge them.” 18 At that time I told you everything you must do [Ex. 18:13–23].
Spies Enter the Land
19 Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we left ·Mount Sinai [L Horeb; 1:6] and went toward the mountain country of the Amorite people. We went through that ·large [vast] and terrible ·desert [wilderness] you saw, and then we came to Kadesh Barnea. 20 I said to you, “You have now come to the mountain country of the Amorites, to the land the Lord our God will give us. 21 Look, here it is! Go up and ·take [possess] it. The Lord, the God of your ·ancestors [fathers], told you to do this, so don’t be afraid and don’t ·worry [be dismayed].”
22 Then all of you came to me and said, “Let’s send men before us to spy out the land. They can come back and ·tell us [bring back a report] about the way we should go and the cities we will find [Num. 13–14].”
23 ·I thought that was a good idea [L The matter was good/right in my eyes], so I ·chose [took] twelve of your men, one for each tribe. 24 They ·left [L turned face] and went up to the mountains, and when they came to the ·Valley of [Wadi] Eshcol they ·explored [spied on] it. 25 They took some of the fruit from that land and brought it down to us, ·saying [L and gave us a report, saying], “It is a good land that the Lord our God is giving us.”
Israel Refuses to Enter
26 But you refused to go. You ·would not obey [rebelled against] the command of the Lord your God, 27 but grumbled in your tents, saying, “The Lord hates us. He brought us out of Egypt just to give us to the Amorites, who will destroy us. 28 Where can we go now? ·The spies we sent have [L Our relatives/brothers] made ·us afraid [L our hearts melt], because they said, ‘The people there are stronger and taller than we are. The cities are big, with walls up to the ·sky [heavens]. And we saw the Anakites there [Num. 13:28–33]!’”
29 Then I said to you, “Don’t be frightened; don’t be afraid of those people. 30 The Lord your God will go ahead of you and fight for you as he did in Egypt; ·you saw him do it [L before your eyes]. 31 And in the ·desert [wilderness] you saw how the Lord your God carried you, like one carries a child [Ps. 131]. And he has brought you safely all the way to this place.”
32 But you still did not trust the Lord your God, even though 33 he had always gone before you to find places for you to camp. In a fire at night and in a cloud during the day, he showed you which way to go.
34 When the Lord heard what you said, he was angry and ·made an oath [swore], saying, 35 “I promised a good land to your ·ancestors [fathers], but none of ·you evil people [this evil generation] will see it. 36 Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will see it [Num. 14:24]. I will give him and his descendants the land he walked on, because he followed the Lord completely [Josh. 15:13–19; Judg. 1:9–15].”
37 Because of you, the Lord was also angry with me and said, “You won’t enter the land either [Num. 20:12], 38 but ·your assistant [L the one who stands before you], Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to take the land for their own.
39 “Your little children that you said would be ·captured [plunder], who do not know right from wrong at this time, will go into the land. I will give the land to them, and they will ·take it for their own [possess it]. 40 But you must turn ·around [L face] and follow the ·desert [wilderness] road toward the ·Red [or Reed] Sea [Ex. 10:19].”
41 Then you said to me, “We have sinned against the Lord, but now we will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us.” Then all of you put on weapons, thinking it would be easy to go into the mountains.
42 But the Lord said to me, “Tell the people, ‘You must not go up there and fight. I will not be with you, and your enemies will defeat you.’”
43 So I told you, but you would not listen. You ·would not obey [rebelled against] the Lord’s command. You were ·proud [presumptuous], so you went on up into the mountains, 44 and the Amorites who lived in those mountains came out and fought you. They ·chased [swarmed over] you like bees and ·defeated [L struck] you from ·Edom [L Seir; C another name for Edom] to Hormah [Num. 14:39–45]. 45 So you came back and cried before the Lord, but the Lord did not listen to you; he refused to pay attention to you. 46 So you stayed in Kadesh a long time.
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