申命記 12
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
合宜的敬拜
12 「只要你們生活在你們祖先的上帝耶和華賜給你們的土地上，就要謹遵以下律例和典章。
2 「你們趕走那裡的列邦後，要徹底摧毀他們在高山上、丘陵上、綠樹下供奉其神明的地方。 3 你們要拆毀他們的祭壇，打碎他們的神柱，焚燒他們的亞舍拉神像，砍倒他們的偶像，使它們的名字從那裡消失。 4 你們不可按照他們的方式敬拜你們的上帝耶和華。 5 你們的上帝耶和華要在你們眾支派中選一個地方作祂的居所，你們要去那裡敬拜祂， 6 把你們的燔祭及其他祭物、十一奉獻、舉祭、還願祭、自願獻的祭和頭生的牛羊帶到那裡。 7 你們和家人要在那裡，在你們的上帝耶和華面前吃喝；要為你們所做的一切蒙祂賜福而歡喜快樂。
8 「你們不可再像今日這樣各行其是， 9 因為到如今你們還沒有進入你們的上帝耶和華賜給你們作產業的安歇之地。 10 但不久你們將渡過約旦河，定居在那片土地上。耶和華將使你們四境太平，安然居住， 11 你們要把我吩咐你們獻的燔祭、各種牲祭、十一奉獻、舉祭和一切還願祭帶到你們的上帝耶和華選定的敬拜場所。 12 在那裡，你們和兒女、僕婢及同城中沒有分到土地作產業的利未人，要一起在你們的上帝耶和華面前歡喜快樂。 13 你們不可隨處向耶和華獻燔祭。 14 耶和華會在你們的一個支派中選定敬拜的場所，你們只可以在那裡獻燔祭，做我吩咐你們的一切事。
15 「你們可以隨時在居住的各城宰殺牲畜吃，享受你們的上帝耶和華所賜的福，像吃羚羊和鹿一樣。潔淨的人和不潔淨的人都可以吃。 16 但你們不可吃血。要把血倒在地上，像倒水一樣。 17 不可在你們的城裡吃十一奉獻的穀物、新酒和油、頭生的牛羊、還願祭、自願獻的祭和舉祭； 18 要在你們的上帝耶和華選定的地方，與兒女、僕婢及同城的利未人一起在耶和華面前吃。要為你們所做的一切，在你們的上帝耶和華面前歡喜快樂。 19 切記，只要你們還住在自己的土地上，就不可忘記利未人。
20 「你們的上帝耶和華按照祂的應許擴展你們的疆域後，你們若想吃肉，隨時都可以吃。 21 如果你們的上帝耶和華選定的敬拜場所離你們太遠，你們可以在自己的城裡，按照我的吩咐，隨時宰殺耶和華賜給你們的牛羊吃， 22 就像你們吃羚羊和鹿一樣。潔淨的人和不潔淨的人都可以吃。 23 但你們不可吃血，因為血就是生命；你們不可把生命和肉一起吃， 24 要把血倒在地上，像倒水一樣。 25 你們要做耶和華視為正的事——不可吃血，以便你們及子孫凡事順利。 26 你們要把聖物和還願祭帶到耶和華選定的地方。 27 你們要在你們的上帝耶和華的祭壇上獻燔祭，連肉帶血都要獻上。要把其他祭牲的血倒在壇上，但可以吃祭肉。 28 你們要認真聽從我給你們的這些吩咐，做你們的上帝耶和華視為正與善的事，以便你們及子孫凡事順利，直到永遠。
29 「你們的上帝耶和華將為你們剷除列國。你們要趕走他們，住在他們的土地上。 30 那時，你們要謹慎，不可受誘惑去效法他們的習俗，不可打聽他們神明的事，說，『這些民族怎樣供奉他們的神明呢？我也要效法。』 31 你們不可按照他們的方式敬拜你們的上帝耶和華。他們祭拜自己神明的種種行為令耶和華憎惡，他們甚至焚燒自己的兒女獻給他們的神明。
32 「你們要謹遵我的一切吩咐，不可增添，也不可刪減。
申命记 12
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
敬拜 神的地方
12 “你们活在地上的一切日子，在耶和华你列祖的 神赐给你作产业的地上，要谨守遵行的律例和典章，就是这些： 2 你们要把你们赶走的列国的人事奉神的地方，无论是在高山上，在山冈上，或是在各青翠树下，都要完全毁坏； 3 也要拆毁他们的祭坛，打碎他们的神柱；用火焚烧他们的亚舍拉，砍倒他们的神的雕像，并且把他们的名字从这地方除灭。 4 你们不可像他们那样事奉耶和华你的 神。 5 耶和华你们的 神从你们各支派中，选择了甚么地方作立他名的居所，你们就当到那里求问他； 6 把你们的燔祭和其他的祭物、十分之一的礼物和手中的贡献、还愿祭和甘心祭，以及牛群羊群中头生的，都要带到那里去； 7 在那里，就是在耶和华你们的 神面前，你们和你们的家人都可以吃；并且要因你们手所作的一切事，都蒙耶和华你的 神赐福而欢乐。 8 我们今日在这里所行的，是行各人看为正的事，你们将来不可以这样行； 9 因为你们现在还没有到耶和华你的 神赐给你的安息地和产业。 10 但是你们过了约旦河，住在耶和华你们的 神使你们承受为业的地，又使你们太平，脱离你们周围的所有仇敌，安居乐业， 11 那时，你要把我吩咐你们的燔祭和其他的祭物、十分之一的礼物和手中的贡献，以及你们向耶和华许愿要献的最美的一切还愿祭，都要带到耶和华你们的 神选择作为立他名的地方。 12 你们和你们的儿女、仆婢，以及住在你们城里的利未人，都要在耶和华你们的 神面前欢乐，因为利未人在你们中间无分无业。 13 你要自己谨慎，不可在你看见的任何地方献上你的燔祭； 14 只要在耶和华从你的一个支派中拣选的地方，在那里献上你的燔祭，在那里行我吩咐你的一切事。
宰牲吃肉的条例
15 “不过在你的各城里，你都可以照着耶和华你的 神赐给你的福分，随意杀牲吃肉。不洁净的人和洁净的人都可以吃，像吃羚羊和鹿的肉一样。 16 只有血，你们不可吃；要倒在地上，像倒水一样。 17 你的五谷、新酒和新油的十分之一，你牛群羊群中头生的和你所许一切还愿的祭、你甘心献的祭和你手中的贡献，都不可在你的城里吃； 18 你只要在耶和华你的 神面前，和在耶和华你的 神选择的地方吃，你和你的儿女、仆婢，以及在你城里的利未人，都可以吃；你也要因你手所作的一切事在耶和华你的 神面前欢乐。 19 你要自己谨慎，你在你那地上的日子，永不可丢弃利未人。
20 “耶和华你的 神，照着他应许你的，扩张了你的境界的时候，如果你因心里渴想吃肉，说：‘我想吃肉。’那么，你就可以随意吃肉。 21 耶和华你的 神选择作立他名的地方，如果离开你太远，你就可以照着我吩咐你的，把耶和华赐给你的牛羊取些宰杀了，可以在你的城里随意地吃。 22 你吃那肉，好象人吃羚羊和鹿的肉一样；不洁净的人和洁净的人都可以一起吃。 23 只是你要心意坚定，不可吃血，因为血就是生命；你不可把生命和肉一起吃。 24 你不可吃血，要倒在地上，像倒水一样。 25 你不可吃血，好使你和你的子子孙孙得享福乐，因为你行了耶和华看为正的事。 26 只是你要把你应有的圣物和你的还愿祭，都带到耶和华选择的地方去， 27 把你的燔祭、肉和血，都献在耶和华你的 神的祭坛上；其他的祭的血，要倒在耶和华你的 神的祭坛上；至于那肉，你却可以吃。 28 你要谨慎听从我吩咐你的这一切话，好使你和你的子子孙孙永远得享福乐，因为你行了耶和华看为好为正的事。
禁行异族宗教的礼仪
29 “耶和华你的 神把你将要进去赶走的列国的民，从你的面前除灭以后，你就得着他们的地，住在那里。 30 那时，你要自己谨慎，不可在他们从你的面前被消灭以后，随从他们的恶俗而陷入网罗，也不可求问他们的神，说：‘这些国的人怎样事奉他们的神，我也要这样行。’ 31 你不可向耶和华你的 神这样行，因为耶和华恨恶的一切可厌恶的事，他们都向他们的神行了，甚至把自己的儿女用火焚烧，献给他们的神。
32 “我吩咐你们的一切话，你们都要谨守遵行，不可加添，也不可减少。”（本节在《马索拉文本》为13:1）
Deuteronomy 12
Easy-to-Read Version
The Place for Worshiping God
12 “These are the laws and rules that you must obey in your new land. You must carefully obey them as long as you live in this land. The Lord is the God of your ancestors, and he is giving this land to you. 2 You will take that land from the nations that live there now. You must completely destroy all the places where the people of these nations worship their gods. These places are on high mountains, on hills, and under green trees. 3 You must smash their altars and break their memorial stones into pieces. You must burn their Asherah poles and cut down the statues of their gods. Wipe out everything that would remind you of those gods.
4 “You must not worship the Lord your God in the same way these people worship their gods. 5 The Lord your God will choose a special place among your tribes. That will be the home for his name. You must go to that place to worship him. 6 There you must bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, one-tenth of your crops and animals,[a] your special gifts, any gifts you promised to him, any special gift you want to give, and the first animals born in your herds and flocks. 7 You and your families will eat together at that place, and the Lord your God will be there with you. You will enjoy sharing the things you worked for there. You will remember that the Lord your God blessed you and gave you these good things.
8 “You must not continue to worship the way we have been worshiping. Until now each of us has been worshiping God any way we wanted. 9 This is because we have not yet entered the peaceful land that the Lord your God is giving you. 10 But you will go across the Jordan River and live in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. There he will give you rest from all your enemies, and you will be safe. 11 Then the Lord your God will choose a place that will be the home for his name. You must bring everything I command you to that place. Bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, one-tenth of your crops and animals, your special gifts, and any gifts that you promised to give to the Lord. 12 Come to that place with all your people—your children, all your servants, and the Levites living in your towns. (These Levites will not have a share of the land for their own.) Enjoy yourselves together there with the Lord your God. 13 Be sure you don’t offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see. 14 The Lord will choose his special place among your tribes. Offer your burnt offerings and do everything else I told you only in that place.
15 “Whenever you want to eat meat, you can enjoy that blessing from the Lord your God wherever you live. You can butcher the animal just as you do gazelles and deer, and anyone, clean or unclean, can eat it. 16 But you must not eat the blood. You must pour the blood on the ground like water.
17 “Also, the things you are offering to God must not be eaten where you live. These include the part of your grain that belongs to God, the part of your new wine and oil that belongs to God, the first animals born in your herd or flock, any gift that you promised to God, any special gifts you want to give, or any other gifts for God. 18 You must eat these offerings only in his presence at the special place that the Lord your God will choose. You must go there and eat together with your sons, your daughters, all your servants, and the Levites living in your towns. Enjoy yourselves there with the Lord your God. Enjoy what you have worked for. 19 But be sure that you always share these meals with the Levites. Do this as long as you live in your land.
20-21 “The Lord your God promised to make your country larger. When he does this, you might live too far from the place the Lord your God chooses to be the home for his name. If it is too far, and you are hungry for meat, you may eat any meat you have. You may kill any animal from the herd or flock that he has given you. Do this the way I have commanded you. You may eat this meat there where you live any time you want. 22 You may eat this meat the same as you would eat gazelle or deer meat. Anyone can do this—people who are clean and people who are unclean. 23 But be especially careful not to eat the blood, because the life is in the blood. You must not eat meat that still has its life in it. 24 Don’t eat the blood. Pour it out like water onto the ground. 25 So don’t eat blood. You must do what the Lord says is right, and good things will happen to you and to your descendants.
26 “If you decide to give something special to God, you must go to the special place that the Lord your God will choose. And if you make a special promise, you must go to that place to give that gift to God. 27 You must offer your burnt offerings in that place. Offer the meat and the blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord your God. For your other sacrifices, you must pour the blood on the altar of the Lord your God. Then you may eat the meat. 28 Carefully obey all the commands that I give you. When you do what is good and right—what pleases the Lord your God—then everything will go well for you and for your descendants forever.
29 “You are going to take your land from other people. The Lord your God will destroy these people for you. You will force them out of that land, and then you will live there. 30 But be careful that you don’t fall into the same trap they did! Don’t go to their false gods for help. Don’t say to yourself, ‘They worshiped these gods, so I will worship them too.’ 31 Don’t do that to the Lord your God! These people do all kinds of bad things that the Lord hates. They even burn their children as sacrifices to their gods!
32 “You must be careful to do everything I command you. Don’t add anything to what I tell you, and don’t take anything away.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 12:6 one-tenth … animals Or “tithes.” Also in verse 11.
Deuteronomy 12
Good News Translation
The One Place for Worship
12 “Here are the laws that you are to obey as long as you live in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. Listen to them! 2 In the land that you are taking, destroy all the places where the people worship their gods on high mountains, on hills, and under green trees. 3 (A)Tear down their altars and smash their sacred stone pillars to pieces. Burn their symbols of the goddess Asherah and chop down their idols, so that they will never again be worshiped at those places.
4 “Do not worship the Lord your God in the way that these people worship their gods. 5 Out of the territory of all your tribes the Lord will choose the one place where the people are to come into his presence and worship him. 6 There you are to offer your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, the gifts that you promise to the Lord, your freewill offerings, and the first-born of your cattle and sheep. 7 There, in the presence of the Lord your God, who has blessed you, you and your families will eat and enjoy the good things that you have worked for.
8 “When that time comes, you must not do as you have been doing. Until now you have all been worshiping as you please, 9 because you have not yet entered the land that the Lord your God is giving you, where you can live in peace. 10 When you cross the Jordan River, the Lord will let you occupy the land and live there. He will keep you safe from all your enemies, and you will live in peace. 11 The Lord will choose a single place where he is to be worshiped, and there you must bring to him everything that I have commanded: your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, and those special gifts that you have promised to the Lord. 12 Be joyful there in his presence, together with your children, your servants, and the Levites who live in your towns; remember that the Levites will have no land of their own. 13 You are not to offer your sacrifices wherever you choose; 14 you must offer them only in the one place that the Lord will choose in the territory of one of your tribes. Only there are you to offer your sacrifices that are to be burned and do all the other things that I have commanded you.
15 “But you are free to kill and eat your animals wherever you live. You may eat as many as the Lord gives you. All of you, whether ritually clean or unclean, may eat them, just as you would eat the meat of deer or antelope. 16 (B)But you must not eat their blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water. 17 Nothing that you offer to the Lord is to be eaten in the places where you live: neither the tithes of your grain, your wine, or your olive oil, nor the first-born of your cattle and sheep, the gifts that you promise to the Lord, your freewill offerings, or any other offerings. 18 You and your children, together with your servants and the Levites who live in your towns, are to eat these offerings only in the presence of the Lord your God, in the one place of worship chosen by the Lord your God. And you are to be happy there over everything that you have done. 19 Be sure, also, not to neglect the Levites, as long as you live in your land.
20 “When the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he has promised, you may eat meat whenever you want to. 21 If the one place of worship is too far away, then, whenever you wish, you may kill any of the cattle or sheep that the Lord has given you, and you may eat the meat at home, as I have told you. 22 Anyone, ritually clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as he would eat the meat of deer or antelope. 23 (C)Only do not eat meat with blood still in it, for the life is in the blood, and you must not eat the life with the meat. 24 Do not use the blood for food; instead, pour it out on the ground like water. 25 If you obey this command, the Lord will be pleased, and all will go well for you and your descendants. 26 Take to the one place of worship your offerings and the gifts that you have promised the Lord. 27 Offer there the sacrifices which are to be completely burned on the Lord's altar. Also offer those sacrifices in which you eat the meat and pour the blood out on the altar. 28 Obey faithfully everything that I have commanded you, and all will go well for you and your descendants forever, because you will be doing what is right and what pleases the Lord your God.
Warning against Idolatry
29 “The Lord your God will destroy the nations as you invade their land, and you will occupy it and settle there. 30 After the Lord destroys those nations, make sure that you don't follow their religious practices, because that would be fatal. Don't try to find out how they worship their gods, so that you can worship in the same way. 31 Do not worship the Lord your God in the way they worship their gods, for in the worship of their gods they do all the disgusting things that the Lord hates. They even sacrifice their children in the fires on their altars.
32 (D)“Do everything that I have commanded you; do not add anything to it or take anything from it.
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