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摩西之歌

32 「諸天啊,請留心聽;
大地啊,請聽我說。
願我的教導如雨降下,
願我的話語如露滴落,
像水滴滋潤嫩草,
像甘霖澆灌草木。
我要宣揚耶和華的名,
你們要頌讚我們上帝的偉大。

「祂是磐石,
祂的作為完美,
祂按公義行事,
祂信實可靠,公平正直。
狡詐、墮落的一代啊,
你們卻對祂不忠,行事敗壞,
不配做祂的兒女。
愚昧無知的人啊,
你們就這樣報答耶和華嗎?
祂是你們的父,你們的創造主,
祂創造了你們,塑造了你們。

「要回顧往昔,追溯歷史;
問你們的父親,
他們必回答你們;
問你們的長者,
他們必告訴你們。
當初,至高者賜萬國產業,
把人類分開,
祂依照天使[a]的數目,
為萬族定疆界。
但以色列人屬於耶和華,
雅各是祂的產業。

10 「在荒涼的曠野,
在野獸吼叫的荒野,
耶和華找到他們,
庇護他們,看顧他們,
保護他們如同保護眼中的瞳人,
11 又如老鷹攪動窩巢,
盤旋在雛鷹之上,展開雙翼,
背著雛鷹飛翔。
12 耶和華獨自帶領他們,
身邊沒有外族神明。
13 耶和華使他們馳騁在大地的高處,
吃田間的五穀,
磐石中的蜂蜜,
石頭地產的油;
14 吃牛酪和羊奶,
肥美的羔羊,
巴珊的綿羊和山羊,
上好的麥子;
喝葡萄汁釀的酒。

15 「但耶書崙[b]吃飽喝足,
養肥長壯後,就得意忘形,
背棄造他們的上帝,
藐視救他們的磐石。
16 他們拜外族的神明,令祂憤恨;
行可憎之事,惹祂發怒。
17 他們祭拜的不是真神,
而是鬼魔,
是他們素不認識的新神明,
是他們祖先所不敬畏的。
18 他們輕視生他們的磐石,
忘記養他們的上帝。

19 「耶和華看見祂兒女的惡行,
就憤然厭棄他們,
20 說,『這墮落的子民,
不忠的兒女!
我要掩面不理他們,
看他們的結局如何。
21 他們拜假神,讓我憤恨;
供虛無之物,惹我發怒。
我要藉無名之民挑起他們的嫉妒,
用愚昧的國民激起他們的怒氣。
22 我的怒火已經點燃,
要燒到陰間的盡頭,
吞滅大地及其出產,
甚至燒毀山的根基。

23 『我要使災禍連連臨到他們,
我的箭都射向他們。
24 他們必飽受饑荒之苦,
被瘟疫和災禍吞噬,
被猛獸和毒蛇襲擊。
25 外有刀劍殺戮,
內有恐懼籠罩,
少男、少女、嬰兒、
老人無一倖免。
26 我本要消滅他們,
使世人忘記他們;
27 但我不願讓敵人誇口,
宣稱這是他們的勝利,
而非我的作為。』

28 「以色列人愚昧無知,毫無見識。
29 如果他們有智慧,
就能明白這一切、
知道自己的結局。
30 若不是他們的磐石賣掉他們,
若不是耶和華拋棄他們,
一人怎能趕散他們千人?
二人怎能擊潰他們萬人?
31 我們的敵人也承認他們的磐石不如我們的磐石。
32 他們猶如來自所多瑪、
長在蛾摩拉的葡萄樹,
結的葡萄粒粒有毒,串串苦澀;
33 釀的酒如蛇的毒液,
如眼鏡蛇的毒液。

34 「祂說,『我把這一切積存起來,
封在我的倉庫裡。
35 伸冤在我,我必報應,
到時候他們必站不住腳,
他們遭禍的日子近了,
他們的末日來了。』

36 「耶和華見自己的子民力量衰竭,
奴隸和自由人所剩無幾,
必為他們主持公道,
憐憫祂的僕人。
37 祂必說,『你們的神明在哪裡?
庇護你們的磐石在哪裡?
38 它們吃你們祭牲的脂肪,
喝你們的奠酒。
讓它們起來幫助你們,
庇護你們吧!

39 『你們要知道,
唯有我是上帝;
除我之外,別無他神。
我掌管生死,我打傷、我醫治;
無人能逃出我的掌心。
40 我向天伸手,
憑我的永恆起誓,
41 我要磨快閃亮的劍,
主持公道,報應仇敵,
懲罰恨我的人。
42 我要使我的箭飽飲鮮血,
被殺被擄之人的血;
我的劍要吞噬人肉,
敵人將領的肉。』

43 「列邦啊,
你們當與祂的子民一同歡樂!
因為祂要為自己的僕人報血仇,
報應祂的仇敵,
潔淨祂的土地和子民。」

44 摩西和嫩的兒子約書亞把這首詩歌讀給會眾聽。

摩西的遺囑

45 讀完後,摩西又對以色列人說: 46 「要謹記我今天警告你們的話,要吩咐你們的子孫謹遵這律法上的話。 47 這律法不是空話,而是你們的生命。你們若遵守這律法,就必長住在約旦河對岸你們將要佔領的土地上。」

預言摩西的死

48 當天,耶和華對摩西說: 49 「你去耶利哥對面的摩押,登上亞巴琳山區的尼波山,觀看我要賜給以色列人作產業的迦南。 50 之後,你會死在山上,歸到你祖先那裡,如亞倫在何珥山離世歸祖一樣。 51 因為在荀曠野,在加低斯的米利巴泉旁,你和亞倫對我不忠,沒有在以色列人中尊我為聖。 52 所以,你只能遠遠地觀看我要賜給以色列人的土地,卻不能進去。」

Footnotes

  1. 32·8 天使」希伯來文是「以色列的兒子」。
  2. 32·15 耶書崙」是以色列的暱稱。

32 “Skies, listen and I will speak.
    Earth, hear the words of my mouth.
My teachings will come like the rain,
    like a mist falling to the ground,
like a gentle rain on the soft grass,
    like rain on the green plants.
Praise God[a]
    as I speak the Lord’s name!

“The Lord is the Rock,
    and his work is perfect!
    Yes, all his ways are right!
God is true and faithful.
    He is good and honest.
And you are not really his children.
    You are completely unfaithful to him.
    You are crooked liars.
Is this the way you repay the Lord for all he has done for you?
    You are stupid, foolish people.
He is your Father and your Creator.
    He made you, and he supports you.

“Remember the days of the past.
    Think about what happened so long ago.
Ask your father; he will tell you.
    Ask your leaders; they will tell you.
God Most High separated the people on earth
    and gave each nation its land.
He set up borders for all people.
    He made as many nations as there are angels.[b]
The Lord chose his people to be his own.
    The people of Jacob belong to him.

10 “The Lord found them in the desert,
    in an empty, windy land.
He surrounded them and watched over them.
    He protected them like the pupil of his eye,
11 like an eagle when she makes her young leave the nest to fly.
    She stays close to them, ready to help.
She spreads her wings to catch them when they fall
    and carries them to a safe place.
12 The Lord alone led his people.
    They had no help from any foreign god.
13 The Lord helped them take control of the hill country.
    They took the harvest in the fields.
He gave them honey from the cliffs
    and olive oil from the rocky ground.
14 He gave his people butter from the herd and milk from the flock.
    He gave them lambs and goats.
They had the best rams from Bashan and the finest wheat.
    They drank the best wine made from the juice of red grapes.

15 “But Jeshurun[c] became fat and kicked like a bull.
    (Yes, you people were fed well and became full and fat.)
They left the God who made them!
    They ran away from the Rock who saved them.
16 They made him jealous by worshiping other gods.
    They made him angry with those disgusting idols.
17 They offered sacrifices to demons—gods that are not God.
    These were new gods they had not known before,
    gods their ancestors never knew.
18 You people left the Rock who made you;
    you forgot the God who gave you life.

19 “The Lord saw this and became upset.
    His sons and daughters made him angry!
20 So he said, ‘I will turn away from them,
    then let’s see what happens!
They are a rebellious people.
    They are like children who will not learn their lessons.
21 They made me jealous with things that are not really gods.
    They made me angry with their worthless idols.
So I will use people who are not really a nation to make them jealous.
    I will use a worthless[d] nation to make them angry.
22 My anger will burn like a fire,
    burning down to the deepest grave,
burning the earth and all it produces,
    burning deep down below the mountains.

23 “‘I will bring troubles to the Israelites.
    I will shoot all my arrows at them.
24 They will become thin from hunger.
    Terrible diseases will destroy them.
I will send wild animals against them.
    Poisonous snakes and lizards will bite them.
25 In the streets, soldiers will kill them.
    In their houses, terrible things will happen.
Soldiers will kill young men and women.
    They will kill babies and old people.

26 “‘I thought about destroying the Israelites
    so that people would forget them completely!
27 But I know what their enemies would say.
    The enemy would not understand.
They would brag and say,
    “The Lord did not destroy Israel.
    We won by our own power!”’

28 “They are foolish.
    They don’t understand.
29 If they were wise,
    they would understand;
    they would know what would happen to them.
30 Can one person chase away 1000 men?
    Can two men cause 10,000 men to run away?
It will happen only if the Lord gives them to their enemy.
    This will happen only if their Rock sells them like slaves.
31 The ‘rock’ of our enemies is not strong like our Rock.
    Even our enemies know that.
32 Their vines and fields will be destroyed
    like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Their grapes are like bitter poison.
33     Their wine is like the poison of deadly snakes.

34 “The Lord says, ‘I am saving that punishment.
    I have it locked up in my storehouse!
35 I will punish them for the bad things they did.
    But I am saving that punishment for when they slip and do bad things.
Their time of trouble is near.
    Their punishment will come quickly.’

36 “The Lord will judge his people.
    They are his servants, and he will show them mercy.
He will see that their power is gone.
    He will see that they are all helpless—
    the slaves and free people too.
37 Then the Lord will say, ‘Where are the false gods?
    Where is the “rock” that you ran to for protection?
38 Those false gods ate the fat of your sacrifices.
    And they drank the wine of your offerings.
So let them get up and help you!
    Let them protect you!

39 “‘Now, see that I, and only I, am God!
    There is no other God!
I put people to death,
    and I let people live.
I can hurt people,
    and I can make them well.
    No one can save another person from my power!
40 I raise my hand toward heaven and make this promise.
    As surely as I live forever, these things will happen!
41 I swear,
    I will sharpen my flashing sword.
I will use it to punish my enemies.
    I will give them the punishment they deserve.
42 My enemies will be killed and taken as prisoners.
    My arrows will be covered with their blood.
    My sword will cut off the heads of their soldiers.’

43 “The whole world should be happy for God’s people!
    God punishes people who kill his servants.
He gives his enemies the punishment they deserve.
    And he makes his land and people pure.”

Moses Teaches the People His Song

44 Moses and Joshua son of Nun came and sang all the words of this song for the Israelites to hear. 45 When Moses finished giving these teachings to the people, 46 he said to them, “You must be sure to pay attention to all the commands I tell you today. And you must tell your children to obey completely the commands in this Law. 47 Don’t think these teachings are not important. They are your life! Through these teachings you will live a long time in the land across the Jordan River that you are ready to take.”

Moses on Mount Nebo

48 The Lord spoke to Moses that same day. He said, 49 “Go to the Abarim Mountains. Go up on Mount Nebo in the land of Moab across from the city of Jericho. Then you can look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites to live in. 50 You will die on that mountain. You will go to be with your people, the same as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor. 51 This is because you both sinned against me. You were at the waters of Meribah near Kadesh, in the desert of Zin. There, in front of the Israelites, you did not honor me and show that I am holy. 52 So now you may see the land that I am giving to the Israelites. But you cannot go into that land.”

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:3 Praise God Or “Give honor to God” or “Speak of the greatness of God.”
  2. Deuteronomy 32:8 angels This is from the ancient Greek version. Some Hebrew copies at Qumran have “sons of God,” which can also mean “angels.” The standard Hebrew text has “sons of Israel.”
  3. Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun Another name for Israel. It means “good” or “honest.”
  4. Deuteronomy 32:21 worthless Literally, “foolish,” used as a wordplay because in Hebrew it sounds like the word “worthless” used earlier in this verse.

32 Listen,(A) you heavens,(B) and I will speak;
    hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.(C)
Let my teaching fall like rain(D)
    and my words descend like dew,(E)
like showers(F) on new grass,
    like abundant rain on tender plants.

I will proclaim(G) the name of the Lord.(H)
    Oh, praise the greatness(I) of our God!
He is the Rock,(J) his works are perfect,(K)
    and all his ways are just.
A faithful God(L) who does no wrong,
    upright(M) and just is he.(N)

They are corrupt and not his children;
    to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.(O)
Is this the way you repay(P) the Lord,
    you foolish(Q) and unwise people?(R)
Is he not your Father,(S) your Creator,[a]
    who made you and formed you?(T)

Remember the days of old;(U)
    consider the generations long past.(V)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
    your elders, and they will explain to you.(W)
When the Most High(X) gave the nations their inheritance,
    when he divided all mankind,(Y)
he set up boundaries(Z) for the peoples
    according to the number of the sons of Israel.[b](AA)
For the Lord’s portion(AB) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(AC)

10 In a desert(AD) land he found him,
    in a barren and howling waste.(AE)
He shielded(AF) him and cared for him;
    he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(AG)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
    and hovers over its young,(AH)
that spreads its wings to catch them
    and carries them aloft.(AI)
12 The Lord alone led(AJ) him;(AK)
    no foreign god was with him.(AL)

13 He made him ride on the heights(AM) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(AN)
    and with oil(AO) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(AP)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.(AQ)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(AR)

15 Jeshurun[c](AS) grew fat(AT) and kicked;
    filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(AU) the God who made them
    and rejected the Rock(AV) their Savior.
16 They made him jealous(AW) with their foreign gods
    and angered(AX) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(AY) to false gods,(AZ) which are not God—
    gods they had not known,(BA)
    gods that recently appeared,(BB)
    gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
    you forgot(BC) the God who gave you birth.

19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(BD)
    because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(BE)
20 “I will hide my face(BF) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(BG)
    children who are unfaithful.(BH)
21 They made me jealous(BI) by what is no god
    and angered me with their worthless idols.(BJ)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
    I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(BK)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(BL)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(BM)
It will devour(BN) the earth and its harvests(BO)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(BP)

23 “I will heap calamities(BQ) on them
    and spend my arrows(BR) against them.
24 I will send wasting famine(BS) against them,
    consuming pestilence(BT) and deadly plague;(BU)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(BV)
    the venom of vipers(BW) that glide in the dust.(BX)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
    in their homes terror(BY) will reign.(BZ)
The young men and young women will perish,
    the infants and those with gray hair.(CA)
26 I said I would scatter(CB) them
    and erase their name from human memory,(CC)
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
    lest the adversary misunderstand(CD)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
    the Lord has not done all this.’”(CE)

28 They are a nation without sense,
    there is no discernment(CF) in them.
29 If only they were wise and would understand this(CG)
    and discern what their end will be!(CH)
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,(CI)
unless their Rock had sold them,(CJ)
    unless the Lord had given them up?(CK)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,(CL)
    as even our enemies concede.(CM)
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom(CN)
    and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,(CO)
    and their clusters with bitterness.(CP)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
    the deadly poison of cobras.(CQ)

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

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

39 “See now that I myself am he!(DC)
    There is no god besides me.(DD)
I put to death(DE) and I bring to life,(DF)
    I have wounded and I will heal,(DG)
    and no one can deliver out of my hand.(DH)
40 I lift my hand(DI) to heaven and solemnly swear:
    As surely as I live forever,(DJ)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword(DK)
    and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance(DL) on my adversaries
    and repay those who hate me.(DM)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(DN)
    while my sword devours flesh:(DO)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
    the heads of the enemy leaders.”

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

44 Moses came with Joshua[g](DT) 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,(DU) so that you may command(DV) your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.(DW) By them you will live long(DX) 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,(DY) 49 “Go up into the Abarim(DZ) Range to Mount Nebo(EA) in Moab, across from Jericho,(EB) and view Canaan,(EC) the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die(ED) and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died(EE) on Mount Hor(EF) 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(EG) in the Desert of Zin(EH) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.(EI) 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance;(EJ) you will not enter(EK) 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