申命记 26
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
奉献初熟的物产
26 “你们进入你们的上帝耶和华将要赐给你们作产业的土地，征服那里，安居下来以后， 2 要把在那里收获的各种初熟的物产放在篮子里，带到你们的上帝耶和华选定的敬拜场所。 3 你们要对当值的祭司说，‘今天我们要向我们的上帝耶和华宣告，我们已经进入祂向我们祖先起誓要赐给我们的土地。’ 4 祭司要从你们手中接过篮子，放在你们的上帝耶和华的祭坛前。 5 你们要在你们的上帝耶和华面前宣告，‘我们的祖先原是到处流浪的亚兰人。他到埃及寄居时，家中人丁稀少，后来成为人口众多的强大民族。 6 埃及人苦待我们，压迫我们，强迫我们做奴隶。 7 于是，我们呼求我们祖先的上帝耶和华。祂听见我们的呼求，看见我们的艰难、困苦和所受的压迫， 8 就伸出臂膀，用大能的手行神迹奇事，以伟大而可畏的作为带领我们离开埃及。 9 祂带领我们来到这个地方，把这奶蜜之乡赐给我们。 10 耶和华啊，现在我们从你赐给我们的土地上带来初熟的物产。’你们要把篮子放在你们的上帝耶和华面前，敬拜祂。 11 你们和利未人以及住在你们中间的外族人，都要因你们的上帝耶和华赐给你们和你们家人的美物而欢喜快乐。
十一奉献年
12 “每逢第三年是十一奉献年。你们应当把自己的十一奉献拿出来分给利未人、寄居者和孤儿寡妇，使他们在你们居住的城邑吃饱喝足。 13 然后，你们要在你们的上帝耶和华面前宣告，‘我们已经按照你的诫命，从我们家里拿出圣物分给利未人、寄居者和孤儿寡妇。我们没有触犯也没有忘记你的任何诫命。 14 这些圣物，我们守丧期间没有吃过，不洁净时没有拿过，也没有献给死人。我们听从你——我们的上帝耶和华，遵行你的一切吩咐。 15 求你从天上圣洁的居所垂看，赐福给你的以色列子民和你赐给我们的土地——你向我们祖先起誓应许的奶蜜之乡。’
16 “你们的上帝耶和华今天吩咐你们遵守这些律例和典章，你们要全心全意地谨慎遵守。 17 你们今天已经宣称耶和华是你们的上帝，答应要听从祂，行祂的道，遵守祂的一切律例、诫命和典章。 18 耶和华今天已经照祂的应许宣称你们是祂的子民，是祂宝贵的产业。因此，你们要遵守祂的一切诫命， 19 这样祂必使你们备受赞誉和尊崇，超越祂所造的万国，并照着祂的应许使你们做属于祂的圣洁子民。”
Deuteronomy 26
Common English Bible
The ceremony upon entering the land
26 Once you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and are settled there, 2 take some of the early produce of the fertile ground that you have harvested from the land the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket. Then go to the location the Lord your God selects for his name to reside. 3 Go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him: “I am declaring right now before the Lord my[a] God that I have indeed arrived in the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.”
4 The priest will then take the basket from you and place it before the Lord your God’s altar. 5 Then you should solemnly state before the Lord your God:
“My father was a starving Aramean. He went down to Egypt, living as an immigrant there with few family members, but that is where he became a great nation, mighty and numerous. 6 The Egyptians treated us terribly, oppressing us and forcing hard labor on us. 7 So we cried out for help to the Lord, our ancestors’ God. The Lord heard our call. God saw our misery, our trouble, and our oppression. 8 The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with awesome power, and with signs and wonders. 9 He brought us to this place and gave us this land—a land full of milk and honey. 10 So now I am bringing the early produce of the fertile ground that you, Lord, have given me.”
Set the produce before the Lord your God, bowing down before the Lord your God. 11 Then celebrate all the good things the Lord your God has done for you and your family—each one of you along with the Levites and the immigrants who are among you.
12 When you have finished paying the entire tenth part of your produce on the third year—that is the year for paying the tenth-part—you will give it to the Levites, the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows so they can eat in your cities until they are full. 13 Then announce before the Lord your God: “I have removed the holy portion from my[b] house, and I have given it to the Levites, the immigrants, the orphans, and the widows—in full compliance with your entire commandment that you commanded me. I haven’t broken your commandments. I haven’t forgotten one! 14 I haven’t eaten from the holy portion while mourning, nor did I remove it while I was polluted, nor have I dedicated any of it to the dead. I’ve obeyed the Lord my God’s voice. I’ve done everything just as you commanded me. 15 Please look down from your holy home, from heaven itself, and bless your people Israel and the fertile land that you have given us—a land full of milk and honey—just like you promised our ancestors.”
Conclusion to the regulations and case laws
16 This very moment the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these regulations and case laws. So keep them and do them with all your mind and with your entire being! 17 Today you have affirmed that the Lord will be your God and that you will walk in his ways and follow his regulations, his commandments, and his case laws, and that you will obey his voice. 18 Today the Lord has gotten your agreement[c] that you will be his treasured people, just like he promised—by keeping his commandments— 19 in order to set you high above all the other nations that he made in praise, fame, and honor; and so that you are a people holy to the Lord your God, just as he said you would be.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 26:3 LXX; MT and most versions read your.
- Deuteronomy 26:13 LXX, Vulg; MT lacks my.
- Deuteronomy 26:18 Heb uncertain
Deuteronomy 26
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Giving the Firstfruits
26 “When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance,(A) and you take possession of it and live in it, 2 you must take some of the first of all the land’s produce that you harvest from the land Yahweh your God is giving you and put it in a container. Then go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to have His name dwell.(B) 3 When you come before the priest who is serving at that time, you must say to him, ‘Today I acknowledge to the Lord your[a] God that I have entered the land the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.’
4 “Then the priest will take the container from your hand and place it before the altar of the Lord your God. 5 You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:
My father was a wandering Aramean.(C) He went down to Egypt with a few people and lived there.(D) There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation. 6 But the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and forced us to do hard labor. 7 So we called out to Yahweh, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our cry and saw our misery, hardship, and oppression.(E) 8 Then the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders. 9 He led us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.(F) 10 I have now brought the first of the land’s produce that You, Lord, have given me.
You will then place the container before the Lord your God and bow down to Him. 11 You, the Levite, and the foreign resident among you will rejoice(G) in all the good things the Lord your God has given you and your household.
The Tenth in the Third Year
12 “When you have finished paying all the tenth of your produce in the third year,(H) the year of the tenth, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. 13 Then you will say in the presence of the Lord your God:
I have taken the consecrated portion out of my house; I have also given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commands You gave me. I have not violated or forgotten Your commands. 14 I have not eaten any of it while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead.(I) I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done all You commanded me. 15 Look down from Your holy dwelling, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Covenant Summary
16 “The Lord your God is commanding you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and all your soul. 17 Today you have affirmed that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes, commands, and ordinances, and obey Him. 18 And today the Lord has affirmed that you are His special people as He promised you, that you are to keep all His commands, 19 that He will elevate you to praise, fame, and glory above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people(J) to the Lord your God as He promised.”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 26:3 LXX reads my
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