When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

15 And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

20 Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.

22 And the Lord thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.

23 But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

选民(A)

“耶和华—你的 神领你进入你要得为业之地,从你面前赶出许多国家,就是比你更强大的七个国家:人、革迦撒人、亚摩利人、迦南人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人。 当耶和华—你的 神把他们交给你,你击杀他们的时候,你要完全消灭他们,不可与他们立约,也不可怜惜他们。 不可与他们结亲;不可将你的女儿嫁给他的儿子,也不可叫你的儿子娶他的女儿。 因为他必使你的儿女离弃我,去事奉别神,以致耶和华的怒气向你们发作,迅速将你除灭。 你们却要这样处置他们:拆毁他们的祭坛,打碎他们的柱像,砍断他们的亚舍拉,用火焚烧他们雕刻的偶像。

“因为你是属于耶和华—你 神神圣的子民;耶和华—你的 神从地面上的万民中拣选你,作自己宝贵的子民。 耶和华专爱你们,拣选你们,并非因你们人数比任何民族多,其实你们的人数在各民族中是最少的。 因为耶和华爱你们,又因要遵守他向你们列祖所起的誓,耶和华就用大能的手领你们出来,救赎你脱离为奴之家,脱离埃及王法老的手。 所以,你知道耶和华—你的 神,他是 神,是信实的 神。他向爱他、守他诫命的人守约施慈爱,直到千代; 10 向恨他的人,他必当面报应,消灭他们。凡恨他的,他必当面报应,绝不迟延。 11 所以,你要谨守我今日所吩咐你的诫命、律例、典章,遵行它们。”

遵行诫命必蒙福(B)

12 “你们若听从这些典章,谨守遵行,耶和华—你的 神必照他向你列祖所起的誓,对你守约,施慈爱。 13 他必爱你,赐福给你,使你人数增多,也必在他向你列祖起誓要给你的地上赐福给你身所生的,你地所产的,你的五谷、新酒和新的油,以及你的牛犊、羔羊。 14 你必蒙福胜过万民;你没有不育的男人和不孕的女人,牲畜也没有不生育的。 15 耶和华必使一切的疾病远离你;你所知道埃及各样的恶疾,他不加在你身上,反要加在所有恨你的人身上。 16 你要吞灭耶和华—你的 神交给你的各民族,你的眼目不可顾惜他们。你也不可事奉他们的神明,因为这必成为你的圈套。

17 “你若心里说,这些国的人数比我多,我怎能赶出他们呢? 18 你不必怕他们,要牢牢记住耶和华—你 神向法老和埃及全地所行的事, 19 你亲眼见过的大考验、神迹、奇事、大能的手和伸出来的膀臂,都是耶和华—你 神领你出来所施行的。耶和华—你的 神也必照样处置你所惧怕的各民族, 20 并且耶和华—你的 神必派瘟疫[a]攻击他们,直到那剩下而躲起来的人都从你面前灭亡。 21 不要因他们惊恐,因为耶和华—你的 神在你中间是大而可畏的 神。 22 耶和华—你的 神必将这些国从你面前渐渐赶出;你不可迅速把他们消灭,免得野地的走兽多起来危害你。 23 耶和华—你的 神必将他们交给你,大大扰乱他们,直到他们被除灭。 24 他又要将他们的君王交在你手中,你必从天下除去他们的名;必无一人能在你面前站立得住,直到你把他们除灭了。 25 你们要用火焚烧他们神明的雕刻偶像;不可贪爱偶像上的金银,也不可私自收起来,免得你因此陷入圈套,因为这是耶和华—你 神所憎恶的。 26 你不可把可憎之物带进你的家,否则,你就像它一样成为当毁灭的。你要彻底憎恨它,极其厌恶它,因为这是当毁灭的。”

Footnotes

  1. 7.20 “瘟疫”或译“黄蜂”。

A Chosen People(A)

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to (B)possess, and has cast out many (C)nations before you, (D)the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you, and when the Lord your God delivers (E)them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. (F)You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. (G)Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. For they will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; (H)so the anger of the Lord will be aroused against you and destroy you suddenly. But thus you shall deal with them: you shall (I)destroy their altars, and break down their sacred pillars, and cut down their [a]wooden images, and burn their carved images with fire.

“For you are a [b]holy people to the Lord your God; (J)the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The Lord did not set His (K)love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were (L)the least of all peoples; but (M)because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep (N)the oath which He swore to your fathers, (O)the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of [c]bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

“Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, (P)the faithful God (Q)who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; 10 and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not [d]be (R)slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face. 11 Therefore you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I command you today, to observe them.

Blessings of Obedience(S)

12 “Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. 13 And He will (T)love you and bless you and [e]multiply you; (U)He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He [f]swore to your fathers to give you. 14 You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female (V)barren among you or among your livestock. 15 And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the (W)terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you. 16 Also you shall [g]destroy all the peoples whom the Lord your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will (X)be a snare to you.

17 “If you should say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’— 18 you shall not be afraid of them, but you shall (Y)remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: 19 (Z)the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs and the wonders, the mighty hand and the outstretched arm, by which the Lord your God brought you out. So shall the Lord your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. 20 (AA)Moreover the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left, who hide themselves from you, are destroyed. 21 You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you. 22 And the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you (AB)little by little; you will be unable to [h]destroy them at once, lest the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. 23 But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, and will inflict defeat upon them until they are destroyed. 24 And (AC)He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you will destroy their name from under heaven; (AD)no one shall be able to stand [i]against you until you have destroyed them. 25 You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not (AE)covet[j] the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God. 26 Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, (AF)for it is an [k]accursed thing.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:5 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
  2. Deuteronomy 7:6 set-apart
  3. Deuteronomy 7:8 slavery
  4. Deuteronomy 7:10 delay
  5. Deuteronomy 7:13 cause you to increase
  6. Deuteronomy 7:13 promised
  7. Deuteronomy 7:16 consume
  8. Deuteronomy 7:22 consume
  9. Deuteronomy 7:24 before
  10. Deuteronomy 7:25 desire
  11. Deuteronomy 7:26 devoted or banned