¹归向耶和华必蒙赐福

¹`And it hath been, when all these things come upon thee, the blessing and the reviling, which I have set before thee, and thou hast brought [them] back unto thy heart, among all the nations whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee away,

²你和你的子孙必一心一意归向耶和华你的　神，照着我今日吩咐你的一切听从他的话。

²and hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hearkened to His voice, according to all that I am commanding thee to-day, thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul —

³那时，耶和华你的　神就必使你这被掳的人回归，他必怜悯你；耶和华你的　神必从你被分散到的万民中，把你再召集回来。

³then hath Jehovah thy God turned back [to] thy captivity, and pitied thee, yea, He hath turned back and gathered thee out of all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.

⁴你被赶逐的人，就是在天涯海角，耶和华你的　神也必从那里把你召集回来，从那里把你带回。

⁴`If thine outcast is in the extremity of the heavens, thence doth Jehovah thy God gather thee, and thence He doth take thee;

⁵耶和华你的　神必领你进入你列祖所得之地，使你可以得着这地；他必善待你，他也必使你的人数增多，胜过你的列祖。

⁵and Jehovah thy God hath brought thee in unto the land which thy fathers have possessed, and thou hast inherited it, and He hath done thee good, and multiplied thee above thy fathers.

⁶耶和华你的　神必把你心里和你后裔心里的污秽除掉，要你一心一意爱耶和华你的　神，使你可以存活。

⁶`And Jehovah thy God hath circumcised thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, for the sake of thy life;

⁷耶和华你的　神必把这一切咒诅，加在你的仇敌和恨恶你、逼迫你的人身上。

⁷and Jehovah thy God hath put all this oath on thine enemies, and on those hating thee, who have pursued thee.

⁸你却要再听从耶和华的话，遵行他的一切诫命，就是我今日吩咐你的。

⁸`And thou dost turn back, and hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and hast done all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day;

⁹耶和华你的　神必使你手里所办的一切事、你身所生的、牲畜所出的、地土所产的，都丰盛有余，因为耶和华必再喜悦你，使你得福，像从前喜悦你的列祖一样；

⁹and Jehovah thy God hath made thee abundant in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah turneth back to rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers,

¹⁰只要你听从耶和华你的　神的话，谨守这律法书上所写的诫命和律例；只要你一心一意回转归向耶和华你的　神。

¹⁰for thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which are written in the book of this law, for thou turnest back unto Jehovah thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

¹¹“其实我今日吩咐你的这诫命，对你并不太难，离你也不太远。

¹¹`For this command which I am commanding thee to-day, it is not too wonderful for thee, nor [is] it far off.

¹²这诫命不是在天上，以致你说：‘谁替我们上到天上去，为我们取下来，使我们听见，就可以遵行呢？’

¹²It is not in the heavens, — saying, Who doth go up for us into the heavens, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it — that we may do it.

¹³也不是在海外，以致你说：‘谁替我们过海去，为我们取回来，使我们听见，就可以遵行呢？’

¹³And it [is] not beyond the sea, — saying, Who doth pass over for us beyond the sea, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it — that we may do it?

¹⁴其实这话离你很近，就在你口里，也在你心里，使你可以遵行。

¹⁴For very near unto thee is the word, in thy mouth, and in thy heart — to do it.

¹⁵生死二途由人选择“你看，我今日把生命和福乐，死亡与灾祸，都摆在你的面前了。

¹⁵`See, I have set before thee to-day life and good, and death and evil,

¹⁶如果你听从耶和华你的　神的诫命，就是我今日吩咐你的；爱耶和华你的　神，行他的道路，谨守他的诫命、律例、典章，使你可以存活，人数增多，耶和华你的　神就必在你要进去得为业的地上赐福给你。

¹⁶in that I am commanding thee to-day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and thou hast lived and multiplied, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in the land whither thou art going in to possess it.

¹⁷但是，如果你的心偏离了，不肯听从，却被人勾引，去敬拜和事奉别的神；

¹⁷`And if thy heart doth turn, and thou dost not hearken, and hast been driven away, and hast bowed thyself to other gods, and served them,

¹⁸我今日郑重地告诉你们，你们必要灭亡；在你过约旦河，进去得为业的地上，你的年日必不长久。

¹⁸I have declared to you this day, that ye do certainly perish, ye do not prolong days on the ground which thou art passing over the Jordan to go in thither to possess it.

¹⁹我今日呼天唤地向你们作证，我把生与死，福与祸，都摆在你面前了；所以你要选择生命，好让你和你的后裔都可以活着，

¹⁹`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,

²⁰爱耶和华你的　神，听从他的话，紧靠他，因为那就是你的生命，你的长寿；这样，你才能在耶和华向你的列祖亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓应许要赐给他们的地上居住。”

²⁰to love Jehovah thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave to Him (for He [is] thy life, and the length of thy days), to dwell on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.`