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歸向耶和華必蒙賜福

30 “當這一切事,就是我擺在你面前的祝福和咒詛,都臨到你身上的時候,你在耶和華你的 神趕逐你去的萬國中,你心裡必回想這些話, 你和你的子孫必一心一意歸向耶和華你的 神,照著我今日吩咐你的一切聽從他的話。 那時,耶和華你的 神就必使你這被擄的人回歸,他必憐憫你;耶和華你的 神必從你被分散到的萬民中,把你再召集回來。 你被趕逐的人,就是在天涯海角,耶和華你的 神也必從那裡把你召集回來,從那裡把你帶回。 耶和華你的 神必領你進入你列祖所得之地,使你可以得著這地;他必善待你,他也必使你的人數增多,勝過你的列祖。 耶和華你的 神必把你心裡和你後裔心裡的污穢除掉,要你一心一意愛耶和華你的 神,使你可以存活。 耶和華你的 神必把這一切咒詛,加在你的仇敵和恨惡你、逼迫你的人身上。 你卻要再聽從耶和華的話,遵行他的一切誡命,就是我今日吩咐你的。 耶和華你的 神必使你手裡所辦的一切事、你身所生的、牲畜所出的、地土所產的,都豐盛有餘,因為耶和華必再喜悅你,使你得福,像從前喜悅你的列祖一樣; 10 只要你聽從耶和華你的 神的話,謹守這律法書上所寫的誡命和律例;只要你一心一意回轉歸向耶和華你的 神。

11 “其實我今日吩咐你的這誡命,對你並不太難,離你也不太遠。 12 這誡命不是在天上,以致你說:‘誰替我們上到天上去,為我們取下來,使我們聽見,就可以遵行呢?’ 13 也不是在海外,以致你說:‘誰替我們過海去,為我們取回來,使我們聽見,就可以遵行呢?’ 14 其實這話離你很近,就在你口裡,也在你心裡,使你可以遵行。

生死二途由人選擇

15 “你看,我今日把生命和福樂,死亡與災禍,都擺在你的面前了。 16 因此我今日吩咐你要愛耶和華你的 神,行他的道路,謹守他的誡命、律例、典章,使你可以存活,人數增多,耶和華你的 神就必在你要進去得為業的地上賜福給你。 17 但是,如果你的心偏離了,不肯聽從,卻被人勾引,去敬拜和事奉別的神; 18 我今日鄭重地告訴你們,你們必要滅亡;在你過約旦河,進去得為業的地上,你的年日必不長久。 19 我今日呼天喚地向你們作證,我把生與死,福與禍,都擺在你面前了;所以你要選擇生命,好讓你和你的後裔都可以活著, 20 愛耶和華你的 神,聽從他的話,緊靠他,因為那就是你的生命,你的長壽;這樣,你才能在耶和華向你的列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓應許要賜給他們的地上居住。”

Prosperity After Turning to the Lord

30 When all these blessings and curses(A) I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations,(B) and when you and your children return(C) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart(D) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes[a](E) and have compassion(F) on you and gather(G) you again from all the nations where he scattered(H) you.(I) Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,(J) from there the Lord your God will gather(K) you and bring you back.(L) He will bring(M) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous(N) than your ancestors. The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,(O) so that you may love(P) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. The Lord your God will put all these curses(Q) on your enemies who hate and persecute you.(R) You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.(S) The Lord will again delight(T) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, 10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law(U) and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.(V)

The Offer of Life or Death

11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.(W) 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven(X) to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”(Y) 13 Nor is it beyond the sea,(Z) so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”(AA) 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.(AB)

15 See, I set before you today life(AC) and prosperity,(AD) death(AE) and destruction.(AF) 16 For I command you today to love(AG) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live(AH) and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed.(AI) You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you(AJ) that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.(AK) Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love(AL) the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life,(AM) and he will give(AN) you many years in the land(AO) he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity

The Blessing of Returning to God

30 “Now (A)it shall come to pass, when (B)all these things come upon you, the blessing and the (C)curse which I have set before you, and (D)you [a]call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God drives you, and you (E)return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, (F)that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and (G)gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. (H)If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. Then the Lord your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. And (I)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

“Also the Lord your God will put all these (J)curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. And you will (K)again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. (L)The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the [b]fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again (M)rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, 10 if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

The Choice of Life or Death

11 “For this commandment which I command you today (N)is [c]not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. 12 (O)It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you, (P)in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

15 “See, (Q)I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, 16 in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, 18 (R)I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. 19 (S)I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that (T)I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your (U)life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:1 Lit. cause them to return to your heart
  2. Deuteronomy 30:9 offspring
  3. Deuteronomy 30:11 not hidden from