Shalt is not a word for the street or for classroom chat. It is the old form of shall that went with thou — the old “you” used for one person. So thou shalt means you shall, and in the strong Bible voice, you must. Students meet it in the King James Bible and on posters that copy that voice: Thou shalt not steal.

Shalt這個字 is not a word for the street or for classroom chat不是街頭用語，也不是課堂上聊天會用的字. It它 is the old form of shall that went with thou是shall的古老形式，搭配thou使用 — the old "you" used for one personthou是古時候對單一一個人用的『你』. So thou shalt means you shall所以thou shalt的意思就是you shall, and in the strong Bible voice, you must用聖經那種強烈的語氣講，就是『你必須』. Students meet it in the King James Bible學生會在英王欽定版聖經(King James Bible), and on posters that copy that voice還有模仿那種語氣的海報上遇到它: Thou shalt not stealThou shalt not steal（你不可偷竊）.

Two kind things to keep straight. First, shalt is not the “not.” Thou shalt not kill is you shall not kill; take the not away and it becomes a command to do the thing. Second, you do not say you shalt in modern English, and you do not use shalt with they or we.

Two kind things to keep straight有兩件貼心的事要分清楚. First, shalt is not the "not."第一，shalt不是『not』. Thou shalt not kill is you shall not killThou shalt not kill的意思是you shall not kill（你不可殺人）; take the not away and it becomes a command to do the thing把not拿掉，它就變成叫你去做那件事的命令. Second, you do not say you shalt in modern English第二，現代英文不會說you shalt, and you do not use shalt with they or we也不會把shalt跟they或we搭配使用.

Today we say you shall or, more often, you will or you must. It sits next to wilt: thou wilt = you will. The -t on the end is the old “thou” ending.

Today we say you shall現在我們會說you shall, or, more often, you will or you must或更常說you will或you must. It sits next to wilt它跟wilt放在一起看: thou wilt = you willthou wilt = you will. The -t on the end字尾的-t is the old "thou" ending是古時候thou的字尾變化.