< 申命記 23 >
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
2 私生子不得進入上主的集會;他的後代即便到了第十代,也不得進入上主的集會。
A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
3 阿孟人和摩阿布人不得進入上主的集會;他們的後代,即便到第十代,也永不得進入上主的集會;
An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Jehovah for ever:
4 因為當你們出離埃及時,他們沒有帶食物和水,在路上前來迎接你們;又因他們從美索不達米亞的培托爾,雇了貝熬爾的兒子巴郎來咒罵你;
because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
5 但是上主你的天主不但不願聽從巴郎,上主你的天主反而將咒罵變為你的祝福,因為上主你的天主愛你。
Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
7 你不可憎恨厄東人,因為他是你的兄弟;也不可憎恨埃及人,因為你曾在他們國內做過僑民。
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.
8 他們所生的子孫到了第三代,即能進入上主的集會。
The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
9 幾時你出征紮營,攻打你的仇敵,應避免一切惡事。
When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.
10 你中間如有人夜間夢遺,即成為不潔,應走出營外,不可進入營內;
If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
but it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
13 在你的武器中;應有一把鏟;當你在外便溺時,用它來掘坑,然後用以剷土掩蓋糞便。
and thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
14 因為上主你的天主在你營中往來,為救護你,將你的仇人交給你,所以你的營地應當聖潔,免得他在你那裏見到討厭的事,而離棄你。
for Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
15 凡由主人逃到你這裏來的奴僕,你不應將他交給他的主人;
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee:
16 他應在你中間與你同住,住在他自己所選的地方,住在他喜歡的一座城內;你不可欺負他。
he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
17 以色列婦女中不可有人當廟妓,以色列男人中亦不可有人作廟倡。
There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
18 你不可賣淫的酬金和賣狗的代價,帶到上主你天主的殿內,還任何誓願,因為這兩樣於上主你的天主都是可憎惡的。
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
19 借給你兄弟銀錢、食物,或任何能生利之物,你不可取利。
Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest.
20 對外方人你可取利,對你兄弟卻不可取利,好使上主你的天主在你要去佔領的地上,祝福你進行的一切事業。
Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
21 幾時你向上主你的天主許願,不要遲延還願,因為上主你的天主必向你追討,你就不免有罪了。
When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
23 凡你口中說出來的,你應遵守;凡你親口說出向上主你的天主所許的願,你應執行。
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
24 幾時你進入你鄰人的葡萄園,你可隨意摘食葡萄,可以吃飽,但不可裝入你的器皿內。
When thou comest into thy neighbor’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat of grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
25 幾時你進入你鄰人的麥田,可以伸手摘麥穗,但不可在你鄰人的麥田內動鐮刀。
When thou comest into thy neighbor’s standing grain, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor’s standing grain.