出埃及記 13
1 奉獻長子的法律1. 上主訓示梅瑟說：「
The Lord told Moses,
2 以色列子民中，無論是人或牲畜，凡是開胎首生的，都應祝聖於我，屬於我。」
“Every firstborn male is to be dedicated to me. The firstborn from every Israelite family belongs to me, and also every firstborn animal.”
3 梅瑟向百姓說：「你們應當記念從埃及，從為奴之家出來的這一天，因為上主在這一天用強有力的手臂，從那裡領出了你們，故此不可吃有酵的食物。
So Moses told the people, “Remember this is the day you left Egypt, the land of your slavery, for the Lord led you out of it by his amazing power. (Nothing with yeast in it shall be eaten.)
4 今天你們出來正在「阿彼布」月。
Today you are on your way, this day in the month of Abib.
5 幾時上主領你們進了客納罕人、赫特人、阿摩黎人、希威人和耶步斯人的地方，就是他同你的祖先起誓應許給你那流奶流蜜之地，你應在這一月舉行此禮：
The Lord is going to take you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, the land he promised your forefathers he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey. So you are to observe this ceremony in this month.
6 七天之內應吃無酵餅，第七天是敬禮上主的節日。
For seven days you are to only eat bread without yeast, and on the seventh day hold a religious festival to honor the Lord.
7 七天之內吃無酵餅，在你面前不可有發酵之物，在你四境之內也不可見有酵母。
Only bread without yeast is to be eaten during those seven days. You are not to have any yeast, in fact there is to be no yeast in any place where you live.
8 在那一天要告訴你們的兒子說：因為上主在我出埃及時，為我所行的事。
On that day tell your children, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I left Egypt.’
9 應把這事做你手上的記號，做你額上的記念，好使上主的法律常在你口中，因為上主用強有力的手臂，領你出了埃及。
When you celebrate this ceremony it will be like a sign on your hand and a reminder between your eyes that this teaching of the Lord should be spoken about regularly. For the Lord led you out of Egypt with his great power.
10 所以你應年年按照定期遵守這規定。
That's why you are to observe this ceremony at the proper time every year.
11 當上主照他起誓向你和你祖先所許的話，領你到了客納罕人的地方，將那地給了你之後，
Once the Lord takes you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised you and your forefathers,
12 你應將一切開胎首生者歸於上主；你牲畜中，凡開胎首生的牲畜，亦應歸於上主。
you are to present to the Lord all firstborn males, human or animal. The firstborn males of your livestock all belong to the Lord.
13 凡首生的驢，應用羊贖回；你若不贖回，應打斷牠的頸項。你的子孫中，凡是長子，你應贖回。
You must buy back every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you don't do so, you have to break its neck. You must buy back every firstborn of your sons.
14 將來若你的兒子問你：這是什麼意思﹖你要回答他說：這是因為上主用強有力的手臂領我們出離了埃及，出離了為奴之家。
When in the future your children come to you and ask, ‘Why is this ceremony important to you?’ you are to tell them, ‘The Lord led us out of Egypt, the land of our slavery, by his amazing power.
15 原來法朗頑固，不釋放我們，上主就把埃及國一切首生者，不拘是人或牲畜的首生者都殺了，為此我把一切首開母胎的雄性都祭獻於上主；但首生的男孩，我卻要贖回。
Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us leave, so the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human and animal. That's the reason why I sacrifice to the Lord the firstborn male of every animal, and I buy back all the firstborn of my sons.’
16 應將這事作你手上的記號，作你額上的標誌，記念上主用強有力的手臂領我們出了埃及。」往紅海進行
In this way it will be like a sign on your hand and a reminder between your eyes, for the Lord led us out of Egypt by his amazing power.”
17 法朗放走百姓以後，天主沒有領他們走培肋舍特地的近路，因為上主想：「怕百姓遇見戰爭而後悔，再回到埃及。」
When Pharaoh let the Israelites leave, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, even though that was a shorter way. For God said, “If they are forced to fight, they might change their minds and go back to Egypt.”
18 因此天主領百姓繞道，走向靠紅海的曠野。以色列子民都武裝著離開了埃及。
So God led the people by the longer way through the desert towards the Red Sea. When the Israelites left the land of Egypt they were like an army ready for battle.
19 梅瑟也帶了若瑟的骨骸，因為若瑟曾叫以色列的兒子們起誓說：「天主必要眷顧你們，那時你們應把我的骨骸從此地帶回去。」
Moses carried Joseph's bones with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn promise, saying, “God will definitely take care of you, and then you must take my bones with you when you leave here.”
20 他從穌苛特起程前行，就在位於曠野邊緣的厄堂安了營。
They traveled on from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.
21 上主在他們前面行，白天在雲柱裏給他們領路，夜間在火柱裏光照他們，為叫他們白天黑夜都能走路：
The Lord went ahead of them as a pillar of cloud to show them the way during the day, and as a pillar of fire to provide them with light at night. Like this they could travel by day or night.
22 白天的雲柱，黑夜的火柱，總不離開百姓面前。
The pillar of cloud during the day and the pillar of fire at night were always in front of the people.
