民數記 9
1 出埃及國後第二年正月，上主在西乃曠野吩咐梅瑟說：「
And Yhwh spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 以色列子民在定期內當舉行踰越節。
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
3 於本月十四日黃昏時，在定期內舉行此節；應按一切規定和禮儀舉行。」
In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
4 梅瑟遂號令以色列子民舉行踰越節。
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
5 他們就在正月十四日黃昏，於西乃曠野舉行了踰越節；上主怎樣吩咐了梅瑟，以色列子民就怎樣做了。
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Yhwh commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
6 但是，有些人因沾染了死人的不潔，不能在那一天舉行踰越節，就在那天來到梅瑟和亞郎前；
And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
7 這些人對他說：「我們沾染了死人的不潔；為什麼我們就被拒絕，而不能在以色列子民中，於定期內奉獻上主供物﹖」
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of Yhwh in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
8 梅瑟對他們說：「你們等一下，我去聽上主對你們有何吩咐。」
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what Yhwh will command concerning you.
9 上主吩咐梅瑟說：「
And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,
10 你訓示以色列子民說：幾時你們中或你們後裔中，若有人沾了死人的不潔，或因到遠方旅行，仍要為上主舉行踰越節，
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Yhwh.
11 應在二月十四日黃昏舉行，同時吃無酵餅和苦菜，
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
12 不要剩下什麼到早晨，也不要折斷羔羊的骨頭：應全依照踰越節的規定舉行此節。
They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
13 但如有人是潔淨的，又不在旅行中，竟忽略了過踰越節，這人就應由民間剷除，因為他沒有在定期內奉獻上主供物，這人應自負罪債。
But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of Yhwh in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
14 至於與你們同住的僑民，若為上主舉行踰越節，應按照踰越節的規定和禮儀舉行；不論是僑民，或是本國公民，你們應守同樣的法律。」
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Yhwh; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
15 在豎立帳幕那一天，有雲彩遮蓋了帳幕，即會幕；到晚上雲彩停在帳幕上，形狀似火，直到早晨。
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
16 白天有雲彩遮蓋，夜間雲彩形狀似火：常是如此。
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
17 幾時雲彩由帳幕上升起，以色列子民隨即起程；雲彩在那裏停住了，以色列子民就在那裏紮營。
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
18 以色列子民照上主的命令起程，亦照上主的命令紮營：雲彩停留在帳幕上幾日，他們就幾日紮營不動。
At the commandment of Yhwh the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Yhwh they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
19 雲彩若多日停留在帳幕上，以色列子民就遵照上主的命令，不移營前行。
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Yhwh, and journeyed not.
20 有時雲彩只數日停留在帳幕上，他們就依照上主的命令紮營不動，並依照上主的命令起程。
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of Yhwh they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of Yhwh they journeyed.
21 有時雲彩從晚上到早晨停住，一到早晨就上升，他們就隨之起程；或者一日一夜以後纔上升，他們也隨之起程。
And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
22 如雲彩兩日或一月，或一年停留在帳幕上，無論停留多久，以色列子民也就安營不動多久；只在雲彩上升時，方起程前行。
Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
23 他們依照上主的命令紮營，依照上主的命令起程；他們全照上主藉梅瑟所吩咐的，遵守上主的訓示。
At the commandment of Yhwh they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of Yhwh they journeyed: they kept the charge of Yhwh, at the commandment of Yhwh by the hand of Moses.
