申命记 16
1 “你要注意亚笔月，向耶和华—你的 神守逾越节，因为耶和华—你的 神在亚笔月夜间领你出埃及。
“[Each year] honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover [Festival] in the month of Abib [in early spring]. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt.
2 你当在耶和华所选择要立为他名的居所，从牛群羊群中，将逾越节的祭牲献给耶和华—你的 神。
[In order to celebrate that festival], go to the place that Yahweh will choose [for you to worship him], and offer [there one young animal] from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh [MTY].
3 你吃这祭牲，不可吃有酵的饼；七日之内要吃无酵饼，就是困苦饼—你本是急忙出了埃及地—要叫你一生一世记念你从埃及地出来的日子。
[When you eat the Passover meal], the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, [where they were suffering because they were slaves], they left very quickly. [They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up].
4 在你四境之内，七日不可见面酵，头一日晚上所献的肉，一点不可留到早晨。
[During that festival], you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat [of the animals] that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day [of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night]; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day.
5 在耶和华—你 神所赐的各城中，你不可献逾越节的祭；
“To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you [to worship him]; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors [started to] leave Egypt.
6 只当在耶和华—你 神所选择要立为他名的居所，晚上日落的时候，乃是你出埃及的时候，献逾越节的祭。
7 当在耶和华—你 神所选择的地方把肉烤了吃，次日早晨就回到你的帐棚去。
Boil [the meat] and eat it at the place [of worship] that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents.
8 你要吃无酵饼六日，第七日要向耶和华—你的 神守严肃会，不可做工。”
Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. [It will be a day of rest]; you must not do any work on that day.”
9 “你要计算七七日：从你开镰收割禾稼时算起，共计七七日。
“[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
10 你要照耶和华—你 神所赐你的福，手里拿着甘心祭，献在耶和华—你的 神面前，守七七节。
Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering [of grain]. Yahweh has blessed you [by causing it to grow in your fields during that year]. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering.
11 你和你儿女、仆婢，并住在你城里的利未人，以及在你们中间寄居的与孤儿寡妇，都要在耶和华—你 神所选择立为他名的居所，在耶和华—你的 神面前欢乐。
[Each married couple] should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose.
12 你也要记念你在埃及作过奴仆。你要谨守遵行这些律例。”
[“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”
13 “你把禾场的谷、酒榨的酒收藏以后，就要守住棚节七日。
“[Each year], after you have threshed all your grain and pressed [the juice from] all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days.
14 守节的时候，你和你儿女、仆婢，并住在你城里的利未人，以及寄居的与孤儿寡妇，都要欢乐。
[Each married couple] along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.
15 在耶和华所选择的地方，你当向耶和华—你的 神守节七日；因为耶和华—你 神在你一切的土产上和你手里所办的事上要赐福与你，你就非常地欢乐。
Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him]. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.
16 你一切的男丁要在除酵节、七七节、住棚节，一年三次，在耶和华—你 神所选择的地方朝见他，却不可空手朝见。
“So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather [with your families] to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, [to celebrate three festivals]: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering [for Yahweh to these festivals]
17 各人要按自己的力量，照耶和华—你 神所赐的福分，奉献礼物。”
in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”
18 “你要在耶和华—你 神所赐的各城里，按着各支派设立审判官和官长。他们必按公义的审判判断百姓。
“Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.
19 不可屈枉正直；不可看人的外貌。也不可受贿赂；因为贿赂能叫智慧人的眼变瞎了，又能颠倒义人的话。
They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; [he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that] the righteous/innocent people [must be punished].
20 你要追求至公至义，好叫你存活，承受耶和华—你 神所赐你的地。
You must be completely fair and just [DOU], in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
21 “你为耶和华—你的 神筑坛，不可在坛旁栽什么树木作为木偶。
“When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue [that represents] the goddess Asherah.
22 也不可为自己设立柱像；这是耶和华—你 神所恨恶的。
And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”
