申命記 17
1 「凡有殘疾，或有甚麼惡病的牛羊，你都不可獻給耶和華－你的上帝，因為這是耶和華－你上帝所憎惡的。
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Yahweh thy God a bullock or a sheep wherein is a blemish, any unseemly thing: for an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, it would be.
2 「在你們中間，在耶和華－你上帝所賜你的諸城中，無論哪座城裏，若有人，或男或女，行耶和華－你上帝眼中看為惡的事，違背了他的約，
When there shall be found in thy midst, within any of thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, man or woman who doeth the thing which is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God by transgressing his covenant;
3 去事奉敬拜別神，或拜日頭，或拜月亮，或拜天象，是主不曾吩咐的；
yea hath gone, and served other gods, and bowed down unto them, —whether unto the sun or unto the moon or unto any of the host of the heavens which I have not commanded;
4 有人告訴你，你也聽見了，就要細細地探聽，果然是真，準有這可憎惡的事行在以色列中，
and it shall be told thee and thou shalt hear, —and shalt enquire diligently, and lo! true—certain, is the report, this abominable thing hath been done in Israel,
5 你就要將行這惡事的男人或女人拉到城門外，用石頭將他打死。
then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman who hath done this wicked thing, within thy gates—the man, or the woman, —and shalt stone them with stones that they die.
6 要憑兩三個人的口作見證將那當死的人治死；不可憑一個人的口作見證將他治死。
At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death, —he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.
7 見證人要先下手，然後眾民也下手將他治死。這樣，就把那惡從你們中間除掉。
The hand of the witnesses, shall be upon him first to put him to death, and the hand of all the people, afterwards, —so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.
8 「你城中若起了爭訟的事，或因流血，或因爭競，或因毆打，是你難斷的案件，你就當起來，往耶和華－你上帝所選擇的地方
When any matter of judgment, shall be too difficult for thee—between blood and blood between plea and plea or between stroke and stroke, matters of contention within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and go up unto the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose;
9 去見祭司利未人，並當時的審判官，求問他們，他們必將判語指示你。
and shalt come in unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge who shall be in those days, —and shalt enquire and they shall declare unto thee, the sentence of judgment;
10 他們在耶和華所選擇的地方指示你的判語，你必照着他們所指教你的一切話謹守遵行。
and thou shalt do according to the sentence which they shall declare unto thee, out of that place, which Yahweh, shall choose, —yea thou shalt observe to do according to all which they shall direct thee:
11 要按他們所指教你的律法，照他們所斷定的去行；他們所指示你的判語，你不可偏離左右。
according to the direction wherewith they direct thee and after the judgment which they shall announce to thee, shalt thou do, —thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee to the right hand or to the left.
12 若有人擅敢不聽從那侍立在耶和華－你上帝面前的祭司，或不聽從審判官，那人就必治死；這樣，便將那惡從以色列中除掉。
And, the man who shall do presumptuously by not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there to Yahweh thy God, or unto the judge, that man shall die, and so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of Israel.
13 眾百姓都要聽見害怕，不再擅敢行事。」
And, all the people, shall hear and fear, —and shall not act presumptuously any more.
14 「到了耶和華－你上帝所賜你的地，得了那地居住的時候，若說：『我要立王治理我，像四圍的國一樣。』
When thou shalt enter into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, and shalt possess it and dwell therein, —and shalt say—I will set over me a king, like all the nations that are round about me,
15 你總要立耶和華－你上帝所揀選的人為王。必從你弟兄中立一人；不可立你弟兄以外的人為王。
thou shalt, set, over thee as king, him whom Yahweh thy God shall choose, —out of the midst of thy brethren, shalt thou set over thee a king, thou mayest not appoint over thee a man that is a foreigner, who is not thy brother.
16 只是王不可為自己加添馬匹，也不可使百姓回埃及去，為要加添他的馬匹，因耶和華曾吩咐你們說：『不可再回那條路去。』
Moreover he shall not multiply to himself horses, neither shall he cause the people to return to Egypt that he may multiply horses, —when, Yahweh, hath said unto you, Ye shall not again return this way any more.
17 他也不可為自己多立妃嬪，恐怕他的心偏邪；也不可為自己多積金銀。
Neither shall he multiply to himself wives, that his heart turn not aside, —nor silver and gold, shall he multiply to himself greatly.
18 他登了國位，就要將祭司利未人面前的這律法書，為自己抄錄一本，
But it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, then shall he write for himself a copy of this law upon a scroll, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
19 存在他那裏，要平生誦讀，好學習敬畏耶和華－他的上帝，謹守遵行這律法書上的一切言語和這些律例，
so shall it be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life, —that he may learn to revere Yahweh his God, to observe all the words of this law and these statutes to do them:
20 免得他向弟兄心高氣傲，偏左偏右，離了這誡命。這樣，他和他的子孫便可在以色列中，在國位上年長日久。」
that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, —that he may prolong his days over his kingdom—he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.
