出埃及記 13
1 耶和華曉諭摩西說：
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 「以色列中凡頭生的，無論是人是牲畜，都是我的，要分別為聖歸我。」
“Set apart to me all the firstborn, every firstborn male among the Israelites, both of people and animals. The firstborn belongs to me.”
3 摩西對百姓說：「你們要記念從埃及為奴之家出來的這日，因為耶和華用大能的手將你們從這地方領出來。有酵的餅都不可吃。
Moses said to the people, “Call this day to mind, the day on which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by Yahweh's strong hand he brought you out from this place. No bread with yeast may be eaten.
4 亞筆月間的這日是你們出來的日子。
You are going out of Egypt on this day, in the month of Aviv.
5 將來耶和華領你進迦南人、赫人、亞摩利人、希未人、耶布斯人之地，就是他向你的祖宗起誓應許給你那流奶與蜜之地，那時你要在這月間守這禮。
When Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and the Jebusites, the land that he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—then you must observe this act of worship in this month.
6 你要吃無酵餅七日，到第七日要向耶和華守節。
For seven days you must eat bread without yeast; on the seventh day there will be a feast to honor Yahweh.
7 這七日之久，要吃無酵餅；在你四境之內不可見有酵的餅，也不可見發酵的物。
Bread without yeast must be eaten throughout the seven days; no bread with yeast may be seen among you. No yeast may be seen with you within any of your borders.
8 當那日，你要告訴你的兒子說：『這是因耶和華在我出埃及的時候為我所行的事。
On that day you are to say to your children, 'This is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
9 這要在你手上作記號，在你額上作紀念，使耶和華的律法常在你口中，因為耶和華曾用大能的手將你從埃及領出來。
This will be a reminder for you on your hand, and a reminder on your forehead. This is so the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand Yahweh brought you out of Egypt.
10 所以你每年要按着日期守這例。』」
Therefore you must keep this law at its appointed time from year to year.
11 「將來，耶和華照他向你和你祖宗所起的誓將你領進迦南人之地，把這地賜給你，
When Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your ancestors to do, and when he gives the land to you,
12 那時你要將一切頭生的，並牲畜中頭生的，歸給耶和華；公的都要屬耶和華。
you must set apart to Yahweh the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn offspring of your animals that are males, will belong to Yahweh.
13 凡頭生的驢，你要用羊羔代贖；若不代贖，就要打折牠的頸項。凡你兒子中頭生的都要贖出來。
Every firstborn of a donkey you must buy back with a lamb. If you do not buy it back, then you must break its neck. But each of your firstborn males among all your sons—you must buy them back.
14 日後，你的兒子問你說：『這是甚麼意思？』你就說：『耶和華用大能的手將我們從埃及為奴之家領出來。
When your son asks you later, 'What does this mean?' then you are to tell him, 'It was by a strong hand that Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slavery.
15 那時法老幾乎不容我們去，耶和華就把埃及地所有頭生的，無論是人是牲畜，都殺了。因此，我把一切頭生的公牲畜獻給耶和華為祭，但將頭生的兒子都贖出來。
When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of people and the firstborn of animals. That is why I sacrifice to Yahweh the firstborn male of every animal, and why I buy back the firstborn of my sons.'
16 這要在你手上作記號，在你額上作經文，因為耶和華用大能的手將我們從埃及領出來。』」
This will become a reminder on your hands, and a reminder on your forehead, for it was by a strong hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt.”
17 法老容百姓去的時候，非利士地的道路雖近，上帝卻不領他們從那裏走；因為上帝說：「恐怕百姓遇見打仗後悔，就回埃及去。」
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that land was nearby. For God said, “Perhaps the people will change their minds when they experience war and will then return to Egypt.”
18 所以上帝領百姓繞道而行，走紅海曠野的路。以色列人出埃及地，都帶着兵器上去。
So God led the people around through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds. The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt armed for battle.
19 摩西把約瑟的骸骨一同帶去；因為約瑟曾叫以色列人嚴嚴地起誓，對他們說：「上帝必眷顧你們，你們要把我的骸骨從這裏一同帶上去。」
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear and said, “God will surely rescue you, and you must carry away my bones with you.”
20 他們從疏割起行，在曠野邊的以倘安營。
The Israelites journeyed from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
21 日間，耶和華在雲柱中領他們的路；夜間，在火柱中光照他們，使他們日夜都可以行走。
Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them on the way. By night he went in a pillar of fire to give them light. In this way they could travel by day and by night.
22 日間雲柱，夜間火柱，總不離開百姓的面前。
Yahweh did not take away from before the people the daytime pillar of cloud or the nighttime pillar of fire.
