Deuteronomy 21
1 If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
「在耶和華－你上帝所賜你為業的地上，若遇見被殺的人倒在田野，不知道是誰殺的，
2 your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
長老和審判官就要出去，從被殺的人那裏量起，直量到四圍的城邑，
3 Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
看哪城離被殺的人最近，那城的長老就要從牛群中取一隻未曾耕地、未曾負軛的母牛犢，
4 bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
把母牛犢牽到流水、未曾耕種的山谷去，在谷中打折母牛犢的頸項。
5 And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
祭司利未的子孫要近前來；因為耶和華－你的上帝揀選了他們事奉他，奉耶和華的名祝福，所有爭訟毆打的事都要憑他們判斷。
6 Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
那城的眾長老，就是離被殺的人最近的，要在那山谷中，在所打折頸項的母牛犢以上洗手，
7 and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
禱告說：『我們的手未曾流這人的血；我們的眼也未曾看見這事。
8 Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
耶和華啊，求你赦免你所救贖的以色列民，不要使流無辜血的罪歸在你的百姓以色列中間。』這樣，流血的罪必得赦免。
9 So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
你行耶和華眼中看為正的事，就可以從你們中間除掉流無辜血的罪。」
10 When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,
「你出去與仇敵爭戰的時候，耶和華－你的上帝將他們交在你手中，你就擄了他們去。
11 if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
若在被擄的人中見有美貌的女子，戀慕她，要娶她為妻，
12 then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
就可以領她到你家裏去；她便要剃頭髮，修指甲，
13 and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
脫去被擄時所穿的衣服，住在你家裏哀哭父母一個整月，然後可以與她同房。你作她的丈夫，她作你的妻子。
14 And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
後來你若不喜悅她，就要由她隨意出去，決不可為錢賣她，也不可當婢女待她，因為你玷污了她。」
15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
「人若有二妻，一為所愛，一為所惡，所愛的、所惡的都給他生了兒子，但長子是所惡之妻生的。
16 when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
到了把產業分給兒子承受的時候，不可將所愛之妻生的兒子立為長子，在所惡之妻生的兒子以上，
17 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
卻要認所惡之妻生的兒子為長子，將產業多加一分給他；因這兒子是他力量強壯的時候生的，長子的名分本當歸他。」
18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
「人若有頑梗悖逆的兒子，不聽從父母的話，他們雖懲治他，他仍不聽從，
19 his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
父母就要抓住他，將他帶到本地的城門、本城的長老那裏，
20 and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
對長老說：『我們這兒子頑梗悖逆，不聽從我們的話，是貪食好酒的人。』
21 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
本城的眾人就要用石頭將他打死。這樣，就把那惡從你們中間除掉，以色列眾人都要聽見害怕。」
22 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
「人若犯該死的罪，被治死了，你將他掛在木頭上，
23 you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
他的屍首不可留在木頭上過夜，必要當日將他葬埋，免得玷污了耶和華－你上帝所賜你為業之地。因為被掛的人是在上帝面前受咒詛的。
