Exodus 13
1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
奉獻長子的法律1. 上主訓示梅瑟說：「
2 Sanctifie vnto me all the first borne: that is, euery one that first openeth the wombe among the children of Israel, as well of man as of beast: for it is mine.
以色列子民中，無論是人或牲畜，凡是開胎首生的，都應祝聖於我，屬於我。」
3 Then Moses sayd vnto the people, Remember this day in the which ye came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage: for by a mightie hande the Lord brought you out from thence: therefore no leauened bread shall bee eaten.
梅瑟向百姓說：「你們應當記念從埃及，從為奴之家出來的這一天，因為上主在這一天用強有力的手臂，從那裡領出了你們，故此不可吃有酵的食物。
4 This day come yee out in the moneth of Abib.
今天你們出來正在「阿彼布」月。
5 Now when the Lord hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, and Hittites, and Amorites, and Hiuites, and Iebusites (which he sware vnto thy fathers, that he woulde giue thee, a land flowing with milke and honie) then thou shalt keepe this seruice in this moneth.
幾時上主領你們進了客納罕人、赫特人、阿摩黎人、希威人和耶步斯人的地方，就是他同你的祖先起誓應許給你那流奶流蜜之地，你應在這一月舉行此禮：
6 Seuen dayes shalt thou eate vnleauened bread, and the seuenth day shall be the feast of the Lord.
七天之內應吃無酵餅，第七天是敬禮上主的節日。
7 Vnleauened bread shall bee eaten seuen dayes, and there shall no leauened bread be seene with thee, nor yet leauen be seene with thee in all thy quarters.
七天之內吃無酵餅，在你面前不可有發酵之物，在你四境之內也不可見有酵母。
8 And thou shalt shew thy sonne in that day, saying, This is done, because of that which the Lord did vnto me, when I came out of Egypt.
在那一天要告訴你們的兒子說：因為上主在我出埃及時，為我所行的事。
9 And it shalbe a signe vnto thee vpon thine hande, and for a remembrance betweene thine eyes, that the Lawe of the Lord may be in thy mouth: for by a strong hand the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
應把這事做你手上的記號，做你額上的記念，好使上主的法律常在你口中，因為上主用強有力的手臂，領你出了埃及。
10 Keepe therefore this ordinance in his season appoynted from yeere to yeere.
所以你應年年按照定期遵守這規定。
11 And when the Lord shall bring thee into the lande of the Canaanites, as hee sware vnto thee and to thy fathers, and shall giue it thee,
當上主照他起誓向你和你祖先所許的話，領你到了客納罕人的地方，將那地給了你之後，
12 Then thou shalt set apart vnto the Lord all that first openeth the wombe: also euery thing that first doeth open the wombe, and commeth forth of thy beast: the males shalbe the Lordes.
你應將一切開胎首生者歸於上主；你牲畜中，凡開胎首生的牲畜，亦應歸於上主。
13 But euery first foale of an asse, thou shalt redeeme with a lambe: and if thou redeeme him not, then thou shalt breake his necke: likewise all the first borne of man among thy sonnes shalt thou bye out.
凡首生的驢，應用羊贖回；你若不贖回，應打斷牠的頸項。你的子孫中，凡是長子，你應贖回。
14 And when thy sonne shall aske thee to morowe, saying, What is this? thou shalt then say vnto him, With a mightie hande the Lord brought vs out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
將來若你的兒子問你：這是什麼意思﹖你要回答他說：這是因為上主用強有力的手臂領我們出離了埃及，出離了為奴之家。
15 For when Pharaoh was harde hearted against our departing, the Lord then slewe all the first borne in the lande of Egypt: from the first borne of man euen to the first borne of beast: therefore I sacrifice vnto the Lord all the males that first open the wombe, but all the first borne of my sonnes I redeeme.
原來法朗頑固，不釋放我們，上主就把埃及國一切首生者，不拘是人或牲畜的首生者都殺了，為此我把一切首開母胎的雄性都祭獻於上主；但首生的男孩，我卻要贖回。
16 And it shalbe as a token vpon thine hand, and as frontlets betweene thine eyes, that the Lord brought vs out of Egypt by a mightie hande.
應將這事作你手上的記號，作你額上的標誌，記念上主用強有力的手臂領我們出了埃及。」往紅海進行
17 Nowe when Pharaoh had let the people go, God caried them not by the way of the Philistims countrey, though it were neerer: (for God sayd, Lest the people repent whe they see warre, and turne againe to Egypt)
法朗放走百姓以後，天主沒有領他們走培肋舍特地的近路，因為上主想：「怕百姓遇見戰爭而後悔，再回到埃及。」
18 But God made the people to go about by the way of the wildernesse of the red sea: and the children of Israel went vp armed out of the land of Egypt.
因此天主領百姓繞道，走向靠紅海的曠野。以色列子民都武裝著離開了埃及。
19 (And Moses tooke the bones of Ioseph with him: for he had made the children of Israel sweare, saying, God will surely visite you, and ye shall take my bones away hence with you)
梅瑟也帶了若瑟的骨骸，因為若瑟曾叫以色列的兒子們起誓說：「天主必要眷顧你們，那時你們應把我的骨骸從此地帶回去。」
20 So they tooke their iourney from Succoth, and camped in Etham in the edge of the wildernesse.
他從穌苛特起程前行，就在位於曠野邊緣的厄堂安了營。
21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloude to leade them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to giue them light, that they might go both by day and by night.
上主在他們前面行，白天在雲柱裏給他們領路，夜間在火柱裏光照他們，為叫他們白天黑夜都能走路：
22 He tooke not away the pillar of ye cloude by day, nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.
白天的雲柱，黑夜的火柱，總不離開百姓面前。
