< Numbers 5 >

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
上主訓示梅瑟說:「
2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
你命以色列子民把患任何癩病、任何淋病及所有為死屍沾染不潔的人送出營外,
3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
不論男女,都應送到營外去,免得我住在他們中的營幕沾染不潔。」
4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
以色列子民就如此做了,將他們送到營外;上主怎樣吩咐了梅瑟,以色列子民就怎樣做了。
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
上主訓示梅瑟說:
6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
「你訓令以色列子民:不論男女,對近人作了什麼不義的事,因此得罪上主而自覺有罪,
7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth [part] thereof, and give [it] unto [him] against whom he hath trespassed.
他該承認自己所作的不義,除賠償全部損失外,還應另加五分之一給他所害的人。
8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, [even] to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
若此人沒有近親可向他賠償,這賠償就歸上主,屬於司祭。此外尚應獻一贖罪的公綿羊,為自己贖罪。
9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
以色列子民在奉獻的各種聖物中,凡是給司祭的獻儀,即歸於司祭。
10 And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
每人所奉獻的聖物,應歸自己;但人給與司祭的,應歸於司祭。」
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
上主訓示梅瑟說:「
12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
你告訴以色列子民說:若某人的妻子背離丈夫,
13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and [there be] no witness against her, neither she be taken [with the manner; ]
對他不忠,瞞著丈夫讓人與她同睡交媾,在暗中玷污了自己,又沒有見證,也沒有被捉住,
14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
若丈夫心生疑忌,疑忌他的妻子受了玷污;或者心生疑忌疑忌他的妻子,但她實在沒有受玷污;
15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth [part] of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it [is] an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
丈夫就應帶他的妻子到司祭前,為她獻祭,獻十分之一「厄法」的大麥粉,其上不可倒油,也不可加乳香,因為這是因疑忌所獻的素祭,是一回憶罪過的素祭。
16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
司祭令她前來,站在上主面前;
17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put [it] into the water:
然後用陶器取些聖水,再由會幕地上取些塵土,放入水內。
18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which [is] the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
司祭叫這女人站在上主面前,鬆開她的頭髮,將回憶的素祭品,即為疑忌所獻的素祭品,放在她的掌上,司祭手內拿著給人招致咒罵的苦水,
19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness [with another] instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
然後司祭命那女人起誓,對她說:「若沒有人與你同睡,若你沒有背離丈夫受玷污,願這招致咒罵的苦水於你無害。
20 But if thou hast gone aside [to another] instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
但是,如果你背離了丈夫受了玷污,讓丈夫以外的男人與你同睡,──
21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
在此司祭叫那女人以詛咒的誓辭起誓,然後對她說:──願上主使你在你民族中成為可咒罵和詛咒的人,使你大腿萎縮,使你肚腹腫脹,
22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
願這招致咒罵的水進入你的五臟,使你肚腹腫脹,使你大腿萎縮! 」女人答說:「阿們、阿們。」
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter water:
隨後司祭將這些咒文寫在紙上,用苦水洗去,
24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, [and become] bitter.
令女人喝這招致咒罵的苦水。這招致咒罵的水一進入她內,就給她帶來苦楚。
25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
司祭再由這女人的手內,接過為疑忌所獻的素祭祭品,在上主面前行過搖禮後,放在祭壇上;
26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, [even] the memorial thereof, and burn [it] upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
再由這素祭祭品內取出一把來作為紀念,放在祭壇上焚燒;以後,纔令女人喝這水。
27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, [that], if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, [and become] bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
司祭命她喝水以後,事必靈驗:如果她受了玷污,對丈夫不忠,這招致咒罵的水一進入她內,就給她帶來苦楚;她的肚腹必腫脹,大腿必萎縮;這女人在她的民族中,必成為可咒罵的人。
28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
但是,如果這女人沒有受玷污,而是貞潔的,就不致受害,反要生育子女。
29 This [is] the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside [to another] instead of her husband, and is defiled;
這是關於疑忌事的法律:幾時一個婦人,背離丈夫,受了玷污;
30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
或是一個男人心生疑忌,疑忌自己的妻子,他應帶妻子站在上主面前,司祭應對她執行這法律所規定的一切。
31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
如此,男人可免無罪,女人應自負罪債。」

< Numbers 5 >