Exodus 13
1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
耶和華曉諭摩西說：
2 "Set apart to me all the firstborn. Whatever is first from the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal; it is mine."
「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。」
3 And Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
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。
4 On this day, in the month of Abib, you are going out.
亞筆月間的這日是你們出來的日子。
5 And it shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you must keep this ceremony in this month.
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。
6 Six days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a feast to the LORD.
你要吃無酵餅七日，到第七日要向耶和華守節。
7 Unleavened bread is to be eaten throughout the seven days. Nothing leavened is to be seen among you, nor is any leaven to be seen among you in all your territory.
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。
8 And you are to tell your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
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。
9 And it shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a reminder between your eyes, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
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。
10 Therefore you are to keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.
所以你每年要按着日期守這例。』」
11 "And it shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,
「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，
12 that you are to set apart to the LORD everything that is first from the womb. Every firstborn male animal belongs to the LORD.
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。
13 Every firstborn of a donkey you are to redeem with a lamb, but if you will not redeem it, then you must break its neck. And every firstborn of man among your sons you must redeem.
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。
14 And it shall be, when your son asks you in the future, saying, 'What is this?' then you are to tell him, 'With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slavery.
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。
15 And it happened, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of people and the firstborn of animals. This is why I am sacrificing to the LORD any male that is first from the womb of an animal, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.'
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。
16 So it will be as a sign on your hand and at the front of a headband around your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."
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。』」
17 Then it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearby, for God said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt."
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。」
18 So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up from the land of Egypt prepared for battle.
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。
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear an oath, saying, "God will surely attend to you, and you are to carry my bones up with you from this place."
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。」
20 Then they set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
他們從疏割起行，在曠野邊的以倘安營。
21 And God went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night.
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。
22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire at night from in front of the people.
日間雲柱，夜間火柱，總不離開百姓的面前。
