< Deuteronomy 16 >
1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to YHWH your God; for in the month of Abib YHWH your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.
「你要注意亞筆月,向耶和華-你的上帝守逾越節,因為耶和華-你的上帝在亞筆月夜間領你出埃及。
2 You shall sacrifice the Passover to YHWH your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which YHWH shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
你當在耶和華所選擇要立為他名的居所,從牛群羊群中,將逾越節的祭牲獻給耶和華-你的上帝。
3 You shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
你吃這祭牲,不可吃有酵的餅;七日之內要吃無酵餅,就是困苦餅-你本是急忙出了埃及地-要叫你一生一世記念你從埃及地出來的日子。
4 No yeast shall be seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.
在你四境之內,七日不可見麵酵,頭一日晚上所獻的肉,一點不可留到早晨。
5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates, which YHWH your God gives you;
在耶和華-你上帝所賜的各城中,你不可獻逾越節的祭;
6 but at the place which YHWH your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.
只當在耶和華-你上帝所選擇要立為他名的居所,晚上日落的時候,乃是你出埃及的時候,獻逾越節的祭。
7 You shall roast and eat it in the place which YHWH your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents.
當在耶和華-你上帝所選擇的地方把肉烤了吃,次日早晨就回到你的帳棚去。
8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to YHWH your God; you shall do no work.
你要吃無酵餅六日,第七日要向耶和華-你的上帝守嚴肅會,不可做工。」
9 You shall count for yourselves seven weeks: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to number seven weeks.
「你要計算七七日:從你開鐮收割禾稼時算起,共計七七日。
10 You shall keep the feast of weeks to YHWH your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as YHWH your God blesses you:
你要照耶和華-你上帝所賜你的福,手裏拿着甘心祭,獻在耶和華-你的上帝面前,守七七節。
11 and you shall rejoice before YHWH your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you, in the place which YHWH your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
你和你兒女、僕婢,並住在你城裏的利未人,以及在你們中間寄居的與孤兒寡婦,都要在耶和華-你上帝所選擇立為他名的居所,在耶和華-你的上帝面前歡樂。
12 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
你也要記念你在埃及作過奴僕。你要謹守遵行這些律例。」
13 You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after that you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your winepress:
「你把禾場的穀、酒醡的酒收藏以後,就要守住棚節七日。
14 and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates.
守節的時候,你和你兒女、僕婢,並住在你城裏的利未人,以及寄居的與孤兒寡婦,都要歡樂。
15 You shall keep a feast to YHWH your God seven days in the place which YHWH shall choose; because YHWH your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.
在耶和華所選擇的地方,你當向耶和華-你的上帝守節七日;因為耶和華-你上帝在你一切的土產上和你手裏所辦的事上要賜福與你,你就非常地歡樂。
16 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before YHWH your God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents; and they shall not appear before YHWH empty:
你一切的男丁要在除酵節、七七節、住棚節,一年三次,在耶和華-你上帝所選擇的地方朝見他,卻不可空手朝見。
17 every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of YHWH your God which he has given you.
各人要按自己的力量,照耶和華-你上帝所賜的福分,奉獻禮物。」
18 You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which YHWH your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
「你要在耶和華-你上帝所賜的各城裏,按着各支派設立審判官和官長。他們必按公義的審判判斷百姓。
19 You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
不可屈枉正直;不可看人的外貌。也不可受賄賂;因為賄賂能叫智慧人的眼變瞎了,又能顛倒義人的話。
20 You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which YHWH your God gives you.
你要追求至公至義,好叫你存活,承受耶和華-你上帝所賜你的地。
21 You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of YHWH your God, which you shall make for yourselves.
「你為耶和華-你的上帝築壇,不可在壇旁栽甚麼樹木作為木偶。
22 Neither shall you set yourself up a pillar; which YHWH your God hates.
也不可為自己設立柱像;這是耶和華-你上帝所恨惡的。