今日讀經

婢女的條例

⁷「人若賣女兒作婢女，婢女不可像男僕那樣出去。And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

⁸主人選定她歸自己，若不喜歡她，就要許她贖身；主人既然用詭詐待她，就沒有權柄賣給外邦人。If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

⁹主人若選定她給自己的兒子，就當待她如同女兒。And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.

¹⁰若另娶一個，那女子的吃食、衣服，並好合的事，仍不可減少。If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.

¹¹若不向她行這三樣，她就可以不用錢贖，白白地出去。」If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.

殺人與傷人

¹²「打人以致打死的，必要把他治死。Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.

¹³人若不是埋伏著殺人，乃是　神交在他手中，我就設下一個地方，他可以往那裡逃跑。If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

¹⁴人若任意用詭計殺了他的鄰舍，就是逃到我的壇那裡，也當捉去把他治死。But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

¹⁵「打父母的，必要把他治死。Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

¹⁶「拐帶人口，或是把人賣了，或是留在他手下，必要把他治死。Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

¹⁷「咒罵父母的，必要把他治死。Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

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¹⁸「人若彼此相爭，這個用石頭或是拳頭打那個，尚且不至於死，不過躺臥在床，If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

¹⁹若再能起來扶杖而出，那打他的可算無罪；但要將他耽誤的工夫用錢賠補，並要將他全然醫好。then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.

²⁰「人若用棍子打奴僕或婢女，立時死在他的手下，他必要受刑。If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.

²¹若過一兩天才死，就可以不受刑，因為是用錢買的。However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.

²²「人若彼此爭鬥，傷害有孕的婦人，甚至墜胎，隨後卻無別害，那傷害她的，總要按婦人的丈夫所要的，照審判官所斷的，受罰。If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

²³若有別害，就要以命償命，But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—

²⁴以眼還眼，以牙還牙，以手還手，以腳還腳，eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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²⁵以烙還烙，以傷還傷，以打還打。burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

²⁶「人若打壞了他奴僕或是婢女的一隻眼，就要因他的眼放他去得以自由。If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

²⁷若打掉了他奴僕或是婢女的一個牙，就要因他的牙放他去得以自由。」And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

牛觸人與牲畜的損失

²⁸「牛若觸死男人或是女人，總要用石頭打死那牛，卻不可吃牠的肉；牛的主人可算無罪。If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

²⁹倘若那牛素來是觸人的，有人報告了牛主，他竟不把牛拴著，以致把男人或是女人觸死，就要用石頭打死那牛，牛主也必治死。But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

³⁰若罰他贖命的價銀，他必照所罰的贖他的命。If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.

³¹牛無論觸了人的兒子或是女兒，必照這例辦理。If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.

³²牛若觸了奴僕或是婢女，必將銀子三十舍客勒給他們的主人，也要用石頭把牛打死。If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.

³³「人若敞著井口，或挖井不遮蓋，有牛或驢掉在裡頭，If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

³⁴井主要拿錢賠還本主人，死牲畜要歸自己。the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.

³⁵「這人的牛若傷了那人的牛，以至於死，他們要賣了活牛，平分價值，也要平分死牛。If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.

³⁶人若知道這牛素來是觸人的，主人竟不把牛拴著，他必要以牛還牛，死牛要歸自己。」But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.

偷竊與賠償

¹「人若偷牛或羊，無論是宰了，是賣了，他就要以五牛賠一牛，四羊賠一羊。“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

²人若遇見賊挖窟窿，把賊打了，以至於死，就不能為他有流血的罪。If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.

³若太陽已經出來，就為他有流血的罪。賊若被拿，總要賠還。若他一無所有，就要被賣，頂他所偷的物。But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.

⁴若他所偷的，或牛，或驢，或羊，仍在他手下存活，他就要加倍賠還。If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.

⁵「人若在田間或在葡萄園裡放牲畜，任憑牲畜上別人的田裡去吃，就必拿自己田間上好的和葡萄園上好的賠還。If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.

⁶「若點火焚燒荊棘，以致將別人堆積的禾捆，站著的禾稼，或是田園，都燒盡了，那點火的必要賠還。If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.

看守和借用的財物

⁷「人若將銀錢或家具交付鄰舍看守，這物從那人的家被偷去，若把賊找到了，賊要加倍賠還；If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.

⁸若找不到賊，那家主必就近審判官，要看看他拿了原主的物件沒有。If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.

⁹「兩個人的案件，無論是為甚麼過犯，或是為牛，為驢，為羊，為衣裳，或是為甚麼失掉之物，有一人說：『這是我的』，兩造就要將案件稟告審判官，審判官定誰有罪，誰就要加倍賠還。In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

¹⁰「人若將驢，或牛，或羊，或別的牲畜，交付鄰舍看守，牲畜或死，或受傷，或被趕去，無人看見，If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,

¹¹那看守的人要憑著耶和華起誓，手裡未曾拿鄰舍的物，本主就要罷休，看守的人不必賠還。an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

¹²牲畜若從看守的那裡被偷去，他就要賠還本主；But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.

¹³若被野獸撕碎，看守的要帶來當作證據，所撕的不必賠還。If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.

¹⁴「人若向鄰舍借甚麼，所借的或受傷，或死，本主沒有同在一處，借的人總要賠還；If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.

¹⁵若本主同在一處，他就不必賠還；若是雇的，也不必賠還，本是為雇價來的。」If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.

引誘處女、邪術與拜別神

¹⁶「人若引誘沒有受聘的處女，與她行淫，他總要交出聘禮，娶她為妻。If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.

¹⁷若女子的父親決不肯將女子給他，他就要按處女的聘禮，交出錢來。If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.

¹⁸「行邪術的女人，不可容她存活。You must not allow a sorceress to live.

¹⁹「凡與獸淫合的，總要把他治死。Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.

²⁰「祭祀別神，不單單祭祀耶和華的，那人必要滅絕。If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.

保護寄居的、寡婦和孤兒

²¹「不可虧負寄居的，也不可欺壓他，因為你們在埃及地也作過寄居的。You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

²²不可苦待寡婦和孤兒；You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

²³若是苦待他們一點，他們向我一哀求，我總要聽他們的哀聲，If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.

²⁴並要發烈怒，用刀殺你們，使你們的妻子為寡婦，兒女為孤兒。My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.

借貸不可取利

²⁵「我民中有貧窮人與你同住，你若借錢給他，不可如放債的向他取利。If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.

²⁶你即或拿鄰舍的衣服作當頭，必在日落以先歸還他；If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

²⁷因他只有這一件當蓋頭，是他蓋身的衣服，若是沒有，他拿甚麼睡覺呢？他哀求我，我就應允，因為我是有恩惠的。because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

不可毀謗神，獻上初熟之物

²⁸「不可毀謗　神；也不可毀謗你百姓的官長。You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

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²⁹「你要從你莊稼中的穀和酒醡中滴出來的酒拿來獻上，不可遲延。「你要將頭生的兒子歸給我。You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.

³⁰你牛羊頭生的，也要這樣；七天當跟著母，第八天要歸給我。You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.

³¹「你們要在我面前為聖潔的人。因此，田間被野獸撕裂牲畜的肉，你們不可吃，要丟給狗吃。」You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.

公正的見證與審判

¹「不可隨夥佈散謠言；不可與惡人連手妄作見證。“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

²不可隨眾行惡；不可在爭訟的事上隨眾偏行，作見證屈枉正直；You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

³也不可在爭訟的事上偏護窮人。And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.

⁴「若遇見你仇敵的牛或驢失迷了路，總要牽回來交給他。If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

⁵若看見恨你人的驢壓臥在重馱之下，不可走開，務要和驢主一同抬開重馱。If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.

⁶「不可在窮人爭訟的事上屈枉正直。You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

⁷當遠離虛假的事。不可殺無辜和有義的人，因我必不以惡人為義。Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

⁸不可受賄賂；因為賄賂能叫明眼人變瞎了，又能顛倒義人的話。Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

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⁹「不可欺壓寄居的；因為你們在埃及地作過寄居的，知道寄居的心。」Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

安息年和安息日

¹⁰「六年你要耕種田地，收藏土產，For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

¹¹只是第七年要叫地歇息，不耕不種，使你民中的窮人有吃的；他們所剩下的，野獸可以吃。你的葡萄園和橄欖園也要照樣辦理。but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

¹²「六日你要做工，第七日要安息，使牛、驢可以歇息，並使你婢女的兒子和寄居的都可以舒暢。For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

¹³「凡我對你們說的話，你們要謹守。別神的名，你不可提，也不可從你口中傳說。」Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

一年三次的節期

¹⁴「一年三次，你要向我守節。Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.

¹⁵你要守除酵節，照我所吩咐你的，在亞筆月內所定的日期，吃無酵餅七天。誰也不可空手朝見我，因為你是這月出了埃及。You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

¹⁶又要守收割節，所收的是你田間所種、勞碌得來初熟之物。並在年底收藏，要守收藏節。You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

¹⁷一切的男丁要一年三次朝見主耶和華。Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

¹⁸「不可將我祭牲的血和有酵的餅一同獻上；也不可將我節上祭牲的脂油留到早晨。You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.

¹⁹「地裡首先初熟之物要送到耶和華─你　神的殿。「不可用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔。」Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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使者在前面引路

²⁰「看哪，我差遣使者在你前面，在路上保護你，領你到我所預備的地方去。Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

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²¹他是奉我名來的；你們要在他面前謹慎，聽從他的話，不可惹（或譯：違背）他，因為他必不赦免你們的過犯。Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

²²「你若實在聽從他的話，照著我一切所說的去行，我就向你的仇敵作仇敵，向你的敵人作敵人。But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

²³「我的使者要在你前面行，領你到亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、迦南人、希未人、耶布斯人那裡去，我必將他們剪除。For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.

²⁴你不可跪拜他們的神，不可事奉他，也不可效法他們的行為，卻要把神像盡行拆毀，打碎他們的柱像。You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

²⁵你們要事奉耶和華─你們的　神，他必賜福與你的糧與你的水，也必從你們中間除去疾病。So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.

²⁶你境內必沒有墜胎的，不生產的。我要使你滿了你年日的數目。No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.

²⁷凡你所到的地方，我要使那裡的眾民在你面前驚駭，擾亂，又要使你一切仇敵轉背逃跑。I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

²⁸我要打發黃蜂飛在你前面，把希未人、迦南人、赫人攆出去。I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

²⁹我不在一年之內將他們從你面前攆出去，恐怕地成為荒涼，野地的獸多起來害你。I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.

³⁰我要漸漸地將他們從你面前攆出去，等到你的人數加多，承受那地為業。Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.

³¹我要定你的境界，從紅海直到非利士海，又從曠野直到大河。我要將那地的居民交在你手中，你要將他們從你面前攆出去。And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

³²不可和他們並他們的神立約。You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

³³他們不可住在你的地上，恐怕他們使你得罪我。你若事奉他們的神，這必成為你的網羅。」They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

娶親筵席的比喻

¹耶穌又用比喻對他們說：Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

²「天國好比一個王為他兒子擺設娶親的筵席，“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

³就打發僕人去，請那些被召的人來赴席，他們卻不肯來。He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

再次邀請被拒，王發怒

⁴王又打發別的僕人，說：『你們告訴那被召的人，我的筵席已經預備好了，牛和肥畜已經宰了，各樣都齊備，請你們來赴席。』Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

⁵那些人不理就走了；一個到自己田裡去；一個做買賣去；But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

⁶其餘的拿住僕人，凌辱他們，把他們殺了。The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

⁷王就大怒，發兵除滅那些兇手，燒燬他們的城。The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

請岔路口上的人

⁸於是對僕人說：『喜筵已經齊備，只是所召的人不配。Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

⁹所以你們要往岔路口上去，凡遇見的，都召來赴席。』Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

¹⁰那些僕人就出去，到大路上，凡遇見的，不論善惡都召聚了來，筵席上就坐滿了客。So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

沒有穿禮服的人

¹¹王進來觀看賓客，見那裡有一個沒有穿禮服的，But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

¹²就對他說：『朋友，你到這裡來怎麼不穿禮服呢？』那人無言可答。‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

¹³於是王對使喚的人說：『捆起他的手腳來，把他丟在外邊的黑暗裡；在那裡必要哀哭切齒了。』Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

¹⁴因為被召的人多，選上的人少。」For many are called, but few are chosen.”