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亞倫點燈臺的燈

¹耶和華曉諭摩西說：Then the LORD said to Moses,

²「你告訴亞倫說：點燈的時候，七盞燈都要向燈臺前面發光。」“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”

³亞倫便這樣行。他點燈臺上的燈，使燈向前發光，是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的。And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

⁴這燈臺的做法是用金子錘出來的，連座帶花都是錘出來的。摩西製造燈臺，是照耶和華所指示的樣式。This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

潔淨利未人、奉獻給神

⁵耶和華曉諭摩西說：Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

⁶「你從以色列人中選出利未人來，潔淨他們。“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

⁷潔淨他們當這樣行：用除罪水彈在他們身上，又叫他們用剃頭刀刮全身，洗衣服，潔淨自己。This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

⁸然後叫他們取一隻公牛犢，並同獻的素祭，就是調油的細麵；你要另取一隻公牛犢作贖罪祭。Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

⁹將利未人奉到會幕前，招聚以色列全會眾。Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.

¹⁰將利未人奉到耶和華面前，以色列人要按手在他們頭上。You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.

¹¹亞倫也將他們奉到耶和華面前，為以色列人當作搖祭，使他們好辦耶和華的事。Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

¹²利未人要按手在那兩隻牛的頭上；你要將一隻作贖罪祭，一隻作燔祭，獻給耶和華，為利未人贖罪。And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

¹³你也要使利未人站在亞倫和他兒子面前，將他們當作搖祭奉給耶和華。You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.

¹⁴「這樣，你從以色列人中將利未人分別出來，利未人便要歸我。In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

¹⁵此後利未人要進去辦會幕的事，你要潔淨他們，將他們當作搖祭奉上；After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.

¹⁶因為他們是從以色列人中全然給我的，我揀選他們歸我，是代替以色列人中一切頭生的。For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

¹⁷以色列人中一切頭生的，連人帶牲畜，都是我的。我在埃及地擊殺一切頭生的那天，將他們分別為聖歸我。For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.

¹⁸我揀選利未人代替以色列人中一切頭生的。But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

¹⁹我從以色列人中將利未人當作賞賜給亞倫和他的兒子，在會幕中辦以色列人的事，又為以色列人贖罪，免得他們挨近聖所，有災殃臨到他們中間。」And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

²⁰摩西、亞倫，並以色列全會眾便向利未人如此行。凡耶和華指著利未人所吩咐摩西的，以色列人就向他們這樣行。So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.

²¹於是利未人潔淨自己，除了罪，洗了衣服；亞倫將他們當作搖祭奉到耶和華面前，又為他們贖罪，潔淨他們。The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

²²然後利未人進去，在亞倫和他兒子面前，在會幕中辦事。耶和華指著利未人怎樣吩咐摩西，以色列人就怎樣向他們行了。After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

利未人服事的年齡

²³耶和華曉諭摩西說：And the LORD said to Moses,

²⁴「利未人是這樣：從二十五歲以外，他們要前來任職，辦會幕的事。“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

²⁵到了五十歲要停工退任，不再辦事，But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.

²⁶只要在會幕裡，和他們的弟兄一同伺候，謹守所吩咐的，不再辦事了。至於所吩咐利未人的，你要這樣向他們行。」After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”

在西奈的曠野守逾越節

¹以色列人出埃及地以後，第二年正月，耶和華在西奈的曠野吩咐摩西說：In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

²「以色列人應當在所定的日期守逾越節，“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

³就是本月十四日黃昏的時候，你們要在所定的日期守這節，要按這節的律例典章而守。」You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”

⁴於是摩西吩咐以色列人守逾越節。So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,

⁵他們就在西奈的曠野，正月十四日黃昏的時候，守逾越節。凡耶和華所吩咐摩西的，以色列人都照樣行了。and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

不潔淨的人可在二月守節

⁶有幾個人因死屍而不潔淨，不能在那日守逾越節。當日他們到摩西、亞倫面前，But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

⁷說：「我們雖因死屍而不潔淨，為何被阻止、不得同以色列人在所定的日期獻耶和華的供物呢？」and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”

⁸摩西對他們說：「你們暫且等候，我可以去聽耶和華指著你們是怎樣吩咐的。」“Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.

⁹耶和華對摩西說：Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹⁰「你曉諭以色列人說：你們和你們後代中，若有人因死屍而不潔淨，或在遠方行路，還要向耶和華守逾越節。“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

¹¹他們要在二月十四日黃昏的時候，守逾越節。要用無酵餅與苦菜，和逾越節的羊羔同吃。Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

¹²一點不可留到早晨；羊羔的骨頭一根也不可折斷。他們要照逾越節的一切律例而守。they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

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¹³那潔淨而不行路的人若推辭不守逾越節，那人要從民中剪除；因為他在所定的日期不獻耶和華的供物，應該擔當他的罪。But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

¹⁴若有外人寄居在你們中間，願意向耶和華守逾越節，他要照逾越節的律例典章行，不管是寄居的是本地人，同歸一例。」If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”

雲彩引導起行和安營

¹⁵立起帳幕的那日，有雲彩遮蓋帳幕，就是法櫃的帳幕；從晚上到早晨，雲彩在其上，形狀如火。On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

¹⁶常是這樣，雲彩遮蓋帳幕，夜間形狀如火。It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.

¹⁷雲彩幾時從帳幕收上去，以色列人就幾時起行；雲彩在哪裡停住，以色列人就在那裡安營。Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

¹⁸以色列人遵耶和華的吩咐起行，也遵耶和華的吩咐安營。雲彩在帳幕上停住幾時，他們就住營幾時。At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

¹⁹雲彩在帳幕上停留許多日子，以色列人就守耶和華所吩咐的不起行。Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.

²⁰有時雲彩在帳幕上幾天，他們就照耶和華的吩咐住營，也照耶和華的吩咐起行。Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.

²¹有時從晚上到早晨，有這雲彩在帳幕上；早晨雲彩收上去，他們就起行。有時晝夜雲彩停在帳幕上，收上去的時候，他們就起行。Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.

²²雲彩停留在帳幕上，無論是兩天，是一月，是一年，以色列人就住營不起行；但雲彩收上去，他們就起行。Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

²³他們遵耶和華的吩咐安營，也遵耶和華的吩咐起行。他們守耶和華所吩咐的，都是憑耶和華吩咐摩西的。They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.

兩枝銀號

¹耶和華曉諭摩西說：Then the LORD said to Moses,

²「你要用銀子做兩枝號，都要錘出來的，用以招聚會眾，並叫眾營起行。“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.

³吹這號的時候，全會眾要到你那裡，聚集在會幕門口。When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

⁴若單吹一枝，眾首領，就是以色列軍中的統領，要聚集到你那裡。But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.

⁵吹出大聲的時候，東邊安的營都要起行。When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

⁶二次吹出大聲的時候，南邊安的營都要起行。他們將起行，必吹出大聲。When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

⁷但招聚會眾的時候，你們要吹號，卻不要吹出大聲。To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

⁸亞倫子孫作祭司的要吹這號；這要作你們世世代代永遠的定例。The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

⁹你們在自己的地，與欺壓你們的敵人打仗，就要用號吹出大聲，便在耶和華─你們的　神面前得蒙紀念，也蒙拯救脫離仇敵。When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

¹⁰在你們快樂的日子和節期，並月朔，獻燔祭和平安祭，也要吹號，這都要在你們的　神面前作為紀念。我是耶和華─你們的　神。」And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

醫好耳聾舌結的人

³¹耶穌又離了泰爾的境界，經過西頓，就從低加坡里境內來到加利利海。Then Jesus left the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.

³²有人帶著一個耳聾舌結的人來見耶穌，求他按手在他身上。Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.

³³耶穌領他離開眾人，到一邊去，就用指頭探他的耳朵，吐唾沫抹他的舌頭，So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.

³⁴望天歎息，對他說：「以法大！」就是說：「開了吧！」And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

³⁵他的耳朵就開了，舌結也解了，說話也清楚了。Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.

³⁶耶穌囑咐他們不要告訴人；但他越發囑咐，他們越發傳揚開了。Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

³⁷眾人分外希奇，說：「他所做的事都好，他連聾子也叫他們聽見，啞巴也叫他們說話。」The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

七個餅餵飽四千人

¹那時，又有許多人聚集，並沒有甚麼吃的。耶穌叫門徒來，說：In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,

²「我憐憫這眾人；因為他們同我在這裡已經三天，也沒有吃的了。“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

³我若打發他們餓著回家，就必在路上困乏，因為其中有從遠處來的。」If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

⁴門徒回答說：「在這野地，從哪裡能得餅，叫這些人吃飽呢？」His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”

⁵耶穌問他們說：「你們有多少餅？」他們說：「七個。」“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.

⁶他吩咐眾人坐在地上，就拿著這七個餅祝謝了，擘開，遞給門徒，叫他們擺開，門徒就擺在眾人面前。And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.

⁷又有幾條小魚；耶穌祝了福，就吩咐也擺在眾人面前。They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well.

⁸眾人都吃，並且吃飽了，收拾剩下的零碎，有七筐子。The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

⁹人數約有四千。耶穌打發他們走了，And about four thousand men were present. And when Jesus had dismissed the crowd,

¹⁰隨即同門徒上船，來到大瑪努他境內。He immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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法利賽人求神蹟

¹¹法利賽人出來盤問耶穌，求他從天上顯個神蹟給他們看，想要試探他。Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.

¹²耶穌心裡深深地歎息，說：「這世代為甚麼求神蹟呢？我實在告訴你們，沒有神蹟給這世代看。」Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

¹³他就離開他們，又上船往海那邊去了。And He left them, got back into the boat, and crossed to the other side.

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防備法利賽人和希律的酵

¹⁴門徒忘了帶餅；在船上除了一個餅，沒有別的食物。Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.

¹⁵耶穌囑咐他們說：「你們要謹慎，防備法利賽人的酵和希律的酵。」“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

¹⁶他們彼此議論說：「這是因為我們沒有餅吧。」So they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.

¹⁷耶穌看出來，就說：「你們為甚麼因為沒有餅就議論呢？你們還不省悟，還不明白嗎？你們的心還是愚頑嗎？Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?

¹⁸你們有眼睛，看不見嗎？有耳朵，聽不見嗎？也不記得嗎？‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?

¹⁹我擘開那五個餅分給五千人，你們收拾的零碎裝滿了多少籃子呢？」他們說：「十二個。」When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.

²⁰「又擘開那七個餅分給四千人，你們收拾的零碎裝滿了多少筐子呢？」他們說：「七個。」“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.

²¹耶穌說：「你們還是不明白嗎？」Then He asked them, “Do you still not understand?”

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伯賽大的瞎子

²²他們來到伯賽大，有人帶一個瞎子來，求耶穌摸他。When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

²³耶穌拉著瞎子的手，領他到村外，就吐唾沫在他眼睛上，按手在他身上，問他說：「你看見甚麼了？」So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.

²⁴他就抬頭一看，說：「我看見人了；他們好像樹木，並且行走。」The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”

²⁵隨後又按手在他眼睛上，他定睛一看，就復了原，樣樣都看得清楚了。Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

²⁶耶穌打發他回家，說：「連這村子你也不要進去。」Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”