今日讀經

你們是神的兒女

¹「你們是耶和華─你們　神的兒女。不可為死人用刀劃身，也不可將額上剃光；You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

²因為你歸耶和華─你　神為聖潔的民，耶和華從地上的萬民中揀選你特作自己的子民。」for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

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可吃與不可吃的

³「凡可憎的物都不可吃。You must not eat any detestable thing.

⁴可吃的牲畜就是牛、綿羊、山羊、These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,

⁵鹿、羚羊、麃子、野山羊、麋鹿、黃羊、青羊。the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

⁶凡分蹄成為兩瓣又倒嚼的走獸，你們都可以吃。You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.

⁷但那些倒嚼或是分蹄之中不可吃的乃是駱駝、兔子、沙番─因為是倒嚼不分蹄，就與你們不潔淨；But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,

⁸豬─因為是分蹄卻不倒嚼，就與你們不潔淨。這些獸的肉，你們不可吃，死的也不可摸。as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.

⁹「水中可吃的乃是這些：凡有翅有鱗的都可以吃；Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,

¹⁰凡無翅無鱗的都不可吃，是與你們不潔淨。but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.

¹¹「凡潔淨的鳥，你們都可以吃。You may eat any clean bird,

¹²不可吃的乃是鵰、狗頭鵰、紅頭鵰、but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

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¹³鸇、小鷹、鷂鷹與其類，the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

¹⁴烏鴉與其類，any kind of raven,

¹⁵鴕鳥、夜鷹、魚鷹、鷹與其類，the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

¹⁶鴞鳥、貓頭鷹、角鴟、the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

¹⁷鵜鶘、禿鵰、鸕鶿、the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,

¹⁸鸛、鷺鷥與其類，戴鵀與蝙蝠。the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, or the bat.

¹⁹凡有翅膀爬行的物是與你們不潔淨，都不可吃。All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.

²⁰凡潔淨的鳥，你們都可以吃。But you may eat any clean bird.

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²¹「凡自死的，你們都不可吃，可以給你城裡寄居的吃，或賣與外人吃，因為你是歸耶和華─你　神為聖潔的民。「不可用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔。」You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

每年的十分之一

²²「你要把你撒種所產的，就是你田地每年所出的，十分取一分；You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.

²³又要把你的五穀、新酒、和油的十分之一，並牛群羊群中頭生的，吃在耶和華─你　神面前，就是他所選擇要立為他名的居所。這樣，你可以學習時常敬畏耶和華─你的　神。And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

²⁴當耶和華─你　神賜福與你的時候，耶和華─你　神所選擇要立為他名的地方若離你太遠，那路也太長，使你不能把這物帶到那裡去，But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,

²⁵你就可以換成銀子，將銀子包起來，拿在手中，往耶和華─你　神所要選擇的地方去。then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.

²⁶你用這銀子，隨心所欲，或買牛羊，或買清酒濃酒，凡你心所想的都可以買；你和你的家屬在耶和華─你　神的面前吃喝快樂。Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.

²⁷「住在你城裡的利未人，你不可丟棄他，因為他在你們中間無分無業。And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

每三年的十分之一

²⁸每逢三年的末一年，你要將本年的土產十分之一都取出來，積存在你的城中。At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.

²⁹在你城裡無分無業的利未人，和你城裡寄居的，並孤兒寡婦，都可以來，吃得飽足。這樣，耶和華─你的　神必在你手裡所辦的一切事上賜福與你。」Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.

第七年的豁免

¹「每逢七年末一年，你要施行豁免。At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

²豁免的定例乃是這樣：凡債主要把所借給鄰舍的豁免了；不可向鄰舍和弟兄追討，因為耶和華的豁免年已經宣告了。This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.

³若借給外邦人，你可以向他追討；但借給你弟兄，無論是甚麼，你要鬆手豁免了。You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.

^4–5你若留意聽從耶和華─你　神的話，謹守遵行我今日所吩咐你這一切的命令，就必在你們中間沒有窮人了（在耶和華─你　神所賜你為業的地上，耶和華必大大賜福與你。）There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.

⁶因為耶和華─你的　神必照他所應許你的賜福與你。你必借給許多國民，卻不致向他們借貸；你必管轄許多國民，他們卻不能管轄你。When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.

要向窮乏的弟兄鬆開手

⁷「在耶和華─你　神所賜你的地上，無論哪一座城裡，你弟兄中若有一個窮人，你不可忍著心、揝著手不幫補你窮乏的弟兄。If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

⁸總要向他鬆開手，照他所缺乏的借給他，補他的不足。Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

⁹你要謹慎，不可心裡起惡念，說：『第七年的豁免年快到了』，你便惡眼看你窮乏的弟兄，甚麼都不給他，以致他因你求告耶和華，罪便歸於你了。Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

¹⁰你總要給他，給他的時候心裡不可愁煩；因耶和華─你的　神必在你這一切所行的，並你手裡所辦的事上，賜福與你。Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.

¹¹原來那地上的窮人永不斷絕；所以我吩咐你說：『總要向你地上困苦窮乏的弟兄鬆開手。』」For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

釋放希伯來奴僕

¹²「你弟兄中，若有一個希伯來男人或希伯來女人被賣給你，服事你六年，到第七年就要任他自由出去。If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.

¹³你任他自由的時候，不可使他空手而去，And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.

¹⁴要從你羊群、禾場、酒醡之中多多地給他；耶和華─你的　神怎樣賜福與你，你也要照樣給他。You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.

¹⁵要記念你在埃及地作過奴僕，耶和華─你的　神將你救贖；因此，我今日吩咐你這件事。Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

¹⁶他若對你說：『我不願意離開你』，是因他愛你和你的家，且因在你那裡很好，But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

¹⁷你就要拿錐子將他的耳朵在門上刺透，他便永為你的奴僕了。你待婢女也要這樣。then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

¹⁸你任他自由的時候，不可以為難事，因他服事你六年，較比雇工的工價多加一倍了。耶和華─你的　神就必在你所做的一切事上賜福與你。」Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

頭生的牲畜

¹⁹「你牛群羊群中頭生的，凡是公的，都要分別為聖，歸耶和華─你的　神。牛群中頭生的，不可用牠耕地；羊群中頭生的，不可剪毛。You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.

²⁰這頭生的，你和你的家屬，每年要在耶和華所選擇的地方，在耶和華─你　神面前吃。Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.

²¹這頭生的若有甚麼殘疾，就如瘸腿的、瞎眼的，無論有甚麼惡殘疾，都不可獻給耶和華─你的　神；But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

²²可以在你城裡吃；潔淨人與不潔淨人都可以吃，就如吃羚羊與鹿一般。Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.

²³只是不可吃牠的血；要倒在地上，如同倒水一樣。」But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

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逾越節

¹「你要注意亞筆月，向耶和華─你的　神守逾越節，因為耶和華─你的　神在亞筆月夜間領你出埃及。Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

²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　神。You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.

³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。You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

⁴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。No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.

⁵在耶和華─你　神所賜的各城中，你不可獻逾越節的祭；You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.

⁶只當在耶和華─你　神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。You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.

⁷當在耶和華─你　神所選擇的地方把肉烤了吃（烤：或譯煮），次日早晨就回到你的帳棚去。And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.

⁸你要吃無酵餅六日，第七日要向耶和華─你的　神守嚴肅會，不可做工。」For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.

七七節

⁹「你要計算七七日：從你開鐮收割禾稼時算起，共計七七日。You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

¹⁰你要照耶和華─你　神所賜你的福，手裡拿著甘心祭，獻在耶和華─你的　神面前，守七七節。And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

¹¹你和你兒女、僕婢，並住在你城裡的利未人，以及在你們中間寄居的與孤兒寡婦，都要在耶和華─你　神所選擇立為他名的居所，在耶和華─你的　神面前歡樂。and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

¹²你也要記念你在埃及作過奴僕。你要謹守遵行這些律例。」Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

住棚節

¹³「你把禾場的穀、酒醡的酒收藏以後，就要守住棚節七日。You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

¹⁴守節的時候，你和你兒女、僕婢，並住在你城裡的利未人，以及寄居的與孤兒寡婦，都要歡樂。And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

¹⁵在耶和華所選擇的地方，你當向耶和華─你的　神守節七日；因為耶和華─你　神在你一切的土產上和你手裡所辦的事上要賜福與你，你就非常地歡樂。For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

一年三次朝見神

¹⁶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　神所選擇的地方朝見他，卻不可空手朝見。Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

¹⁷各人要按自己的力量，照耶和華─你　神所賜的福分，奉獻禮物。」Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

設立公義的審判官

¹⁸「你要在耶和華─你　神所賜的各城裡，按著各支派設立審判官和官長。他們必按公義的審判判斷百姓。You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

¹⁹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。Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

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²⁰你要追求至公至義，好叫你存活，承受耶和華─你　神所賜你的地。Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

²¹「你為耶和華─你的　神築壇，不可在壇旁栽甚麼樹木作為木偶。Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

起名叫耶穌

²¹滿了八天，就給孩子行割禮，與他起名叫耶穌；這就是沒有成胎以前，天使所起的名。When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.

在聖殿把孩子獻給主

²²按摩西律法滿了潔淨的日子，他們帶著孩子上耶路撒冷去，要把他獻與主，And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

²³（正如主的律法上所記：「凡頭生的男子必稱聖歸主。」）(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

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²⁴又要照主的律法上所說，或用一對斑鳩，或用兩隻雛鴿獻祭。and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

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西面看見神的救恩

²⁵在耶路撒冷有一個人，名叫西面；這人又公義又虔誠，素常盼望以色列的安慰者來到，又有聖靈在他身上。Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

²⁶他得了聖靈的啟示，知道自己未死以前，必看見主所立的基督。The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

²⁷他受了聖靈的感動，進入聖殿，正遇見耶穌的父母抱著孩子進來，要照律法的規矩辦理。Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,

²⁸西面就用手接過他來，稱頌　神說：Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:

²⁹主啊！如今可以照你的話，釋放僕人安然去世；“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

³⁰因為我的眼睛已經看見你的救恩─For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

³¹就是你在萬民面前所預備的：which You have prepared in the sight of all people,

³²是照亮外邦人的光，又是你民以色列的榮耀。a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

³³孩子的父母因這論耶穌的話就希奇。The Child’s father and mother were amazed at what was spoken about Him.

西面的祝福和預言

^34–35西面給他們祝福，又對孩子的母親馬利亞說：「這孩子被立，是要叫以色列中許多人跌倒，許多人興起；又要作毀謗的話柄，叫許多人心裡的意念顯露出來；你自己的心也要被刀刺透。」Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your soul as well.”

女先知亞拿

³⁶又有女先知，名叫亞拿，是亞設支派法內力的女兒，年紀已經老邁，從作童女出嫁的時候，同丈夫住了七年就寡居了，There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

³⁷現在已經八十四歲（或譯：就寡居了八十四年），並不離開聖殿，禁食祈求，晝夜事奉　神。and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

³⁸正當那時，她進前來稱謝　神，將孩子的事對一切盼望耶路撒冷得救贖的人講說。Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

回到拿撒勒

³⁹約瑟和馬利亞照主的律法辦完了一切的事，就回加利利，到自己的城拿撒勒去了。When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

⁴⁰孩子漸漸長大，強健起來，充滿智慧，又有　神的恩在他身上。And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.

十二歲的耶穌在聖殿

⁴¹每年到逾越節，他父母就上耶路撒冷去。Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.

⁴²當他十二歲的時候，他們按著節期的規矩上去。And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.

⁴³守滿了節期，他們回去，孩童耶穌仍舊在耶路撒冷。他的父母並不知道，When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.

⁴⁴以為他在同行的人中間，走了一天的路程，就在親族和熟識的人中找他，Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.

⁴⁵既找不著，就回耶路撒冷去找他。When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.

⁴⁶過了三天，就遇見他在殿裡，坐在教師中間，一面聽，一面問。Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

⁴⁷凡聽見他的，都希奇他的聰明和他的應對。And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.

⁴⁸他父母看見就很希奇。他母親對他說：「我兒！為甚麼向我們這樣行呢？看哪，你父親和我傷心來找你！」When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”

⁴⁹耶穌說：「為甚麼找我呢？豈不知我應當以我父的事為念嗎（或譯：豈不知我應當在我父的家裡嗎）？」“Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

⁵⁰他所說的這話，他們不明白。But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.

順從父母，一齊增長

⁵¹他就同他們下去，回到拿撒勒，並且順從他們。他母親把這一切的事都存在心裡。Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

⁵²耶穌的智慧和身量（或譯：年紀），並　神和人喜愛他的心，都一齊增長。And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.