申命記 21

1 「在耶和華－你上帝所賜你為業的地上，若遇見被殺的人倒在田野，不知道是誰殺的，

If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known who has struck him;

2 長老和審判官就要出去，從被殺的人那裏量起，直量到四圍的城邑，

then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain:

3 看哪城離被殺的人最近，那城的長老就要從牛群中取一隻未曾耕地、未曾負軛的母牛犢，

and it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn't been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;

4 把母牛犢牽到流水、未曾耕種的山谷去，在谷中打折母牛犢的頸項。

and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.

5 祭司利未的子孫要近前來；因為耶和華－你的上帝揀選了他們事奉他，奉耶和華的名祝福，所有爭訟毆打的事都要憑他們判斷。

The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.

6 那城的眾長老，就是離被殺的人最近的，要在那山谷中，在所打折頸項的母牛犢以上洗手，

All the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

7 禱告說：『我們的手未曾流這人的血；我們的眼也未曾看見這事。

and they shall answer and say, "Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

8 耶和華啊，求你赦免你所救贖的以色列民，不要使流無辜血的罪歸在你的百姓以色列中間。』這樣，流血的罪必得赦免。

Forgive, Jehovah, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not allow innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel." The blood shall be forgiven them.

9 你行耶和華眼中看為正的事，就可以從你們中間除掉流無辜血的罪。」

So you shall put away the innocent blood from the midst of you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

10 「你出去與仇敵爭戰的時候，耶和華－你的上帝將他們交在你手中，你就擄了他們去。

When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Jehovah your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,

11 若在被擄的人中見有美貌的女子，戀慕她，要娶她為妻，

and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your wife;

12 就可以領她到你家裏去；她便要剃頭髮，修指甲，

then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and trim her nails;

13 脫去被擄時所穿的衣服，住在你家裏哀哭父母一個整月，然後可以與她同房。你作她的丈夫，她作你的妻子。

and she shall remove the clothing she was wearing when captured, and shall remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month. And after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

14 後來你若不喜悅她，就要由她隨意出去，決不可為錢賣她，也不可當婢女待她，因為你玷污了她。」

It shall be, if you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she wants; but you may not sell her for money or treat her as a commodity, since you have had relations with her.

15 「人若有二妻，一為所愛，一為所惡，所愛的、所惡的都給他生了兒子，但長子是所惡之妻生的。

If a man has two wives, the one loved, and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved; and if the firstborn son is hers who was unloved;

16 到了把產業分給兒子承受的時候，不可將所愛之妻生的兒子立為長子，在所惡之妻生的兒子以上，

then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn:

17 卻要認所惡之妻生的兒子為長子，將產業多加一分給他；因這兒子是他力量強壯的時候生的，長子的名分本當歸他。」

but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

18 「人若有頑梗悖逆的兒子，不聽從父母的話，他們雖懲治他，他仍不聽從，

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;

19 父母就要抓住他，將他帶到本地的城門、本城的長老那裏，

then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;

20 對長老說：『我們這兒子頑梗悖逆，不聽從我們的話，是貪食好酒的人。』

and they shall tell the elders of his city, "This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard."

21 本城的眾人就要用石頭將他打死。這樣，就把那惡從你們中間除掉，以色列眾人都要聽見害怕。」

All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

22 「人若犯該死的罪，被治死了，你將他掛在木頭上，

If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;

23 他的屍首不可留在木頭上過夜，必要當日將他葬埋，免得玷污了耶和華－你上帝所賜你為業之地。因為被掛的人是在上帝面前受咒詛的。

his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for everyone who hangs on a tree is cursed by God; that you do not defile your land which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance.