出埃及记 13

1 耶和华晓谕摩西说：

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “以色列中凡头生的，无论是人是牲畜，都是我的，要分别为圣归我。”

"Set apart to me all the firstborn. Whatever is first from the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal; it is mine."

3 摩西对百姓说：“你们要记念从埃及为奴之家出来的这日，因为耶和华用大能的手将你们从这地方领出来。有酵的饼都不可吃。

And Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for with a mighty hand Jehovah brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.

4 亚笔月间的这日是你们出来的日子。

On this day, in the month of Abib, you are going out.

5 将来耶和华领你进迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、希未人、耶布斯人之地，就是他向你的祖宗起誓应许给你那流奶与蜜之地，那时你要在这月间守这礼。

And it shall be, when Jehovah brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you must keep this ceremony in this month.

6 你要吃无酵饼七日，到第七日要向耶和华守节。

Six days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a feast to Jehovah.

7 这七日之久，要吃无酵饼；在你四境之内不可见有酵的饼，也不可见发酵的物。

Unleavened bread is to be eaten throughout the seven days. Nothing leavened is to be seen among you, nor is any leaven to be seen among you in all your territory.

8 当那日，你要告诉你的儿子说：‘这是因耶和华在我出埃及的时候为我所行的事。

And you are to tell your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what Jehovah did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

9 这要在你手上作记号，在你额上作纪念，使耶和华的律法常在你口中，因为耶和华曾用大能的手将你从埃及领出来。

And it shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a reminder between your eyes, so that the law of Jehovah may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand Jehovah brought you out of Egypt.

10 所以你每年要按着日期守这例。’”

Therefore you are to keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.

11 “将来，耶和华照他向你和你祖宗所起的誓将你领进迦南人之地，把这地赐给你，

"And it shall be, when Jehovah brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

12 那时你要将一切头生的，并牲畜中头生的，归给耶和华；公的都要属耶和华。

that you are to set apart to Jehovah everything that is first from the womb. Every firstborn male animal belongs to Jehovah.

13 凡头生的驴，你要用羊羔代赎；若不代赎，就要打折它的颈项。凡你儿子中头生的都要赎出来。

Every firstborn of a donkey you are to redeem with a lamb, but if you will not redeem it, then you must break its neck. And every firstborn of man among your sons you must redeem.

14 日后，你的儿子问你说：‘这是什么意思？’你就说：‘耶和华用大能的手将我们从埃及为奴之家领出来。

And it shall be, when your son asks you in the future, saying, 'What is this?' then you are to tell him, 'With a mighty hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slavery.

15 那时法老几乎不容我们去，耶和华就把埃及地所有头生的，无论是人是牲畜，都杀了。因此，我把一切头生的公牲畜献给耶和华为祭，但将头生的儿子都赎出来。

And it happened, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of people and the firstborn of animals. This is why I am sacrificing to Jehovah any male that is first from the womb of an animal, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.'

16 这要在你手上作记号，在你额上作经文，因为耶和华用大能的手将我们从埃及领出来。’”

So it will be as a sign on your hand and at the front of a headband around your forehead, for with a mighty hand Jehovah brought us out of Egypt."

17 法老容百姓去的时候，非利士地的道路虽近， 神却不领他们从那里走；因为 神说：“恐怕百姓遇见打仗后悔，就回埃及去。”

Then it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearby, for God said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt."

18 所以 神领百姓绕道而行，走红海旷野的路。以色列人出埃及地，都带着兵器上去。

So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up from the land of Egypt prepared for battle.

19 摩西把约瑟的骸骨一同带去；因为约瑟曾叫以色列人严严地起誓，对他们说：“神必眷顾你们，你们要把我的骸骨从这里一同带上去。”

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear an oath, saying, "God will surely attend to you, and you are to carry my bones up with you from this place."

20 他们从疏割起行，在旷野边的以倘安营。

Then they set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.

21 日间，耶和华在云柱中领他们的路；夜间，在火柱中光照他们，使他们日夜都可以行走。

And God went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night.

22 日间云柱，夜间火柱，总不离开百姓的面前。

He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire at night from in front of the people.