Deuteronomy 17
1 Don't sacrifice to the Lord your God cattle or a sheep that has a defect or has something seriously wrong, for that is offensive to the Lord your God.
「凡有殘疾，或有甚麼惡病的牛羊，你都不可獻給耶和華－你的上帝，因為這是耶和華－你上帝所憎惡的。
2 There may be a report that one of you, whether a man or a woman, living in a town that the Lord your God gave you, has been found to be sinning in the sight of the Lord your God by breaking the Lord's agreement.
「在你們中間，在耶和華－你上帝所賜你的諸城中，無論哪座城裏，若有人，或男或女，行耶和華－你上帝眼中看為惡的事，違背了他的約，
3 This person has done this by going to worship other gods, bowing down to them—or to the sun, moon, or any of the stars of heaven—which I have ordered you not to do.
去事奉敬拜別神，或拜日頭，或拜月亮，或拜天象，是主不曾吩咐的；
4 If you hear such a report, you need to make a full investigation. If you find out that the report is true, and that such an awful sin has been committed in Israel,
有人告訴你，你也聽見了，就要細細地探聽，果然是真，準有這可憎惡的事行在以色列中，
5 you must have the man or woman who has committed this terrible act taken outside the town and stoned to death.
你就要將行這惡事的男人或女人拉到城門外，用石頭將他打死。
6 That person is to be executed based on the evidence given by two or three witnesses. No one shall be executed on the evidence given by a single witness.
要憑兩三個人的口作見證將那當死的人治死；不可憑一個人的口作見證將他治死。
7 The witnesses must act first in executing the person, and then the rest of those who are present. You must eliminate the evil from among you.
見證人要先下手，然後眾民也下手將他治死。這樣，就把那惡從你們中間除掉。
8 If there's a case before your town court that is too problematic for you to settle, whether the argument is over murder or manslaughter, one legal decision against another, or different degrees of assault, you must take the issue to the place the Lord your God will choose.
「你城中若起了爭訟的事，或因流血，或因爭競，或因毆打，是你難斷的案件，你就當起來，往耶和華－你上帝所選擇的地方
9 Go to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge in charge. Present the case to them, and they will give you their decision.
去見祭司利未人，並當時的審判官，求問他們，他們必將判語指示你。
10 You must abide by the decision they give you there at the place the Lord will choose. Make sure you do everything they tell you to do,
他們在耶和華所選擇的地方指示你的判語，你必照着他們所指教你的一切話謹守遵行。
11 in accordance with the legal instructions they give you and the verdict they delivered. Don't deviate from the decision they give you.
要按他們所指教你的律法，照他們所斷定的去行；他們所指示你的判語，你不可偏離左右。
12 Anyone who treats with contempt either the priest (who ministers before the Lord your God) or the judge, must be executed. You must eliminate this evil from Israel.
若有人擅敢不聽從那侍立在耶和華－你上帝面前的祭司，或不聽從審判官，那人就必治死；這樣，便將那惡從以色列中除掉。
13 Then everyone else will hear about it and be afraid, and won't act with contempt in the future.
眾百姓都要聽見害怕，不再擅敢行事。」
14 After you've entered the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it over and settled in it, and you decide, “Let's have a king to rule over us like all the other nations around us do,”
「到了耶和華－你上帝所賜你的地，得了那地居住的時候，若說：『我要立王治理我，像四圍的國一樣。』
15 you can have a king but only one chosen by the Lord your God. He must be an Israelite. You must not have a king who is a foreigner; someone who is not an Israelite.
你總要立耶和華－你上帝所揀選的人為王。必從你弟兄中立一人；不可立你弟兄以外的人為王。
16 Your king must not have large numbers of horses, or send his men to Egypt to buy more horses, because the Lord has declared, “You must never to return there again.”
只是王不可為自己加添馬匹，也不可使百姓回埃及去，為要加添他的馬匹，因耶和華曾吩咐你們說：『不可再回那條路去。』
17 He must not have many wives, so they don't lead him away from following the Lord. He must not have large quantities of silver and gold.
他也不可為自己多立妃嬪，恐怕他的心偏邪；也不可為自己多積金銀。
18 Once he is king and sits on his royal throne, he must make a copy for himself of these instructions, writing them on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
他登了國位，就要將祭司利未人面前的這律法書，為自己抄錄一本，
19 He is to keep it with him, and he is to read from it each day throughout his life, so he may learn to respect the Lord his God by being careful to follow every word of these instructions and regulations.
存在他那裏，要平生誦讀，好學習敬畏耶和華－他的上帝，謹守遵行這律法書上的一切言語和這些律例，
20 Then he won't think more of himself than his fellow Israelites, and he won't deviate from the commandments, so that he and his sons may have long reigns over the kingdom of Israel.
免得他向弟兄心高氣傲，偏左偏右，離了這誡命。這樣，他和他的子孫便可在以色列中，在國位上年長日久。」
