Deuteronomy 17

1 Thou shalt offer vnto the Lord thy God no bullocke nor sheepe wherein is blemish or any euill fauoured thing: for that is an abomination vnto the Lord thy 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 If there be founde among you in any of thy cities, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, man or woman that hath wrought wickednes in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his couenant,

「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 And hath gone and serued other gods, and worshipped them: as the sunne, or the moone, or any of the hoste of heauen, which I haue not commanded,

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 And it be tolde vnto thee, and thou hast heard it, then shalt thou inquire diligently: and if it be true, and the thing certaine, that such abomination is wrought 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 Then shalt thou bring foorth that man, or that woman (which haue committed that wicked thing) vnto thy gates, whether it be man or woman, and shalt stone them with stones, til they die.

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 At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is woorthie of death, die: but at the mouth of one witnesse, he shall not die.

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 handes of the witnesses shall be first vpon him, to kill him: and afterward the hands of all the people: so thou shalt take the wicked away 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 rise a matter too harde for thee in iudgement betweene blood and blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene plague and plague, in the matters of controuersie within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and goe vp vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse,

「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 And thou shalt come vnto the Priestes of the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shall be in those daies, and aske, and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement,

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 And thou shalt do according to that thing which they of that place (which the Lord hath chosen) shewe thee, and thou shalt obserue to doe according to all that they informe thee.

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 According to the Lawe, which they shall teach thee, and according to the iudgement which they shall tell thee, shalt thou doe: thou shalt not decline from the thing which they shall shew thee, neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

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 And that man that wil doe presumptuously, not hearkening vnto the Priest (that standeth before the Lord thy God to minister there) or vnto the iudge, that man shall die, and thou shalt take away euill 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 So all the people shall heare and feare, and doe no more presumptuously.

眾百姓都要聽見害怕，不再擅敢行事。」

14 Whe thou shalt come vnto ye land which the Lord thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwell therein, if thou say, I will set a King ouer me, like as all the nations that are about me,

「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 Then thou shalt make him King ouer thee, whome the Lord thy God shall chuse: from among thy brethren shalt thou make a King ouer thee: thou shalt not set a stranger ouer thee, which is not thy brother.

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 In any wise he shall not prepare him many horses, nor bring the people againe to Egypt, for to encrease the number of horses, seeing the Lord hath sayd vnto you, Ye shall henceforth goe no more againe that way.

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 Neither shall hee take him many wiues, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather him much siluer and golde.

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 And when he shall sit vpon the throne of his kingdo, then shall he write him this Law repeted in a booke, by the Priests of the Leuites.

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 And it shall be with him, and he shall reade therein all daies of his life, that he may learne to feare the Lord his God, and to keepe all ye words of this Lawe, and these ordinances for to doe them:

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 That his heart be not lifted vp aboue his brethren, and that he turne not from the commandement, to the right hand or to the left, but that he may prolong his daies in his kingdom, he, and his sonnes in the middes 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。」