Deuteronomy 24

1 And if any one should take a wife, and should dwell with her, then it shall come to pass if she should not have found favor before him, because he has found some unbecoming thing in her, that he shall write for her a bill of divorcement, and give it into her hands, and he shall send her away out of his house.

「人若娶妻以後，見她有甚麼不合理的事，不喜悅她，就可以寫休書交在她手中，打發她離開夫家。

2 And [if] she should go away and be married to another man;

婦人離開夫家以後，可以去嫁別人。

3 and the last husband should hate her, and write for her a bill of divorcement; and should give it into her hands, and send her away out of his house, and the last husband should die, who took her to himself for a wife;

後夫若恨惡她，寫休書交在她手中，打發她離開夫家，或是娶她為妻的後夫死了，

4 the former husband who sent her away shall not be able to return and take her to himself for a wife, after she has been defiled; because it is an abomination before the Lord your God, and you shall not defile the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit.

打發她去的前夫不可在婦人玷污之後再娶她為妻，因為這是耶和華所憎惡的；不可使耶和華－你上帝所賜為業之地被玷污了。」

5 And if any one should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any thing be laid upon him; he shall be free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

「新娶妻之人不可從軍出征，也不可託他辦理甚麼公事，可以在家清閒一年，使他所娶的妻快活。

6 You shall not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge.

「不可拿人的全盤磨石或是上磨石作當頭，因為這是拿人的命作當頭。

7 And if a man should be caught stealing one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shall you remove that evil one from yourselves.

「若遇見人拐帶以色列中的一個弟兄，當奴才待他，或是賣了他，那拐帶人的就必治死。這樣，便將那惡從你們中間除掉。

8 Take heed to yourself in [regard of] the plague of leprosy: you shall take great heed to do according to all the law, which the priests the Levites shall report to you; take heed to do, as I have charged you.

「在大痲瘋的災病上，你們要謹慎，照祭司利未人一切所指教你們的留意遵行。我怎樣吩咐他們，你們要怎樣遵行。

9 Remember all that the Lord your God did to Mariam in the way, when you were going out of Egypt.

當記念出埃及後，在路上，耶和華－你上帝向米利暗所行的事。

10 If your neighbor owe you a debt, any debt whatever, you shall not go into his house to take his pledge:

「你借給鄰舍，不拘是甚麼，不可進他家拿他的當頭。

11 you shall stand without, and the man who is in your debt shall bring the pledge out to you.

要站在外面，等那向你借貸的人把當頭拿出來交給你。

12 And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

他若是窮人，你不可留他的當頭過夜。

13 You shall surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his garment, and he shall bless you; and it shall be mercy to you before the Lord your God.

日落的時候，總要把當頭還他，使他用那件衣服蓋着睡覺，他就為你祝福；這在耶和華－你上帝面前就是你的義了。

14 You shall not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of your brethren, or of the strangers who are in your cities.

「困苦窮乏的雇工，無論是你的弟兄或是在你城裏寄居的，你不可欺負他。

15 You shall pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and it shall be sin in you.

要當日給他工價，不可等到日落－因為他窮苦，把心放在工價上－恐怕他因你求告耶和華，罪便歸你了。

16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, and the sons shall not be put to death for the fathers; every one shall be put to death for his own sin.

「不可因子殺父，也不可因父殺子；凡被殺的都為本身的罪。

17 You shall not wrest the judgment of the stranger and the fatherless, and widow; you shall not take the widow's garment for a pledge.

「你不可向寄居的和孤兒屈枉正直，也不可拿寡婦的衣裳作當頭。

18 And you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from thence; therefore I charge you to do this thing.

要記念你在埃及作過奴僕。耶和華－你的上帝從那裏將你救贖，所以我吩咐你這樣行。

19 And when you shall have reaped corn in your field, and shall have forgotten a sheaf in your field, you shall not return to take it; it shall be for the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands.

「你在田間收割莊稼，若忘下一捆，不可回去再取，要留給寄居的與孤兒寡婦。這樣，耶和華－你上帝必在你手裏所辦的一切事上賜福與你。

20 And if you should gather your olives, you shall not return to collect the remainder; it shall be for the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, and you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

你打橄欖樹，枝上剩下的，不可再打；要留給寄居的與孤兒寡婦。

21 And when soever you shall gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean what you have left; it shall be for the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow:

你摘葡萄園的葡萄，所剩下的，不可再摘；要留給寄居的與孤兒寡婦。

22 and you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing.

你也要記念你在埃及地作過奴僕，所以我吩咐你這樣行。