Deuteronomy 16

1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

你應遵守「阿彼布」月，為上主你的天主舉行逾越節，因為在「阿彼布」月的一個夜裏，上主你的天主領你出了埃及。

2 You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

你應在上主所選定立自己名號的地方，給上主你的天主祭殺牛羊，作為逾越節犧牲。

3 You shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste) that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

吃這祭肉時，不可吃發酵餅；七天之內，當吃無酵餅，即困苦餅，因為你曾倉猝地走來出了埃及地。為此你一生應天天記念你出埃及的日子。

4 No yeast shall be seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the meat, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.

七天之久，在你全境內不許見到酵母；你前一天晚上祭獻的牲肉，不可有剩下的，留到早晨。

5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you;

你不可在上主你的天主賜給你的任何城鎮內，祭殺逾越節犧牲；

6 but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt.

只可在上主你的天主所選定立自己名號的地方，晚上太陽快落時，就是你出埃及的時刻，祭殺逾越節犧牲。

7 You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God chooses. In the morning you shall return to your tents.

並應在上主你的天主所選定的地方，將祭牲煮熟分食；到了早晨，你可回到你的帳棚中去。

8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work.

六天內應吃無酵餅，到第七天，應為上主你的天主召開盛會，任何勞工都不許做。

9 You shall count for yourselves seven weeks. From the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks.

你應數七個星期，從鐮刀收割莊稼算起，數七個星期，

10 You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you shall give according to how Yahweh your God blesses you.

為上主你的天主舉行七七節，照上主你的天主祝福你的，獻上你手中自願獻的祭品。

11 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

你和你的兒女、僕婢，以及在你城鎮內的肋未人，在你中間的外方人、孤兒和寡婦，都應在上主你的天主所選定立自己名號的地方，於上主你的天主面前歡樂。

12 You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt. You shall observe and do these statutes.

應記得你在埃及也曾做過奴隸，所以應謹守遵行這些法令。

13 You shall keep the feast of booths seven days, after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your wine press.

你由禾場和榨酒池內收藏了出產以後，應七天舉行帳棚節。

14 You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates.

在這慶節內，你和你的兒女、僕婢，以及在你城鎮內的肋未人、外方人、孤兒和寡婦都應歡樂。

15 You shall keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh chooses, because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.

你應在上主所選定的地方，為上主你的天主舉行這慶節七天，因為上主你的天主，要在你的一切收穫和你著手進行的一切事業上祝福你，使你滿心喜樂。

16 Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty.

每年三次，即在無酵節、七七節和帳棚節，你所有的男子都應到上主所選的地方去，朝拜上主你的天主；但不要空手出現在上主面前，

17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you.

每人應照上主你的天主賜與你的，依自己的財力，奉獻禮品。

18 You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

在上主你的天主賜給你的各城鎮內，要為各支派設立判官和書記，他們應按照公道審判人民，

19 You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

不可違犯公平，不可徇情顧面，不可接受賄賂，因為賄賂令智慧人的眼目失明；

20 You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

只應追求公道與正義，好叫你能生存，佔有上主你的天主賜給你的土地。

21 You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Yahweh your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.

在你為上主你的天主所建的祭壇旁，不許豎立任何木頭的神柱；

22 Neither shall you set yourself up a sacred stone which Yahweh your God hates.

也不可立置上主你的天主所憎惡的石碣。