Deuteronomy 17

1 You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.

1 “不可把有缺陷或残疾的牛羊献给你们的上帝耶和华，因为这是祂所憎恶的。

2 If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant

2 “如果有人在你们的上帝耶和华赐给你们的各城镇做祂视为恶的事，违背祂的约，

3 and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

3 不遵守祂的禁令，去供奉和祭拜其他神明，祭拜日、月或星辰，

4 and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,

4 你们得知后，必须彻底调查。如果属实，在以色列确实有人做这种可憎之事，

5 you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.

5 就要把那人带到城门口，用石头打死他。

6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.

6 但你们不可单凭一个证人便处死那人，要有两三个证人方可处死他。

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.

7 证人要先扔石头，众人随后，这样就除掉了你们中间的罪恶。

8 If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

8 “如果案件复杂，难以决断，如谋杀、诉讼、人身伤害等，就要把案件带到你们的上帝耶和华选定的地方，

9 You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

9 交给当值的利未祭司和审判官去审理，他们要向你们宣告判决。

10 You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,

10 你们必须执行他们在耶和华所选择的地方宣告的判决，你们要谨遵他们的一切指示。

11 according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.

11 他们教导你们律法，宣布判决后，你们必须完全执行，丝毫不可偏离。

12 But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.

12 如果有人胆敢违抗事奉你们上帝耶和华的祭司和审判官的判决，就必须处死他。如此，你们便从以色列除掉了罪恶，

13 Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.

13 使众人得知后心中害怕，不敢再任意妄为。

14 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”

14 “你们进入并占领你们的上帝耶和华将要赐给你们的土地，安顿下来后，就会想立自己的王，像周围的国家一样。

15 you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.

15 那么，你们一定要立你们的上帝耶和华拣选的人；必须立你们的以色列同胞为王，不可立外族人。

16 But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

16 王不可拥有大量马匹，也不可派人到埃及去购买马匹，因为耶和华已经告诉你们不可回埃及。

17 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

17 他不可拥有许多妃嫔，恐怕他的心会偏离耶和华，也不可为自己积蓄大量金银。

18 When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

18 他登基后，要按照利未祭司的律法书为自己抄录一份，

19 It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

19 把它放在身边，一生诵读，以便学习敬畏他的上帝耶和华，遵守律法书上的一切诫命和律例。

20 Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

20 这样，他就不会妄自尊大，违背诫命，他和他的子孙就可以长久统治以色列。