Deuteronomy 21

1 If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

1 “在你们的上帝耶和华将要赐给你们的土地上，如果发现有人被杀，陈尸野外，却不知道凶手是谁，

2 your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.

2 当地的长老和审判官就要去测量一下尸体距附近各城邑的距离。

3 Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,

3 距离尸体最近的那城的长老们要牵一头从未负过轭、从未耕过地的小母牛，

4 bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

4 去有溪流但无人耕种过的山谷，在那里把它的颈项打断。

5 And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.

5 利未祭司也要去，因为你们的上帝耶和华拣选他们在祂面前事奉、奉祂的名为人祝福，并审理各种纠纷及人身伤害的事。

6 Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

6 那城的长老们要在被打断颈项的小母牛上方洗手，

7 and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

7 然后祷告说，‘我们的手没有杀这人，我们的眼也没有看见谁杀了他。

8 Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.

8 耶和华啊，求你赦免你已经救赎的以色列子民，不要把杀害这无辜之人的罪算在你的子民身上。’这样，杀人的罪便可得到赦免。

9 So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

9 你们做耶和华视为正的事，就可以从你们中间除去杀害无辜之人的罪。

10 When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,

10 “你们和敌人交战时，你们的上帝耶和华会把敌人交给你们，使他们成为你们的俘虏。

11 if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,

11 如果你们有人在俘虏中看见美丽的女子，被她吸引，想娶她为妻，

12 then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,

12 就可以带她回家，让她剃去头发，修剪指甲，

13 and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

13 换掉被俘时所穿的衣服，住在那人家中为她父母哀悼一个月。之后，那人便可以和她结为夫妻。

14 And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

14 如果那人不喜欢她，则要让她自由离去，绝不可卖掉她，也不可奴役她，因为他已经羞辱了她。

15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,

15 “如果一个人有两个妻子，一个受他宠爱，一个不受他宠爱，二人都给他生了儿子，但长子是不受宠爱的妻子生的，

16 when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.

16 分产业的时候，他不可废长立幼，把长子的权利给他所爱之妻生的儿子。

17 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.

17 他必须承认他不爱之妻所生的长子的名分，分给他双份产业，因为长子是他壮年时所生的儿子，应享有长子的权利。

18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

18 “如果一个人的儿子冥顽不灵、悖逆父母、屡教不改，

19 his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,

19 他父母要抓住他，把他带到城门口去见本城的长老，对他们说，

20 and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

20 ‘我们这个儿子冥顽不灵、悖逆成性，不肯听从我们，是个贪吃好酒之徒。’

21 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

21 全城的人都要用石头打死他，从你们中间除掉这种罪恶。所有以色列人听说后，都会感到害怕。

22 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

22 “如果有人犯了死罪，被处死后挂在木头上，

23 you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

23 不可让尸体在木头上过夜，必须当天埋葬，因为凡挂在木头上的人都是上帝所咒诅的。你们不可玷污你们的上帝耶和华将要赐给你们的土地。