Exodus 13

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

1 耶和华晓谕摩西说：

2 “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”

2 「以色列中凡头生的，无论是人是牲畜，都是我的，要分别为圣归我。」

3 So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

3 摩西对百姓说：「你们要记念从埃及为奴之家出来的这日，因为耶和华用大能的手将你们从这地方领出来。有酵的饼都不可吃。

4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.

4 亚笔月间的这日是你们出来的日子。

5 And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.

5 将来耶和华领你进迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、希未人、耶布斯人之地，就是他向你的祖宗起誓应许给你那流奶与蜜之地，那时你要在这月间守这礼。

6 For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.

6 你要吃无酵饼七日，到第七日要向耶和华守节。

7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.

7 这七日之久，要吃无酵饼；在你四境之内不可见有酵的饼，也不可见发酵的物。

8 And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

8 当那日，你要告诉你的儿子说：『这是因耶和华在我出埃及的时候为我所行的事。

9 It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

9 这要在你手上作记号，在你额上作纪念，使耶和华的律法常在你口中，因为耶和华曾用大能的手将你从埃及领出来。

10 Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.

10 所以你每年要按着日期守这例。』」

11 And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,

11 「将来，耶和华照他向你和你祖宗所起的誓将你领进迦南人之地，把这地赐给你，

12 you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

12 那时你要将一切头生的，并牲畜中头生的，归给耶和华；公的都要属耶和华。

13 You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.

13 凡头生的驴，你要用羊羔代赎；若不代赎，就要打折它的颈项。凡你儿子中头生的都要赎出来。

14 In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

14 日后，你的儿子问你说：『这是什么意思？』你就说：『耶和华用大能的手将我们从埃及为奴之家领出来。

15 And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’

15 那时法老几乎不容我们去，耶和华就把埃及地所有头生的，无论是人是牲畜，都杀了。因此，我把一切头生的公牲畜献给耶和华为祭，但将头生的儿子都赎出来。

16 So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

16 这要在你手上作记号，在你额上作经文，因为耶和华用大能的手将我们从埃及领出来。』」

17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

17 法老容百姓去的时候，非利士地的道路虽近， 神却不领他们从那里走；因为 神说：「恐怕百姓遇见打仗后悔，就回埃及去。」

18 So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.

18 所以 神领百姓绕道而行，走红海旷野的路。以色列人出埃及地，都带着兵器上去。

19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

19 摩西把约瑟的骸骨一同带去；因为约瑟曾叫以色列人严严地起誓，对他们说：「 神必眷顾你们，你们要把我的骸骨从这里一同带上去。」

20 They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.

20 他们从疏割起行，在旷野边的以倘安营。

21 And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

21 日间，耶和华在云柱中领他们的路；夜间，在火柱中光照他们，使他们日夜都可以行走。

22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.

22 日间云柱，夜间火柱，总不离开百姓的面前。