Exodus 23

1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

1 “不可散布谣言，也不可与恶人联手作伪证。

2 You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

2 不可随众行恶。在法庭作证时不可附和多数人，颠倒是非。

3 And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.

3 在诉讼的事上不可偏袒穷人。

4 If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

4 “倘若看见仇人的牛或驴走迷了路，总要牵回去交给他。

5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.

5 倘若遇见仇人的驴被驮的重物压倒，不可径自走开，总要帮助仇人抬开重物。

6 You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

6 “不可在诉讼案中冤枉穷人。

7 Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

7 不可诬告别人，不可杀害正直无辜的人，因为我必惩罚作恶之人。

8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

8 不可收受贿赂，因为贿赂蒙蔽人的眼目，使人颠倒是非。

9 Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

9 不可欺凌在你们中间寄居的人，因为你们也曾经在埃及寄居，知道寄居他乡的滋味。

10 For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

10 “六年之内你要耕种收割，

11 but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

11 第七年要让土地休息，不耕不种，你们当中的穷人可以吃田中长出来的，剩下的可以留给动物吃。你也要这样处理葡萄园和橄榄园。

12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

12 六天之内，你要工作，但第七天要休息。这样，牛、驴可以歇息，你家里的奴仆和寄居的也可以休息。

13 Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

13 你们要谨慎遵从我对你们说的话。不可提其他神明的名字，不可从你口中听到它们的名字。

14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.

14 “你每年要向我守三个节期。

15 You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

15 要守除酵节，照我的吩咐在每年亚笔月所定的日期连续吃七天的无酵饼，因为你是在这个月离开了埃及。谁也不可空手朝见我。

16 You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

16 要在耕种后收取初熟之物的时候守收获节。要在年终从田间收取劳动成果时守收藏节。

17 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

17 所有的男子都要在这三个节期朝见主耶和华。

18 You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.

18 “不可把祭牲的血和有酵的饼一起献给我，也不可把节期祭牲的脂肪留到早晨。

19 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

19 要把田中最好的初熟之物送到你们的上帝耶和华的殿中。不可用母山羊的奶煮它的小羊羔。

20 Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

20 “看啊，我要差遣天使走在你前面，在路上保护你，带领你到达我所预备的地方。

21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

21 他是奉我的名来的，你们要谨遵他的话，不可悖逆，不然他必不赦免你们的过犯。

22 But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

22 “你若认真听从他的吩咐，遵行我的话，我就与你的仇敌为敌，与你的对头作对。

23 For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.

23 我的天使要走在你前面，带领你去亚摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、迦南人、希未人和耶布斯人所住的地方，我会把他们全部消灭。

24 You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

24 不可叩拜他们的神明，不可供奉它们，也不可效法他们的行为，要彻底拆毁神像，打碎他们的神柱。

25 So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.

25 你们要事奉你们的上帝耶和华，我必赐给你食物和水，使疾病远离你们，

26 No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.

26 在你境内必没有人流产或不育，我会使你享尽天年。

27 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

27 你所到之处，我必使那里的人惶恐不安，使你一切的仇敌都在你面前转身逃跑。

28 I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

28 我要派黄蜂做你的先锋，赶走那些希未人、迦南人和赫人。

29 I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.

29 我不会在一年之内把这些人全部赶走，免得土地荒凉，野兽泛滥。

30 Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.

30 我会逐渐地赶走他们，直到你们人丁兴旺，可以占据那片土地。

31 And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

31 我给你定下国界，从红海到非利士海岸，从旷野到幼发拉底河。我要把其中所有的居民都交在你手中，你要把他们全部赶出去。

32 You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

32 不可跟这些民族及其神明立约，

33 They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

33 也不可让这些民族住在你的土地上，免得他们使你得罪我，你若供奉他们的神明，必因此而陷入网罗。”