Exodus 23

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

1 「不可随伙布散谣言；不可与恶人连手妄作见证。

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；不可在争讼的事上随众偏行，作见证屈枉正直；

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

3 也不可在争讼的事上偏护穷人。

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

4 「若遇见你仇敌的牛或驴失迷了路，总要牵回来交给他。

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 若看见恨你人的驴压卧在重驮之下，不可走开，务要和驴主一同抬开重驮。

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

6 「不可在穷人争讼的事上屈枉正直。

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

7 当远离虚假的事。不可杀无辜和有义的人，因我必不以恶人为义。

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

8 不可受贿赂；因为贿赂能叫明眼人变瞎了，又能颠倒义人的话。

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 「不可欺压寄居的；因为你们在埃及地作过寄居的，知道寄居的心。」

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

10 「六年你要耕种田地，收藏土产，

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 只是第七年要叫地歇息，不耕不种，使你民中的穷人有吃的；他们所剩下的，野兽可以吃。你的葡萄园和橄榄园也要照样办理。

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 「六日你要做工，第七日要安息，使牛、驴可以歇息，并使你婢女的儿子和寄居的都可以舒畅。

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 「凡我对你们说的话，你们要谨守。别神的名，你不可提，也不可从你口中传说。」

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

14 「一年三次，你要向我守节。

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 你要守除酵节，照我所吩咐你的，在亚笔月内所定的日期，吃无酵饼七天。谁也不可空手朝见我，因为你是这月出了埃及。

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 又要守收割节，所收的是你田间所种、劳碌得来初熟之物。并在年底收藏，要守收藏节。

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

17 一切的男丁要一年三次朝见主耶和华。

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

18 「不可将我祭牲的血和有酵的饼一同献上；也不可将我节上祭牲的脂油留到早晨。

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 「地里首先初熟之物要送到耶和华—你 神的殿。 「不可用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔。」

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 「看哪，我差遣使者在你前面，在路上保护你，领你到我所预备的地方去。

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 他是奉我名来的；你们要在他面前谨慎，听从他的话，不可惹 他，因为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 「你若实在听从他的话，照着我一切所说的去行，我就向你的仇敌作仇敌，向你的敌人作敌人。

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 「我的使者要在你前面行，领你到亚摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、迦南人、希未人、耶布斯人那里去，我必将他们剪除。

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 你不可跪拜他们的神，不可事奉他，也不可效法他们的行为，却要把神像尽行拆毁，打碎他们的柱像。

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 你们要事奉耶和华—你们的 神，他必赐福与你的粮与你的水，也必从你们中间除去疾病。

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

26 你境内必没有坠胎的，不生产的。我要使你满了你年日的数目。

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 凡你所到的地方，我要使那里的众民在你面前惊骇，扰乱，又要使你一切仇敌转背逃跑。

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

28 我要打发黄蜂飞在你前面，把希未人、迦南人、赫人撵出去。

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 我不在一年之内将他们从你面前撵出去，恐怕地成为荒凉，野地的兽多起来害你。

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

30 我要渐渐地将他们从你面前撵出去，等到你的人数加多，承受那地为业。

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 我要定你的境界，从红海直到非利士海，又从旷野直到大河。我要将那地的居民交在你手中，你要将他们从你面前撵出去。

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

32 不可和他们并他们的神立约。

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 他们不可住在你的地上，恐怕他们使你得罪我。你若事奉他们的神，这必成为你的网罗。」