Numbers 19

1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

1 耶和华对摩西和亚伦说：

2 “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.

2 “要吩咐以色列人遵行我颁布的以下律法条例。 “以色列人要牵来一头毫无残疾、从未负过轭的红母牛。

3 Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

3 你们要把牛交给以利亚撒祭司，然后牵到营外，当着他的面把牛宰了。

4 Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.

4 以利亚撒祭司要用指头蘸牛血，向会幕前面弹七次。

5 Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.

5 然后，要当着他的面焚烧红母牛，牛的皮、肉、血和粪都要烧掉。

6 The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

6 祭司要把香柏木、牛膝草、朱红色线扔进烧牛的火里。

7 Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

7 之后，祭司要洗衣沐浴，才能回营，但要等到傍晚才能洁净。

8 The one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

8 负责烧牛的人也要洗衣、沐浴，并且要等到傍晚才能洁净。

9 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.

9 要由一个洁净的人把红母牛灰收起来，放在营外洁净的地方，留给以色列会众作除秽水，作除罪之用。

10 The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.

10 收起母牛灰的人也要洗净衣服，等到傍晚才能洁净。这是以色列人和在他们中间寄居的外族人永远当守的律例。

11 Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

11 “碰过尸体的人，七天不洁净。

12 He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.

12 他要在第三天和第七天用除秽水自洁，才能洁净，否则就不能洁净。

13 Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

13 若有人碰过尸体却不自洁，他就玷污了耶和华的圣幕，要将他从以色列人中铲除，因为除秽水没有洒在他身上，他不洁净，污秽还留在他身上。

14 This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,

14 若有人死在帐篷里，就要遵守这样的条例：当时走进帐篷的或在场的人都七天不洁净。

15 and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.

15 帐篷里没有盖的敞口器皿都不洁净。

16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

16 人若在野外碰过被杀或自然死亡之人的尸体，或碰过死人的骸骨或坟墓，就七天不洁净。

17 For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

17 要为不洁净的人拿些除罪用的红母牛灰，放在器皿里，倒上清水，

18 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.

18 然后由一个洁净的人拿牛膝草蘸这水洒在帐篷及里面所有人和器具上，也要洒在碰过骸骨、坟墓、被杀者尸体，或自然死亡者尸体的人身上。

19 The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.

19 要由洁净的人在第三天和第七天把水洒在不洁净的人身上，并在第七天洁净他们。接受洁净礼的人要洗衣、沐浴，等到傍晚才能洁净。

20 But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

20 若有人沾了污秽却没有用除秽水自洁，他就不洁净，要将他从会众中铲除，因为他玷污了耶和华的圣所。

21 This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.

21 这是你们永远当守的律例。洒除秽水的人要洗净衣服。碰过除秽水的人要等到傍晚才能洁净。

22 Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”

22 不洁净的人碰过的东西都不洁净，碰过这些东西的人傍晚之前都不洁净。”