Numbers 9

1 In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

1 以色列人离开埃及后第二年的一月，耶和华在西奈旷野对摩西说：

2 “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

2 “以色列人要在指定的时间守逾越节，

3 You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”

3 就是在一月十四日黄昏，按照相关律例和典章守逾越节。”

4 So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,

4 于是，摩西吩咐以色列人守逾越节。

5 and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

5 一月十四日黄昏，以色列人在西奈旷野守逾越节。以色列人遵行了耶和华对摩西的一切吩咐。

6 But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

6 可是，有几个人因碰到死尸而不洁净，不能在那天守逾越节，他们就来见摩西和亚伦，

7 and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”

7 说：“我们因碰到死尸而不洁净，为什么不准我们跟其他以色列人一起在指定的时间向耶和华献供物？”

8 “Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.

8 摩西说：“你们等一下，我要去听听耶和华对你们有什么吩咐。”

9 Then the LORD said to Moses,

9 耶和华对摩西说：

10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

10 “你告诉以色列人： “你们或你们的子孙中，若有人因为碰了死尸而不洁净，或是出了远门，他们仍然要为耶和华守逾越节。

11 Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

11 他们可以在二月十四日黄昏守逾越节，要配无酵饼和苦菜一起吃逾越节的羊羔。

12 they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

12 食物不可留到早晨，也不可折断羊羔的一根骨头。要按照一切律例守逾越节。

13 But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

13 如果有人是洁净的，又没有出远门，却不守逾越节，要将他从民中铲除。因为他没有在指定的时间向耶和华献供物，就必须自负罪责。

14 If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”

14 如果寄居在你们中间的外族人也想为耶和华守逾越节，他们也要按照这些律例和典章守逾越节。不论是外族人还是本地人，都要遵守同样的律例。”

15 On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

15 安放约柜的圣幕支起来那天，云彩遮盖了它。整个晚上，云彩在圣幕上方像火焰一般。

16 It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.

16 之后，总是如此：白天云彩遮盖圣幕，晚上云彩像火。

17 Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

17 云彩什么时候从圣幕上升起，以色列人就启行；云彩在哪里停下来，以色列人就在哪里安营。

18 At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

18 他们无论启行还是安营，都遵照耶和华的吩咐。云彩在圣幕上停留多久，他们就安营多久。

19 Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.

19 有时云彩在圣幕上停留多日，他们就遵照耶和华的吩咐安营多日。

20 Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.

20 有时云彩在圣幕上只停留几天，他们就遵照耶和华的吩咐只安营几天。随后再照耶和华的吩咐启行。

21 Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.

21 有时云彩整夜停留在圣幕上，到早晨才升起，他们就早晨才启行。不管白天黑夜，云彩一升起，他们就启行。

22 Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

22 不管是两天、一个月或是一年，只要云彩停留在圣幕上，以色列人就安营不动；云彩一升起，他们就启行。

23 They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.

23 他们遵照耶和华的吩咐安营，也遵照耶和华的吩咐启行。他们遵行耶和华借摩西吩咐的话。