第二十四章 Deuteronomy 24
1.「人若娶妻以後,見她有甚麼不合理的事,不喜悅她,就可以寫休書交在她手中,打發她離開夫家。
If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house,
2.婦人離開夫家以後,可以去嫁別人。
and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man,
3.後夫若恨惡她,寫休書交在她手中,打發她離開夫家,或是娶她為妻的後夫死了,
and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies,
4.打發她去的前夫不可在婦人玷汙之後再娶她為妻,因為這是耶和華所憎惡的;不可使耶和華你 神所賜為業之地被玷汙了。
then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the LORD. Do not bring sin upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
5.新娶妻之人不可從軍出征,也不可託他辦理甚麼公事,可以在家清閒一年,使他所娶的妻快活。
If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.
6.不可拿人的全盤磨石或是上磨石作當頭,因為這是拿人的命作當頭。
Do not take a pair of millstones—not even the upper one—as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person’s livelihood as security.
7.若遇見人拐帶以色列中的一個弟兄,當奴才待他,或是賣了他,那拐帶人的就必治死。這樣,便將那惡從你們中間除掉。
If someone is caught kidnapping a fellow Israelite and treating or selling them as a slave, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from among you.
8.在大痲瘋的災病上,你們要謹慎,照祭司利未人一切所指教你們的留意遵行。我怎樣吩咐他們,你們要怎樣遵行。
In cases of defiling skin diseases,[a] be very careful to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. You must follow carefully what I have commanded them.
Footnotes:
a. Deuteronomy 24:8 The Hebrew word for defiling skin diseases, traditionally translated 「leprosy,」 was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
9.當記念出埃及後,在路上,耶和華你 神向米利暗所行的事。
Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam along the way after you came out of Egypt.