參考版本 AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本   

耶和華的事，不謀利沒有版權

1. “If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

2. If a thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, no blood shall be shed for him.

3. If the sun is risen upon him and he lives, there shall be blood shed for him. He shall make full restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4. If the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether it is an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, he shall restore double.

5. If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his animal, and shall feed in another man’s field; he shall make full restitution from the best of his own field, and the best of his own vineyard.

6. If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field, is burned up, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7. If a man shall deliver to his neighbor silver or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief is found, let him pay double.

8. If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, whether he has put his hand to his neighbor’s goods;

9. For every case of trespass, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, for any kind of lost thing, which another claims to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges. Whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double to his neighbor.

10. If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, or is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing,

11. An oath of the LORD shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor’s goods. And the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make it good.

12. And if it is stolen from him, he shall make full restitution to the owner of it.

13. If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

14. And if a man borrows it from his neighbor, and it is hurt, or dies, and the owner of it is not with it, he shall surely make full restitution.

15. If the owner of it is with it, he shall not make restitution. If it was hired, it came for its hire.

 (A Faithful Version)

1. 人若把偷來的牛或羊宰殺後出售，須要以五牛抵一牛，以四羊抵一羊。

2. 有人闖居盜竊，被人到至死，打的人不視為有罪。

3. 若被打到重傷不死，翌日依然活著，則須為所做的事作出賠償，若是無力償還，則把這人販賣以償。

4. 偷來的牲畜，無論是牛、驢或羊，依仍然活著的話，就物歸原主。

5. 人若放火燒了一個葡萄園，霸佔後，安放自己的牲畜在其中牧養，這人要為這地和葡萄園作全額賠償。

6. 又或是用火，燃燒別人產地，殃及當中的穀物或農地上其他農作物都被波及，縱火的人要作出相應的賠償。

7. 人若將銀子或物品交予鄰舍保管，被人偷了。發現誰偷，這人要雙倍賠償。

8. 若盜竊人未找到，事主可以把案件交官府辦理。

9. 有關個人違法的行為，不論事件涉及有關如牲畜或是個人財物，或任何遺失物品的嫌疑人，雙方要到官府，看如何判決，誰確實有犯事，須雙倍賠償。

10. 有人將自己的牲畜交給鄰舍暫時保管，不幸若牲畜死亡、受傷或失蹤，沒有見證人。

11. 須以耶和華的名向對方起誓，一切事與他無關。事主應予以接受，無須作出賠償。

12. 若財物被盜，應當全額賠償物主。

13. 若財物被毀壞，以此用作證明，便無須對此作出賠償。

14. 有人向鄰居借用物品，物件被損壞。應當拿給物主相討解決的方法。

15. 物主願意，便無需作出賠償。若是借用，就按借用的日期算租金補償。

這是應用在個人的行為方面的守則，他有個人當盡的責任，以保持人與人之的和諧，有利一起生活。

這是個非常重要的提示，因為每個人都有自己認為該有的權力和權利。只是在一個群體裡面，若個人不作出某些犧牲，社會就不會和諧。因此，犧牲這事是日常都會出現的事。當時就有這樣的原則作為民眾之間的共識，為此，他們在曠野生活，在百廢待興的日子，大家按約定的行為方式，它蘊釀出一種團結精神至為重要，來自人人的自覺和犧牲精神。

現今社會，正是沒有在人與人之間建立起這樣的犧牲精神，人與人之間因為和自的權力和權利，這種自我最大最緊要的行為，就破壞了社會應有，用限制一點自己的自由，換取人與人之間的和諧。這個社會若不認識個人當有的責任，不是義務，用什麼方式說法，都起不了作用。就算講法，都各有觀點，成了難以分辨是非，就自己解決，官都不去參與，像昔日公審耶穌。怎解決？拳頭大的話事。

教會又如何？似乎比教好一點，拳頭出少，紛爭無停。

摩西為何在此時立這等規定？因為到目的地的旅程不遠，是幾日之遙。意思是以色列人在這片土地住了四十年。它成了以色列國，開始日後重返迦南的力量，是耶和華幫助，他們自己努力，自強不息，心存耶和華，以愛維繫人與人之間的關係，各自盡己應有的責任。

以色列人守約，大能者施以慈愛，最終經歷了被打散多次，又多次再復國的奇妙事蹟。