People reaching toward a glowing holographic scroll titled New Covenant outdoors at sunset

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

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1. “You shall not raise a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

2. You shall not follow a multitude to do evil. Neither shall you testify in a cause in order to side with many so as to pervert judgment.

3. Neither shall you be partial to a poor man in his cause.

4. If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

5. If you see the donkey of him who hates you lying under his burden, and would hold back from helping him, you shall surely help him.

6. You shall not pervert the judgment due to your poor in his cause.

7. Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

8. And you shall take no bribe, for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

9. Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger since you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

10. And you shall sow your land six years, and shall gather in the fruits of it.

11. But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still, so that the poor of your people may eat. And what they leave, the animals of the field shall eat. In the same way you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive-grove.

12. Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be rejuvenated.

13. And be watchful in all that I have said to you. And make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth.

14. You shall keep a feast unto Me three times in the year.

15. You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. You shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And no one shall appear before Me empty.

16. Also the Feast of the Harvest of the Firstfruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field. And the Feast of Ingathering, in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors out of the field.

17. Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

18. You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until the morning.

19. The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

 (A Faithful Version)

1. 不作虛假的陳述,不作惡人的幫兇去為不義作證。

2. 不隨眾作種種壞事。不因作壞事的人數眾多,改變你公正的判斷。

3. 也不可因為這人貧瘠作出壞事而偏袒。

4. 看到不喜歡的人,見他的牛或驢迷路走失,都願意帶牠回主人家。

5. 看見恨你的人他家的驢子被重物所壓,放下不願,儘量幫助。

6. 不可因為見人貧瘠,就想為他作假證供。

7. 因為做錯事,而傷害無知卻是好人一名,不要把做錯視為做對。

8. 不受賄賂,因為接受賄賂能把心智蒙蔽,封印敢言。

9. 不可欺負路過的旅客,只因曾為過客寄居在埃及,應曉得這樣的心態。

10. 論耕作之事,耕種土地以六年收割為一期。

11. 土地到達第七年,讓它休息整修一年。這樣,民中貧瘠的人可以到來收集,走獸可以覓食。同樣道理,可應用在擁有的葡萄園和橄欖園上。

12. 六日作工,第七日休息,目的是你家人和寄居者,與牲畜一起享受一天的休養,以便重新得力。

13. 留心這些囑咐。不要提 [別的神] ,名稱更不可從你口中而出。

14. 每年有三個事件,作為記念這個重要的旅程。

15. 要守逾越節。方式是吃無酵餅七天,正如最初在亞筆月所約定,你們出埃及之先,吃無酵餅,無人是空肚離開。

16. 還有的是收割這天,是在每年的年底,記念收割在田間所種的,是因勤勞而出之果的日子。

17. 作為男子,一年要有三次,親自去到耶和華大能者的面前。

18. 不可將用於祭祀牲畜的血,與發過酵的餅一同獻上,祭祀用的動物脂油不可留到翌日的早晨。

19. 地裡出產初熟之果,要先送到大能者的壇上。不要煮任何仍吸母乳的幼畜。

這段對當時以色列人有更嚴謹的個人要求:

個人的人格要求:

1. 不為惡人作出虛假的陳述。就是不要為惡人作假證詞,首要是不要怕這種人。(v.1)

2. 不要怕人多就膽怯,就不敢是就說是。(v.2)

3. 不要因為貧窮作遺法的事而施加偏袒,不指出該負的個人責任。(v.3)

4. 不喜歡的人,他的事與你無關。(v.4-5)

5. 為幫做錯事的窮乏人用借口為其辯護。(v.6)

6. 恐怕作正確的判決會傷及無知之人,而不作證,是不智之舉。(v.7-8)

7. 不可欺負比你勢弱的人。(v.9)

談完個人要注意的事項,就說人該如何與大能者聯繫。不是要人天天都在想著大能的耶和華。在以色列人而言,他們要記念的是耶和華這大能者是如何領他們出埃及。

當中有三個日子(當時在流散的日子)是要記住,這三個日子分別是1. 逾越這天;2. 吃無酵餅;3. 在荒地上有收成。作為一家之主,是可以作決定的人,這人是重要,就算平日有多忙,一年中有三次,以個人獨自與耶和華這大能者親遇。

對於個人有一件很重要提醒,那是:13. 留心這些囑咐。不要提 [別的神] ,名稱更不可從你口中而出。

這句話似乎有時代背景須要參考:

https://biblerepository.com/exodus-2313/

Secondly, the mention of “other gods” indicates Israel’s historical challenges with idolatry. Right from the time of their deliverance from Egypt, they struggled with worshipping false gods. God’s command not only reflects a desire for loyalty but expresses His protective heart for His children. It’s an acknowledgment that distractions were not just possible; they were realities that Israel faced.

The phrase “do not even mention them” drives the prohibition further. It suggests an intentional avoidance of the names and associations with these deities. This level of avoidance shows how God longs for purity in our commitment to Him. By guarding our hearts and minds from any potential influences, we can develop an enduring devotion to Christ. Think of it as creating boundaries that keep us focused on Him rather than being lured away by distractions.

至於v.19提及的事它涕及埃及人的多神信仰有關,可參考AI的解釋:

boil a kid in its mother’s milk

The practice of boiling a kid in its mother’s milk was primarily an  ancient Canaanite fertility ritual  intended to ensure agricultural and livestock prosperity.  Archaeological findings from  Ugarit  suggest that cultic participants cooked a young goat in milk and sprinkled the mixture over fields to bless the land with fertility, symbolizing the nurturing of newborn gods by pagan goddesses. 

The specific phrasing “in  its mother’s  milk” highlights the perversity of using the substance meant to nourish the offspring for its destruction.   This literal prohibition was later expanded by  Rabbinic tradition  (Talmud) into a general dietary law separating all meat and dairy to prevent accidental violation of the core commandment. 

AI 指有學者說是與埃及拜神有關,以下這位拉比認為不是:

https://www.thetorah.com/article/do-not-cook-a-kid-still-suckling-its-mothers-milk

這個翻譯與《聖約集》早期看似矛盾的法律相悖,該法律描述了將長子獻給耶和華的要求:

שׁמות כב:כחמְלֵאָתְךָ וְדִמְעֲךָ לֹא תְאַחֵר בְּכוֹר בָּנֶיךָ תִּתֶּן לִּי。כב:כט כֵּן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְשֹׁרְךָ לְצֹאנֶךָ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים יִהְיֶה עִם אִמּוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי תִּתְּנוֹ־לִי。 

出埃及記 22:28 您不得推遲撇取大桶的第一批貨物。你要把你兒子中的長子賜給我。 22:29 你要對你的牛和羊群也這樣做:七天要留在它的母親那裡;第八天你要把它給我。

顯然,八天大的孩子或小牛仍在哺乳。

該法律的變體出現在《聖潔集》中, 該集禁止僅在幼畜出生的第一周提供:

ויקרא כב:כז שׁוֹר אוֹ כֶשֶׂב אוֹ עֵז כִּי יִוָּלֵד וְהָיָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תַּחַת אִמּוֹ וּמִיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי וָהָלְאָה יֵרָצֶה לְקָרְבַּן אִשֶּׁה

 利未記 22:27 牛、綿羊或山羊出生時,應與母親同住七天,從第八天起,可作為獻給耶和華的火祭。

讓事情變得更加複雜的是,塞繆爾提供了一隻乳羊羔:

שׁמואל א ז:ט וַיִּקַּח שְׁמוּאֵל טְלֵה חָלָב אֶחָד וַהֵלֲעַּיֻ עוֹלָה כָּלִיל לַי־הוָה…

 撒母耳記上 7:9 於是撒母耳拿了一隻乳羊羔[13] 並將其作為全部燔祭獻給耶和華…

上述的個人條例中該注意的事項,可以適用於今的。

另有神的翻譯:

在中文翻譯這個 God / god 都用同一個詞:神。有譯上帝似乎稍為好點,卻有傳統中華的神觀的觀念,它是個[不可言]之詞。從以色列人了解的 [是聲音],不可言之又不可明之聲音。這處有個明確的介定:這些神的名不可以出自人的口。那麼這個[神],是否包含其中?英文有God/god的分別,中文沒有。

如何翻譯,應否保留或者更新,可留言探討。

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