1 If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess, lying in the field, {and} it be not known who hath smitten him,
2 then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;
3 and the city that is nearest unto him that is slain, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer that hath not been wrought with, that hath not drawn in the yoke;
4 and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto an ever-flowing watercourse, which is not tilled, nor is it sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the watercourse;
5 and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to do service unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall be every controversy and every stroke.
6 And all the elders of that city, that are nearest unto him that is slain, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck is broken in the watercourse,
7 and shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
8 Forgive thy people Israel, whom thou, Jehovah, hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to the charge of thy people Israel; and the blood shall be expiated for them.
9 So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou hast taken captives of them,
11 and thou seest among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife;
12 then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
13 and she shall put the clothes of her captivity from off her, and shall abide in thy house, and bewail her father and mother a full month, and afterwards thou mayest go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go according to her desire; but thou shalt in no wise sell her for money; thou shalt not treat her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.
15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated;
16 then it shall be, in the day that he maketh his sons to inherit what he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;
17 but he shall acknowledge as firstborn the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that is found with him; for he is the firstfruits of his vigour: the right of the firstborn is his.
18 If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;
19 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
20 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profligate and a drunkard.
21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear.
22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,
23 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day (for he that is hanged is a curse of God); and thou shalt not defile thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
1 "在耶和华你的 神赐给你作产业的地上， 如果发现有被杀的人， 倒卧在田野， 又不知道是谁杀死他的，
2 这样， 你的长老和审判官就要出去， 量一下从被杀的人那里到四周城市的距离。
3 看看哪一座城离那被杀的人最近， 那城的长老就要从牛群中取一只母牛犊， 就是还没有耕过地、没有负过轭的。
4 那城的长老要把母牛犊牵下去， 到一个有活水长流的山谷， 就是未曾耕种过、未曾撒过种的地方， 在那里要打折母牛犊的颈项。
5 利未支派的祭司的子孙要上前来， 因为耶和华你的 神拣选了他们事奉他， 奉耶和华的名祝福。一切争讼和一切殴打的事， 都要凭他们的话决定。
6 那城所有的长老， 就是离那被杀的人最近的， 都要在山谷中， 在被折断颈项的母牛犊以上洗手。
7 他们要声明， 说： ‘我们的手未曾流过这人的血， 我们的眼也未曾看见这事。
8 耶和华啊， 求你赦免你的子民以色列， 就是你救赎的， 不要使流无辜人的血的罪归在你的子民以色列中间。’这样， 他们流人血的罪就得到赦免了。
9 如果你行耶和华看为正的事， 就可以从你中间除掉流无辜人的血的罪了。
10 "你出去和仇敌作战的时候， 耶和华你的 神把他们交在你手里， 你就把他们掳了去。
11 如果你在被掳的人中看见了容貌美好的女子， 就恋慕她， 要娶她作妻子，
12 那么， 你可以把她带进你的家里； 她要剃头修甲，
13 脱去被掳时所穿的衣服， 住在你家里， 为自己的父母哀哭一个月， 然后你才可以亲近她； 你作她的丈夫， 她作你的妻子。
14 如果将来你不喜欢她， 就要让她随意离去， 决不可为了钱把她出卖， 也不可以她为奴， 因为你已经污辱了她。
15 "如果人有两个妻子， 一个是他喜爱的， 一个是他不喜爱的， 两个都给他生了儿子； 但长子是他不喜爱的妻子生的；
16 到了他把所有的产业分给儿子承受的日子， 他不可把他喜爱的妻子的儿子立为长子， 排在他不喜爱的妻子的儿子以上， 他才是长子；
17 却要承认他不喜爱的妻子的儿子为长子， 把所有的产业分两分给他， 因为这儿子是他强壮有力的时候所生的头生子， 长子的权利本是属于他的。
18 "如果人有忤逆倔强的儿子， 不听从父母的话； 父母管教他以后， 他还是不听从；
19 他的父母就要捉住他， 把他带到当地的城门， 去见本城的长老，
20 对本城的长老说： ‘我们这个儿子忤逆倔强， 不听从我们的话， 是个贪食好酒的人。’
21 全城的人就要用石头打死他； 这样， 你就把那恶从你们中间除掉。以色列众人听见了， 就都惧怕。
22 "如果人犯了该死的罪， 被处死以后， 你就把他挂在木头上；
23 他的尸体不可留在树上过夜， 必须在当日把他埋葬， 因为被挂在木头上的， 是受 神咒诅的； 这样， 你就不至于玷污耶和华你的 神赐给你作产业的地了。"