¹头生归耶和华为圣

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

²“在以色列人中，你要把所有头生的都分别为圣归我；无论是人或是牲畜，凡是头生的都是我的。”

²`Sanctify to Me every first-born, opening any womb among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast; it [is] Mine.`

³摩西对人民说：“你们要记念这一天，就是从埃及为奴之家出来的这一天，因为耶和华用大能的手把你们从这里领出来；所以有酵之物都不可以吃。

³And Moses saith unto the people, `Remember this day [in] which ye have gone out from Egypt, from the house of servants, for by strength of hand hath Jehovah brought you out from this, and any thing fermented is not eaten;

⁴你们是在亚笔月这一日出来的。

⁴To-day ye are going out, in the month of Abib.

⁵日后耶和华领你进到迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、希未人、耶布斯人之地，就是他向你的列祖起誓要赐给你的那流奶与蜜之地，那时你要在这月守这敬拜之礼。

⁵`And it hath been, when Jehovah bringeth thee in unto the land of the Canaanite, and of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Hivite, and of the Jebusite, which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou hast done this service in this month.

⁶你要吃无酵饼七日，第七日要向耶和华守节。

⁶`Seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, and in the seventh day [is] a feast to Jehovah;

⁷七日之中你要吃无酵饼；在你四境之内，不可见有发过酵之物在你面前，也不可见有酵在你那里。

⁷unleavened things are eaten the seven days, and any thing fermented is not seen with thee; yea, leaven is not seen with thee in all thy border.

⁸在那日，你要告诉你的儿子说：‘这是因为耶和华在我从埃及出来的时候为我所行的事。’

⁸`And thou hast declared to thy son in that day, saying, `[It is] because of what Jehovah did to me, in my going out from Egypt,

⁹这要在你的手上作记号，在你额上作记念，好使耶和华的律法常在你的口中，因为耶和华曾用大能的手把你从埃及领出来。

⁹and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt;

¹⁰所以，你要年年按着定期遵守这定例。

¹⁰and thou hast kept this statute at its appointed season from days to days.

¹¹“日后，耶和华照着他向你和你的列祖所起的誓，把你领进迦南人之地，把这地赐给你之后，

¹¹`And it hath been, when Jehovah bringeth thee in unto the land of the Canaanite, as He hath sworn to thee and to thy fathers, and hath given it to thee,

¹²你要把所有头生的奉献给耶和华，也要把你一切牲畜中所有头生的小牲口奉献给耶和华；公的都属耶和华。

¹²that thou hast caused every one opening a womb to pass over to Jehovah, and every firstling — the increase of beasts which thou hast: the males [are] Jehovah`s.

¹³凡是头生的驴，你要用羊羔代赎；如果你不代赎，就要打断它的颈项；凡是你儿子中头生的人，你都要代赎。

¹³`And every firstling of an ass thou dost ransom with a lamb, and if thou dost not ransom [it], then thou hast beheaded it: and every first-born of man among thy sons thou dost ransom.

¹⁴日后你的儿子若是问你们：‘这是什么意思？’你就要回答他：‘耶和华曾经用大能的手把我们从埃及为奴之家领出来。

¹⁴`And it hath been, when thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What [is] this? that thou hast said unto him, By strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from a house of servants;

¹⁵那时法老心里刚硬，不让我们离开，耶和华就把埃及地所有头生的，无论是人或是牲畜都杀了；所以，我把所有头生的公牲口都献给耶和华为祭；但我所有头生的儿子，却都要代赎回来。

¹⁵yea, it cometh to pass, when Pharaoh hath been pained to send us away, that Jehovah doth slay every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man even unto the first-born of beast; therefore I am sacrificing to Jehovah all opening a womb who [are] males, and every first-born of my sons I ransom;

¹⁶这要在你的手上作记号，在你的额上作头带；因为耶和华曾用大能的手把我们从埃及领出来。’”

¹⁶and it hath been for a token on thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes, for by strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out of Egypt.`

¹⁷出埃及的行程法老让人民离开的时候，虽然非利士的路很近，　神却不领他们从那里走，因为　神说：“恐怕百姓看见战争而后悔，就回埃及去。”

¹⁷And it cometh to pass in Pharaoh`s sending the people away, that God hath not led them the way of the land of the Philistines, for it [is] near; for God said, `Lest the people repent in their seeing war, and have turned back towards Egypt;`

¹⁸所以　神领人民绕道而行，走旷野的路到红海去；以色列人从埃及地上来的时候，都带着兵器。

¹⁸and God turneth round the people the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, and by fifties have the sons of Israel gone up from the land of Egypt.

¹⁹摩西带了约瑟的骸骨同去，因为约瑟曾经叫以色列人严肃地起誓，说：“　神必定眷顾你们；你们要把我的骸骨从这里也一同带去。”

¹⁹And Moses taketh the bones of Joseph with him, for he certainly caused the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this with you.`

²⁰他们从疏割起程，在旷野边界的以倘安营。

²⁰And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham at the extremity of the wilderness,

²¹耶和华在他们前面行，日间用云柱领他们的路，夜间用火柱光照他们，使他们日夜都可以行走。

²¹and Jehovah is going before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give light to them, to go by day and by night;

²²日间云柱，夜间火柱，都不离开众民的面前。

²²He removeth not the pillar of the cloud by day, and the pillar of the fire by night, [from] before the people.