¹红母牛的灰

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

²“耶和华所定的律法是这样说：你要吩咐以色列人，把一头完全、没有残疾、未曾负过轭的红母牛，牵到你这里来。

²`This [is] a statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee a red cow, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke hath gone up;

³你们要把牛交给以利亚撒祭司，他就要把牛牵到营外，在他面前把牛宰了。

³and ye have given it unto Eleazar the priest, and he hath brought it out unto the outside of the camp, and hath slaughtered it before him.

⁴以利亚撒祭司要用指头蘸牛血，向会幕前面洒七次。

⁴`And Eleazar the priest hath taken of its blood with his finger, and hath sprinkled over-against the front of the tent of meeting of her blood seven times;

⁵然后，在他面前把牛焚烧，牛的皮、肉、血和粪，都要焚烧。

⁵and [one] hath burnt the cow before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, besides her dung, he doth burn;

⁶祭司要把香柏木、牛膝草、朱红色线，都丢在烧牛的火中。

⁶and the priest hath taken cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and hath cast unto the midst of the burning of the cow;

⁷祭司要洗自己的衣服，并用水洗身，然后才可以进营；但祭司必不洁净到晚上。

⁷and the priest hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards doth come in unto the camp, and the priest is unclean till the evening;

⁸那烧牛的人也要用水洗自己的衣服，并用水洗身，也必不洁净到晚上。

⁸and he who is burning it doth wash his garments with water, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and is unclean till the evening.

⁹要由一个洁净的人收起母牛的灰，安放在营外洁净的地方，为以色列会众留作除污秽的水，这是除罪的。

⁹`And a clean man hath gathered the ashes of the cow, and hath placed at the outside of the camp, in a clean place, and it hath become to the company of the sons of Israel a charge for waters of separation — it [is] a [cleansing];

¹⁰那收起牛灰的人，要洗自己的衣服，必不洁净到晚上。这要给以色列人和寄居在他们中间的外人，作永远的定例。

¹⁰and he who is gathering the ashes of the heifer hath washed his garments, and is unclean till the evening; and it hath been to the sons of Israel, and to the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for a statute age-during.

¹¹洁净不洁之民的条例“摸了任何死尸的，必不洁净七天。

¹¹`He who is coming against the dead body of any man — is unclean seven days;

¹²那人在第三天要用这样除污秽的水洁净自己，到第七天他就洁净了；如果他在第三天不洁净自己，到第七天他就不洁净了。

¹²he doth cleanse himself for it on the third day, and on the seventh day he is clean; and if he cleanse not himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he is not clean.

¹³任何人摸了死尸，而不洁净自己的，就玷污了耶和华的帐幕，这人必要从以色列中剪除，因为这除污秽的水没有洒在他身上，所以他必不洁净；他的不洁还留在他身上。

¹³Any one who is coming against the dead, against the body of man who dieth, and cleanseth not himself — the tabernacle of Jehovah he hath defiled, and that person hath been cut off from Israel, for water of separation is not sprinkled upon him; he is unclean; his uncleanness [is] still upon him.

¹⁴“如果人在会幕里死了，条例是这样的：进这会幕的和一切在会幕里的，都必不洁净七天。

¹⁴`This [is] the law, when a man dieth in a tent: every one who is coming in unto the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, is unclean seven days;

¹⁵一切敞口的器皿，就是没有盖上盖的，都是不洁净的。

¹⁵and every open vessel which hath no covering of thread upon it is unclean.

¹⁶在田间摸了被刀杀死的，或是自己死的尸体，或是人的骨头，或是坟墓，就必不洁净七天。

¹⁶`And every one who cometh, on the face of the field, against the pierced of a sword, or against the dead, or against a bone of man, or against a grave, is unclean seven days;

¹⁷人要为这不洁净的人，拿些烧成的除罪灰，放在器皿里，倒上活水。

¹⁷and they have taken for the unclean person of the ashes of the burning of the [cleansing], and he hath put upon it running water unto a vessel;

¹⁸要由一个洁净的人，拿牛膝草蘸在这水里，把水洒在会幕上和一切器皿，以及在那里的众人身上，又洒在摸了骨头，或是摸了被杀死的，或是摸了坟墓的人身上。

¹⁸and a clean person hath taken hyssop, and hath dipped [it] in water, and hath sprinkled on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who have been there, and on him who is coming against a bone, or against one pierced, or against the dead, or against a grave.

¹⁹第三天和第七天，那洁净的人要洒水在不洁净的人身上，这样到第七天就使他洁净；他要洗自己的衣服，用水洗身，到晚上就洁净了。

¹⁹`And the clean hath sprinkled [it] on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and hath cleansed him on the seventh day, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean in the evening.

²⁰“但那污秽而不洁净自己的，那人必从会众中被剪除，因为他玷污了耶和华的圣所；除污秽的水没有洒在他身上，他是不洁净的。

²⁰`And the man who is unclean, and doth not cleanse himself, even that person hath been cut off from the midst of the assembly; for the sanctuary of Jehovah he hath defiled; water of separation is not sprinkled upon him; he [is] unclean.

²¹这要给你们作永远的定例。那洒了除污秽水的人，要洗自己的衣服；那摸了除污秽水的，必不洁净到晚上。

²¹`And it hath been to them for a statute age-during, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation doth wash his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean till the evening,

²²不洁净的人摸过的一切，必不洁净；摸了这物的人，也必不洁净到晚上。”

²²and all against which the unclean person cometh is unclean, and the person who is coming against [it] is unclean till the evening.`