Deuteronomy 12:15-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Profane and Sacred Slaughter. 15 [a]However, in any of your communities you may slaughter and eat meat freely, according to the blessing that the Lord, your God, has given you; the unclean as well as the clean may eat it, as they do the gazelle or the deer.(A) 16 [b]Only, you shall not eat of the blood, but must pour it out on the ground like water.(B) 17 Moreover, you may not, in your own communities, partake of your tithe of grain or wine or oil, of the firstborn of your herd or flock, of any offering you have vowed, of your voluntary offerings, or of your personal contributions. 18 These you must eat in the presence of the Lord, your God, in the place that the Lord, your God, chooses, along with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite within your gates; and there, in the presence of the Lord, you shall rejoice in all your undertakings. 19 Be careful, also, that you do not neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.(C)
20 (D)After the Lord, your God, has enlarged your territory, as he promised you,(E) and you think, “I will eat meat,” as it is your desire to eat meat, you may eat it freely; 21 and if the place where the Lord, your God, chooses to put his name is too far, you may slaughter in the manner I have commanded you any of your herd or flock that the Lord has given you, and eat it freely in your own community. 22 You may eat it as you would the gazelle or the deer: the unclean and the clean eating it together. 23 (F)But make sure that you do not eat of the blood; for blood is life; you shall not eat that life with the flesh. 24 Do not eat of the blood, therefore, but pour it out on the ground like water. 25 Do not eat of it, that you and your children after you may prosper for doing what is right in the sight of the Lord. 26 However, any sacred gifts or votive offerings that you may have, you shall bring with you to the place which the Lord chooses, 27 and there you must sacrifice your burnt offerings, both the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the Lord, your God; of your other sacrifices the blood indeed must be poured out against the altar of the Lord, your God,(G) but their flesh you may eat.
28 Be careful to heed all these words I command you today, that you and your descendants after you may forever prosper for doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord, your God.(H)
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申命記 12:15-28
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
15 「你們可以隨時在居住的各城宰殺牲畜吃，享受你們的上帝耶和華所賜的福，像吃羚羊和鹿一樣。潔淨的人和不潔淨的人都可以吃。 16 但你們不可吃血。要把血倒在地上，像倒水一樣。 17 不可在你們的城裡吃十一奉獻的穀物、新酒和油、頭生的牛羊、還願祭、自願獻的祭和舉祭； 18 要在你們的上帝耶和華選定的地方，與兒女、僕婢及同城的利未人一起在耶和華面前吃。要為你們所做的一切，在你們的上帝耶和華面前歡喜快樂。 19 切記，只要你們還住在自己的土地上，就不可忘記利未人。
20 「你們的上帝耶和華按照祂的應許擴展你們的疆域後，你們若想吃肉，隨時都可以吃。 21 如果你們的上帝耶和華選定的敬拜場所離你們太遠，你們可以在自己的城裡，按照我的吩咐，隨時宰殺耶和華賜給你們的牛羊吃， 22 就像你們吃羚羊和鹿一樣。潔淨的人和不潔淨的人都可以吃。 23 但你們不可吃血，因為血就是生命；你們不可把生命和肉一起吃， 24 要把血倒在地上，像倒水一樣。 25 你們要做耶和華視為正的事——不可吃血，以便你們及子孫凡事順利。 26 你們要把聖物和還願祭帶到耶和華選定的地方。 27 你們要在你們的上帝耶和華的祭壇上獻燔祭，連肉帶血都要獻上。要把其他祭牲的血倒在壇上，但可以吃祭肉。 28 你們要認真聽從我給你們的這些吩咐，做你們的上帝耶和華視為正與善的事，以便你們及子孫凡事順利，直到永遠。
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