申命記 14
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
做聖潔的子民
14 「你們是你們上帝耶和華的兒女，不可為死人割傷自己或剃光前額。 2 因為你們是屬於你們的上帝耶和華的聖潔子民，祂從天下萬族中揀選你們作祂寶貴的產業。
3 「你們不可吃任何可憎之物。 4 但你們可以吃牛、綿羊、山羊、 5 鹿、瞪羚、野山羊、野綿羊和羚羊。 6 凡蹄子分瓣且反芻的動物，你們都可以吃。 7 在那些只是反芻或只是蹄子分瓣的動物中，你們不可吃駱駝、野兔和獾，因為牠們反芻但蹄子不分瓣，是不潔淨的。 8 你們也不可吃豬，因為豬雖蹄子分瓣但不反芻，是不潔淨的。你們不可吃這些動物的肉，也不可摸牠們的屍體。
9 「水族中，凡有鱗和鰭的，你們都可以吃。 10 凡無鱗和鰭的都不潔淨，你們不可吃。
11 「你們可以吃潔淨的鳥類。 12 不可吃的鳥類有鵰、胡兀鷲、黑禿鷲、 13 鳶、隼類、 14 烏鴉類、 15 駝鳥、夜鷹、海鷗、鷹類、 16 小鴞、大鴞、倉鴞、 17 鵜鶘、魚鷹、鸕鷀、 18 鸛、鷺鳥類、戴鵀和蝙蝠。
19 「凡有翅膀、會爬的昆蟲都不潔淨，你們不可吃。 20 凡有翅膀的潔淨之物，你們都可以吃。
21 「你們不可吃死掉的動物，但可以送給或賣給住在你們城裡的外族人吃。因為你們屬於你們的上帝耶和華，是聖潔的民族。你們不可用母山羊的奶煮牠的羊羔。
十一奉獻
22 「你們每年要獻出收成的十分之一； 23 要在你們的上帝耶和華選定的敬拜場所，在祂面前吃所獻的十分之一的穀物、新酒、油以及頭生的牛羊。這是為了讓你們學習一生敬畏你們的上帝耶和華。 24 如果你們的上帝耶和華賜福你們，使你們豐收，而你們住的地方離祂選定的敬拜場所太遠，以致不能把收成的十分之一送去， 25 就可以把那些收成換成銀錢帶去。 26 在那裡，你們可以隨意買牛、羊、淡酒或烈酒，然後一家人在你們的上帝耶和華面前吃喝快樂。 27 不可忘記住在你們城裡的利未人，因為利未人沒有分到土地作產業。
28 「每逢第三年末，你們要把那年所有出產的十分之一拿出來，存放在你們的城裡， 29 讓你們城中沒有土地的利未人、寄居者和孤兒寡婦都可以來吃飽。這樣，你們的上帝耶和華必使你們凡事蒙福。
Deuteronomy 14
Expanded Bible
God’s Special People
14 You are the ·children [sons] of the Lord your God. When someone dies, do not ·cut [lacerate; gash] yourselves or ·shave your heads [L set baldness between your eyes; C to show sadness; mourning customs of the pagan Canaanites]. 2 You are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth ·to be his very own [as his special treasure; Ex. 19:5–6].
3 Do not eat anything ·the Lord hates [L detestable; abominable; cf. Lev. 11]. 4 These are the animals you may eat: oxen, sheep, goats, 5 deer, gazelle, roe deer, wild goats, ibex, antelope, and mountain sheep. 6 You may eat any animal that has a split hoof and chews the cud [C considered a normal land animal], 7 but you may not eat camels, rabbits, or rock badgers. These animals chew the cud, but they do not have split hoofs, so they are unclean [C in a ritual sense] for you. 8 Pigs are also unclean for you; they have split hoofs, but they do not chew the cud. Do not eat their meat or touch their dead bodies.
9 There are many things that live in the water. You may eat anything that has fins and scales [C considered a normal aquatic creature], 10 but do not eat anything that does not have fins and scales. It is unclean [C in a ritual sense] for you.
11 You may eat any clean [C in a ritual sense] bird. 12 But do not eat these birds: eagles, vultures, black vultures, 13 red kites, falcons, any kind of kite, 14 any kind of raven, 15 horned owls, screech owls, sea gulls, any kind of hawk, 16 little owls, great owls, white owls, 17 desert owls, ospreys, cormorants, 18 storks, any kind of heron, the hoopoes, or bats [C the exact identification of many of these birds is disputed, but they all eat prey or dead matter and/or live in desolate places].
19 All insects with wings are unclean [C in a ritual sense] for you; do not eat them. 20 Other things with wings are clean, and you may eat them.
21 Do not eat anything you find that is already dead. You may give it to a ·foreigner living in your town [resident alien living within your gates], and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. But you are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God.
Do not cook a baby goat in its mother’s milk [C probably a pagan ritual; Ex. 23:19].
Giving a Tithe
22 Be sure to ·save [set aside/apart] ·one-tenth [T a tithe] of all ·your crops [L the produce/yield of your seed of the field] each year. 23 Eat it in the presence of the Lord your God in the place where he chooses to ·be worshiped [L cause his name to dwell; C Zion; 12:4–7]. Eat the ·tenth [tithe] of your grain, new wine, and oil, and eat the animals born first to your herds and flocks. Do this so that you will learn to ·respect [fear] the Lord your God ·always [L every day]. 24 But if the place the Lord will choose to ·be worshiped [L set his name there] is too far away and he has blessed you so much you cannot carry a ·tenth [T tithe], 25 exchange your ·one-tenth [T tithe] for silver. Then ·take [L grasp in your hand] the silver with you to the place the Lord your God shall choose. 26 ·Use [Spend; L Give] the silver to buy anything you wish—cattle, sheep, wine, ·beer [T strong drink; C an alcoholic beverage made from grain], or anything you wish. Then you and your ·family [L house] will eat and celebrate there before the Lord your God. 27 Do not ·forget [L abandon; forsake] the Levites in your ·town [L gates], because they have no land of their own among you.
28 At the end of every third year, everyone should bring ·one-tenth [T a tithe] of that year’s crop and store it in your ·towns [L gates]. 29 This is for the Levites so they may eat and be full. (They have no ·land of their own [L allotment or inheritance] among you.) It is also for ·strangers [foreigners; resident aliens], orphans, and widows who live in your ·towns [L gates] so that all of them may eat and be full. Then the Lord your God will bless you and all the work ·you do [L of your hands that you do].
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