利未記 16 – CCBT & NIRV

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

利未記 16:1-34

贖罪日的條例

1亞倫的兩個兒子死在耶和華面前以後, 2耶和華對摩西說:「告訴你哥哥亞倫,他不可隨意進入幔子裡面的至聖所,走到約櫃上的施恩座前,免得死亡,因為我要在施恩座之上的雲彩中顯現。 3亞倫進入聖所時,要帶一隻作贖罪祭的公牛犢和一隻作燔祭的公綿羊。 4他要穿上聖潔的細麻內袍、細麻褲子,束上細麻腰帶,戴上細麻禮冠。這些是聖潔的衣物,他必須沐浴後才可穿戴。 5他要從以色列會眾那裡取兩隻公山羊作贖罪祭、一隻公綿羊作燔祭。 6亞倫要先獻上那頭公牛犢作贖罪祭,為自己和全家贖罪。 7然後,他要把兩隻公山羊帶到會幕門口,放在耶和華面前, 8抽籤決定哪隻歸耶和華、哪隻歸阿撒瀉勒16·8 阿撒瀉勒」是希伯來文的音譯,意義不確定。9亞倫要獻上那隻歸耶和華的公山羊作贖罪祭, 10要將那隻歸阿撒瀉勒的公山羊活著獻給耶和華,然後把牠放到曠野歸阿撒瀉勒,用來贖罪。

11亞倫要把那隻為他作贖罪祭的公牛犢牽來宰殺,為自己和全家贖罪, 12然後拿一個香爐,盛滿從耶和華面前的祭壇上取的火炭,再拿兩把磨細的香帶進幔子裡。 13他要在耶和華面前燒香,使香的煙籠罩約櫃上的施恩座,免得他死亡。 14他要取一些牛血,用手指彈灑在施恩座的東面,也要在施恩座前用手指彈灑七次。 15然後,亞倫要出去宰殺那隻為民眾作贖罪祭的公山羊,把羊血帶進幔子裡,像灑牛血一樣灑在施恩座的上面和前面。 16以色列人的污穢、叛逆和罪惡,他要這樣為至聖所贖罪。他也要同樣為會幕贖罪,因為會幕座落在以色列人中間,處在他們的污穢中。 17從他進入聖所為自己全家和以色列全體會眾贖罪開始,直到他贖完罪出來為止,任何人都不可待在會幕裡。 18之後,他要來到耶和華面前的祭壇那裡,為祭壇贖罪。他要取一些牛血和羊血,抹在祭壇的四角上, 19用手指向祭壇灑血七次,除掉以色列人的污穢,使祭壇聖潔。

20「他為至聖所、會幕和祭壇贖罪後,要牽來那隻活山羊, 21把雙手放在羊頭上,承認以色列人的過犯、叛逆和罪惡,將這一切罪歸到公山羊的頭上,然後派人把牠送到曠野。 22這隻公山羊擔當他們的一切罪,將這一切罪帶到荒無人煙的地方。

23亞倫要走進會幕,脫下他進至聖所時穿的細麻衣服,放在會幕裡。 24他要在聖潔之處沐浴,穿上平時的衣服出去為自己和民眾獻燔祭,為自己和民眾贖罪。 25他要將贖罪祭牲的脂肪焚燒在壇上。 26把羊送交阿撒瀉勒的人要洗衣、沐浴,然後才可回到營裡。 27作贖罪祭的公牛和公山羊的血被帶進聖所用來贖罪,要把公牛和公山羊帶到營外,用火焚燒牠們的皮、肉和糞。 28負責焚燒的人要洗衣、沐浴,然後才可回到營裡。

29「每年七月十日,不論是你們,還是寄居在你們中間的外族人,都要禁食,停止所有工作。這是你們要永遠遵守的律例。 30因為在這一天要為你們贖罪,使你們在耶和華面前潔淨。 31這天是你們的安息日,你們要禁食。這是一條永遠不變的律例。 32那受膏、承受聖職、替代父親做大祭司的要獻祭贖罪。他要穿上聖潔的細麻衣, 33為至聖所、會幕和祭壇贖罪,也要為祭司和全體會眾贖罪。 34這是你們要永遠遵守的律例——每年一次為以色列人贖罪。」

於是,摩西遵行了耶和華的吩咐。

New International Reader’s Version

Leviticus 16:1-34

The Day When Sin Is Paid For

1The Lord spoke to Moses after two of Aaron’s sons had died. They were the sons who died when they came near the Lord. 2The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to your brother Aaron. Tell him not to come into the Most Holy Room just anytime he wants to. Tell him not to come behind the curtain in front of the cover of the ark. The cover is the place where sin is paid for. If he comes behind the curtain, he will die. That is because I appear in the cloud over the cover.

3“Aaron must not enter the area of the Most Holy Room without bringing a sacrifice. He must bring a young bull for a sin offering. He must also bring a ram for a burnt offering. 4He must put on the sacred inner robe made out of linen. He must wear linen underwear next to his body. He must tie the linen belt around him. And he must put the linen turban on his head. Those are sacred clothes. So he must take a bath before he puts them on. 5The community of Israel must give him two male goats and a ram. The goats are for a sin offering. The ram is for a burnt offering.

6“Aaron must offer the bull for his own sin offering. It will pay for his own sin and the sin of his whole family. 7Then he must take the two goats and bring them to me at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 8He must cast lots for the two goats. One lot is for me. The other is for the goat that carries the people’s sins away. 9Aaron must bring the goat chosen for me by lot. He must sacrifice it for a sin offering. 10But the goat chosen by the other lot must remain alive. First, it must be brought in to me to pay for the people’s sins. Then, it must be sent into the desert as a goat that carries the people’s sins away.

11“Aaron must bring the bull for his own sin offering. It will pay for his own sin and the sin of his whole family. He must kill the bull for his own sin offering. 12He must take a shallow cup full of burning coals from the altar in my sight. He must get two handfuls of incense completely ground up. The incense must smell sweet. He must take the cup and the incense behind the curtain. 13He must put the incense on the fire in my sight. The smoke from the incense will hide the cover of the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The cover is the place where sin is paid for. Aaron must burn the incense so that he will not die. 14He must dip his finger in the bull’s blood. He must sprinkle it on the front of the cover of the ark. He must sprinkle some in front of the cover. He must do it seven times.

15“Then Aaron must kill the goat for the sin offering for the people. He must take its blood behind the curtain. There he must do the same thing with it as he did with the bull’s blood. He must sprinkle it on the cover of the ark. He must also sprinkle some in front of it. 16That is how he will make the Most Holy Room pure. He must do it because the Israelites are not ‘clean.’ They have not obeyed me. They have also committed other sins. Aaron must do the same for the tent of meeting because it stands in the middle of the camp. And the camp is ‘unclean.’ 17Aaron will go into the Most Holy Room to pay for the people’s sin. While Aaron is there, no one may be in the tent of meeting. No one may enter the tent until Aaron comes out. He will not come out until he has paid for his own sin and the sin of his whole family. He will not come out until he has also paid for the sin of the whole community of Israel.

18“Then he will come out to the altar for burnt offerings. It is in front of the tent where the ark of the Lord is. He will make the altar pure and clean. He will take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood. Then he will put the blood on all the horns that stick out from the upper four corners of the altar. 19He will sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times. He will do it to make the altar pure. He will do it to set it apart from the Israelites. They are ‘unclean.’

20“Aaron will finish making the Most Holy Room pure and ‘clean.’ He will finish making the tent of meeting and the altar pure. Then he will bring out the live goat. 21He must place both of his hands on its head. While he does that, he must tell me about all the sins the Israelites have committed. He must tell me about all their evil acts and the times they did not obey me. In that way he puts their sins on the goat’s head. Then he will send the goat away into the desert. The goat will be led away by a man appointed to do it. 22The goat will carry all their sins on itself to a place where there are no people. And the man will set the goat free in the desert.

23“Then Aaron must go into the tent of meeting. He must take off the linen clothes he put on before he entered the Most Holy Room. He must leave them there. 24He must take a bath in the holy area. And he must put on his regular clothes. Then he will come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself. He will also sacrifice the burnt offering for the people. That will pay for his own sin and the people’s sin. 25He will also burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.

26“The man who sets free the goat that carries the people’s sins away must wash his clothes. He must take a bath. After that, he can come back into the camp. 27The bull and the goat for the sin offerings must be taken outside the camp. Their blood was brought into the Most Holy Room. It paid for sin. The hides, meat and guts of the animals must be burned up. 28The man who burns them must wash his clothes. He must take a bath. After that, he can come back into the camp.

29“Here is a law for you that will last for all time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month you must not eat anything. You must not do any work. It does not matter whether you are Israelites or outsiders. 30On that day your sin will be paid for. You will be made pure and clean. You will be clean from all your sins in my sight. 31That day is a sabbath for you. You must rest on it. You must not eat anything on that day. This is a law that will last for all time to come. 32The high priest must pay for sin. He must make everything pure and clean. He has been anointed and prepared to become the next high priest after his father. He must put on the sacred clothes that are made out of linen. 33He must make the Most Holy Room, the tent of meeting and the altar pure. And he must pay for the sin of the priests and all the members of the community.

34“Here is a law for you that will last for all time to come. Once a year you must pay for all the sin of the Israelites.”

So it was done, just as the Lord commanded Moses.