傳道書 5:4
- 6
When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.
It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.
Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, "My vow was a mistake." Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands?
你向神許願，償還不可遲延，因他不喜悅愚昧人，所以你許的願應當償還。
你許願不還，不如不許。
不可任你的口使肉體犯罪，也不可在祭司（原文作使者）面前說是錯許了。為何使神因你的聲音發怒，敗壞你手所做的呢？
申命記 23:21
- 23
If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin.
But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.
Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.
「你向耶和華你的神許願，償還不可遲延；因為耶和華你的神必定向你追討，你不償還就有罪。
你若不許願，倒無罪。
你嘴裡所出的，就是你口中應許甘心所獻的，要照你向耶和華你神所許的願謹守遵行。
雅各書 5:12
Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear-not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple "Yes" or "No." Otherwise you will be condemned.
我的弟兄們，最要緊的是不可起誓；不可指著天起誓，也不可指著地起誓，無論何誓都不可起。你們說話，是，就說是；不是，就說不是，免得你們落在審判之下。
民數記 30:2
When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.
人若向耶和華許願或起誓，要約束自己，就不可食言，必要按口中所出的一切話行。
詩篇 56:12
I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you.
神啊，我向你所許的願在我身上；我要將感謝祭獻給你。
箴言 20:25
It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one's vows.
人冒失說，這是聖物，許願之後才查問，就是自陷網羅。
詩篇 61:8
Then I will ever sing in praise of your name and fulfill my vows day after day.
這樣，我要歌頌你的名，直到永遠，好天天還我所許的願。
詩篇 116:14
- 19
I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants.
Truly I am your servant, Lord; I serve you just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains.
I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the Lord.
I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,
in the courts of the house of the Lord- in your midst, Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.
我要在他眾民面前向耶和華還我的願。
在耶和華眼中，看聖民之死極為寶貴。
耶和華啊，我真是你的僕人；我是你的僕人，是你婢女的兒子。你已經解開我的綁索。
我要以感謝為祭獻給你，又要求告耶和華的名。
我要在他眾民面前，在耶和華殿的院內，在耶路撒冷當中，向耶和華還我的願。你們要讚美耶和華！
利未記 5:4
- 13
or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt-
when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned.
As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for them for their sin.
" 'Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the Lord as a penalty for their sin-one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
They are to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering. He is to wring its head from its neck, not dividing it completely,
and is to splash some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar; the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way and make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
" 'If, however, they cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, they are to bring as an offering for their sin a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour for a sin offering. They must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering.
They are to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. It is a sin offering.
In this way the priest will make atonement for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering.' "
或是有人嘴裡冒失發誓，要行惡，要行善，無論人在什麼事上冒失發誓，他卻不知道，一知道了就要在這其中的一件上有了罪。
他有了罪的時候，就要承認所犯的罪，
並要因所犯的罪，把他的贖愆祭牲，就是羊群中的母羊，或是一隻羊羔，或是一隻山羊牽到耶和華面前為贖罪祭。至於他的罪，祭司要為他贖了。
「他的力量若不夠獻一隻羊羔，就要因所犯的罪，把兩隻斑鳩或是兩隻雛鴿帶到耶和華面前為贖愆祭：一隻作贖罪祭，一隻作燔祭。
把這些帶到祭司那裡，祭司就要先把那贖罪祭獻上，從鳥的頸項上揪下頭來，只是不可把鳥撕斷，
也把些贖罪祭牲的血彈在壇的旁邊，剩下的血要流在壇的腳那裡；這是贖罪祭。
他要照例獻第二隻為燔祭。至於他所犯的罪，祭司要為他贖了，他必蒙赦免。
「他的力量若不夠獻兩隻斑鳩或是兩隻雛鴿，就要因所犯的罪帶供物來，就是細麵伊法十分之一為贖罪祭；不可加上油，也不可加上乳香，因為是贖罪祭。
他要把供物帶到祭司那裡，祭司要取出自己的一把來作為紀念，按獻給耶和華火祭的條例燒在壇上；這是贖罪祭。
至於他在這幾件事中所犯的罪，祭司要為他贖了，他必蒙赦免。剩下的麵都歸與祭司，和素祭一樣。」
利未記 7:16
- 18
" 'If, however, their offering is the result of a vow or is a freewill offering, the sacrifice shall be eaten on the day they offer it, but anything left over may be eaten on the next day.
Any meat of the sacrifice left over till the third day must be burned up.
If any meat of the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted. It will not be reckoned to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.
若所獻的是為還願，或是甘心獻的，必在獻祭的日子吃，所剩下的第二天也可以吃。
但所剩下的祭肉，到第三天要用火焚燒；
第三天若吃了平安祭的肉，這祭必不蒙悅納，人所獻的也不算為祭，反為可憎嫌的，吃這祭肉的，就必擔當他的罪孽。
詩篇 50:15
and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
並要在患難之日求告我；我必搭救你，你也要榮耀我。
詩篇 61:5
For you, God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
神啊，你原是聽了我所許的願；你將產業賜給敬畏你名的人。
詩篇 76:11
Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them; let all the neighboring lands bring gifts to the One to be feared.
你們許願，當向耶和華你們的神還願；在他四面的人都當拿貢物獻給那可畏的主。
民數記 29:39
" 'In addition to what you vow and your freewill offerings, offer these to the Lord at your appointed festivals: your burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings and fellowship offerings.' "
「這些祭要在你們的節期獻給耶和華，都在所許的願並甘心所獻的以外，作為你們的燔祭、素祭、奠祭，和平安祭。」
撒母耳記上 1:11
And she made a vow, saying, "Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head."
許願說：「萬軍之耶和華啊，你若垂顧婢女的苦情，眷念不忘婢女，賜我一個兒子，我必使他終身歸與耶和華，不用剃頭刀剃他的頭。」
那鴻書 1:15
Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, Judah, and fulfill your vows. No more will the wicked invade you; they will be completely destroyed.
看哪，有報好信傳平安之人的腳登山，說：猶大啊，可以守你的節期，還你所許的願吧！因為那惡人不再從你中間經過，他已滅絕淨盡了。
士師記 11:29
- 40
Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: "If you give the Ammonites into my hands,
whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord's, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering."
Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into his hands.
He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued Ammon.
When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.
When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, "Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me down and I am devastated. I have made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break."
"My father," she replied, "you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised, now that the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.
But grant me this one request," she said. "Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry."
"You may go," he said. And he let her go for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never marry.
After the two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin. From this comes the Israelite tradition
that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
耶和華的靈降在耶弗他身上，他就經過基列和瑪拿西，來到基列的米斯巴，又從米斯巴來到亞捫人那裡。
耶弗他就向耶和華許願，說：「你若將亞捫人交在我手中，
我從亞捫人那裡平平安安回來的時候，無論什麼人，先從我家門出來迎接我，就必歸你，我也必將他獻上為燔祭。」
於是耶弗他往亞捫人那裡去，與他們爭戰；耶和華將他們交在他手中，
他就大大殺敗他們，從亞羅珥到米匿，直到亞備勒基拉明，攻取了二十座城。這樣亞捫人就被以色列人制伏了。
耶弗他回米斯巴到了自己的家，不料，他女兒拿著鼓跳舞出來迎接他，是他獨生的，此外無兒無女。
耶弗他看見他，就撕裂衣服，說：「哀哉！我的女兒啊，你使我甚是愁苦，叫我作難了；因為我已經向耶和華開口許願，不能挽回。」
他女兒回答說：「父啊，你既向耶和華開口，就當照你口中所說的向我行，因耶和華已經在仇敵亞捫人身上為你報仇」；
又對父親說：「有一件事求你允准：容我去兩個月，與同伴在山上，好哀哭我終為處女。」
耶弗他說：「你去吧！」就容他去兩個月。他便和同伴去了，在山上為他終為處女哀哭。
兩月已滿，他回到父親那裡，父親就照所許的願向他行了。女兒終身沒有親近男子。
此後以色列中有個規矩，每年以色列的女子去為基列人耶弗他的女兒哀哭四天。
約伯記 22:27
You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
你要禱告他，他就聽你；你也要還你的願。
使徒行傳 5:1
- 11
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
With his wife's full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles' feet.
Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?
Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God."
When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened.
Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
Peter asked her, "Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?" "Yes," she said, "that is the price."
Peter said to her, "How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also."
At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.
有一個人，名叫亞拿尼亞，同他的妻子撒非喇賣了田產，
把價銀私自留下幾分，他的妻子也知道，其餘的幾分拿來放在使徒腳前。
彼得說：「亞拿尼亞！為什麼撒但充滿了你的心，叫你欺哄聖靈，把田地的價銀私自留下幾分呢？
田地還沒有賣，不是你自己的嗎？既賣了，價銀不是你作主嗎？你怎麼心裡起這意念呢？你不是欺哄人，是欺哄神了。」
亞拿尼亞聽見這話，就仆倒，斷了氣；聽見的人都甚懼怕。
有些少年人起來，把他包裹，抬出去埋葬了。
約過了三小時，他的妻子進來，還不知道這事。
彼得對他說：「你告訴我，你們賣田地的價銀就是這些嗎？」他說：「就是這些。」
彼得說：「你們為什麼同心試探主的靈呢？埋葬你丈夫之人的腳已到門口，他們也要把你抬出去。」
婦人立刻仆倒在彼得腳前，斷了氣。那些少年人進來，見他已經死了，就抬出去，埋在他丈夫旁邊。
全教會和聽見這事的人都甚懼怕。
創世記 28:20
- 22
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear
so that I return safely to my father's household, then the Lord will be my God
and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth."
雅各許願說：「神若與我同在，在我所行的路上保佑我，又給我食物吃，衣服穿，
使我平平安安的回到我父親的家，我就必以耶和華為我的神。
我所立為柱子的石頭也必作神的殿；凡你所賜給我的，我必將十分之一獻給你。」
利未記 27:1
- 13
The Lord said to Moses,
"Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value,
set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel ;
for a female, set her value at thirty shekels ;
for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels and of a female at ten shekels ;
for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels of silver and that of a female at three shekels27:6That is, about 1 1/4 ounces or about 35 grams of silver;
for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels and of a female at ten shekels.
If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
" 'If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.
They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.
If what they vowed is a ceremonially unclean animal-one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord-the animal must be presented to the priest,
who will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, that is what it will be.
If the owner wishes to redeem the animal, a fifth must be added to its value.
耶和華對摩西說：
「你曉諭以色列人說：人還特許的願，被許的人要按你所估的價值歸給耶和華。
你估定的，從二十歲到六十歲的男人，要按聖所的平，估定價銀五十舍客勒。
若是女人，你要估定三十舍客勒。
若是從五歲到二十歲，男子你要估定二十舍客勒，女子估定十舍客勒。
若是從一月到五歲，男子你要估定五舍客勒，女子估定三舍客勒。
若是從六十歲以上，男人你要估定十五舍客勒，女人估定十舍客勒。
他若貧窮，不能照你所估定的價，就要把他帶到祭司面前，祭司要按許願人的力量估定他的價。
「所許的若是牲畜，就是人獻給耶和華為供物的，凡這一類獻給耶和華的，都要成為聖。
人不可改換，也不可更換，或是好的換壞的，或是壞的換好的。若以牲畜更換牲畜，所許的與所換的都要成為聖。
若牲畜不潔淨，是不可獻給耶和華為供物的，就要把牲畜安置在祭司面前。
祭司就要估定價值；牲畜是好是壞，祭司怎樣估定，就要以怎樣為是。
他若一定要贖回，就要在你所估定的價值以外加上五分之一。
詩篇 66:14
vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.
就是在急難時我嘴唇所發的、口中所許的。
詩篇 66:13
I will come to your temple with burnt offerings and fulfill my vows to you-
我要用燔祭進你的殿，向你還我的願，
約拿書 2:9
But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, 'Salvation comes from the Lord.' "
但我必用感謝的聲音獻祭與你。我所許的願，我必償還。救恩出於耶和華。
馬太福音 5:33
- 37
"Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.'
But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne;
or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
All you need to say is simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
「你們又聽見有吩咐古人的話，說：『不可背誓，所起的誓總要向主謹守。』
只是我告訴你們，什麼誓都不可起。不可指著天起誓，因為天是神的座位；
不可指著地起誓，因為地是他的腳凳；也不可指著耶路撒冷起誓，因為耶路撒冷是大君的京城；
又不可指著你的頭起誓，因為你不能使一根頭髮變黑變白了。
你們的話，是，就說是；不是，就說不是；若再多說，就是出於那惡者（或作就是從惡裡出來的）。」
利未記 22:18
- 25
"Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: 'If any of you-whether an Israelite or a foreigner residing in Israel-presents a gift for a burnt offering to the Lord, either to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.
Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
When anyone brings from the herd or flock a fellowship offering to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without defect or blemish to be acceptable.
Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord.
You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow.
You must not offer to the Lord an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut. You must not do this in your own land,
and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.' "
「你曉諭亞倫和他子孫，並以色列眾人說：以色列家中的人，或在以色列中寄居的，凡獻供物，無論是所許的願，是甘心獻的，就是獻給耶和華作燔祭的，
要將沒有殘疾的公牛，或是綿羊，或是山羊獻上，如此方蒙悅納。
凡有殘疾的，你們不可獻上，因為這不蒙悅納。
凡從牛群或是羊群中，將平安祭獻給耶和華，為要還特許的願，或是作甘心獻的，所獻的必純全無殘疾的才蒙悅納。
瞎眼的、折傷的、殘廢的、有瘤子的、長癬的、長疥的都不可獻給耶和華，也不可在壇上作為火祭獻給耶和華。
無論是公牛是綿羊羔，若肢體有餘的，或是缺少的，只可作甘心祭獻上；用以還願，卻不蒙悅納。
腎子損傷的，或是壓碎的，或是破裂的，或是騸了的，不可獻給耶和華，在你們的地上也不可這樣行。
這類的物，你們從外人的手，一樣也不可接受作你們神的食物獻上；因為這些都有損壞，有殘疾，不蒙悅納。」
利未記 27:16
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" 'If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it-fifty shekels of silver to a homer of barley seed.
If they dedicate a field during the Year of Jubilee, the value that has been set remains.
But if they dedicate a field after the Jubilee, the priest will determine the value according to the number of years that remain until the next Year of Jubilee, and its set value will be reduced.
If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs.
If, however, they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can never be redeemed.
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the Lord; it will become priestly property.
" 'If anyone dedicates to the Lord a field they have bought, which is not part of their family land,
the priest will determine its value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the owner must pay its value on that day as something holy to the Lord.
In the Year of Jubilee the field will revert to the person from whom it was bought, the one whose land it was.
Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
「人若將承受為業的幾分地分別為聖，歸給耶和華，你要按這地撒種多少估定價值，若撒大麥一賀梅珥，要估價五十舍客勒。
他若從禧年將地分別為聖，就要以你所估定的價為定。
倘若他在禧年以後將地分別為聖，祭司就要按著未到禧年所剩的年數推算價值，也要從你所估的減去價值。
將地分別為聖的人若定要把地贖回，他便要在你所估的價值以外加上五分之一，地就准定歸他。
他若不贖回那地，或是將地賣給別人，就再不能贖了。
但到了禧年，那地從買主手下出來的時候，就要歸耶和華為聖，和永獻的地一樣，要歸祭司為業。
他若將所買的一塊地，不是承受為業的，分別為聖歸給耶和華，
祭司就要將你所估的價值給他推算到禧年。當日，他要以你所估的價銀為聖，歸給耶和華。
到了禧年，那地要歸賣主，就是那承受為業的原主。
凡你所估定的價銀都要按著聖所的平：二十季拉為一舍客勒。
詩篇 50:14
"Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
你們要以感謝為祭獻與神，又要向至高者還你的願，
詩篇 132:2
He swore an oath to the Lord, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
他怎樣向耶和華起誓，向雅各的大能者許願，
箴言 12:25
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
人心憂慮，屈而不伸；一句良言，使心歡樂。
約翰福音 3:16
- 17
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
「神愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們，叫一切信他的，不至滅亡，反得永生。
因為神差他的兒子降世，不是要定世人的罪（或作：審判世人；下同），乃是要叫世人因他得救。
使徒行傳 23:12
- 15
The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
More than forty men were involved in this plot.
They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him before you on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about his case. We are ready to kill him before he gets here."
到了天亮，猶太人同謀起誓，說：「若不先殺保羅就不吃不喝。」
這樣同心起誓的有四十多人。
他們來見祭司長和長老，說：「我們已經起了一個大誓，若不先殺保羅就不吃什麼。
現在你們和公會要知會千夫長，叫他帶下保羅到你們這裡來，假作要詳細察考他的事；我們已經預備好了，不等他來到跟前就殺他。」
以弗所書 5:33
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
然而，你們各人都當愛妻子，如同愛自己一樣。妻子也當敬重他的丈夫。
