اَلتَّثْنِيَة 17

١ 1 «لَا تَذْبَحْ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ ثَوْرًا أَوْ شَاةً فِيهِ عَيْبٌ، شَيْءٌ مَّا رَدِيءٌ، لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ رِجْسٌ لَدَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ.

You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.

٢ 2 «إِذَا وُجِدَ فِي وَسَطِكَ فِي أَحَدِ أَبْوَابِكَ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ رَجُلٌ أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ يَفْعَلُ شَرًّا فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ بِتَجَاوُزِ عَهْدِهِ،

If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant

٣ 3 وَيَذْهَبُ وَيَعْبُدُ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَيَسْجُدُ لَهَا، أَوْ لِلشَّمْسِ أَوْ لِلْقَمَرِ أَوْ لِكُلٍّ مِنْ جُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، ٱلشَّيْءَ ٱلَّذِي لَمْ أُوصِ بِهِ،

and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

٤ 4 وَأُخْبِرْتَ وَسَمِعْتَ وَفَحَصْتَ جَيِّدًا وَإِذَا ٱلْأَمْرُ صَحِيحٌ أَكِيدٌ. قَدْ عُمِلَ ذَلِكَ ٱلرِّجْسُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,

٥ 5 فَأَخْرِجْ ذَلِكَ ٱلرَّجُلَ أَوْ تِلْكَ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ، ٱلَّذِي فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ ٱلشِّرِّيرَ إِلَى أَبْوَابِكَ، ٱلرَّجُلَ أَوِ ٱلْمَرْأَةَ، وَٱرْجُمْهُ بِٱلْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ.

you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.

٦ 6 عَلَى فَمِ شَاهِدَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةِ شُهُودٍ يُقْتَلُ ٱلَّذِي يُقْتَلُ. لَا يُقْتَلْ عَلَى فَمِ شَاهِدٍ وَاحِدٍ.

On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.

٧ 7 أَيْدِي ٱلشُّهُودِ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ أَوَّلًا لِقَتْلِهِ، ثُمَّ أَيْدِي جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ أَخِيرًا، فَتَنْزِعُ ٱلشَّرَّ مِنْ وَسَطِكَ.

The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.

٨ 8 «إِذَا عَسِرَ عَلَيْكَ أَمْرٌ فِي ٱلْقَضَاءِ بَيْنَ دَمٍ وَدَمٍ، أَوْ بَيْنَ دَعْوَى وَدَعْوَى، أَوْ بَيْنَ ضَرْبَةٍ وَضَرْبَةٍ مِنْ أُمُورِ ٱلْخُصُومَاتِ فِي أَبْوَابِكَ، فَقُمْ وَٱصْعَدْ إِلَى ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ،

If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

٩ 9 وَٱذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلْكَهَنَةِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ وَإِلَى ٱلْقَاضِي ٱلَّذِي يَكُونُ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، وَٱسْأَلْ فَيُخْبِرُوكَ بِأَمْرِ ٱلْقَضَاءِ.

You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

١٠ 10 فَتَعْمَلُ حَسَبَ ٱلْأَمْرِ ٱلَّذِي يُخْبِرُونَكَ بِهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَتَحْرِصُ أَنْ تَعْمَلَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا يُعَلِّمُونَكَ.

You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,

١١ 11 حَسَبَ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ ٱلَّتِي يُعَلِّمُونَكَ وَٱلْقَضَاءِ ٱلَّذِي يَقُولُونَهُ لَكَ تَعْمَلُ. لَا تَحِدْ عَنِ ٱلْأَمْرِ ٱلَّذِي يُخْبِرُونَكَ بِهِ يَمِينًا أَوْ شِمَالًا.

according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.

١٢ 12 وَٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي يَعْمَلُ بِطُغْيَانٍ، فَلَا يَسْمَعُ لِلْكَاهِنِ ٱلْوَاقِفِ هُنَاكَ لِيَخْدِمَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ، أَوْ لِلْقَاضِي، يُقْتَلُ ذَلِكَ ٱلرَّجُلُ، فَتَنْزِعُ ٱلشَّرَّ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.

١٣ 13 فَيَسْمَعُ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَيَخَافُونَ وَلَا يَطْغَوْنَ بَعْدُ.

Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.

١٤ 14 «مَتَى أَتَيْتَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ، وَٱمْتَلَكْتَهَا وَسَكَنْتَ فِيهَا، فَإِنْ قُلْتَ: أَجْعَلُ عَلَيَّ مَلِكًا كَجَمِيعِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ حَوْلِي.

When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”

١٥ 15 فَإِنَّكَ تَجْعَلُ عَلَيْكَ مَلِكًا ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ. مِنْ وَسَطِ إِخْوَتِكَ تَجْعَلُ عَلَيْكَ مَلِكًا. لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكَ رَجُلًا أَجْنَبِيًّا لَيْسَ هُوَ أَخَاكَ.

you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.

١٦ 16 وَلَكِنْ لَا يُكَثِّرْ لَهُ ٱلْخَيْلَ، وَلَا يَرُدُّ ٱلشَّعْبَ إِلَى مِصْرَ لِكَيْ يُكَثِّرَ ٱلْخَيْلَ، وَٱلرَّبُّ قَدْ قَالَ لَكُمْ: لَا تَعُودُوا تَرْجِعُونَ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ أَيْضًا.

But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

١٧ 17 وَلَا يُكَثِّرْ لَهُ نِسَاءً لِئَلَّا يَزِيغَ قَلْبُهُ. وَفِضَّةً وَذَهَبًا لَا يُكَثِّرْ لَهُ كَثِيرًا.

He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

١٨ 18 وَعِنْدَمَا يَجْلِسُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ مَمْلَكَتِهِ، يَكْتُبُ لِنَفْسِهِ نُسْخَةً مِنْ هَذِهِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ فِي كِتَابٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ،

When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

١٩ 19 فَتَكُونُ مَعَهُ، وَيَقْرَأُ فِيهَا كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ، لِكَيْ يَتَعَلَّمَ أَنْ يَتَّقِيَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُ وَيَحْفَظَ جَمِيعَ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ وَهَذِهِ ٱلْفَرَائِضَ لِيَعْمَلَ بِهَا،

It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

٢٠ 20 لِئَلَّا يَرْتَفِعَ قَلْبُهُ عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِ، وَلِئَلَّا يَحِيدَ عَنِ ٱلْوَصِيَّةِ يَمِينًا أَوْ شِمَالًا. لِكَيْ يُطِيلَ ٱلْأَيَّامَ عَلَى مَمْلَكَتِهِ هُوَ وَبَنُوهُ فِي وَسَطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.