تَثنِيَة 17

١ 1 لَا تَذْبَحُوا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ ثَوْراً أَوْ حَمَلاً فِيهِ عَيْبٌ أَوْ شَيْءٌ رَدِيءٌ، لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ رِجْسٌ لَدَى الرَّبِّ.

Don't sacrifice to the Lord your God cattle or a sheep that has a defect or has something seriously wrong, for that is offensive to the Lord your God.

٢ 2 إِذَا ارْتَكَبَ بَيْنَكُمْ، رَجُلٌ أَوِ امْرَأَةٌ، مُقِيمٌ فِي إِحْدَى مُدُنِكُمُ الَّتِي يُوَرِّثُكُمْ إِيَّاهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمُ، الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ مُتَعَدِّياً عَهْدَهُ،

There may be a report that one of you, whether a man or a woman, living in a town that the Lord your God gave you, has been found to be sinning in the sight of the Lord your God by breaking the Lord's agreement.

٣ 3 فَغَوَى وَعَبَدَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَسَجَدَ لَهَا أَوْ لِلشَّمْسِ أَوْ لِلْقَمَرِ أَوْ لأَيٍّ مِنْ كَوَاكِبِ السَّمَاءِ مِمَّا حَظَرْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ،

This person has done this by going to worship other gods, bowing down to them—or to the sun, moon, or any of the stars of heaven—which I have ordered you not to do.

٤ 4 وَشَاعَ خَبَرُهُ، فَسَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ، وَتَحَقَّقْتُمْ بَعْدَ فَحْصٍ دَقِيقٍ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الرِّجْسَ اقْتُرِفَ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

If you hear such a report, you need to make a full investigation. If you find out that the report is true, and that such an awful sin has been committed in Israel,

٥ 5 فَأَخْرِجُوا ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ أَوْ تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةَ، الَّذِي ارْتَكَبَ ذَلِكَ الإِثْمَ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَارْجُمُوهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ.

you must have the man or woman who has committed this terrible act taken outside the town and stoned to death.

٦ 6 لَا تَقْتُلْهُ إِلّا بَعْدَ أَنْ تَقُومَ عَلَيْهِ شَهَادَةُ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٍ وَيُحْظَرُ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ بِمُوْجِبِ شَهَادَةِ وَاحِدٍ فَقَطْ.

That person is to be executed based on the evidence given by two or three witnesses. No one shall be executed on the evidence given by a single witness.

٧ 7 وَيَكُونُ الشُّهُودُ هُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَرْجُمُونَهُ، ثُمَّ يَتَعَاقَبُ عَلَيْهِ الشَّعْبُ. فَتَسْتَأْصِلُونَ عِنْدَئِذٍ الشَّرَّ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ.

The witnesses must act first in executing the person, and then the rest of those who are present. You must eliminate the evil from among you.

٨ 8 إِذَا تَعَذَّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِصْدَارُ حُكْمٍ فِي قَضِيَّةِ سَفْكِ دَمٍ أَوْ دَعْوَى حَقٍّ أَوِ اعْتِدَاءَ بِالضَّرْبِ، مِمَّا يَجْرِي مِنْ أُمُورِ الْخُصُومَاتِ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ، فَقُومُوا وَامْضُوا إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ،

If there's a case before your town court that is too problematic for you to settle, whether the argument is over murder or manslaughter, one legal decision against another, or different degrees of assault, you must take the issue to the place the Lord your God will choose.

٩ 9 وَاحْضُرُوا أَمَامَ الْكَهَنَةِ اللّاوِيِّينَ وَالْقَاضِي الْقَائِمِ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ، وَاسْأَلُوا، فَيُخْبِرُوكُمْ بِحُكْمِ الْقَضَاءِ.

Go to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge in charge. Present the case to them, and they will give you their decision.

١٠ 10 فَتُنَفِّذُوا مَا يُصْدِرُونَ مِنْ قَرَارَاتٍ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ. وَاحْرِصُوا عَلَى الْعَمَلِ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا يُعَلِّمُونَكُمْ

You must abide by the decision they give you there at the place the Lord will choose. Make sure you do everything they tell you to do,

١١ 11 وَاعْمَلُوا بِمُوْجِبِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي يُعَلِّمُونَكُمْ إِيَّاهَا، وَالْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي يُصْدِرُونَهُ. وَلا تَحِيدُوا عَمَّا يَنُصُّونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ حُكْمٍ لَا يَمِيناً وَلا شِمَالاً.

in accordance with the legal instructions they give you and the verdict they delivered. Don't deviate from the decision they give you.

١٢ 12 وَمَنْ يَرْفُضُ مُتَمَرِّداً تَنْفِيذَ حُكْمِ الْكَاهِنِ الْمَاثِلِ هُنَاكَ لِخِدْمَةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، أَوِ الْقَاضِي، فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ. وَبِذَلِكَ يُسْتَأْصَلُ الشَّرُّ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Anyone who treats with contempt either the priest (who ministers before the Lord your God) or the judge, must be executed. You must eliminate this evil from Israel.

١٣ 13 فَيَشِيعُ الْخَبَرُ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ فَيَخَافُونَ وَلا يَتَمَرَّدُونَ بَعْدُ.

Then everyone else will hear about it and be afraid, and won't act with contempt in the future.

١٤ 14 وَمَتَى بَلَغْتُمُ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي يُوَرِّثُهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ وَامْتَلَكْتُمُوهَا وَاسْتَوْطَنْتُمْ فِيهَا وَقُلْتُمْ: لِنُتَوِّجْ عَلَيْنَا مَلِكاً كَبَقِيَّةِ الأُمَمِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِنَا

After you've entered the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it over and settled in it, and you decide, “Let's have a king to rule over us like all the other nations around us do,”

١٥ 15 فَإِنَّكُمْ تُقِيمُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَلِكاً يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، شَرِيطَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَاحِداً مِنْ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ. يُحَظَرُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُقِيمُوا مَلِكاً أَجْنَبِيًّا لَا يَنْتَمِي إِلَى أَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ.

you can have a king but only one chosen by the Lord your God. He must be an Israelite. You must not have a king who is a foreigner; someone who is not an Israelite.

١٦ 16 وَلَكِنْ إِيَّاهُ أَنْ يُكَثِّرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ خُيُولِهِ، أَوْ يُعِيدَ الشَّعْبَ إِلَى مِصْرَ لِيَحْصُلَ عَلَى مَزِيدٍ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَالَ لَكُمْ: لَا تَرْتَدُّوا لِلرُّجُوعِ فِي هَذِهِ الطَّرِيقِ أَيْضاً.

Your king must not have large numbers of horses, or send his men to Egypt to buy more horses, because the Lord has declared, “You must never to return there again.”

١٧ 17 وَلْيَحْذَرْ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِزْوَاجاً لِئَلّا يَزِيغَ قَلْبُهُ، وَلا يُكَثِّرُ لِنَفْسِهِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ.

He must not have many wives, so they don't lead him away from following the Lord. He must not have large quantities of silver and gold.

١٨ 18 وَحِينَ يَتَبَوَّأُ عَرْشَ مَمْلَكَتِهِ فَلْيَنْسُخْ لِنَفْسِهِ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةَ فِي كِتَابٍ وَيَنْقُلْهَا عَنِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ،

Once he is king and sits on his royal throne, he must make a copy for himself of these instructions, writing them on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

١٩ 19 فَتَكُونَ مَعَهُ لِيُطَالِعَهَا كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ لِيَتَعَلَّمَ أَنْ يَتَّقِيَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُ وَيُطِيعَ جَمِيعَ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَهَذِهِ الْفَرَائِضِ لِيَعْمَلَ بِها،

He is to keep it with him, and he is to read from it each day throughout his life, so he may learn to respect the Lord his God by being careful to follow every word of these instructions and regulations.

٢٠ 20 لِئَلّا يَتَكَبَّرَ عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِ وَيَحِيدَ عَنِ الْوَصِيَّةِ يَمِيناً أَوْ شِمَالاً. فَإِنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ يَمْلِكُونَ طَوِيلاً فِي وَسَطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Then he won't think more of himself than his fellow Israelites, and he won't deviate from the commandments, so that he and his sons may have long reigns over the kingdom of Israel.