تَثنِيَة 21

١ 1 إِذَا وَجَدْتُمْ قَتِيلاً مُلْقىً فِي الْحَقْلِ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ لاِمْتِلاكِهَا، وَلَمْ يُعْرَفْ قَاتِلُهُ.

If someone is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has struck him,

٢ 2 يَقُومُ شُيُوخُكُمْ وَقُضَاتُكُمْ بِقِيَاسِ الْمَسَافَاتِ الْوَاقِعَةِ بَيْنَ مَوْضِعِ جُثَّةِ الْقَتِيلِ وَالْمُدُنِ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ.

then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.

٣ 3 فَيُحْضِرُ شُيُوخُ أَقْرَبِ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى الْجُثَّةِ، عِجْلَةً لَمْ يُوْضَعْ عَلَيْهَا مِحْرَاثٌ، وَلَمْ تَجُرَّ بِنِيرٍ،

It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with and which has not drawn in the yoke.

٤ 4 وَيَأْخُذُونَهَا إِلَى وَادٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ دَائِمُ الْجَرَيَانِ لَمْ يُحْرَثْ فِيهِ وَلَمْ يُزْرَعْ، فَيَكْسِرُونَ عُنُقَ الْعِجْلَةِ فِي الْوَادِي.

The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ يَتَقَدَّمُ الْكَهَنَةُ بَنُو لاوِي، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَدِ اخْتَارَهُمْ لِخِدْمَتِهِ، وَلإِعْلانِ الْبَرَكَةِ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ، وَلِلْقَضَاءِ فِي كُلِّ خُصُومَةٍ وَكُلِّ ضَرْبَةٍ.

The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the LORD’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.

٦ 6 فَيَغْسِلُ جَمِيعُ شُيُوخِ تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْقَرِيبَةِ مِنَ الْجُثَّةِ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَوْقَ الْعِجْلَةِ الْمَكْسُورَةِ الْعُنُقِ فِي الْوَادِي.

All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.

٧ 7 وَيَقُولُونَ: أَيْدِينَا لَمْ تَسْفِكْ هَذَا الدَّمَ، وَأَعْيُنُنَا لَمْ تَشْهَدْهُ.

They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

٨ 8 اغْفِرْ يَا رَبُّ لِشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي افْتَدَيْتَهُ، وَلا تُطَالِبْنَا بِدَمٍ بَرِيءٍ سُفِكَ فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَيَصْفَحُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ سَفْكِ هَذَا الدَّمِ.

Forgive, LORD, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not allow innocent blood among your people Israel.” The blood shall be forgiven them.

٩ 9 وَهَكَذَا تَبْرَأُونَ مِنْ سَفْكِ الدَّمِ الْبَرِيءِ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، إِذَا صَنَعْتُمْ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

So you shall put away the innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in the LORD’s eyes.

١٠ 10 إِذَا ذَهَبْتُمْ لِمُحَارَبَةِ أَعْدَائِكُمْ، وَأَظْفَرَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ بِهِمْ، وَسَبَيْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ سَبْياً،

When you go out to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your hands and you carry them away captive,

١١ 11 وَشَاهَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ بَيْنَ الأَسْرَى امْرَأَةً جَمِيلَةَ الصُّورَةِ فَأُولِعَ بِها وَتَزَوَّجَهَا،

and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her, and desire to take her as your wife,

١٢ 12 فَحِينَ يُدْخِلُهَا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ يَدَعُهَا تَحْلِقُ رَأْسَهَا وَتُقَلِّمُ أَظْفَارَهَا،

then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.

١٣ 13 ثُمَّ يَنْزِعُ ثِيَابَ سَبْيِهَا عَنْهَا، وَيَتْرُكُهَا فِي بَيْتِهِ شَهْراً مِنَ الزَّمَانِ تَنْدُبُ أَبَاهَا وَأُمَّهَا، ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُعَاشِرُهَا وَتَكُونُ لَهُ زَوْجَةً.

She shall take off the clothing of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

١٤ 14 فَإِنْ لَمْ تَرُقْهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَلْيُطْلِقْهَا لِتَذْهَبَ حَيْثُ تَشَاءُ. لَا يَبِيعُهَا بِفِضَّةٍ أَوْ يَسْتَعْبِدُهَا، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ أَذَلَّهَا.

It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.

١٥ 15 إِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ مُتَزَوِّجاً مِنِ امْرَأَتَيْنِ، يُؤْثِرُ إِحْدَاهُمَا وَيَنْفُرُ مِنَ الأُخْرَى، فَوَلَدَتْ كِلْتَاهُمَا لَهُ أَبْنَاءً، وَكَانَ الابْنُ الْبِكْرُ مِنْ إِنْجَابِ الْمَكْرُوهَةِ،

If a man has two wives, the one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated,

١٦ 16 فَحِينَ يُوَزِّعُ مِيرَاثَهُ عَلَى أَبْنَائِهِ، لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يُقَدِّمَ ابْنَ الزَّوْجَةِ الأَثِيرَةِ لِيَجْعَلَهُ بِكْرَهُ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ عَلَى بِكْرِهِ ابْنِ الزَّوْجَةِ الْمَكْرُوهَةِ.

then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the beloved the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;

١٧ 17 بَلْ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَعْتَرِفَ بِبَكُورِيَّةِ ابْنِ الْمَكْرُوهَةِ، وَيُعْطِيَهُ نَصِيبَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا يَمْلِكُهُ، لأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَوَّلُ مَظْهَرِ قُدْرَتِهِ، وَلَهُ حَقُّ الْبَكُورِيَّةِ.

but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

١٨ 18 إِنْ كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ ابْنٌ عَنِيدٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ، لَا يُطِيعُ أَمْرَ أَبِيهِ وَلا قَوْلَ أُمِّهِ، وَيُؤَدِّبَانِهِ وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ جَدْوَى.

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them,

١٩ 19 فَلْيَقْبِضْ عَلَيْهِ وَالِدَاهُ وَيَأْتِيَا بِهِ إِلَى شُيُوخِ مَدِينَتِهِ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ،

then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.

٢٠ 20 وَيَقُولانِ لِلشُّيُوخِ: ابْنُنَا هَذَا عَنِيدٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ، لَا يُطِيعُ قَوْلَنَا، وهُوَ مُبَذِّرٌ سِكِّيرٌ.

They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

٢١ 21 فَيَرْجُمُهُ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ جَمِيعُهُمْ بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ. وَهَكَذَا تَسْتَأْصِلُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ وَيَشِيعُ الْخَبَرُ بَيْنَ الشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ فَيَخَافُ.

All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.

٢٢ 22 إِنِ ارْتَكَبَ إِنْسَانٌ جَرِيمَةً عِقَابُهَا الإِعْدَامُ، وَنُفِّذَ فِيهِ الْقَضَاءُ وَعَلَّقْتُمُوهُ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ،

If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

٢٣ 23 فَلا تَبِتْ جُثَّتُهُ عَلَى الْخَشَبَةِ، بَلِ ادْفِنُوهُ فِي نَفْسِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّ الْمُعَلَّقَ مَلْعُونٌ مِنَ اللهِ. فَلا تُنَجِّسُوا أَرْضَكُمُ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ مِيرَاثاً.

his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Do not defile your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.