تَثنِيَة 23

١ 1 لَا يَدْخُلْ ذُو الْخِصْيَتَيْنِ الْمَرْضُوضَتَيْنِ أَوِ الْمَجْبُوبُ فِي جَمَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ.

He that is wounded in the testicles, or hath his privy member cut, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

٢ 2 لَا يَدْخُلِ ابْنُ زِنىً وَلا أَحَدٌ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ حَتَّى الْجِيلِ الْعَاشِرِ فِي جَمَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ.

One born from prohibited connections shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even the tenth generation of him shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

٣ 3 لَا يَدْخُلْ عَمُّونِيٌّ وَلا مُوآبِيٌّ فِي جَمَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَلا أَحَدٌ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِمْ حَتَّى بَعْدَ الْجِيلِ الْعَاشِرِ فِي جَمَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ وَإِلَى الأَبَدِ،

An 'Ammonite and a Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even the tenth generation of him shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord, for ever;

٤ 4 لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلُوكُمْ بِالْخُبْزِ وَالْمَاءِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، وَلأَنَّهُمُ اسْتَأْجَرُوا بَلْعَامَ بْنَ بَعُورَ مِنْ فَتُورِ أَرَامِ النَّهْرَيْنِ لِيَلْعَنَكُمْ

For the reason, that they met you not with bread and with water on the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because he hired against thee Bil'am the son of Beor of Pethor in Mesopotamia, to curse thee;

٥ 5 وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ لَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يَسْتَجِيبَ لِبَلْعَامَ، بَلْ حَوَّلَ لأَجْلِكُمُ اللَّعْنَةَ إِلَى بَرَكَةٍ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَدْ أَحَبَّكُمْ.

But the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Bil'am; and the Lord thy God changed unto thee the curse into a blessing, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

٦ 6 لَا تَسْعَوْا فِي سَبِيلِ مُسَالَمَتِهِمْ وَخَيْرِهِمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

Thou shalt not seek their peace and their welfare all thy days, for ever.

٧ 7 لَا تَمْقُتُوا الأَدُومِيِّينَ لأَنَّهُمْ إِخْوَتُكُمْ، وَلا تَكْرَهُوا الْمِصْرِيِّينَ لأَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ ضُيُوفاً فِي دِيَارِهِمْ

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

٨ 8 وَمَنْ يُوْلَدُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِمْ فِي الْجِيلِ الثَّالِثِ يَدْخُلُ فِي جَمَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ.

The children that are born unto them in the third generation, may enter of them into the congregation of the Lord.

٩ 9 إِذَا خَرَجْتُمْ لِمُحَارَبَةِ أَعْدَائِكُمْ فَامْتَنِعُوا عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَبِيحٍ

When thou goest forth into camp against thy enemies, then keep thyself from every evil thing.

١٠ 10 فَإِنْ كَانَ بَيْنَكُمْ رَجُلٌ غَيْرَ طَاهِرٍ عَلَى أَثَرِ اسْتِحْلامٍ فَلْيَمْضِ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمُعَسْكَرِ. لَا يَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهِ.

If there be among thee any man, that is not clean by reason of an occurrence by night; then shall he go abroad to without the camp, he shall not come within the camp;

١١ 11 وَعِنْدَ حُلُولِ الْمَسَاءِ يَسْتَحِمُّ بِمَاءٍ، ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ إِلَى الْمُعَسْكَرِ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ.

But it shall be, that toward evening he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun goeth down, he may come into the midst of the camp.

١٢ 12 وَعَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُحَدِّدُوا مَوْضِعاً لِقَضَاءِ الْحَاجَةِ خَارِجَ الْمُعَسْكَرِ.

And a place shalt thou have without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

١٣ 13 وَلْيَكُنْ مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ وَتَدٌ بَيْنَ عَتَادِهِ لِيَحْفُرَ بِهِ حُفْرَةً يَقْضِي فِيهَا حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ يُغَطِّي بِرَازَهُ بِالتُّرَابِ،

And a spade shalt thou have with thy weapons: and it shall be, when thou sittest abroad, that thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt afterward cover that which cometh from thee;

١٤ 14 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ سَائِرٌ فِي وَسَطِ مُعَسْكَرِكُمْ لِيُنْقِذَكُمْ وَيُظْفِرَكُمْ بِأَعْدَائِكُمْ. فَلْيَكُنْ مُعَسْكَرُكُمْ مُقَدَّساً لِئَلّا يَشْهَدَ فِيهِ أَقْذَاراً فَيَتَحَوَّلَ عَنْكُمْ.

For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee and to give up thy enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy; that he see no unseemly thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

١٥ 15 إِذَا لَجَأَ إِلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ هَارِبٌ مِنْ مَوْلاهُ، لَا تُسَلِّمُوهُ إِلَى مَوْلاهُ،

Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant who may escape unto thee from his master;

١٦ 16 بَلْ يُقِيمُ حَيْثُ يَطِيبُ لَهُ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ فِي إِحْدَى مُدُنِكُمْ وَلا تَظْلِمُوهُ.

With thee shall he dwell, in the midst of thee, in the place which he may choose in any one of thy gates, where it seemeth best to him: thou shalt not oppress him.

١٧ 17 لَا يَكُنْ مِنْ بَنَاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلا مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ زَانِيَاتٌ وَمَأْبُونُو مَعَابِدَ.

There shall not be a prostitute of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

١٨ 18 لَا تَأْتُوا بِتَقْدِمَةِ نَذْرٍ مَا إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ مِنْ مَكْسَبِ زَانِيَةٍ أَوْ مَأْبُونٍ، لأَنَّ كِلَيْهِمَا رِجْسٌ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ.

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow; for both of these are equally an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

١٩ 19 لَا تَتَقَاضَوْا فَوَائِدَ عَمَّا تُقْرِضُونَهُ لإِخْوَتِكُمْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَتِ الْقُرُوضُ فِضَّةً أَوْ أَطْعِمَةً أَوْ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ آخَرَ.

Thou shalt not take interest from thy brother, interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest:

٢٠ 20 أَمَّا الأَجْنَبِيُّ فَأَقْرِضُوهُ بِرِباً. إِنَّمَا إِيَّاكُمْ إِقْرَاضَ أَخِيكُمْ بِفَائِدَةٍ، لِيُبَارِكَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ فِي كُلِّ مَا تُنْتِجُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ مَاضُونَ لاِمْتِلاكِهَا.

From an alien thou mayest take interest; but from thy brother thou shalt not take interest; in order that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the acquisition of thy hand, in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

٢١ 21 إِذَا نَذَرْتُمْ نَذْراً لِلرَّبِّ فَلا تُمَاطِلُوا فِي الْوَفَاءِ بِهِ، لأَنَّ إِلَهَكُمْ يُطَالِبُكُمْ بِهِ وَيَحْسَبُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْكُمْ ذَنْباً

When thou makest a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to pay it; for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

٢٢ 22 وَإِنْ لَمْ تَنْذِرُوا لَا تَكُونُ عَلَيْكُمْ خَطِيئَةٌ.

But if thou forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

٢٣ 23 أَمَّا مَا تَعَهَّدَتْ بِهِ شَفَتَاكَ فَذَاكَ احْفَظْهُ وَأَوْفِهِ، كَمَا نَذَرْتَ طَوَاعِيَةً لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، وَكَمَا تَعَهَّدَ بِهِ فَمُكَ.

What is gone out of thy lips shalt thou keep and perform, as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God voluntarily, as thou hast spoken with thy mouth.

٢٤ 24 إِذَا دَخَلْتَ كَرْمَ عِنَبِ جَارِكَ فَكُلْ مِنْهُ بِقَدْرِ مَا تَشْتَهِي نَفْسُكَ حَتَّى الشَّبْعِ، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَقْطِفْ مِنْ عِنَبِهِ وَتَضَعْهُ فِي وِعَائِكَ.

When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, thou mayest eat grapes at thy own pleasure, till thou have enough; but into thy vessel shalt thou not put any.

٢٥ 25 إِذَا دَخَلْتَ حَقْلَ قَمْحِ صَاحِبِكَ فَاقْطِفْ مِنْ سَنَابِلِهِ، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَحْصُدْ مِنْهُ بِمِنْجَلِكَ.

When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but a sickle shall thou not move over thy neighbor's standing corn.