Mousese Ea Malasu 21
1 Dilia da dunu medole legei amo ea da: i hodo soge amo dilia Hina Gode da dili gesowale fima: ne iaha, amo ganodini dialebe ba: sea, amola e medole legei dunu hame dawa: sea,
“Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.
2 dilia asigilai dunu amola fofada: su dunu da asili amola sedade defei bogoi da: i hodo ea dialebe sogebi asili, gadenene moilai huluane amoga ba: mu.
[If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.
3 Amasea, moilai gadenenedafa amo ea asigilai dunu da bulamagau udini amo da hawa: hame hamosu amola amoga youge hame sali, amo lale,
Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.
4 umi sogebi amoga osobo da hame dogoi (amola hame ebelesu hano gadenene dialebe) amoga oule asili, bulamagau ea galogoa fimu.
They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley.
5 Gobele salasu dunu (Lifai ea mano), ilia amolawane da amogawi masa: mu. Bai dilia Hina Gode da amo dunu Hi hawa: hamomusa: amola Hi Dioba: le, hahawane fidisu hou imunusa: amola sia: ga gegesu amola fasu amo ganodini fofada: su hamomusa: , ilegei dagoi.
The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.
6 Amasea, moilai gadenenedafa asigilai dunu da bulamagau udini ea galogoa da fi dagoi, amo da: iya ilia lobo dodofemu.
The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
7 Ilia da amane sia: mu, ‘Ninia lobo da amo medole legesu hame hamoi. Amola ninia si da amo hou hamedafa ba: i.
and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
8 Hina Gode! Amo dabe Dia Isala: ili fi da iaha, amo lama. Di da amo fi bu bidi lai dagoi. Amaiba: le, ilia da wadela: i hame hamosu dunu medole legei amo mae dawa: ma.’ Amasea, maga: me asi amo dabe hamoi dagoi ba: mu.
Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’
9 Amaiba: le, dilia da Hina Gode Ea sia: i defele hamoi dagoiba: le, E da amo medole legesuba: le dilima hame fofada: mu.
By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”
10 Dilia Hina Gode da dili fidibiba: le, dilima ha lai amo hasalasisia, amola dilia da udigili hawa: hamosu dunu lasea,
“When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),
11 udigili hawa: hamosu dunu fi ganodini uda noga: i ba: sea, dilia da amo lamu da defea.
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
12 Amo uda dia diasuga oule asili, ea dialuma hinabo waga: ma: ne amola ea lobo ifi damuma: ne sia: ma.
He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].
13 E da ea musa: abula fadegamu. E da oubi afadafa dia diasu ganodini, ea ada amola ame dawa: le didiga: lalu, di da amo uda lamu da defea.
She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.
14 Be amo uda lai di da fa: no hahawane hame ba: sea, e da hahawane halegale masa: ne logo doasima. Be di da amo uda gasawane lai dagoiba: le, di da e bidi lamu o udigili hawa: hamosu hamoma: ne sia: mu da hamedei.
Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”
15 Dunu afae da uda aduna lai galea amola e da uda afaema asigisa amola enoma hame asigisa. Be aduna da dunu mano lalelegesa. Magobo mano da uda amoma e da hame asigisa ea mano galea,
“Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.
16 amo dunu da ea soge amola liligi ea nana ima: ne ilegesea, e da magobo mano imunu liligi amo uda amoma e da asigisa ea mano amoma ima: ne ilegemu da hamedei.
On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.
17 E da uda amoma e da hame asigisa amo ea mano da ea magobo mano dawa: mu. Amasea, e da amo magobo mano ea imunu aduna defele ilegemu. Bai magobo manodafa da eda ea gasa defei agoane olelesa. Magobo mano ea iasu da ema dialumu da defea.
He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”
18 Dunu da hame nabasu dunu mano amo da eda amola eme, ela da ema sia: sea ela sia: hame naba, agoai mano esalea,
“Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
19 eda amola eme da amo mano gaguli, asigilai dunu moilai logo holeiga esala amoma oule masa: mu.
If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.
20 Ela da asigilai dunuma amane sia: mu, ‘Ania mano da gasa bagade amola sia: nabasu hame dawa: E da ania: sia: hamedafa naba. Ea hou da noga: i hame amola e da adini bagade naha.’
Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’
21 Amasea, moilai dunu huluane da amo dunu mano igiga medole legele, amo wadela: i hou dilia da fadegale fasimu. Dunu huluane Isala: ili soge ganodini da amo hou nababeba: le, beda: mu.
Then all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”
22 Dunu da wadela: i hou hamobeba: le, medole legele ea da: i hodo da ifa bugi amoga hegoa: nesi dagoi ba: sea,
“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
23 ea da: i hodo da gasia amogawi dialumu da hamedei. Bai bogoi da: i hodo ifaga hegoa: nesi Gode da ba: sea, sogega gagabusu aligima: ne imunu. Dilia da soge amo dilia Hina Gode da dilima iaha, amo mae wadela: ma: ne, amo da: i hodo uli dogone salima.
you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
