Второзаконие 21
1 Ако в земята, която Господ твоят Бог ти дава да притежаваш, се намери някой убит, паднал на полето, и не се знае, кой го е убил,
“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 тогава старейшините ти и съдиите ти да излязат и измерят разстоянието до градовете, които са около убития;
[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 и старейшините на града, който е най-близо до убития, да вземат юница, с която не е работено и която не е теглила ярем;
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 и старейшините на оня град да докарат юницата в някоя долина, гдето има текуща вода, долина която не е орана нито е сеяна, и там в долината да пресекат врата на юницата.
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 Тогава да пристъпят свещениците, Ливиевите потомци, (понеже тях избра Господ твоят Бог да Му служат, и да благославят в Господното Име, и по тяхното обяснение да се съди всеки спор и всеки побой),
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 и всичките старейшини от оня град, който е най-близо до убития, да умият ръцете си над закланата в долината юница,
The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
7 и да проговорят, казвайки: Нашите ръце не са пролели тая кръв, нито са видели проливането нашите очи;
and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
8 бъди милостив, Господи, на людете си Израиля, които си изкупил и не вменявай, на людете си Израиля кръв проляна без тяхна вина И кръвта ще им се прости.
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 Така да заличиш изсред себе си проляната без твоя вина кръв, когато сториш това, което е право пред Господните очи.
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 Когато излезеш да воюваш против неприятелите си, и Господ твоят Бог ги предаде в ръцете ти, и вземеш от тях пленници,
“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 ако видиш между пленниците красива жена, и като я залюбиш пожелаеш да я вземеш за своя жена,
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
12 тогава да я заведеш у дома си; и тя да обръсне главата си, да изреже ноктите си
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 и, като съблече дрехите, в които е била пленена, да седи у дома ти да оплаква баща си и майка си цял месец; и подир това да влезеш при нея и да й бъдеш мъж, и тя да ти бъде жена.
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 Но ако не останеш доволен от нея, тогава да я изпратиш свободна; но да не я продаваш за пари, нито да я правиш робиня, защото си я обезчестил.
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 Ако има някой две жени, едната любима, а другата нелюбима, и му народят деца - любимата и нелюбимата, и ако първородният син е на нелюбимата,
“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 тогава в деня, когато дели между синовете си имота си, не бива да направи първороден сина на любимата наместо сина на нелюбимата, който е истинският първороден;
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 но да признае за първороден сина на нелюбимата и да му даде двоен дял от всичкия си имот; защото той е пръв плод на първородството.
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 Ако има някой упорит и непокорен син, който не слуша думите на баща си или думите на майка си, и при все, че те го наказват, пак той ще да ги слуша,
“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 тогава баща му и майка му да го хванат и да го заведат пи старейшините на града му и при портата на местожителството му,
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 и да кажат на старейшините на града му: Тоя наш син е упорит и непокорен; не слуша думите ни, разблуден е и пияница.
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 Тогава всичките мъже от града му да го убият с камъни, та да умре; така да отмахнеш злото отсред себе си; и целият Израил ще чуе и ще се убои.
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 Ако някой извърши престъпление, което заслужава смърт, и бъде умъртвен като го обесиш на дърво,
“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
23 да не остане тялото му през цялата нощ на дървото, но непременно да го погребеш в същия ден; защото обесеният е проклет от Бога; така да не оскверниш земята, която Господ твоят Бог ти дава в наследство.
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.”
