申命記 20
1 當你出征進攻你的仇敵，見到戰馬戰車和比你更多的群眾時，你不必害怕，因為領你出埃及地的上主你的天主與你在一起。
When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
2 當你們快要交戰時，司祭應上前來，對民眾訓話，
When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
3 向他們說：「以色列，請聽! 你們今天就要上陣攻打你們的仇敵，你們不要灰心，不要害怕，不要恐慌，不要在他們面前戰慄，
saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
4 因為上主你們的天主與你們同去，幫助你們攻打你們的仇敵，使你們勝利。」
For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
5 然後長官對民眾說：「誰若蓋了新房屋，還沒有祝聖，他可回家去，免得他死在戰場，別人來替他祝聖。
Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
6 誰若栽種了葡萄園，還沒有享用過，他可回家去，免得他死在戰場，別人來替他收穫。
Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
7 誰若與女人訂了婚，還沒有迎娶，他可回家去，免得他死在戰場，別人來娶她。」
Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
8 長官再繼續對民眾致辭說：「誰若害怕灰心，他可回家去，免得他使兄弟的心，如他的一樣沮喪。」
Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
9 長官向民眾訓完話，就派定軍官統率部隊。
When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
10 當你臨近一城要進攻時，應先向那城提議和平；
When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
11 若那地給你和平的答覆，給你開門，城內所有的人民就臣服於你，給你服役。
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
12 如不與你講和，反願與你作戰，你就圍攻。
But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
13 幾時上主你的天主將城交在你手中，你應用利刃殺盡所有的男人；
When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
14 至於婦女、嬰兒、牲畜和在城內所有的一切，算是你奪得的勝利品，你可享用你由仇人奪得的勝利品，因為是上主你的天主賜給你的。
But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
15 這是你對於離你很遠，且不屬於這些民族的城市的作法。
This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
16 但是在上主你的天主賜給你作產業的這些人民的城市內，你不可讓任何生靈生活，
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
17 應將他們：即赫特人、阿摩黎人。客納罕人、培黎齊人、希威人和耶步斯人，盡行毀滅，如上主你的天主吩咐你的，
For you must devote them to complete destruction —the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,
18 免得他們教你學習他們對自己的神所行的一切可惡之事，使你們得罪上主你們的天主。
so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
19 若你圍攻一座城，需要多日纔能攻取佔領，你不可用斧頭砍伐那裏的樹木；你可以吃樹上的果子，卻不可砍倒樹；難道田間的樹可當作你圍攻的敵人看待﹖
When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
20 只是那些你不知道不結實的樹木，你可毀壞砍伐，用來建築圍攻的設備，為進攻與你交戰的城市，直到將城攻下。
But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
