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 thou goest out to battle against thy enemies, and thou seest horse, and chariot, people more in number than thou: be not afraid of them; for the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 當你們快要交戰時，司祭應上前來，對民眾訓話，
And it shall be, when ye come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people;
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，
And he shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye come nigh this day unto the battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and be not downcast, and do not tremble 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 it is who goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to help you.
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。
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there who hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the 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。
And what man is there who hath planted a vineyard, and hath not redeemed it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man redeem it.
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。」
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take 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。」
And the officers shall speak yet farther unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, that the heart of his brethren become not as faint as his heart.
9 長官向民眾訓完話，就派定軍官統率部隊。
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of the armies at the head of the people.
10 當你臨近一城要進攻時，應先向那城提議和平；
When thou comest nigh unto a city to make war against it, then summon it with words 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。
And it shall be, if it make thee an answer of peace, and open [its gates] unto thee: then shall it be, that all the people that are found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
12 如不與你講和，反願與你作戰，你就圍攻。
But if it will not make peace with thee, and wageth war against thee; then shalt thou besiege it;
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；
And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thy hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of 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, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that may be in the city, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take as booty unto thyself; and thou shalt enjoy the spoil of thy enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
15 這是你對於離你很遠，且不屬於這些民族的城市的作法。
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
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，
But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, shalt thou not let live a single soul.
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，
But thou shalt utterly devote them; namely, the Hittites, and the Emorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee;
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。
In order that they may not teach you to do in accordance with all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; and ye would thus 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 thou besiegest a city a long time, to make war against it to capture it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them; for of them thou mayest eat, and thou shalt not cut them down, [for man liveth of the trees of the field, ] to employ them in thy siege;
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。
Only those trees of which thou knowest that they are not fruit-trees, thou mayest destroy and cut down; and [thus] thou canst build bulwarks against the city that wageth war with thee, until it be subdued.
