申命记 20
1 “你出去与仇敌争战的时候，看见马匹、车辆，并有比你多的人民，不要怕他们，因为领你出埃及地的耶和华—你 神与你同在。
When you go to war with your enemies and you see horses and chariots, and a larger army than yours, don't be afraid of them, because the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt is with you.
2 你们将要上阵的时候，祭司要到百姓面前宣告
Before you go into battle, the priest shall come and speak to the army.
3 说：‘以色列人哪，你们当听，你们今日将要与仇敌争战，不要胆怯，不要惧怕战兢，也不要因他们惊恐；
He is to tell them, “Listen, men of Israel! Today you are going to fight your enemies. Don't be nervous or afraid; don't be panicked or terrified by them.
4 因为耶和华—你们的 神与你们同去，要为你们与仇敌争战，拯救你们。’
For the Lord your God is going with you to fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you the victory.”
5 官长也要对百姓宣告说：‘谁建造房屋，尚未奉献，他可以回家去，恐怕他阵亡，别人去奉献。
The officers shall also speak to the army and tell them, “Is there any man here who has built a new house and hasn't dedicated it to the Lord? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will dedicate it.
6 谁种葡萄园，尚未用所结的果子，他可以回家去，恐怕他阵亡，别人去用。
Is there any man here who has planted a vineyard and hasn't yet enjoyed its fruit? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will enjoy its fruit.
7 谁聘定了妻，尚未迎娶，他可以回家去，恐怕他阵亡，别人去娶。’
Is there any man here who is engaged to a woman and hasn't married her? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will marry her.”
8 官长又要对百姓宣告说：‘谁惧怕胆怯，他可以回家去，恐怕他弟兄的心消化，和他一样。’
The officers are also to tell the army, “Is there any man here who is afraid or nervous? He can go home, so he won't affect his fellow-soldiers and make them as frightened as himself.”
9 官长对百姓宣告完了，就当派军长率领他们。
After the officers have finished speaking to the army, they are put commanders in charge to lead it into battle.
10 “你临近一座城、要攻打的时候，先要对城里的民宣告和睦的话。
When you arrive at a town, ready to attack it, you must first make an offer of peace to the people living there.
11 他们若以和睦的话回答你，给你开了城，城里所有的人都要给你效劳，服事你；
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates to you, all the inhabitants will become your slave-laborers.
12 若不肯与你和好，反要与你打仗，你就要围困那城。
However, if they refuse to make peace with you and decide to fight you, then lay siege to the town.
13 耶和华—你的 神把城交付你手，你就要用刀杀尽这城的男丁。
Once the Lord your God has handed it over to you, kill every male with the sword.
14 惟有妇女、孩子、牲畜，和城内一切的财物，你可以取为自己的掠物。耶和华—你 神把你仇敌的财物赐给你，你可以吃用。
But you can take as plunder the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the town. You can take and use all your enemies' possessions the Lord your God gives you.
15 离你甚远的各城，不是这些国民的城，你都要这样待他。
This is the way you are to deal with all the towns that are a long way from you and don't belong to neighboring nations.
16 但这些国民的城，耶和华—你 神既赐你为业，其中凡有气息的，一个不可存留；
However, when it comes to the towns of those nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you to occupy, don't leave anything alive that breathes.
17 只要照耶和华—你 神所吩咐的将这赫人、亚摩利人、迦南人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人都灭绝净尽，
Set them apart for complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has ordered you to do.
18 免得他们教导你们学习一切可憎恶的事，就是他们向自己神所行的，以致你们得罪耶和华—你们的 神。
This is to prevent them teaching you all the offensive things they do in worshiping their gods, and in so doing make you sin against the Lord your God.
19 “你若许久围困、攻打所要取的一座城，就不可举斧子砍坏树木；因为你可以吃那树上的果子，不可砍伐。田间的树木岂是人，叫你糟蹋吗？
Now when you lay siege to a town and it goes on for a long time as you fight to capture it, don't destroy the fruit trees there. You can eat their fruit. Don't cut them down. Are the trees in the orchard human beings that you should also attack?
20 惟独你所知道不是结果子的树木可以毁坏、砍伐，用以修筑营垒，攻击那与你打仗的城，直到攻塌了。”
However, you may destroy the trees that you know are not fruit trees. You can use them to build siege equipment to attack the town that is fighting against you until it falls.
