Ponovljeni zakon 20
1 Ako pođeš u rat na svoje neprijatelje te vidiš konje, kola i narod brojniji od sebe, ne boj ih se! TÓa s tobom je Jahve, Bog tvoj, koji te izveo iz zemlje egipatske.
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 Prije boja neka svećenik istupi i govori narodu.
And it shall be, when ye come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people;
3 Neka im kaže: 'Čuj, Izraele! Danas polazite u boj na neprijatelje svoje. Neka vam srca ne klonu! Ne plašite se! Ne bojte se! Ne dršćite pred njima!
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 TÓa Jahve, Bog vaš, ide s vama da se bori za vas protiv vaših neprijatelja i da vas spasi.'
For the Lord your God it is who goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to help you.
5 Potom neka narodu progovore nadglednici: 'Ima li koga da je sagradio novu kuću a nije se u nju uselio? Neka se vrati kući svojoj da ne pogine u boju pa da se tko drugi u nju ne useli.
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 Ima li koga da je zasadio vinograd a još ga nije brao? Neka se vrati domu svome da u boju ne pogine te da mu drugi roda ne obere.
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 Ima li koga da se zaručio a nije se oženio? Neka se vrati domu svome da u boju ne pogine te da mu tko drugi zaručnice ne odvede.'
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 Neka nadglednici nastave te narodu kažu: 'Tko se boji i kome srce trne, neka se vrati domu svome da ne trne srce njegovoj braći kao njemu.'
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 Kad nadglednici završe govor narodu, neka vojni zapovjednici stanu na čelo naroda.
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 Kada dođeš pod koji grad da na nj navališ, najprije mu ponudi mir.
When thou comest nigh unto a city to make war against it, then summon it with words of peace.
11 Ako ti odgovori mirom i otvori ti vrata svoja, sav narod što se nađe u njemu podvrgni tlaki neka za te radi.
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 Ali ako odbije tvoj mir i zarati s tobom, opsjedni ga.
But if it will not make peace with thee, and wageth war against thee; then shalt thou besiege it;
13 Kad ti ga Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u ruke, sve njegove muškarce pobij oštrim mačem!
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 A žene, djecu, stoku, sve što bude u gradu - sav plijen - uzmi sebi i uživaj plijen od svojih neprijatelja što ti ga daje Jahve, Bog tvoj.
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 Tako čini sa svim gradovima koji budu vrlo daleko od tebe, koji ne budu gradovi ovih naroda odavde.
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 U gradovima onih naroda koje ti Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u baštinu ništa ne ostavljaj na životu
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 nego ih udari 'heremom' - kletim uništenjem: Hetite i Amorejce, Kanaance i Perižane, Hivijce i Jebusejce, kako ti je Jahve, Bog tvoj, naredio,
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 tako da vas ne nauče činiti sve one odvratnosti što ih čine svojim bogovima te da ne sagriješite protiv Jahve, Boga svoga.
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 Kad navališ na kakav grad pa ga moradneš dugo opsjedati da ga osvojiš, nemoj uništavati njegovih stabala zasijecajući u njih sjekirom. Možeš im jesti plod, a nemoj ih sjeći. Jer poljska stabla nisu ljudi da bi ispred tebe mogla bježati u utvrdu.
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 Jedino stabla za koja znaš da nisu voćke možeš ništiti; njih možeš sjeći i od njih praviti naprave za opsadu grada koji je u ratu protiv tebe dok ne padne.
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.
