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 your [soldiers] go to fight your enemies, and you see that they have many horses and chariots and that their army is much bigger than yours, do not be afraid of them, because Yahweh our God, who brought your [ancestors safely] out of Egypt, will be with you.
2 Prije boja neka svećenik istupi i govori narodu.
When you are ready to start the battle, the Supreme Priest must stand in front of the troops.
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!
He must say to them, ‘You Israeli men, listen to me! Today you are going to fight against your enemies. Do not be timid or afraid [DOU] or tremble or panic [DOU],
4 TÓa Jahve, Bog vaš, ide s vama da se bori za vas protiv vaših neprijatelja i da vas spasi.'
because Yahweh our God will go with you. He will fight your enemies for you, and he will enable you to defeat them.’
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.
Then the army officers must say to the troops, ‘If anyone among you has just built a new house [RHQ] and has not dedicated it [to God], he should go home [and dedicate the house]. If he does not do that, if he dies in the battle, someone else will dedicate the house [and live in 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.
If anyone among you has planted a vineyard and has not yet harvested any grapes from it [RHQ], he should go home. If he [stays here and] dies in the battle, someone else will [harvest the grapes and] enjoy [the wine made from them].
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.'
If anyone among you has become engaged to marry a woman [but has not married her yet] [RHQ], he should go home. If [he stays here and] dies in the battle, someone else will marry 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.'
“Then the officers must also say, ‘If anyone among you is afraid or timid [RHQ], he should go home, in order that he does not cause his fellow soldiers to also stop being courageous.’
9 Kad nadglednici završe govor narodu, neka vojni zapovjednici stanu na čelo naroda.
And when the officers have finished speaking to the troops, they must appoint commanders [to lead the groups of soldiers].
10 Kada dođeš pod koji grad da na nj navališ, najprije mu ponudi mir.
“When you come near a city [that is far away] to attack it, first tell the people there that if they surrender, you will not attack them.
11 Ako ti odgovori mirom i otvori ti vrata svoja, sav narod što se nađe u njemu podvrgni tlaki neka za te radi.
If they open the gates of the city and surrender, they all will become your slaves to work for you.
12 Ali ako odbije tvoj mir i zarati s tobom, opsjedni ga.
But if they refuse to [surrender] peacefully, and decide instead to fight against you, your troops must surround the city [and break through the walls].
13 Kad ti ga Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u ruke, sve njegove muškarce pobij oštrim mačem!
Then, when Yahweh our God enables you to capture [IDM] the city, you must kill all the men in the city.
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 you are allowed to take for yourselves the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else [that you want to take] from the city. You will be allowed to enjoy all the things that belonged to your enemies; it is Yahweh our God who has given those things to you.
15 Tako čini sa svim gradovima koji budu vrlo daleko od tebe, koji ne budu gradovi ovih naroda odavde.
You should do that in all the cities that are far from the land in which you will settle.
16 U gradovima onih naroda koje ti Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u baštinu ništa ne ostavljaj na životu
“But in the cities that are in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, you must kill all the people and all the animals [LIT].
17 nego ih udari 'heremom' - kletim uništenjem: Hetite i Amorejce, Kanaance i Perižane, Hivijce i Jebusejce, kako ti je Jahve, Bog tvoj, naredio,
You must get rid of them completely. Get rid of the Heth people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group; that is what Yahweh our God commanded you to do.
18 tako da vas ne nauče činiti sve one odvratnosti što ih čine svojim bogovima te da ne sagriješite protiv Jahve, Boga svoga.
If you do not do that, they will teach you to sin against Yahweh our God and do the disgusting things that they do when they worship their gods.
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 you surround a city for a long time, trying to capture it, do not cut down the fruit trees [outside the city]. You are allowed to eat the fruit from the trees, but do not get rid of the trees, because they certainly are not [RHQ] your enemies.
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.
You are permitted to cut down the other trees and use the wood to make ladders and towers to enable you to [go over the walls and] capture the city.”
