Ponovljeni zakon 21
1 Ako se u zemlji koju ti Jahve, Bog tvoj, daje da je zaposjedneš nađe tko ubijen gdje u polju leži - a ne zna se tko ga je ubio -
If someone is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him,
2 onda neka odu tvoje starješine i suci te izmjere udaljenost od ubijenoga do okolnih gradova.
then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.
3 Tako će ustanoviti koji je grad najbliže ubijenom. Starješine toga grada neka tada uzmu junicu što još nije radila: što još pod jarmom nije vukla.
It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with and which has not drawn in the yoke.
4 Neka zatim starješine onoga grada stjeraju junicu u kakav nepresušni potok, na mjesto koje se ne obrađuje i ne zasijava, i ondje, na potoku, neka junicu zakolju.
The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither ploughed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.
5 Zatim neka dođu svećenici, potomci Levijevi. Jer njih je odabrao Jahve, Bog tvoj, da mu služe i da u ime Jahvino blagoslivljaju; na njihovu se riječ rješava svaki spor i svako nasilje.
The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the LORD’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.
6 Zatim sve starješine iz onoga grada koji bude najbliži ubijenome neka operu ruke u potoku nad zaklanom junicom.
All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
7 Potom neka izjave: 'Naše ruke nisu prolile ove krvi niti smo svojim očima išta vidjeli.
They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
8 Zakrili, Jahve, svoj narod Izrael koji si oslobodio; ne dopusti da se prolijeva nedužna krv u tvome izraelskom narodu!' Tako će biti zaštićeni od krvi.
Forgive, LORD, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood amongst your people Israel.” The blood shall be forgiven them.
9 A ti ćeš ukloniti prolijevanje nedužne krvi iz svoje sredine ako učiniš što je pravo u Jahvinim očima.
So you shall put away the innocent blood from amongst you, when you shall do that which is right in the LORD’s eyes.
10 Kad odeš u rat na svoje neprijatelje pa ih Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u ruke tvoje te ih zarobiš,
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your hands and you carry them away captive,
11 ako među zarobljenicima opaziš lijepu ženu i u nju se zagledaš, možeš je uzeti za ženu.
and see amongst the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her, and desire to take her as your wife,
12 Dovedi je svojoj kući pa neka obrije glavu, obreže nokte
then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.
13 i odbaci haljine u kojima je zarobljena. Neka provede mjesec dana u tvome domu oplakujući svoga oca i svoju majku. Poslije toga možeš joj pristupiti kao muž i neka ti postane ženom.
She shall take off the clothing of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
14 Ako ti poslije ne bi bila po volji, pusti je kuda joj drago. Za novac je ne smiješ prodati niti s njom postupiti kao s ropkinjom jer ti je bila žena.
It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.
15 Ako koji čovjek imadne dvije žene: jednu koja mu je draga, a drugu koja mu je mrska, te mu i draga i mrska rode sinove, ali prvorođenac bude od one koja mu je mrska,
If a man has two wives, the one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated,
16 onda, kad dođe dan da podijeli svoju imovinu među svoje sinove, ne smije postupiti prema prvorođencu od drage na štetu sina od mrske, koji je prvenac,
then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the beloved the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;
17 nego mora za prvorođenca priznati sina od mrske i njemu dati dvostruk dio od svega što ima. Jer on je prvina njegove snage - njemu pripada pravo prvorodstva.
but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
18 Ako tko imadne opaka i nepokorna sina koji neće da sluša ni oca ni majke - pa ni onda pošto ga kazne -
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them,
19 neka ga njegov otac i njegova mati odvedu starješinama svoga grada, na vrata svoga mjesta,
then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
20 i neka kažu gradskim starješinama: 'Ovaj naš sin opak je i nepokoran; neće da nas sluša; ništarija je i pijanica.'
They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
21 Potom neka ga svi ljudi, njegovi sugrađani, kamenjem zasiplju dok ne pogine. Tako ćeš iskorijeniti zlo iz svoje sredine: sav će Izrael to čuti i bojat će se.
All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from amongst you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.
22 Ako tko učini grijeh koji zaslužuje smrt te bude pogubljen vješanjem o stablo,
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
23 njegovo mrtvo tijelo neka ne ostane na stablu preko noći nego ga pokopaj istoga dana, jer je obješeni prokletstvo Božje. Tako nećeš okaljati svoje zemlje, koju ti Jahve, Bog tvoj, daje u baštinu.
his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.
