Rapar Mar Chik 23
1 Ngʼat ma nyangetane otore kata ma duongʼne ongʼad oko kik donj e chokruok mar Jehova Nyasaye.
“Any man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall not be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.
2 Ngʼat ma onywol e kend ma ok nikare kata nyikwaye ok onego odonji e chokruok mar Jehova Nyasaye nyaka tiengʼ mar apar.
“No (illegitimate person/person whose mother and father were not married), or descendant of that person, extending to the tenth generation, shall be included as one of Yahweh’s people.
3 Jo-Amon kata jo-Moab kata achiel kuom nyikwaye ok onego odonj e chokruok mar Jehova Nyasaye nyaka e tiengʼ mar apar,
“No one from the Ammon or Moab people-groups shall be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people, extending to the tenth generation.
4 nikech ne ok giromonu e yo gi makati kod pi kane uwuok Misri, kendo negichulo Balaam wuod Beor modak Pethor manie Aram-Naharaim nengo mondo okwongʼu.
One reason is that their [leaders] refused to give your ancestors food and water when they were traveling from Egypt [to Canaan]. Another reason is that they wanted to pay Balaam, the son of Beor from Pethor [town] in Mesopotamia, to curse you Israelis.
5 Kata kamano Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu ne ok owinjo Balaam mine omiyo kwongʼno olokore gweth ne un nikech Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu oherou.
But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.
6 Kik udwar winjruok e kindu kodgi e ndalo duto mag ngimau.
As long as Israel is a nation, you must not do anything to cause things to go well for those two people-groups or enable them to prosper.
7 Kik ubed gi achaya e kindu gi jo-Edom nimar gin oweteu. Kik ukwed jo-Misri nikech ne udak e pinygi ka wasumbini.
“But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are [descendants of your ancestor Jacob], just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because [they treated your ancestors well when] they first lived in Egypt.
8 Tiengʼ-gi mar adek ma ginywolo nyalo donjo e chokruok mar Jehova Nyasaye.
The children and grandchildren of people from Edom and Egypt [who live among you] may be (included among/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.”
9 Ka ugoyo agengʼa ne wasiku, keturu mabor gik ma olil.
“When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God.
10 Ka ngʼato achiel kuom jou ogak nikech kothe mar nyodo owuok apoya koleko, to nyaka owuogi oko mar kambi mondo obed kuno.
If any soldier becomes unacceptable to God because semen comes out of his body during the night, [the next morning] he must go outside the camp and stay there during that day.
11 To ka ochopo odhiambo nyaka olwokre eka oduogi e kambi ka chiengʼ podho.
But in the evening of that day, he must bathe himself, and at sunset he is allowed to come back into the camp.
12 Weuru kamoro oko mar kambi ma unyalo dhi losorue,
“Your soldiers must have a toilet area outside the camp where you can go [when you need to].
13 kendo kudhi losoru kanyo, to beduru gi kwer, ukunygo bur, mi ka uselosoru to uiko.
[When you go to fight against your enemies], carry a stick along with your weapons, in order that when you need to defecate [EUP], you can dig a hole with the stick, and then cover up the hole [when you have finished defecating].
14 Nimar Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu wuotho e dieru e kambi ka ritou kendo mondo ochiw wasiku e lwetu. Kambi maru nyaka bed maler mondo kik one gima rach ma oweu.
You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.”
15 Ka misumba obiro mopondo iru kik udwoke ne ruodhe.
“If slaves who escape from their masters come to you [and request you to protect them], do not send them back to their masters.
16 Yie mondo odak kama ohero e dieru kata e miechu. Kik ukete e tij achune.
Allow them to stay/live among you, in whatever town they choose, and do not mistreat them.
17 Onge ja-Israel madichwo kata madhako manobed jachode ei hekalu.
“Do not [allow] any Israeli man or woman [to] become a prostitute at the temple.
18 Kik ukel sitadi mar jachode madhako kata madichwo e od Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu mondo ochul nengo mar kwongʼruok nimar gik moko ariyogo Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu mon godo.
Also, do not allow any people who earned money from being a prostitute to bring any of that money into the temple of Yahweh our God, even if they solemnly promised to pay that money to Yahweh. Yahweh hates those who are prostitutes.
19 Kik imi ja-Israel wadu chuli gi ohala kuom gima oholo bedni en pesa kata chiemo kata gimoro amora monego gol ohala.
“When you lend money or food or anything else to a fellow Israeli, do not charge them interest.
20 Inyalo kawo ohala kuom japiny moro to ok owadu ma ja-Israel mondo Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu ogwedhu e gimoro amora ma uketoe lwetu mar timo e piny mudhikawo mondo obed maru.
You are allowed to charge interest when you lend money to foreigners [who live in your land], but not when you lend money to Israelis. Do this in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
21 Ka ukwongʼoru ne Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu, to kik ubadhru chule, nimar Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu biro bandhou wachno ma ubed joketho.
“When you vow to give something to Yahweh your God [or to do something for him], do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin.
22 To ka ok ukwongʼoru to ok unubed joketho.
But if you [SYN] do not vow [to do something], that is not sinful.
23 Gimoro amora ma dhogi owacho nyaka itim, nimar ne ukwongʼoru kendu ne Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu gi dhou uwegi.
But if you voluntarily promise to do something, you must do it.
24 Ka idonjo e puoth olemo mar wadu, inyalo chamo olemb mzabibu duto ma idwaro, to kik itingʼ moko ei okapu idhigo.
“When you walk through someone else’s vineyard, you are allowed to [pick and] eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not [cut some from a vine and carry them away] in a container.
25 Ka idonjo e puoth cham mar wadu, to inyalo jako wiye cham gi lweti, kendo kik ika cham mochungʼ.
When you walk [along a path] in someone else’s field of grain, you are allowed to pluck/pick some of the grain and eat it, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle [and take it with you].”
