Deuteronomy 20
1 When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
Sababii Waaqayyo Waaqni kee inni biyya Gibxiitii si baase sun si wajjin jiruuf yommuu diinota kee loluuf baatutti fardeenii fi gaariiwwan akkasumas humna waraanaa kan humna waraanaa kee caalu argitutti hin sodaatin.
2 When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
Yommuu ati waraanatti dhiʼaattutti lubni fuula duratti baʼee loltootatti haa dubbatu.
3 saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
Innis akkana haa jedhu; “Yaa Israaʼel, isin harʼa diinota keessan loluuf waraanatti seenuuf jirtu. Garaan keessan hin raafamin yookaan hin sodaatinaa; hin naʼinaa yookaan fuula diinota keessanii duratti hin hollatinaa.
4 For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
Kan moʼannaa isiniif kennuuf jedhee diinota keessan isiniif loluuf isin wajjin baʼu Waaqayyo Waaqa keessaniitii.”
5 Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
Ajajjoonni loltootaa immoo loltootaan akkana haa jedhan: “Namni mana haaraa ijaaree hin eebbisiisin tokko iyyuu jiraa? Inni gara mana isaatti haa deebiʼu; yoo kanaa achii inni waraana irratti duʼee namni biraa mana isaa eebbisa.
6 Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
Namni wayinii dhaabee irraa hin nyaatin jiraa? Inni gara mana isaa haa deemu; yoo kanaa achii inni lola keessatti duʼee namni biraa wayinii sana nyaata.
7 Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
Namni niitii fuudhuuf kadhatee utuu hin fuudhin dhufe jiraa? Inni gara mana isaa haa deemu; yoo kanaa achii inni lola irratti duʼee namni biraa ishee fuudha.”
8 Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
Ajajjoonni loltootaa ammas, “Namni sodaatu yookaan kan garaan isaa raafamu jiraa? Akka garaan obboloota isaas hin raafamneef inni gara mana isaatti haa deebiʼu” haa jedhan.
9 When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
Ajajjoonni yommuu loltootatti dubbatanii raawwatanitti loltoota irratti ajajjoota haa muudan.
10 When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
Ati yommuu magaalaa tokko dhaʼuuf baatutti, duraan dursii namoota magaalaa sana keessa jiraataniif waamicha nagaa godhi.
11 If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
Yoo isaan tole jedhanii balbala siif banan, namni hundi siif haa bulu; hojjetaa kees haa taʼu.
12 But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
Yoo isaan waamicha nagaa fudhachuu didanii waraanaaf sitti baʼan ati magaalattii marsi.
13 When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
Yommuu Waaqayyo Waaqni kee dabarsee isaan sitti kennutti dhiirota magaalattii keessa jiraatan hunda goraadeedhaan fixi.
14 But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
Garuu nadheenii fi ijoollee, horii fi waan magaalattii keessatti argamu hunda boojiʼiitii ofii keetii fudhadhu; ati boojuu Waaqayyo Waaqni kee diinota kee irratti siif kennetti fayyadamuu ni dandeessa.
15 This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
Akki ati magaalaawwan saboota naannoo keetii hin taʼin kanneen akka malee fagoo taʼan gootus kanuma.
16 However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
Taʼus magaalaawwan saboota Waaqayyo Waaqni kee akka dhaalaatti siif kennu keessatti waan hafuura baafatu tokko illee hin hambisin.
17 For you must devote them to complete destruction —the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,
Akkuma Waaqayyo Waaqni kee si ajajetti guutumaan guutuutti isaan barbadeessi; isaanis Heetota, Amoorota, Kanaʼaanota, Feerzota, Hiiwotaa fi Yebuusota.
18 so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
Yoo kanaa achii akka ati waan jibbisiisaa isaan waaqota isaanii waaqeffachuudhaan hojjetan sana duukaa buutu si barsiisu; atis Waaqayyo Waaqa keetti cubbuu hojjetta.
19 When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
Ati yommuu yeroo dheeraadhaaf magaalaa sana marsitee qabachuudhaaf ishee waraantutti, mukkeen ishee qottoodhaan cirtee hin balleessin; ati midhaan isaanii nyaachuu dandeessaatii isaan hin cirin. Ati kan isaan marsitu mukkeen bosonaa namoota taʼaniitii?
20 But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
Garuu hamma magaalaan si wajjin wal loltu sun kuftutti mukkeen akka isaan gumaa hin naqanne beektu murtee hojii ijaarsa marsuutiif itti fayyadamuu ni dandeessa.
