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.
Ko greš ven na boj zoper svoje sovražnike in vidiš konje in bojne vozove in ljudstvo, številnejše od tebe, se jih ne boj, kajti Gospod, tvoj Bog, je s teboj, ki te je privedel gor iz egiptovske dežele.
2 When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
In zgodilo se bo, ko se približate k bitki, da bodo pristopili duhovniki in spregovorili ljudstvu
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.
ter jim rekli: ›Prisluhni, oh Izrael, danes se približujete bitki zoper svoje sovražnike. Naj vaša srca ne slabijo, ne bojte se in ne trepetajte, niti zaradi njih ne bodite prestrašeni,
4 For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
kajti Gospod, vaš Bog, je ta, ki gre z vami, da se za vas bori zoper vaše sovražnike, da vas reši.‹
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.
Častniki bodo ljudstvu govorili, rekoč: ›Kateri mož je tam, ki je zgradil novo hišo in je ni posvetil? Naj ta gre in se vrne k svoji hiši, da v bitki ne umre in je ne posveti drug moški.
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.
In kateri mož je ta, ki je zasadil vinograd in še ni jedel od njega? Tudi ta naj gre in se vrne k svoji hiši, da v bitki ne umre in drug moški ne jé od njega.
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.”
In kateri mož je tam, ki je zaročil ženo in je še ni vzel? Naj gre in se vrne k svoji hiši, da v bitki ne umre in je ne vzame drug moški.‹
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.”
Častniki bodo naprej govorili ljudstvu in bodo rekli: ›Kateri moški je tam, ki je bojazljiv in boječ? Naj gre in se vrne k svoji hiši, da ne bo srce njegovih bratov oslabelo tako kakor njegovo srce.‹
9 When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
Zgodilo se bo, ko bodo častniki končali govorjenje ljudstvu, da bodo postavili poveljnike vojsk, da vodijo ljudstvo.
10 When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
Ko prideš blizu mesta, da se boriš zoper njega, potem mu razglasi mir.
11 If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
Zgodilo se bo, če ti ta naredi odgovor miru in ti odpre, potem se bo zgodilo, da ti bodo vsi ljudje, ki so najdeni notri, postali davkoplačevalci in ti bodo služili.
12 But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
Če pa s teboj ne bo sklenilo miru, temveč se bo zoper tebe vojskovalo, potem ga boš oblegal
13 When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
in ko ga Gospod, tvoj Bog, izroči v tvoje roke, boš vsakega tamkajšnjega moškega udaril z ostrino meča.
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.
Toda ženske, malčke, živino in vse, kar je v mestu, torej ves njegov plen, boš vzel k sebi in jedel boš plen svojih sovražnikov, ki ti ga je dal Gospod, tvoj Bog.
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.
Tako boš storil vsem mestom, ki so zelo daleč od tebe, ki niso od mest teh narodov.
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.
Toda od mest teh ljudstev, ki ti jih Gospod, tvoj Bog, da za dediščino, ne boš ohranil živega ničesar, kar diha,
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,
temveč jih boš popolnoma uničil, namreč Hetejce, Amoréjce, Kánaance, Perizéjce, Hivéjce in Jebusejce, kakor ti je zapovedal Gospod, tvoj Bog,
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.
da te ne naučijo delati po vseh svojih ogabnostih, ki so jih storili svojim bogovom. Tako bi grešili zoper Gospoda, svojega Boga.
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?
Ko boš dolgo časa oblegal mesto in se vojskoval zoper njega, da ga zavzameš, ne boš uničil njegovih dreves s tem, da bi nadnje privedel sekiro, kajti od njih lahko ješ in ne boš jih posekal, da bi jih uporabil pri obleganju (kajti poljsko drevo je življenje človeku).
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.
Uničil in posekal boš le drevesa, za katera veš, da niso drevesa za hrano. Zoper mesto, ki se bojuje s teboj, boš zgradil branike, dokler ne bo podjarmljeno.
