Deuteronomy 21
1 If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
Bw’olimala okuyingira mu nsi Mukama Katonda gy’akuwa okugirya, omuntu n’asangibwa mu nsiko ng’attiddwa, kyokka ng’eyamusse tamanyiddwa,
2 your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
bakadde bo, abakulembeze, n’abalamuzi bo banaafulumanga ne bagenda bapima obuwanvu bw’ebbanga okuva ku mulambo okutuuka ku bibuga ebinaabanga bigwebulunguludde.
3 Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
Kale nno abakadde abakulembeze b’ekibuga ekinaabanga kisinga okuliraana n’omulambo ogwo, banaaddiranga ente enduusi etakozesebwangako mulimu gwonna, etassibwangamu kikoligo,
4 bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
ne bagiserengesa mu kiwonvu ekirimu akagga akakulukuta; ekitalimwangamu wadde okusimbwamu emmere. Mu kiwonvu omwo mwe banaanyoleranga ensingo y’ente eyo ne bagimenya.
5 And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
Kale nno batabani ba Leevi, bakabona, banaavangayo ne basembera, kubanga Mukama Katonda wo yabalonda okumuweerezanga, n’okusabiranga emikisa mu linnya lya Mukama n’okutereezanga empaka zonna n’obulumbaganyi.
6 Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
Awo abakadde abakulembeze bonna ab’omu kibuga ekinaasinganga okuliraana omulambo ogwo, banaanaabiranga engalo zaabwe ku nte eri enduusi eyamenyebbwa ensingo mu kiwonvu,
7 and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
ne boogera nti, “Emikono gyaffe si gye gyayiwa omusaayi guno, ne bwe gwali guyiyibwa amaaso gaffe tegaagulaba, tetwaliwo nga guyiyibwa.
8 Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
Osonyiwe abantu bo, Isirayiri, be wanunula Ayi Mukama Katonda, oleme kuleka wakati mu bantu bo, Isirayiri, omusango ogw’okuyiwa omusaayi, gwe batazzanga.” Bwe batyo banaasonyiyibwanga omusango gw’omusaayi ogwo.
9 So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
Bw’otyo bw’onoggyangawo omusango wakati wammwe ogw’okuyiwa omusaayi ogutaliiko nsonga, kubanga onoobanga okoze ekituufu mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda.
10 When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,
Bw’ogendanga okutabaala balabe bo, Mukama n’abagabula mu mikono gyo n’onyagayo abantu,
11 if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
mu abo abanyagiddwa bw’onoolabangamu omukazi alabika obulungi n’omwagala, n’oyagala okumuwasa,
12 then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
omutwalanga mu maka go, n’omulagira okumwa omutwe gwe, n’okusalako enjala ze,
13 and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
n’engoye ze mwe yawambirwa azeeyambulangamu. Bw’anaamalanga mu nju yo omwezi mulamba ng’akungubagira kitaawe ne nnyina, onoogendanga gy’ali n’obeera bba, naye anaabeeranga mukazi wo.
14 And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
Kyokka bw’anaabanga takusanyusizza, omuwanga eddembe n’agenda so tomutundanga nsimbi. Tomuyisanga nga muddu, kubanga ggwe wamumalamu ekitiibwa kye.
15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
Omusajja bw’anaabanga n’abakazi babiri, omu nga muganzi naye omulala nga mukyawe, bombi ne bamuzaalira abaana aboobulenzi, naye ng’omwana omubereberye ye w’omukyawe;
16 when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
bw’anaabanga agabira batabani be abo ebintu bye mu ddaame lye, takkirizibwenga kuyisa mwana wa muganzi ng’omubereberye, singa omwana w’omukyawe ye mubereberye.
17 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
Anaasaaniranga okukkiriza nti omwana w’omukyawe ye mubereberye, era anaamuwanga emiteeko ebiri egy’ebintu bye byonna by’alina, kubanga oyo ge maanyi ga kitaawe amabereberye. Ye nannyini ddembe ery’obwebange ery’omwana omubereberye.
18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
Omuntu bw’anaabanga ne mutabani we omukakanyavu omujeemu atagondera biragiro bya kitaawe wadde ebya nnyina, atabafaako bwe bamubonerezaamu olw’obutawulira,
19 his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
kitaawe ne nnyina banaamukwatanga ne bamuleeta eri abakulu abakulembeze ab’omu kibuga kye waabwe nga bali wabweru w’omulyango gw’ekibuga ekyo.
20 and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
Banaategeezanga abakulu abakulembeze b’omu kibuga kye waabwe nti, “Mutabani waffe ono mukakanyavu era mujeemu. Tatuwulira. Wa mulugube nnyo era mutamiivu.”
21 Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
Kale nno abasajja b’omu kibuga ekyo banaamukubanga amayinja ne bamutta. Bw’otyo bw’onoomalangawo ekibi wakati wo. Isirayiri yenna anaakiwuliranga, n’atya.
22 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
Omuntu bw’anaasingibwanga ogw’okufa n’attibwa, n’awanikibwa ku muti,
23 you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
omulambo gwe teguulekebwenga ku muti ne gusulako ekiro kyonna; onoomuziikanga ku lunaku olwo lwennyini, kubanga omuntu awanikibwa ku muti, Katonda aba amukolimidde. Togwagwawazanga nsi Mukama Katonda wo gy’akuwa okugirya okubeera obusika bwo obw’enkalakkalira.
