Deuteronomy 20
1 When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.
Ie mionjo-mb’an-kotakotake mb’ amo rafelahi’oo mb’eo vaho mahaoniñe soavala naho sarete naho ondaty maro te ama’o, ko ihembaña’o, fa hañolots’ azo t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’o nañavotse azo an-tane Mitsraime añe.
2 And when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people,
Aa ie harinè’o i aliy le homb’eo ty mpisoroñe hisaontsy am’ondatio
3 Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you;
hanao ty hoe: Mijanjiña r’Israele, ie mitontoñe hihotakotak’ amo rafelahi’ areoo te anito, aa le asoao tsy hilealea, ko hembañe, ko mangebahebake, vaho ko irevendreveñañe;
4 For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.
fa Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo ro mindre ama’ areo hialy ho anahareo amo rafelahi’ areoo, handrombake.
5 And let the overseers say to the people, If there is any man who has made for himself a new house and has not gone into it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not take his house for himself.
Le hisaontsy am’ondatio o mpiaoloo hanao ty hoe, Ia t’indaty nandranjy anjomba fe mboe tsy nitamea’e? Ampiengao himpoly mb’añ’ akiba’e añe tsy mone hivetrak’ an-kotakotak’ ao vaho ho tamè’ ondaty hafa.
6 Or if any man has made a vine-garden without taking the first-fruits of it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not be the first to make use of the fruit.
Ia t’indaty nambole an-tanem-balòboke fe mbe tsy nitoloña’e? Angao himpoly mb’ añ’akiba’e mb’eo, hera hikoromak’ añ’aly vaho ondaty ila’e ty hañalahala aze.
7 Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.
Ia ka t’indaty nifofo valy fa mbe tsy nengae’e? Ampiavoto himpoly mb’an-kiboho’e añe tsy mone hikorovok’ añ’ aly vaho halae’ ondaty ila’e.
8 And let the overseers go on to say to the people, If there is any man whose heart is feeble with fear, let him go back to his house before he makes the hearts of his countrymen feeble.
Hanovon-tsaontsy am’ ondatio o mpiaoloo ty hoe: Ia t’indaty hembañe ndra mianifañe? Ampiavoto himpoly mb’ añ’ anjomba’e añe tsy mone hitranake manahake i azey ty tron-droahalahi’e.
9 Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.
Ie modo ty saontsi’ o mpiaoloo am’ondatio le ho tendrèñe o mpifehem-pirimboñan-dahindefoñeo.
10 When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace.
Ie marine ty rova hialia’o, taroño fañanintsiñe heike,
11 And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.
le ie toiñe’e am-pilongoañe, naho misokak’ ama’o, le ho fetrek-oro’o ze ondaty iaby tendrek’ao vaho hitoroñe azo.
12 If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:
Aa ie tsy mifampilongo ama’o, te mone hialia’e, le arikoboño.
13 And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.
Ie asese’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o am-pità’o, le ho fonga lafae’ o an-dela-pibara ze lahilahy ama’e ao;
14 But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.
fe ho rambese’o ho tsindro’o o rakembao naho o keleia’eo naho o añombe’eo naho ze he’e an-drova ao, o fikopahañe iabio; le ho kamae’o ze kinopa’o amo rafelahi’o natolo’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o azoo.
15 So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations.
Izay ty hanoa’o amy ze hene rova lavits’ azo tsy mpiamo rovan-drofoko mañohok’ azoo.
16 But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death:
Fe o rovan-drofoko atolo’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o azo ho lovao, ko apo’o ho veloñe ze raha mikofòke ama’e.
17 Give them up to the curse; the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord your God has given you orders:
Fonga mongoro: o nte-Kiteo, naho o nte-Amoreo, o nte-Kanàneo, naho o nte-Perizeo, o nte-Kiveo vaho o nte-Ieboseo, Amy nandilia’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o azoy,
18 So that you may not take them as your example and do all the disgusting things which they do in the worship of their gods, so sinning against the Lord your God.
tsy mone hañòha’e anahareo ty hañorike o sata tiva’ iareoo, o anoe’ iereo amo ndrahare’ iareoo, hanoa’ areo hakeo am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo.
19 If in war a town is shut in by your armies for a long time, do not let its trees be cut down and made waste; for their fruit will be your food; are the trees of the countryside men for you to take up arms against them?
Naho arikoboñe’o ela ty rova hialia’o hitavana’o, ko rotsahe’o am-pamatsiham-pekoñe o hatae’eo, amy te azo’o kamaeñe o voa’eo, ko firae’o. Atao’o h’ondaty hao o hatae an-kivokeo hanoe’o fañarikoboñañe?
20 Only those trees which you are certain are not used for food may be cut down and put to destruction: and you are to make walls of attack against the town till it is taken.
F’ie naho hatae fohi’o te tsy fihanem-boao le azo’o rotsaheñe vaho firaeñe handrafeta’o rafi-panameañe i rova ialia’oy, ampara’ te rotsake.
