Deuteronomy 21
1 “When there will have been found in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you, the corpse of a man who has been killed, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,
E kitea te tangata i whakamatea ki te whenua i homai e Ihowa, e tou Atua, hei kainga mou, e takoto ana i te parae, a kahore e mohiotia na wai i patu:
2 your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities.
Na me puta mai ou kaumatua me ou kaiwhakawa, ka whanganga atu ki nga pa i tetahi taha o te tupapaku, i tetahi taha:
3 And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow.
Na ko te pa e tata ana ki te tupapaku, me tiki e nga kaumatua o taua pa tetahi kuao kau, hei te uha, hei te mea kahore ano i whakamahia, kahore nei i to ioka:
4 And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley, one which has never been tilled or sown. And in that place, they shall cut the neck of the calf.
Me kawe ano hoki e nga kaumatua o taua pa te kuao kau ki raro, ki tetahi awaawa wai, kahore nei i ngakia, i whakatokia ranei, ka whawhati ai i te kaki o te kau ki reira, ki te awaawa:
5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach, those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word, and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.
Na ka whakatata nga tohunga, nga tama a Riwai; ko ratou hoki ta Ihowa, ta tou Atua, i whiriwhiri ai hei minita ki a ia, hei manaaki ano hoki i runga i te ingoa o Ihowa; a ma ratou te kupu mo nga tautohe katoa, mo nga patu katoa:
6 And those greater by birth of that city, nearest to the one who was slain, shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley.
Na me horoi e nga kaumatua katoa o taua pa, e tata ana ki te tupapaku, o ratou ringa ki runga ki te kuao kau i whatiia nei te kaki ki te awaawa:
7 And they shall say: ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
Na ka korero ratou, ka mea, Kihai i whakahekea tenei toto e o matou ringa, kihai ano o matou kanohi i kite.
8 Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’ And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.
Kia maria ki tou iwi ki a Iharaira, e Ihowa, i hokona nei e koe, kaua ano hoki e whakairia he toto harakore ki runga ki tau iwi, ki a Iharaira. Na ka whai whakamarie ratou mo aua toto.
9 Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent, when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.
Penei ka whakakorea te toto harakore i roto i a koe, ina mea koe i te mea e tika ana ki ta Ihowa titiro.
10 If you have gone out to fight against your enemies, and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if, as you are leading away the captives,
Ka haere koe ki te whawhai ki ou hoariri, a ka homai ratou e Ihowa, e tou Atua, ki ou ringa, a ka whakaraua ratou e koe hei whakarau;
11 you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and you love her, and you are willing to have her as a wife:
A ka kite koe i tetahi wahine ataahua i roto i nga whakarau, a ka hiahia koe ki a ia, ka mea ki te tango i a ia hei wahine mau;
12 then you shall lead her into your house. And she shall shave off her hair, and cut her nails short,
Na me kawe ia e koe ki tou whare; a me heu e ia tona matenga, ka whakapai i ona maikuku;
13 and remove the garment in which she was captured. And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month. And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her, and she shall be your wife.
Na me whakarere e ia te kakahu o tona whakaraunga, a ka noho ki tou whare, ka tangi ki tona papa, ki tona whaea, kia kotahi tino marama; a muri iho ka haere atu koe ki a ia, a ka meinga hei tahu ki a ia, ko ia hoki hei wahine mau.
14 But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind, you shall set her free. You cannot sell her for money, nor can you oppress her by force. For you have humiliated her.
A, ki te kahore koe whakaahuareka ki a ia, me tuku atu ia e koe ki tana wahi e pai ai, kaua rawa e hokona ki te moni, kaua hoki e waiho hei mea pononga; he mea hoki kua whakaititia nei ia e koe.
15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,
Ki te tokorua nga wahine a tetahi tangata, kotahi e arohaina ana, kotahi e kinongia ana, a kua whanau he tamariki mana i te mea e arohaina ana, i te mea hoki e kinongia ana; a na te mea e kinongia ana te tama matamua:
16 and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.
A, ka tae ki te ra e whakarerea iho ai e ia ana mea ma ana tamariki, e kore e ahei kia meinga hei matamua te tama a te mea e arohaina ana, ara hei kauaemua mo te tino matamua, mo te tama e te wahine e kinongia ana:
17 Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.
Engari me whakaae ia ki te tama a te mea e kinongia ana, ko ia te matamua, me hoatu ki a ia nga wahi e rua o ana mea katoa: no te mea ko ia te timatanga o tona kaha; mena nga tikanga o te matamua.
18 If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:
Ki te mea he whakakeke, he whakatoi, te tama a tetahi tangata, a kahore e rongo ki te reo o tona papa, ki te reo ranei o tona whaea, a ahakoa ka whiua e raua, kahore e rongo ki a raua:
19 they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgment.
Na me mau tona papa raua ko tona whaea ki a ia, ka kawe i a ia ki nga kaumatua o tona pa, ki te kuwaha o tona wahi;
20 And they shall say to them: ‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.’
A ka mea ki nga kaumatua o tona pa, Ko tenei tama a maua he whakakeke, he whakatoi, a e kore e rongo ki o maua reo; he tangata haututu, he poro haurangi.
21 Then the people of the city shall stone him to death. And he shall die, so that you may take away the evil from your midst. And so may all of Israel, upon hearing it, be very afraid.
Katahi nga tangata katoa o tona pa ka aki i a ia ki te kohatu, kia mate; a ka whakakorea atu e koe te kino i roto i a koe, a ka rongo a Iharaira katoa, ka wehi.
22 When a man will have sinned in a matter which is punished by death, and, having been judged unto death, he has been hanged on a gallows:
Ki te mea ano he hara to te tangata e tika ai te mate mona, a ka whakamatea, a ka taronatia e koe ki runga ki te rakau:
23 his corpse shall not remain on the tree. Instead, he shall be buried on the same day. For he who hangs from a tree has been cursed by God, and you shall not defile your land, which the Lord your God will give to you as a possession.”
Kaua e waiho tona tinana i runga i te rakau i te po, engari me tino tanu i taua rangi ano; he mea kainga hoki na te Atua te tangata i taronatia; kei poke tou oneone, e hoatu nei e Ihowa, e tou Atua, ki a koe hei kainga tupu.
