Deuteronomy 17
1 Don't sacrifice to the Lord your God cattle or a sheep that has a defect or has something seriously wrong, for that is offensive to the Lord your God.
Achụrụla Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị ehi maọbụ atụrụ nwere nkwarụ ọbụla maọbụ ntụpọ. Onyinye dị otu a bụ ihe arụ nʼebe ọ nọ.
2 There may be a report that one of you, whether a man or a woman, living in a town that the Lord your God gave you, has been found to be sinning in the sight of the Lord your God by breaking the Lord's agreement.
Ọ bụrụ na ị nụ na onye ọbụla nʼime obodo ndị ahụ Onyenwe anyị nyere gị, nwoke maọbụ nwanyị na-eme ihe dị njọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ime ihe megidere ọgbụgba ndụ ya,
3 This person has done this by going to worship other gods, bowing down to them—or to the sun, moon, or any of the stars of heaven—which I have ordered you not to do.
ọ bụrụ na onye ahụ efee chi ndị ọzọ, maọbụ kpọọ isiala nye ha, maọbụ fee anwụ, maọbụ ọnwa, maọbụ kpakpando nke mbara eluigwe bụ ihe m na-enyeghị nʼiwu,
4 If you hear such a report, you need to make a full investigation. If you find out that the report is true, and that such an awful sin has been committed in Israel,
ọ bụrụ na e mere ka ị maara nʼihe dị otu a dị maọbụ ị nụ ya, ị ghaghị ịjụ ase, nyochaa ya nke ọma. Ọ bụrụ na ihe ị nụrụ bụ eziokwu, ọ bụrụ nʼezie na e mere ihe arụ dị otu a nʼala Izrel,
5 you must have the man or woman who has committed this terrible act taken outside the town and stoned to death.
kpọrọ nwoke maọbụ nwanyị ahụ mere ihe ọjọọ dị otu a, kpọpụta ya nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo, tụọ ya nkume, tugbuo ya.
6 That person is to be executed based on the evidence given by two or three witnesses. No one shall be executed on the evidence given by a single witness.
Ma otu o si dị, a gaghị eme ka onye ahụ nwụọ site naanị nʼama otu mmadụ, kama ọ ga-anwụ site nʼama mmadụ abụọ maọbụ atọ gbara.
7 The witnesses must act first in executing the person, and then the rest of those who are present. You must eliminate the evil from among you.
Ndị ahụ gbara akaebe nʼisi ya ga-eburu ụzọ tụọ ya nkume, tupu mmadụ niile esoro tugbuo ya. Site nʼụzọ dị otu a, unu ga-ekpochapụ ihe ọjọọ site nʼetiti gị.
8 If there's a case before your town court that is too problematic for you to settle, whether the argument is over murder or manslaughter, one legal decision against another, or different degrees of assault, you must take the issue to the place the Lord your God will choose.
Ọ bụrụ na unu enwee okwu siri ike na mkpebi, dịka igbu ọchụ, maọbụ okwu na ụka metụtara mmadụ, maọbụ ịlụ ọgụ nke mmerụ ahụ dapụtara nʼime ya, ihe unu ga-eme bụ iweta ikpe ahụ nʼebe obibi Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị họpụtara,
9 Go to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge in charge. Present the case to them, and they will give you their decision.
nʼihu ndị nchụaja, bụ ndị Livayị na onye nọ nʼoche ikpe nʼoge ahụ ka ha gbubie ikpe ahụ.
10 You must abide by the decision they give you there at the place the Lord will choose. Make sure you do everything they tell you to do,
Ị ga-emekwa dịka mkpebi ha nyere gị nʼebe ahụ Onyenwe anyị ga-ahọpụta. Lezie anya hụ na i mezuru ihe niile dịka ha si tụziere gị aka.
11 in accordance with the legal instructions they give you and the verdict they delivered. Don't deviate from the decision they give you.
Mee dịka iwu ha ziri gị si dị, na dịka mkpebi ha nyere gị si dị. Ewezugala onwe gị site nʼokwu ha nyere gị nʼụzọ ọbụla
12 Anyone who treats with contempt either the priest (who ministers before the Lord your God) or the judge, must be executed. You must eliminate this evil from Israel.
Ma onye ahụ ledara onye nchụaja na onye ikpe ahụ a họpụtara ije ozi nye Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-anwụ. Unu ga-esi nʼala Izrel wezuga ihe ọjọọ dị otu ahụ.
13 Then everyone else will hear about it and be afraid, and won't act with contempt in the future.
Nʼụzọ dị otu a, mmadụ niile ga-anụ ihe mere onye ahụ nupuru isi, ha ga-atụ egwu ghara ịbụ ndị mpako.
14 After you've entered the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it over and settled in it, and you decide, “Let's have a king to rule over us like all the other nations around us do,”
Mgbe ị banyere nʼala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị, merie ndị bi nʼime ya, biri nʼime ya, i nwere ike malite iche nʼobi gị sị, “Anyị kwesiri inwe eze dịka mba ndị ọzọ niile dị anyị gburugburu.”
15 you can have a king but only one chosen by the Lord your God. He must be an Israelite. You must not have a king who is a foreigner; someone who is not an Israelite.
O si otu a dịrị, lezie anya hụ na onye ị ga-eme eze bụ onye ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-ahọpụta. Onye ahụ aghaghị ịbụ onye Izrel nʼihi na i kwesighị ime onye mba ọzọ eze ka ọ chịa gị.
16 Your king must not have large numbers of horses, or send his men to Egypt to buy more horses, because the Lord has declared, “You must never to return there again.”
Hụ na eze ahụ ị họpụtara enweghị ọtụtụ ịnyịnya. Eze ahụ ekwesịkwaghị izipụ ndị ga-aga Ijipt ịzụpụtara ya ọtụtụ ịnyịnya ọzọ, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị agwala gị sị, “Ị gaghị alaghachi Ijipt ọzọ.”
17 He must not have many wives, so they don't lead him away from following the Lord. He must not have large quantities of silver and gold.
Eze ahụ agaghị enwe ọtụtụ nwunye, nʼihi na nke a ga-eme ka obi ya si nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ pụọ. Ọ gakwaghị ababiga ụba ọlaọcha na ọlaedo oke.
18 Once he is king and sits on his royal throne, he must make a copy for himself of these instructions, writing them on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
Mgbe ọ nọkwasịrị nʼocheeze dịka eze, ọ ga-esite nʼakwụkwọ iwu a ndị nchụaja bụ ndị Livayị na-edebe, depụtara onwe ya iwu a metụtara obibi ndụ ndị eze.
19 He is to keep it with him, and he is to read from it each day throughout his life, so he may learn to respect the Lord his God by being careful to follow every word of these instructions and regulations.
Ihe ahụ o depụtara ka ọ ga-agụ mgbe niile na ndụ ya. Nke a ga-eme ka ọ mụta ịtụ egwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke ya, na ịgbaso ihe niile dị nʼiwu na ụkpụrụ ndị a.
20 Then he won't think more of himself than his fellow Israelites, and he won't deviate from the commandments, so that he and his sons may have long reigns over the kingdom of Israel.
Ịgụ akwụkwọ iwu a mgbe niile ga-eme ka ọ mata na o nweghị ụzọ o si dị elu karịa ụmụnna ya. Ọ ga-emekwa ka ọ ghara iwezuga onwe ya site nʼiwu a nʼụzọ ọbụla. Mgbe ahụ, ya onwe ya, na ụmụ ụmụ ya ga-achị alaeze Izrel ogologo oge.
