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.
Ẹ má ṣe fi màlúù tàbí àgùntàn tí ó ní àbùkù, tàbí àbàwọ́n rú ẹbọ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, nítorí ìríra ni èyí yóò jẹ́ fún un.
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.
Bí ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin kan tó ń gbé láàrín yín ní èyíkéyìí ìlú wọ̀n-ọn-nì, tí Olúwa fún un yín bá ń ṣe ibi ní ojú Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, ní ríré májẹ̀mú rẹ̀ kọjá,
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.
èyí tí ó lòdì sí òfin mi, ó ń sin ọlọ́run mìíràn, ó ń foríbalẹ̀ fún wọn: àní sí oòrùn, òṣùpá àti àwọn ìràwọ̀ ojú ọ̀run,
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,
tí èyí sì dé etí ìgbọ́ ọ yín, kí ẹ wádìí ọ̀rọ̀ náà dájúdájú. Bí ó bá jẹ́ òtítọ́ tí ó sì hàn gbangba pé ó ti ṣe ohun ìríra yìí, ní Israẹli.
5 you must have the man or woman who has committed this terrible act taken outside the town and stoned to death.
Ẹ mú ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin tí ó ti ṣe ibi yìí wá sí ẹnu-ọ̀nà ibodè ìlú u yín, kí ẹ sọ ọ́ ní òkúta pa.
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.
Lénu ẹlẹ́rìí méjì tàbí mẹ́ta ni a ó pa ọkùnrin náà tí ó yẹ láti kú, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ má ṣe pànìyàn nípasẹ̀ ẹlẹ́rìí kan ṣoṣo.
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.
Àwọn ẹlẹ́rìí ni kí ó kọ́kọ́ gbọ́wọ́ lé e láti pa á. Lẹ́yìn èyí ni kí gbogbo ènìyàn dáwọ́jọ láti pa á. Nípa báyìí, ẹ̀yin yóò sì fọ ohun búburú náà mọ́ kúrò ní àárín yín.
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.
Bí ẹjọ́ bá wá sí ilé ẹjọ́ èyí tí ó nira jù láti dá, yálà ìtàjẹ̀ sílẹ̀ ni, ọ̀ràn dídá tàbí ìkanni-lábùkù, ẹ mú wọn lọ sí ibi tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò yàn.
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.
Ẹ lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn àlùfáà tí í ṣe Lefi, àní sí ọ̀dọ̀ adájọ́ tí ó wà fún ìgbẹ́jọ́ ní ìgbà náà. Ẹ béèrè lọ́wọ́ wọn, wọn yóò sì ṣe ìdájọ́.
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,
Kí ìwọ kí ó sì ṣe bí ọ̀rọ̀ ìdájọ́, ti àwọn ará ibi tí Olúwa yóò yàn náà yóò fihàn ọ, kí ìwọ kí ó sì máa kíyèsí àti máa ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bi gbogbo èyí tí wọn kọ́ ọ.
11 in accordance with the legal instructions they give you and the verdict they delivered. Don't deviate from the decision they give you.
Ẹ ṣe bí òfin tí wọ́n kọ́ ọ yín, àti ìpinnu tí wọ́n fún un yín. Ẹ má ṣe yípadà sọ́tùn tàbí sósì, kúrò nínú ohun tí wọ́n sọ fún un yín.
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.
Ọkùnrin náà tí ó bá ṣe àìbọ̀wọ̀ fún adájọ́ tàbí àlùfáà tí ó ń ṣe iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, níbẹ̀ ni kí ẹ pa á. Nípa báyìí ẹ̀yin yóò sì fọ ohun búburú náà mọ́ kúrò ní Israẹli.
13 Then everyone else will hear about it and be afraid, and won't act with contempt in the future.
Gbogbo ènìyàn ni yóò sì gbọ́, ẹ̀rù yóò sì bà wọ́n, wọn kò sì ní ṣe àìgbọ́ràn mọ́.
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,”
Nígbà tí ẹ bá dé ilẹ̀ náà tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò fún un yín, tí ẹ sì ti gba ilẹ̀ náà, tí ẹ sì ń gbé inú rẹ̀, tí ẹ sì wá sọ pé, “Ẹ jẹ́ kí a yan ọba tí yóò jẹ lé wa lórí bí i ti àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó yí wa ká.”
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.
Ẹ rí i dájú pé ọba tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yàn fún un yín ní ẹ yàn. Ó gbọdọ̀ jẹ́ láàrín àwọn arákùnrin yín. Ẹ má ṣe fi àjèjì jẹ ọba lórí i yín: àní ẹni tí kì í ṣe arákùnrin ní Israẹli.
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.”
Síwájú sí i, ọba náà kò gbọdọ̀ kó ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ẹṣin jọ fún ara rẹ̀, tàbí kí ó rán àwọn ènìyàn náà padà sí Ejibiti láti wá àwọn ẹṣin sí i, nítorí pé Olúwa ti sọ fún un yín pé, “Ẹ kò gbọdọ̀ tún padà lọ ní ọ̀nà náà mọ́.”
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.
Kò gbọdọ̀ kó aya jọ, kí ọkàn rẹ̀ má bá a yapa kúrò. Kò gbọdọ̀ kó fàdákà àti wúrà jọ fún ara rẹ̀ lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀.
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.
Nígbà tí ó bá jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ ìjọba rẹ̀, kí ó ṣe àdàkọ àwọn òfin wọ̀nyí sí inú ìwé fún ara rẹ̀, láti inú ti àlùfáà tí wọ́n jẹ́ ọmọ Lefi.
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.
Èyí yóò sì wà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, òun ó sì máa kà nínú rẹ̀ ní gbogbo ọjọ́ ayé rẹ̀, kí ó lè máa kọ́ àti bẹ̀rù Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ̀, láti máa tẹ̀lé gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ inú òfin yìí àti àwọn ìlànà rẹ̀ tọkàntọkàn.
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.
Kí ó má ba à lérò pé òun sàn ju àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀ yòókù lọ, kí ó sì ti ipa bẹ́ẹ̀ yípadà kúrò nínú òfin wọ̀nyí sí ọ̀tún tàbí sí òsì. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni òun àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ yóò jẹ ọba pẹ́ títí ní Israẹli.
