Deuteronomy 20
1 When thou shalt go forth to warre against thine enemies, and shalt see horses and charets, and people moe then thou, be not afrayde of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
“你出去与仇敌争战的时候，看见马匹、车辆，并有比你多的人民，不要怕他们，因为领你出埃及地的耶和华—你 神与你同在。
2 And when ye are come neere vnto the battel, then the Priest shall come forth to speake vnto the people,
你们将要上阵的时候，祭司要到百姓面前宣告
3 And shall say vnto them, Heare, O Israel: ye are come this day vnto battell against your enemies: let not your heartes faynt, neither feare, nor be amased, nor adread of them.
说：‘以色列人哪，你们当听，你们今日将要与仇敌争战，不要胆怯，不要惧怕战兢，也不要因他们惊恐；
4 For ye Lord your God goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, and to saue you
因为耶和华—你们的 神与你们同去，要为你们与仇敌争战，拯救你们。’
5 And let the officers speake vnto the people, saying, What man is there that hath buylt a new house, and hath not dedicate it? let him go and returne to his house, least he dye in the battel, and an other man dedicate it.
官长也要对百姓宣告说：‘谁建造房屋，尚未奉献，他可以回家去，恐怕他阵亡，别人去奉献。
6 And what man is there that hath planted a vineyarde, and hath not eaten of the fruite? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, least he die in the battel, and another eate the fruite.
谁种葡萄园，尚未用所结的果子，他可以回家去，恐怕他阵亡，别人去用。
7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and another man take her.
谁聘定了妻，尚未迎娶，他可以回家去，恐怕他阵亡，别人去娶。’
8 And let the officers speake further vnto the people, and say, Whosoeuer is afrayde and faynt hearted, let him go and returne vnto his house, least his brethrens heart faynt like his heart.
官长又要对百姓宣告说：‘谁惧怕胆怯，他可以回家去，恐怕他弟兄的心消化，和他一样。’
9 And after that the officers haue made an ende of speaking vnto the people, they shall make captaines of the armie to gouerne the people.
官长对百姓宣告完了，就当派军长率领他们。
10 When thou commest neere vnto a citie to fight against it, thou shalt offer it peace.
“你临近一座城、要攻打的时候，先要对城里的民宣告和睦的话。
11 And if it answere thee againe peaceably, and open vnto thee, then let all the people that is founde therein, be tributaries vnto thee, and serue thee.
他们若以和睦的话回答你，给你开了城，城里所有的人都要给你效劳，服事你；
12 But if it will make no peace with thee, but make war against thee, then shalt thou besiege it.
若不肯与你和好，反要与你打仗，你就要围困那城。
13 And the Lord thy God shall deliuer it into thine handes, and thou shalt smite all the males thereof with the edge of the sworde.
耶和华—你的 神把城交付你手，你就要用刀杀尽这城的男丁。
14 Onely the women, and the children, and the cattel, and all that is in the citie, euen all the spoyle thereof shalt thou take vnto thy selfe, and shalt eate the spoyle of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee.
惟有妇女、孩子、牲畜，和城内一切的财物，你可以取为自己的掠物。耶和华—你 神把你仇敌的财物赐给你，你可以吃用。
15 Thus shalt thou do vnto all ye cities, which are a great way off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations here.
离你甚远的各城，不是这些国民的城，你都要这样待他。
16 But of the cities of this people, which the Lord thy God shall giue thee to inherite, thou shalt saue no person aliue,
但这些国民的城，耶和华—你 神既赐你为业，其中凡有气息的，一个不可存留；
17 But shalt vtterly destroy them: to wit, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee,
只要照耶和华—你 神所吩咐的将这赫人、亚摩利人、迦南人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人都灭绝净尽，
18 That they teache you not to doe after all their abominations, which they haue done vnto their gods, and so ye should sinne against the Lord your God.
免得他们教导你们学习一切可憎恶的事，就是他们向自己神所行的，以致你们得罪耶和华—你们的 神。
19 When thou hast besieged a citie long time, and made warre against it to take it, destroy not the trees therof, by smiting an axe into them: for thou mayest eate of them: therfore thou shalt not cut them downe to further thee in the siege, (for the tree of the field is mans life)
“你若许久围困、攻打所要取的一座城，就不可举斧子砍坏树木；因为你可以吃那树上的果子，不可砍伐。田间的树木岂是人，叫你糟蹋吗？
20 Onely those trees, which thou knowest are not for meate, those shalt thou destroy and cut downe, and make fortes against the citie that maketh warre with thee, vntil thou subdue it.
惟独你所知道不是结果子的树木可以毁坏、砍伐，用以修筑营垒，攻击那与你打仗的城，直到攻塌了。”
