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.
Ako pođeš u rat na svoje neprijatelje te vidiš konje, kola i narod brojniji od sebe, ne boj ih se! TÓa s tobom je Jahve, Bog tvoj, koji te izveo iz zemlje egipatske.
2 And when ye are come neere vnto the battel, then the Priest shall come forth to speake vnto the people,
Prije boja neka svećenik istupi i govori narodu.
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.
Neka im kaže: 'Čuj, Izraele! Danas polazite u boj na neprijatelje svoje. Neka vam srca ne klonu! Ne plašite se! Ne bojte se! Ne dršćite pred njima!
4 For ye Lord your God goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, and to saue you
TÓa Jahve, Bog vaš, ide s vama da se bori za vas protiv vaših neprijatelja i da vas spasi.'
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.
Potom neka narodu progovore nadglednici: 'Ima li koga da je sagradio novu kuću a nije se u nju uselio? Neka se vrati kući svojoj da ne pogine u boju pa da se tko drugi u nju ne useli.
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.
Ima li koga da je zasadio vinograd a još ga nije brao? Neka se vrati domu svome da u boju ne pogine te da mu drugi roda ne obere.
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.
Ima li koga da se zaručio a nije se oženio? Neka se vrati domu svome da u boju ne pogine te da mu tko drugi zaručnice ne odvede.'
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.
Neka nadglednici nastave te narodu kažu: 'Tko se boji i kome srce trne, neka se vrati domu svome da ne trne srce njegovoj braći kao njemu.'
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.
Kad nadglednici završe govor narodu, neka vojni zapovjednici stanu na čelo naroda.
10 When thou commest neere vnto a citie to fight against it, thou shalt offer it peace.
Kada dođeš pod koji grad da na nj navališ, najprije mu ponudi mir.
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.
Ako ti odgovori mirom i otvori ti vrata svoja, sav narod što se nađe u njemu podvrgni tlaki neka za te radi.
12 But if it will make no peace with thee, but make war against thee, then shalt thou besiege it.
Ali ako odbije tvoj mir i zarati s tobom, opsjedni ga.
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.
Kad ti ga Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u ruke, sve njegove muškarce pobij oštrim mačem!
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.
A žene, djecu, stoku, sve što bude u gradu - sav plijen - uzmi sebi i uživaj plijen od svojih neprijatelja što ti ga daje Jahve, Bog tvoj.
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.
Tako čini sa svim gradovima koji budu vrlo daleko od tebe, koji ne budu gradovi ovih naroda odavde.
16 But of the cities of this people, which the Lord thy God shall giue thee to inherite, thou shalt saue no person aliue,
U gradovima onih naroda koje ti Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u baštinu ništa ne ostavljaj na životu
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,
nego ih udari 'heremom' - kletim uništenjem: Hetite i Amorejce, Kanaance i Perižane, Hivijce i Jebusejce, kako ti je Jahve, Bog tvoj, naredio,
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.
tako da vas ne nauče činiti sve one odvratnosti što ih čine svojim bogovima te da ne sagriješite protiv Jahve, Boga svoga.
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)
Kad navališ na kakav grad pa ga moradneš dugo opsjedati da ga osvojiš, nemoj uništavati njegovih stabala zasijecajući u njih sjekirom. Možeš im jesti plod, a nemoj ih sjeći. Jer poljska stabla nisu ljudi da bi ispred tebe mogla bježati u utvrdu.
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.
Jedino stabla za koja znaš da nisu voćke možeš ništiti; njih možeš sjeći i od njih praviti naprave za opsadu grada koji je u ratu protiv tebe dok ne padne.
