Deuteronomy 25
1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked,
Lè yon kont pete nan mitan nou, moun ki gen kont yo va ale lajistis pou yo jije ka a. Y'a bay sa ki gen rezon an rezon, sa ki gen tò a tò.
2 then it shall be, if the wicked man deserve to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness, by number.
Si sa ki gen tò a merite bat, jij la va fè l' kouche plat atè, epi, l'a devan je l', l'a fè yo ba li kantite kou li merite pou sa l' fè a.
3 Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes.
Nou pa janm gen dwa depase karant kou. Si nou ba li plis, nou ka pini l' twòp. Lè sa a, n'a avili l' devan tout moun.
4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Nou pa bezwen mare bouch bèf la pou enpoze l' manje lè l'ap vire moulen pou kraze ble pou nou.
5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not be married abroad unto one not of his kin; her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.
Lè de frè rete ansanm nan menm kay, si yonn ladan yo rive mouri san li pa kite pitit, madan defen an pa ka al marye ak yon moun ki pa nan fanmi an. Se va devwa bòfrè a pou l' al jwenn vèv la pou l' marye ak li.
6 And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.
Premye pitit gason madanm lan va fè a va pote non frè ki mouri a pou non l' pa pèdi nan peyi Izrayèl la.
7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say: 'My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me.'
Men, si nonm lan pa vle marye ak bèlsè li a, bèlsè a va moute nan tribinal bò pòtay lavil la, epi l'a di chèf fanmi yo: Bòfrè mwen an derefize fè devwa l'. Li pa vle konsève non frè li nan peyi Izrayèl la. Li refize marye avè m', jan lalwa peyi a mande l' fè l' la.
8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him; and if he stand, and say: 'I like not to take her';
Lè sa a, chèf fanmi ki nan lavil la va fè rele nonm lan vin jwenn yo epi y'a pale avè l'. Si li derefize marye avèk bèlsè a,
9 then shall his brother's wife draw nigh unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say: 'So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house.'
bèlsè a va mache sou li, devan tout chèf fanmi yo, l'a wete yon grenn sapat nan pye nonm lan, l'a krache nan figi l', epi l'a di: -Men sa ki pou rive yon nonm ki refize bay frè li yon pitit.
10 And his name shall be called in Israel The house of him that had his shoe loosed.
Nan peyi Izrayèl la, y'a rele fanmi nonm sa a: fanmi nonm grenn sapat la.
11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets;
Si pandan de gason nan moun Izrayèl yo ap goumen, madanm yonn nan yo pwoche pou l' sove mari l' anba men lòt k'ap bat li a, epi li lonje men l', li kenbe lòt lan nan pati li,
12 then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.
se pou nou san pitye pou li: koupe men l' la pou la.
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Nou pa gen dwa gen de kalite pwa nan sakit nou pou pran pèz, yonn ki bon, yonn ki pa bon,
14 Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.
ni de kalite mezi lakay nou, yonn ki bon ak yonn ki pa bon.
15 A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
N'a toujou sèvi ak bon mezi, san wete san mete. Se konsa n'a ka viv lontan nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap ban nou an.
16 For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Paske Seyè a pa vle wè moun k'ap fè bagay konsa, moun k'ap fè lenjistis.
17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;
Pa janm bliye sa Amalèk te fè nou lè nou te sou wout nou ap soti nan peyi Lejip.
18 how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were enfeebled in thy rear, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Yo pa t' gen krentif Bondye. Yo vin kontre nou sou chemen nou. Lè sa a nou te bouke, kò nou te kraze, epi yo pase pa dèyè, yo touye tout moun ki t'ap trennen dèyè yo.
19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget.
Se poutèt sa, lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va ban nou lapè ak tout lènmi sa yo ki antoure nou toupatou nan peyi l'ap ban nou pou rele nou pa nou an, se pou nou touye tout moun Amalèk yo pou pesonn sou latè pa janm chonje yo ankò. Pa bliye sa!
