Deuteronomy 20
1 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than you, be not afraid of them: for the LORD your God is with you, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Ko greš ven na boj zoper svoje sovražnike in vidiš konje in bojne vozove in ljudstvo, številnejše od tebe, se jih ne boj, kajti Gospod, tvoj Bog, je s teboj, ki te je privedel gor iz egiptovske dežele.
2 And it shall be, when all of you are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
In zgodilo se bo, ko se približate k bitki, da bodo pristopili duhovniki in spregovorili ljudstvu
3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, all of you approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be all of you terrified because of them;
ter jim rekli: ›Prisluhni, oh Izrael, danes se približujete bitki zoper svoje sovražnike. Naj vaša srca ne slabijo, ne bojte se in ne trepetajte, niti zaradi njih ne bodite prestrašeni,
4 For the LORD your God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
kajti Gospod, vaš Bog, je ta, ki gre z vami, da se za vas bori zoper vaše sovražnike, da vas reši.‹
5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
Častniki bodo ljudstvu govorili, rekoč: ›Kateri mož je tam, ki je zgradil novo hišo in je ni posvetil? Naj ta gre in se vrne k svoji hiši, da v bitki ne umre in je ne posveti drug moški.
6 And what man is he that has planted a vineyard, and has not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
In kateri mož je ta, ki je zasadil vinograd in še ni jedel od njega? Tudi ta naj gre in se vrne k svoji hiši, da v bitki ne umre in drug moški ne jé od njega.
7 And what man is there that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
In kateri mož je tam, ki je zaročil ženo in je še ni vzel? Naj gre in se vrne k svoji hiši, da v bitki ne umre in je ne vzame drug moški.‹
8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
Častniki bodo naprej govorili ljudstvu in bodo rekli: ›Kateri moški je tam, ki je bojazljiv in boječ? Naj gre in se vrne k svoji hiši, da ne bo srce njegovih bratov oslabelo tako kakor njegovo srce.‹
9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
Zgodilo se bo, ko bodo častniki končali govorjenje ljudstvu, da bodo postavili poveljnike vojsk, da vodijo ljudstvo.
10 When you come nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
Ko prideš blizu mesta, da se boriš zoper njega, potem mu razglasi mir.
11 And it shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open unto you, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto you, and they shall serve you.
Zgodilo se bo, če ti ta naredi odgovor miru in ti odpre, potem se bo zgodilo, da ti bodo vsi ljudje, ki so najdeni notri, postali davkoplačevalci in ti bodo služili.
12 And if it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:
Če pa s teboj ne bo sklenilo miru, temveč se bo zoper tebe vojskovalo, potem ga boš oblegal
13 And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
in ko ga Gospod, tvoj Bog, izroči v tvoje roke, boš vsakega tamkajšnjega moškega udaril z ostrino meča.
14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shall you take unto yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
Toda ženske, malčke, živino in vse, kar je v mestu, torej ves njegov plen, boš vzel k sebi in jedel boš plen svojih sovražnikov, ki ti ga je dal Gospod, tvoj Bog.
15 Thus shall you do unto all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Tako boš storil vsem mestom, ki so zelo daleč od tebe, ki niso od mest teh narodov.
16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall keep alive nothing that breathes:
Toda od mest teh ljudstev, ki ti jih Gospod, tvoj Bog, da za dediščino, ne boš ohranil živega ničesar, kar diha,
17 But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you:
temveč jih boš popolnoma uničil, namreč Hetejce, Amoréjce, Kánaance, Perizéjce, Hivéjce in Jebusejce, kakor ti je zapovedal Gospod, tvoj Bog,
18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should all of you sin against the LORD your God.
da te ne naučijo delati po vseh svojih ogabnostih, ki so jih storili svojim bogovom. Tako bi grešili zoper Gospoda, svojega Boga.
19 When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
Ko boš dolgo časa oblegal mesto in se vojskoval zoper njega, da ga zavzameš, ne boš uničil njegovih dreves s tem, da bi nadnje privedel sekiro, kajti od njih lahko ješ in ne boš jih posekal, da bi jih uporabil pri obleganju (kajti poljsko drevo je življenje človeku).
20 Only the trees which you know that they be not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it be subdued.
Uničil in posekal boš le drevesa, za katera veš, da niso drevesa za hrano. Zoper mesto, ki se bojuje s teboj, boš zgradil branike, dokler ne bo podjarmljeno.
