Deuteronomy 17

1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God [any] bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, [or] any evilfavouredness: for that [is] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Achụrụla Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị ehi maọbụ atụrụ nwere nkwarụ ọbụla maọbụ ntụpọ. Onyinye dị otu a bụ ihe arụ nʼebe ọ nọ.

2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

Ọ bụrụ na ị nụ na onye ọbụla nʼime obodo ndị ahụ Onyenwe anyị nyere gị, nwoke maọbụ nwanyị na-eme ihe dị njọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ime ihe megidere ọgbụgba ndụ ya,

3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

ọ bụrụ na onye ahụ efee chi ndị ọzọ, maọbụ kpọọ isiala nye ha, maọbụ fee anwụ, maọbụ ọnwa, maọbụ kpakpando nke mbara eluigwe bụ ihe m na-enyeghị nʼiwu,

4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard [of it], and enquired diligently, and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought in Israel:

ọ bụrụ na e mere ka ị maara nʼihe dị otu a dị maọbụ ị nụ ya, ị ghaghị ịjụ ase, nyochaa ya nke ọma. Ọ bụrụ na ihe ị nụrụ bụ eziokwu, ọ bụrụ nʼezie na e mere ihe arụ dị otu a nʼala Izrel,

5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

kpọrọ nwoke maọbụ nwanyị ahụ mere ihe ọjọọ dị otu a, kpọpụta ya nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo, tụọ ya nkume, tugbuo ya.

6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; [but] at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Ma otu o si dị, a gaghị eme ka onye ahụ nwụọ site naanị nʼama otu mmadụ, kama ọ ga-anwụ site nʼama mmadụ abụọ maọbụ atọ gbara.

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

Ndị ahụ gbara akaebe nʼisi ya ga-eburu ụzọ tụọ ya nkume, tupu mmadụ niile esoro tugbuo ya. Site nʼụzọ dị otu a, unu ga-ekpochapụ ihe ọjọọ site nʼetiti gị.

8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, [being] matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;

Ọ bụrụ na unu enwee okwu siri ike na mkpebi, dịka igbu ọchụ, maọbụ okwu na ụka metụtara mmadụ, maọbụ ịlụ ọgụ nke mmerụ ahụ dapụtara nʼime ya, ihe unu ga-eme bụ iweta ikpe ahụ nʼebe obibi Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị họpụtara,

9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

nʼihu ndị nchụaja, bụ ndị Livayị na onye nọ nʼoche ikpe nʼoge ahụ ka ha gbubie ikpe ahụ.

10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

Ị ga-emekwa dịka mkpebi ha nyere gị nʼebe ahụ Onyenwe anyị ga-ahọpụta. Lezie anya hụ na i mezuru ihe niile dịka ha si tụziere gị aka.

11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, [to] the right hand, nor [to] the left.

Mee dịka iwu ha ziri gị si dị, na dịka mkpebi ha nyere gị si dị. Ewezugala onwe gị site nʼokwu ha nyere gị nʼụzọ ọbụla

12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

Ma onye ahụ ledara onye nchụaja na onye ikpe ahụ a họpụtara ije ozi nye Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-anwụ. Unu ga-esi nʼala Izrel wezuga ihe ọjọọ dị otu ahụ.

13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

Nʼụzọ dị otu a, mmadụ niile ga-anụ ihe mere onye ahụ nupuru isi, ha ga-atụ egwu ghara ịbụ ndị mpako.

14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that [are] about me;

Mgbe ị banyere nʼala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị, merie ndị bi nʼime ya, biri nʼime ya, i nwere ike malite iche nʼobi gị sị, “Anyị kwesiri inwe eze dịka mba ndị ọzọ niile dị anyị gburugburu.”

15 Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother.

O si otu a dịrị, lezie anya hụ na onye ị ga-eme eze bụ onye ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-ahọpụta. Onye ahụ aghaghị ịbụ onye Izrel nʼihi na i kwesighị ime onye mba ọzọ eze ka ọ chịa gị.

16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Hụ na eze ahụ ị họpụtara enweghị ọtụtụ ịnyịnya. Eze ahụ ekwesịkwaghị izipụ ndị ga-aga Ijipt ịzụpụtara ya ọtụtụ ịnyịnya ọzọ, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị agwala gị sị, “Ị gaghị alaghachi Ijipt ọzọ.”

17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Eze ahụ agaghị enwe ọtụtụ nwunye, nʼihi na nke a ga-eme ka obi ya si nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ pụọ. Ọ gakwaghị ababiga ụba ọlaọcha na ọlaedo oke.

18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites:

Mgbe ọ nọkwasịrị nʼocheeze dịka eze, ọ ga-esite nʼakwụkwọ iwu a ndị nchụaja bụ ndị Livayị na-edebe, depụtara onwe ya iwu a metụtara obibi ndụ ndị eze.

19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

Ihe ahụ o depụtara ka ọ ga-agụ mgbe niile na ndụ ya. Nke a ga-eme ka ọ mụta ịtụ egwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke ya, na ịgbaso ihe niile dị nʼiwu na ụkpụrụ ndị a.

20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

Ịgụ akwụkwọ iwu a mgbe niile ga-eme ka ọ mata na o nweghị ụzọ o si dị elu karịa ụmụnna ya. Ọ ga-emekwa ka ọ ghara iwezuga onwe ya site nʼiwu a nʼụzọ ọbụla. Mgbe ahụ, ya onwe ya, na ụmụ ụmụ ya ga-achị alaeze Izrel ogologo oge.