Deuteronomy 21

1 And if one be found slain with the sword in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, having fallen in the field, and they do not know who has struck [him];

١ إِذَا وَجَدْتُمْ قَتِيلاً مُلْقىً فِي الْحَقْلِ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ لاِمْتِلاكِهَا، وَلَمْ يُعْرَفْ قَاتِلُهُ.

2 your elders and your judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man:

٢ يَقُومُ شُيُوخُكُمْ وَقُضَاتُكُمْ بِقِيَاسِ الْمَسَافَاتِ الْوَاقِعَةِ بَيْنَ مَوْضِعِ جُثَّةِ الْقَتِيلِ وَالْمُدُنِ الْمُجَاوِرَةِ.

3 and it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not laboured, and which has not borne a yoke.

٣ فَيُحْضِرُ شُيُوخُ أَقْرَبِ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى الْجُثَّةِ، عِجْلَةً لَمْ يُوْضَعْ عَلَيْهَا مِحْرَاثٌ، وَلَمْ تَجُرَّ بِنِيرٍ،

4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall kill the heifer in the valley.

٤ وَيَأْخُذُونَهَا إِلَى وَادٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ دَائِمُ الْجَرَيَانِ لَمْ يُحْرَثْ فِيهِ وَلَمْ يُزْرَعْ، فَيَكْسِرُونَ عُنُقَ الْعِجْلَةِ فِي الْوَادِي.

5 And the priests the Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to bless in his name, and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be [decided].

٥ ثُمَّ يَتَقَدَّمُ الْكَهَنَةُ بَنُو لاوِي، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَدِ اخْتَارَهُمْ لِخِدْمَتِهِ، وَلإِعْلانِ الْبَرَكَةِ بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ، وَلِلْقَضَاءِ فِي كُلِّ خُصُومَةٍ وَكُلِّ ضَرْبَةٍ.

6 And all the elders of that city who draw near to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain in the valley;

٦ فَيَغْسِلُ جَمِيعُ شُيُوخِ تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْقَرِيبَةِ مِنَ الْجُثَّةِ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَوْقَ الْعِجْلَةِ الْمَكْسُورَةِ الْعُنُقِ فِي الْوَادِي.

7 and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen [it].

٧ وَيَقُولُونَ: أَيْدِينَا لَمْ تَسْفِكْ هَذَا الدَّمَ، وَأَعْيُنُنَا لَمْ تَشْهَدْهُ.

8 Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, that innocent blood may not be charged on your people Israel: and the blood shall be atoned for to them.

٨ اغْفِرْ يَا رَبُّ لِشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي افْتَدَيْتَهُ، وَلا تُطَالِبْنَا بِدَمٍ بَرِيءٍ سُفِكَ فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَيَصْفَحُ الرَّبُّ عَنْ سَفْكِ هَذَا الدَّمِ.

9 And you shall take away innocent blood from among you, if you should do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord your God.

٩ وَهَكَذَا تَبْرَأُونَ مِنْ سَفْكِ الدَّمِ الْبَرِيءِ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ، إِذَا صَنَعْتُمْ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

10 And if when you go out to war against your enemies, the Lord your God should deliver them into your hands, and you should take their spoil,

١٠ إِذَا ذَهَبْتُمْ لِمُحَارَبَةِ أَعْدَائِكُمْ، وَأَظْفَرَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ بِهِمْ، وَسَبَيْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ سَبْياً،

11 and should see among the spoil a woman beautiful in countenance, and should desire her, and take her to yourself for a wife,

١١ وَشَاهَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ بَيْنَ الأَسْرَى امْرَأَةً جَمِيلَةَ الصُّورَةِ فَأُولِعَ بِها وَتَزَوَّجَهَا،

12 and should bring her within your house: then shall you shave her head, and pare her nails;

١٢ فَحِينَ يُدْخِلُهَا إِلَى بَيْتِهِ يَدَعُهَا تَحْلِقُ رَأْسَهَا وَتُقَلِّمُ أَظْفَارَهَا،

13 and shall take away her garments of captivity from off her, and she shall abide in your house, and shall bewail her father and mother the days of a month; and afterwards you shall go in to her and dwell with her, and she shall be your wife.

١٣ ثُمَّ يَنْزِعُ ثِيَابَ سَبْيِهَا عَنْهَا، وَيَتْرُكُهَا فِي بَيْتِهِ شَهْراً مِنَ الزَّمَانِ تَنْدُبُ أَبَاهَا وَأُمَّهَا، ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُعَاشِرُهَا وَتَكُونُ لَهُ زَوْجَةً.

14 And it shall be if you do not delight in her, you shall send her out free; and she shall not by any means be sold for money, you shall not treat her contemptuously, because you have humbled her.

١٤ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَرُقْهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَلْيُطْلِقْهَا لِتَذْهَبَ حَيْثُ تَشَاءُ. لَا يَبِيعُهَا بِفِضَّةٍ أَوْ يَسْتَعْبِدُهَا، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ أَذَلَّهَا.

15 And if a man have two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and both the loved and the hated should have born him [children], and the son of the hated should be firstborn;

١٥ إِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ مُتَزَوِّجاً مِنِ امْرَأَتَيْنِ، يُؤْثِرُ إِحْدَاهُمَا وَيَنْفُرُ مِنَ الأُخْرَى، فَوَلَدَتْ كِلْتَاهُمَا لَهُ أَبْنَاءً، وَكَانَ الابْنُ الْبِكْرُ مِنْ إِنْجَابِ الْمَكْرُوهَةِ،

16 then it shall be that whenever he shall divide by inheritance his goods to his sons, he shall not be able to give the right of the firstborn to the son of the loved one, having overlooked the son of the hated, which is the firstborn.

١٦ فَحِينَ يُوَزِّعُ مِيرَاثَهُ عَلَى أَبْنَائِهِ، لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يُقَدِّمَ ابْنَ الزَّوْجَةِ الأَثِيرَةِ لِيَجْعَلَهُ بِكْرَهُ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ عَلَى بِكْرِهِ ابْنِ الزَّوْجَةِ الْمَكْرُوهَةِ.

17 But he shall acknowledge the firstborn of the hated one to give to him double of all things which shall be found by him, because he is the first of his children, and to him belongs the birthright.

١٧ بَلْ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَعْتَرِفَ بِبَكُورِيَّةِ ابْنِ الْمَكْرُوهَةِ، وَيُعْطِيَهُ نَصِيبَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا يَمْلِكُهُ، لأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَوَّلُ مَظْهَرِ قُدْرَتِهِ، وَلَهُ حَقُّ الْبَكُورِيَّةِ.

18 And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should not listen to them;

١٨ إِنْ كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ ابْنٌ عَنِيدٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ، لَا يُطِيعُ أَمْرَ أَبِيهِ وَلا قَوْلَ أُمِّهِ، وَيُؤَدِّبَانِهِ وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ جَدْوَى.

19 then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place:

١٩ فَلْيَقْبِضْ عَلَيْهِ وَالِدَاهُ وَيَأْتِيَا بِهِ إِلَى شُيُوخِ مَدِينَتِهِ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ،

20 and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveler and a drunkard.

٢٠ وَيَقُولانِ لِلشُّيُوخِ: ابْنُنَا هَذَا عَنِيدٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ، لَا يُطِيعُ قَوْلَنَا، وهُوَ مُبَذِّرٌ سِكِّيرٌ.

21 And the men of his city shall stone him with stones, and he shall die; and you shall remove the evil one from yourselves, and the rest shall hear and fear.

٢١ فَيَرْجُمُهُ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ جَمِيعُهُمْ بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ. وَهَكَذَا تَسْتَأْصِلُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ وَيَشِيعُ الْخَبَرُ بَيْنَ الشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ فَيَخَافُ.

22 And if there be sin in any one, [and] the judgment of death [be upon him], and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree:

٢٢ إِنِ ارْتَكَبَ إِنْسَانٌ جَرِيمَةً عِقَابُهَا الإِعْدَامُ، وَنُفِّذَ فِيهِ الْقَضَاءُ وَعَلَّقْتُمُوهُ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ،

23 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall by all means bury it in that day; for every one that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and you shall by no means defile the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance.

٢٣ فَلا تَبِتْ جُثَّتُهُ عَلَى الْخَشَبَةِ، بَلِ ادْفِنُوهُ فِي نَفْسِ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّ الْمُعَلَّقَ مَلْعُونٌ مِنَ اللهِ. فَلا تُنَجِّسُوا أَرْضَكُمُ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ مِيرَاثاً.