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];
Ngati munthu apezeka ataphedwa mʼmunda mʼdziko limene Yehova Mulungu wanu akukupatsani kukhala lanu koma inu osadziwa amene wamupha,
2 your elders and your judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man:
akuluakulu anu ndi oweruza adzapite ndi kuyeza kutalikirana kuchokera pamene pali mtembowo ndi mizinda yoyandikira.
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.
Kenaka akuluakulu a mzinda wapafupi kwambiri ndi mtembowo adzatenge ngʼombe imene sinagwirepo ntchito kapena kuvalapo goli
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.
ndi kuyikusira ku chigwa chimene sichinalimidwepo ndiponso kumene kuli mtsinje woyenda. Ku chigwa kumeneko ayenera kukayithyola khosi ngʼombeyo.
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].
Ansembe, ana a Aaroni, adzapite patsogolo pangʼono, popeza ndiwo amene Yehova Mulungu wanu anawasankha kuti azitumikira, kupereka mdalitso mʼdzina la Yehova ndi kugamula milandu yonse yamikangano ndi yovulazana.
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;
Kenaka akuluakulu a mzinda wapafupi kwambiri ndi mtembowo adzasamba mʼmanja pamwamba pa ngʼombe yothyoledwa khosi ija,
7 and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen [it].
nadzatsimikiza kuti, “Manja athu sanakhetse magazi awa ndipo sitinaonerere kuphedwako.
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.
Yehova, landirani nsembe yopepesa ya anthu anu Aisraeli amene munawapulumutsa, ndipo muwakhululukire tchimo la kupha munthu wosalakwa.” Mukatero ndiye kuti adzapezeka kuti ndi osalakwa.
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.
Kotero mudzadzichotsera nokha tchimo lokhetsa magazi wosalakwa, popeza mwachita zoyenera pamaso pa Yehova.
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,
Mukapita kukachita nkhondo ndi adani anu, Yehova Mulungu wanu nawapereka adani anuwo mʼmanja mwanu muwagwira ukapolo,
11 and should see among the spoil a woman beautiful in countenance, and should desire her, and take her to yourself for a wife,
ndiye ngati muona mkazi wokongola pakati pa ogwidwawo nakutengani mtima, mukhoza kumutenga kuti akhale mkazi wanu.
12 and should bring her within your house: then shall you shave her head, and pare her nails;
Mumutengere ku nyumba kwanu, kumumeta tsitsi lake, mumuwenge zikhadabo zake
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.
ndipo avulidwe zovala zimene anagwidwa nazo. Atakhala mʼnyumba mwanu nalira maliro a abambo ndi amayi ake kwa mwezi wathunthu, ndiye mukhoza kupita kwa iye ndi kukhala mwamuna wake ndipo iyeyo adzakhala mkazi wanu.
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.
Ngati simukukondweretsedwa naye, muloleni kuti apite kumene afuna. Musamugulitse kapena kumuzunza ngati kapolo, popeza mwamuchotsa ulemu.
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;
Ngati munthu ali ndi akazi awiri, nakonda wina koposa mnzake, onsewa ndikubereka ana aamuna koma woyamba nakhala mwana wa mkazi amene samukondayo,
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.
akamagawa chuma chake akanali moyo kwa ana akewo, asapereke ufulu wa mwana woyamba kubadwa kwa mwana wamwamuna wa mkazi amene amamukonda mʼmalo mwa mwana wake woyamba kubadwa weniweni amene ndi mwana wamkazi amene samukonda.
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.
Iye ayenera kuonetsa kuti mwana wake wamwamuna wa mkazi wosakondedwayo ndiye woyamba kubadwa pomupatsa miyeso iwiri ya zonse zimene ali nazo. Mwana wamwamuna ameneyo ndiye chizindikiro cha mphamvu za abambo ake. Ufulu wokhala mwana wamwamuna woyamba ndi wake.
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;
Ngati munthu ali ndi mwana wamwamuna wosamvera ndi wowukira amene samvera a abambo ake ndi amayi ake akamuweruza,
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:
abambo ndi amayi ake amugwire ndi kupita naye kwa akuluakulu ku chipata cha mzinda wake ndipo
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.
akawawuze akuluakuluwo kuti, “Mwana wathu wamwamunayu ndi wosamva ndi wowukira. Iyeyu satimvera. Ndi mwana wadyera komanso ndi chidakwa.”
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.
Pamenepo anthu onse a mu mzinda wake adzamuphe ndi miyala. Muyenera kuchotsa zoyipa pakati panu. Aisraeli onse adzamva zimenezi ndipo adzachita mantha.
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:
Ngati munthu wopezeka ndi mlandu wopha mnzake waphedwa ndipo mtembo wake wapachikidwa pamtengo,
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.
musasiye mtembowo pa mtengopo usiku wonse. Muonetsetse kuti mwakawukwirira tsiku lomwelo, chifukwa aliyense wopachikidwa pamtengo ndi wotembereredwa ndi Mulungu. Musayipitse dziko limene Yehova Mulungu wanu akupatsani ngati cholowa chanu.
