Deuteronomy 21
1 “When one is found slain, fallen in a field on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it, [and] it is not known who has struck him,
“Si yon moun yo te touye, twouve kouche nan mitan chan nan peyi ke SENYÈ a bannou pou posede a, epi yo pa konnen ki moun ki te frape li,
2 then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one,
alò, ansyen nou yo avèk jij nou yo va ale deyò pou mezire distans pou rive nan vil ki antoure sila ke yo te touye a.
3 and it has been, the city which [is] near to the slain one, even [the] elderly of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, which has not drawn in a yoke,
“Li va fèt ke vil ki pi pre moun ke yo te touye a, la pou ansyen nan vil sa a pran yon bèf gazèl ki sòti nan twoupo a, ki poko travay, e ki poko rale chaj.
4 and [the] elderly of that city have brought down the heifer to a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded the heifer there in the valley.
Konsa, ansyen nan vil sa yo va mennen gazèl la desann nan yon vale avèk kouran dlo, ki potko raboure ni plante. Li va kase kou gazèl la nan plas kote vale a.
5 And the priests, sons of Levi, have come near—for your God YHWH has fixed on them to serve Him and to bless in the Name of YHWH, and by their mouth is every strife and every stroke—
“Alò, prèt yo, fis a Levit yo, va pwoche toupre, paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi yo pou sèvi Li e pou beni nan non SENYÈ a; chak kont, chak ka blese, se yo menm k ap regle yo.
6 and all [the] elderly of that city, who are near to the slain one, wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,
Tout ansyen nan vil ki pi pre moun ke yo te touye a va lave men yo sou gazèl kou kase nan vale a.
7 and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen—
Yo va reponn e di: ‘Men nou pa t vèse san sa a, ni zye nou yo pa t wè li.
8 receive atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have ransomed, O YHWH, and do not permit innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel; and the blood has been pardoned to them,
Padone pèp Ou a, Israël, ke ou te peye ranson pou li a; O SENYÈ, pa mete koupabilite san inosan an nan mitan pèp Ou a, Israël.’ Epi koupabilite san pa yo a va padone.
9 and you put away the innocent blood out of your midst, for you do that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH.
Konsa, nou va retire koupabilite san inosan an soti nan mitan nou, lè nou fè sa ki dwat nan zye SENYÈ a.
10 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and your God YHWH has given them into your hand, and you have taken captive its captivity,
“Lè nou sòti nan batay kont lènmi nou yo, epi SENYÈ, Bondye nou an, livre yo nan men nou pou nou mennen yo ale an kaptivite,
11 and have seen a woman of beautiful form in the captivity, and have delighted in her, and have taken [her] to yourself for a wife,
epi nou vin wè pami kaptif yo yon bèl fanm, nou gen yon dezi pou li pou ta pran li kòm madanm pou nou menm,
12 then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
alò, nou va mennen li lakay nou. Li va pase razwa sou tèt li, e taye zong li.
13 and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and has dwelt in your house, and lamented her father and her mother [for] a month of days, and afterward you go in to her and have married her, and she has been to you for a wife.
Li va, osi, retire rad kaptivite li yo, e li va fè lamantasyon pou papa li avèk manman li pandan jis yon mwa. Apre, nou kapab vin antre ladann pou vin mari li, e li va madanm nou.
14 And it has been, if you have not delighted in her, that you have sent her away at her desire, and surely you do not sell her for money; you do not tyrannize over her, because that you have humbled her.
Li va rive ke, si nou pa kontan avèk li, alò, nou va kite li ale kote li vle a; men anverite, nou p ap gen dwa vann li pou lajan. Nou p ap maltrete li, akoz nou te imilye li.
15 When a man has two wives, one loved and the other hated, and they have borne sons to him (the loved one and the hated one), and the firstborn son has been to the hated one,
“Si yon nonm gen de madanm, youn ke li renmen anpil e lòt la ke li pa renmen, epi toude fè fis pou li, si premye ne a, se pou sila ke li pa renmen an,
16 then it has been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he has, he is not able to declare firstborn the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one—the firstborn.
epi li va rive nan jou ke li vin separe byen li gen avèk fis li yo, li pa kapab fè fis a sila li te renmen an vin premye ne avan fis a sila li pa t renmen an, ki se premye ne a.
17 But the firstborn, son of the hated one, he acknowledges, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he [is] the beginning of his strength; to him [is] the right of the firstborn.
Men li va rekonèt premye ne a, fis a sila li pa t renmen an, avèk yon doub pòsyon a tout sa li posede; paske se te kòmansman fòs li. A li devni dwa a premye ne a.
18 When a man has a son apostatizing and being rebellious—he is not listening to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they have disciplined him, and he does not listen to them—
“Si yon nonm vin gen yon fis tèt di k ap fè rebelyon, epi li refize obeyi papa li oswa manman li, epi lè l resevwa chatiman, li pa menm koute yo,
19 then his father and his mother have laid hold on him, and they have brought him out to [the] elderly of his city, and to the gate of his place,
alò, papa li avèk manman li va sezi li, e mennen li deyò vè ansyen vil yo nan pòtay vil pa li a.
20 and have said to [the] elderly of his city, Our son—this one—is apostatizing and being rebellious; he is not listening to our voice—a glutton and drunkard.
Yo va di a ansyen vil yo: ‘Fis pa nou sa a tèt di e rebèl, li refize obeyi nou, li voras, e li bwè anpil gwòg.’
21 Then all the men of his city have stoned him with stones and he has died, and you have put away the evil out of your midst, and all Israel hears and fears.
Alò, tout mesye lavil yo va lapide li ak kout wòch jiska lanmò. Konsa, nou va retire mal sa a nan mitan nou. Tout Israël va tande bagay sa a e yo va vin gen krentif.
22 And when there is a sin in a man [with] a judgment of death, and he has been put to death, and you have hanged him on a tree,
“Si yon nonm te fè yon peche ki merite lanmò, epi nou fè l pann sou yon bwa,
23 his corpse does not remain on the tree, for you certainly bury him in the day—for he who is hanged [becomes] a curse of God—and you do not defile your ground which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance.”
kò li pa pou pann tout nwit lan sou bwa a, men nou va, anverite, antere li nan menm jou a. (Paske sila ki pann nan, modi pou Bondye.) Se konsa pou nou pa degrade tè ke Bondye te bannou kòm eritaj la.
