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,
"Apabila di negeri yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu ada orang yang kedapatan mati terbunuh di ladang dan tidak ketahuan siapa pembunuhnya,
2 then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one,
maka pemimpin dan hakimmu harus pergi mengukur jarak dari tempat mayat itu ditemukan ke tiap-tiap kota yang berdekatan.
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,
Lalu para pemuka dari kota yang paling dekat harus memilih seekor sapi muda yang belum pernah dipakai untuk bekerja.
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.
Sapi itu harus mereka bawa ke suatu tempat di dekat sungai yang tidak pernah kering dan yang tanahnya belum pernah dibajak atau ditanami. Di situ mereka harus mematahkan leher binatang itu.
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—
Para imam Lewi juga harus pergi ke situ, karena mereka harus memberi keputusan dalam tiap perkara tindak kekerasan. Mereka dipilih TUHAN Allahmu untuk mengabdi kepada-Nya dan mengucapkan berkat atas nama-Nya.
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,
Lalu semua pemuka dari kota yang paling dekat harus mencuci tangan mereka di atas sapi itu
7 and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen—
dan mengatakan, 'Bukan kami yang membunuh orang itu, dan kami tidak tahu siapa yang melakukannya.
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,
TUHAN, ampunilah Israel umat-Mu yang Kaubebaskan dari Mesir. Ampunilah kami dan jangan menganggap kami bertanggung jawab atas pembunuhan orang yang tidak bersalah.'
9 and you put away the innocent blood out of your midst, for you do that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH.
Maka dengan melakukan apa yang dituntut TUHAN, kamu tidak dianggap bertanggung jawab atas pembunuhan itu."
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,
"Apabila kamu berperang dan TUHAN Allahmu memberi kamu kemenangan, lalu kamu mengambil tawanan perang,
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,
mungkin di antara mereka ada seorang wanita cantik yang kausukai dan ingin kauperistri.
12 then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
Bawalah wanita itu ke rumahmu. Di situ ia harus menggunting rambutnya, memotong kukunya,
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.
dan berganti pakaian. Ia harus tinggal di rumahmu dan berkabung atas kematian orang tuanya selama satu bulan. Sesudah itu engkau boleh kawin dengan dia.
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.
Kalau di kemudian hari engkau tidak menginginkan dia lagi, engkau boleh menyuruh dia pergi dengan bebas. Ia tak boleh kauperlakukan sebagai budak atau kaujual, karena ia telah kaupaksa bersetubuh dengan engkau."
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,
"Misalkan seorang punya dua istri, dan keduanya melahirkan anak laki-laki, tetapi anak yang lahir lebih dahulu bukan anak dari istri kesayangannya.
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.
Kalau orang itu mau menentukan bagaimana ia akan membagi kekayaannya kepada anak-anaknya, ia tak boleh memihak pada anak dari istri kesayangannya dengan memberi kepada anak itu bagian yang menjadi hak anak sulung.
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.
Ia harus memberi bagian dua kali lipat dari harta bendanya kepada anak laki-laki yang sulung, walaupun anak itu bukan anak dari istri kesayangannya. Hak anak sulung harus diakui oleh ayahnya, dan kepada anak itu harus diberi warisan yang menjadi haknya menurut hukum."
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—
"Misalkan ada anak laki-laki yang keras kepala, suka memberontak dan tak mau menurut kepada orang tuanya walaupun mereka sudah menghukum dia.
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,
Maka orang tuanya harus membawa dia kepada para pemuka kota tempat mereka tinggal dan minta supaya anak itu diadili.
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.
Mereka harus berkata kepada para pemuka kota itu, 'Anak kami ini keras kepala, suka memberontak dan tak mau taat kepada kami; ia memboroskan uang dan suka mabuk.'
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.
Lalu orang-orang lelaki dari kota itu harus melempari anak itu dengan batu sampai mati. Dengan demikian kamu memberantas kejahatan itu. Semua orang di Israel akan mendengar tentang kejadian itu dan menjadi takut."
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,
"Apabila seseorang telah dihukum mati karena suatu kejahatan, dan mayatnya digantung pada tiang,
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.”
mayat itu tak boleh dibiarkan di situ sepanjang malam, tetapi harus dikubur pada hari itu juga. Mayat yang tergantung pada tiang mendatangkan kutuk Allah atas negeri. Jadi, kuburkanlah mayat itu supaya kamu tidak mencemarkan negeri yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu.
