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,
Selanjutnya Musa mengajar umat Israel, “Ketika kalian sudah tinggal di negeri pemberian TUHAN Allah nanti, apabila di luar sebuah kota kamu menemukan ada mayat seseorang yang mati dibunuh, tetapi pembunuhnya tidak diketahui,
2 then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one,
maka para pemimpin dan hakim-hakim dari kota-kota sekitarnya harus pergi mengukur jarak dari tempat mayat itu ditemukan ke kota-kota itu.
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,
Para pemimpin di kota yang paling dekat dengan tempat mayat itu ditemukan harus mengambil seekor sapi betina muda yang belum pernah dipakai 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.
Mereka harus membawa sapi muda itu ke lembah yang ada aliran airnya dan yang belum pernah digarap atau ditanami, lalu mematahkan leher sapi itu di sana.
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 dari suku Lewi juga harus hadir, karena TUHAN Allah sudah menetapkan mereka untuk memberi keputusan dalam setiap perkara, untuk melayani Dia, dan berdoa kepada TUHAN untuk memberkati orang-orang Israel.
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,
Kemudian semua pemimpin dari kota yang paling dekat dengan mayat itu harus mencuci tangan mereka di atas sapi muda yang lehernya sudah dipatahkan itu,
7 and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen—
dan harus berkata, ‘Bukan kami yang membunuh orang ini, dan kami tidak tahu siapa pembunuhnya.
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,
Ya TUHAN, terimalah penebusan dosa umat-Mu yang sudah Engkau bebaskan dari Mesir, dan janganlah kami menanggung dosa atas pembunuhan orang yang tidak bersalah itu.’ Dengan berbuat demikian, kalian melakukan apa yang benar di mata TUHAN dan menebus penumpahan darah tersebut. Maka di mata TUHAN, para penduduk kota itu tidak dianggap berdosa 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.
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,
“Ketika kalian pergi berperang dan TUHAN Allah membuat kalian menang atas musuhmu, mungkin akan ada tawanan dari pihak musuh.
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,
Jika kamu melihat seorang tawanan perempuan yang cantik dan menginginkan dia menjadi istrimu,
12 then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
bawalah dia ke rumahmu. Perempuan itu harus mencukur 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 mengganti pakaian yang dipakainya ketika ditawan. Dia harus tetap tinggal di rumahmu dan berkabung selama satu bulan karena sudah kehilangan orangtuanya. Sesudah itu, barulah kamu boleh menikahi perempuan itu.
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.
Apabila di kemudian hari kamu tidak menginginkan perempuan itu lagi, kamu harus membiarkan dia pergi. Jangan memperlakukan dia sebagai budak atau menjualnya, karena kamu sudah mempermalukan perempuan itu.”
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,
“Kalau seorang laki-laki mempunyai dua istri, yang satu dicintai dan yang lainnya tidak, lalu kedua istri itu melahirkan anak laki-laki baginya, tetapi anak yang sulung lahir dari istri yang tidak dicintai,
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.
maka ketika orang itu membagikan harta warisan kepada anak-anaknya, dia tidak boleh memberikan bagian anak sulung kepada anak dari istri yang dicintainya.
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.
Dia harus mengakui anak sulungnya, yaitu anak dari istri yang tidak dicintai, dengan memberi anak itu warisan dua kali lipat dari bagian anak-anak lainnya. Anak sulungnya itu merupakan bukti pertama bahwa dia bisa memiliki keturunan, jadi anak itu berhak atas bagian warisan anak sulung.”
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—
“Kalau nanti di antara kalian ada anak laki-laki yang keras kepala, pemberontak, dan tidak taat kepada orangtuanya meskipun sudah sering dididik,
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 orangtuanya harus membawa dia kepada sidang para pemimpin kota mereka
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.
lalu berkata, ‘Putra kami ini keras kepala, suka memberontak, dan tidak taat kepada kami. Dia suka memboroskan uang dan mabuk-mabukan.’
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.
Selanjutnya, penduduk laki-laki di kota itu harus melempari dia dengan batu sampai mati. Dengan begitu, kalian memberantas kejahatan dari antara umat Israel, dan semua orang akan mendengar berita tentangnya dan menjadi takut untuk hidup seperti itu.”
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 melakukan kesalahan berat lalu dihukum mati dengan cara digantung pada sebuah pohon atau tiang kayu,
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.”
jangan biarkan mayatnya tergantung di sana sepanjang malam. Mayat itu harus dikubur pada hari itu juga, karena siapa pun yang dihukum gantung adalah orang yang dikutuk Allah. Jadi, jangan mencemarkan negeri yang TUHAN berikan kepada kalian sebagai hak milikmu turun temurun dengan melanggar peraturan ini.”
