Deuteronomy 25
1 “When there is a strife between men, and they have come near to the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrongdoer,
Lè yon kont pete nan mitan nou, moun ki gen kont yo va ale lajistis pou yo jije ka a. Y'a bay sa ki gen rezon an rezon, sa ki gen tò a tò.
2 then it has come to pass, if the wrongdoer is to be struck, that the judge has caused him to fall down, and [one] has struck him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrongdoing, by number;
Si sa ki gen tò a merite bat, jij la va fè l' kouche plat atè, epi, l'a devan je l', l'a fè yo ba li kantite kou li merite pou sa l' fè a.
3 he strikes him forty [times]; he is not adding, lest he is adding to strike him above these many stripes, and your brother be lightly esteemed in your eyes.
Nou pa janm gen dwa depase karant kou. Si nou ba li plis, nou ka pini l' twòp. Lè sa a, n'a avili l' devan tout moun.
4 You do not muzzle an ox in its threshing.
Nou pa bezwen mare bouch bèf la pou enpoze l' manje lè l'ap vire moulen pou kraze ble pou nou.
5 When brothers dwell together, and one of them has died and has no son, the wife of the dead is not given to a strange man; her husband’s brother goes in to her, and has taken her to him for a wife, and performs the duty of her husband’s brother;
Lè de frè rete ansanm nan menm kay, si yonn ladan yo rive mouri san li pa kite pitit, madan defen an pa ka al marye ak yon moun ki pa nan fanmi an. Se va devwa bòfrè a pou l' al jwenn vèv la pou l' marye ak li.
6 and it has been, the firstborn which she bears rises for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.
Premye pitit gason madanm lan va fè a va pote non frè ki mouri a pou non l' pa pèdi nan peyi Izrayèl la.
7 And if the man does not delight to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife has gone up to the gate, to the elderly, and said, My husband’s brother is refusing to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he has not been willing to perform the duty of my husband’s brother;
Men, si nonm lan pa vle marye ak bèlsè li a, bèlsè a va moute nan tribinal bò pòtay lavil la, epi l'a di chèf fanmi yo: Bòfrè mwen an derefize fè devwa l'. Li pa vle konsève non frè li nan peyi Izrayèl la. Li refize marye avè m', jan lalwa peyi a mande l' fè l' la.
8 and [the] elderly of his city have called for him, and spoken to him, and he has stood and said, I have no desire to take her.
Lè sa a, chèf fanmi ki nan lavil la va fè rele nonm lan vin jwenn yo epi y'a pale avè l'. Si li derefize marye avèk bèlsè a,
9 Then his brother’s wife has drawn near to him before the eyes of the elderly, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who does not build up the house of his brother;
bèlsè a va mache sou li, devan tout chèf fanmi yo, l'a wete yon grenn sapat nan pye nonm lan, l'a krache nan figi l', epi l'a di: -Men sa ki pou rive yon nonm ki refize bay frè li yon pitit.
10 and his name has been called in Israel, The house of him whose shoe is drawn off.
Nan peyi Izrayèl la, y'a rele fanmi nonm sa a: fanmi nonm grenn sapat la.
11 When men strive together with one another, and the wife of one has drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his striker, and has put forth her hand, and laid hold on his private parts,
Si pandan de gason nan moun Izrayèl yo ap goumen, madanm yonn nan yo pwoche pou l' sove mari l' anba men lòt k'ap bat li a, epi li lonje men l', li kenbe lòt lan nan pati li,
12 then you have cut off her hand; your eye does not spare.
se pou nou san pitye pou li: koupe men l' la pou la.
13 You do not have [both] a great stone and a small stone in your bag.
Nou pa gen dwa gen de kalite pwa nan sakit nou pou pran pèz, yonn ki bon, yonn ki pa bon,
14 You do not have a great ephah and a small ephah in your house.
ni de kalite mezi lakay nou, yonn ki bon ak yonn ki pa bon.
15 You have a complete and just stone, [and] you have a complete and just ephah, so that they prolong your days on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you;
N'a toujou sèvi ak bon mezi, san wete san mete. Se konsa n'a ka viv lontan nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap ban nou an.
16 for anyone doing these things, anyone doing iniquity, [is] an abomination [to] your God YHWH.
Paske Seyè a pa vle wè moun k'ap fè bagay konsa, moun k'ap fè lenjistis.
17 Remember that which Amalek has done to you in the way in your going out from Egypt,
Pa janm bliye sa Amalèk te fè nou lè nou te sou wout nou ap soti nan peyi Lejip.
18 that he has met you in the way, and strikes among you all those feeble behind you (when you [were] weary and fatigued), and is not fearing God.
Yo pa t' gen krentif Bondye. Yo vin kontre nou sou chemen nou. Lè sa a nou te bouke, kò nou te kraze, epi yo pase pa dèyè, yo touye tout moun ki t'ap trennen dèyè yo.
19 And it has been, in your God YHWH giving rest to you from all your surrounding enemies, in the land which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance to possess it, you blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens—you do not forget.”
Se poutèt sa, lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va ban nou lapè ak tout lènmi sa yo ki antoure nou toupatou nan peyi l'ap ban nou pou rele nou pa nou an, se pou nou touye tout moun Amalèk yo pou pesonn sou latè pa janm chonje yo ankò. Pa bliye sa!
