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,
Selanjutnya Musa mengajar umat Israel, “Suatu saat mungkin terjadi hal seperti ini: Dua orang Israel berselisih dan membawa masalah mereka ke pengadilan, lalu hakim menyatakan siapa yang benar dan siapa yang bersalah di antara kedua orang itu.
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;
Kemudian, apabila hakim memutuskan bahwa orang yang bersalah harus dihukum dengan dicambuk, maka hakim akan menyuruh dia berbaring menghadap ke tanah agar punggungnya dicambuk, dengan diawasi oleh hakim. Jumlah cambukan tergantung pada jenis kejahatan yang dia lakukan,
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.
tetapi tidak boleh melebihi 40 kali, karena akan mengakibatkan orang yang bersalah itu dipermalukan di depan umum.”
4 You do not muzzle an ox in its threshing.
“Ketika kamu menggunakan sapimu untuk bekerja menginjak-injak hasil panen gandum untuk memisahkan bulir-bulir gandum dari tangkai dan sekamnya, jangan menutup mulut sapi itu untuk mencegahnya makan dari gandummu.”
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;
“Apabila ada kakak beradik laki-laki yang tinggal bersama, dan salah satu dari mereka meninggal tanpa memiliki anak laki-laki, maka jandanya tidak boleh menikah dengan orang di luar keluarga itu. Salah satu saudara dari orang yang meninggal harus memperistri jandanya untuk memenuhi kewajiban terhadap almarhum saudaranya.
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.
Anak laki-laki pertama yang dilahirkan akan diperhitungkan sebagai keturunan dari orang yang sudah meninggal itu, supaya almarhum mempunyai ahli waris di antara bangsa Israel.
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;
“Namun, jika saudara dari almarhum tidak mau menikahi janda itu, maka janda itu harus melapor kepada sidang pemimpin kota, ‘Saudara almarhum suami saya menolak kewajibannya. Dia tidak mau menikahi saya demi melanjutkan keturunan bagi suami saya.’
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.
Lalu para pemimpin kota harus memanggil laki-laki itu dan berbicara dengannya. Jika dia tetap bersikeras, ‘Saya tidak mau menikahi janda saudara saya,’
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;
maka janda itu harus mendekati dia di hadapan para pemimpin, melepaskan salah satu alas kakinya, meludahi mukanya, dan berkata, ‘Beginilah yang dilakukan kepada laki-laki yang tidak mau melanjutkan keturunan bagi almarhum saudaranya.’
10 and his name has been called in Israel, The house of him whose shoe is drawn off.
Sesudah itu, biarlah keluarga laki-laki yang menolak melakukan kewajibannya itu disebut ‘Keluarga si bodoh yang sandalnya dilepaskan’.”
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,
“Apabila dua orang laki-laki berkelahi, dan istri salah satu orang itu datang menolong suaminya dengan merenggut alat kelamin lawan suaminya,
12 then you have cut off her hand; your eye does not spare.
maka potonglah tangan perempuan itu. Jangan mengasihani dia.
13 You do not have [both] a great stone and a small stone in your bag.
“Ketika kamu berdagang, jangan menguntungkan diri dengan cara yang curang, misalnya memalsukan berat anak timbangan.
14 You do not have a great ephah and a small ephah in your house.
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;
Gunakanlah selalu timbangan dan takaran dengan jujur, supaya kalian boleh tetap tinggal di negeri yang sebentar lagi diserahkan TUHAN Allah kepadamu.
16 for anyone doing these things, anyone doing iniquity, [is] an abomination [to] your God YHWH.
TUHAN membenci semua pedagang yang berbuat curang.”
17 Remember that which Amalek has done to you in the way in your going out from Egypt,
“Ingatlah selalu perbuatan bangsa Amalek ketika kita baru saja keluar dari Mesir.
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.
Sewaktu kita kelelahan dan kehabisan tenaga, mereka menyerang ujung barisan belakang dan membunuh semua orang yang ketinggalan kelompok. Mereka tidak takut kepada Allah.
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.”
Karena itu, kalian harus memusnahkan semua orang Amalek sehingga bangsa itu punah dari muka bumi. Lakukanlah itu sesudah TUHAN Allah memberi kalian ketenangan dari serangan musuh di seluruh negeri yang sebentar lagi TUHAN serahkan kepada kalian. Janganlah lupa melakukan perintah ini!”
