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,
“Kapau ʻe ai ha fakakikihi ʻi he kau tangata, pea nau omi ki he fakamaau, ke fakamaauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he kau fakamaau: pea kenau fakatonuhia ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo fakahalaia ʻae angahala.
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;
Pea ʻe pehē, kapau ʻoku totonu ke taaʻi ʻae angakovi, ʻe fekau ʻe he fakamaau ke fakatokoto ia ki lalo, pea ke taaʻi ia ʻi hono ʻao ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene kovi, mo e tā ʻoku lau.
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.
ʻE ngofua ke ʻai ke fāngofulu ʻae tā, ka ʻe ʻikai fakalahi ia: telia, ʻi heʻene fakalahi ia, ʻo taaʻi ʻaki ʻae tā lahi hake ʻi he ngaahi tā ni, ʻe hoko ai ho tokoua ko e kovi lahi ʻi ho ʻao.
4 You do not muzzle an ox in its threshing.
“ʻOua naʻa ke nonoʻo ʻae ngutu ʻoe pulu ʻi heʻene malaki ʻae uite.
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;
“Kapau ʻoku nofo fakataha ʻae kāinga, pea pekia hanau tokotaha, pea ʻikai ha fānau, ʻoua naʻa fakamaʻu ʻae uaifi ʻo ia kuo pekia mo ha taha mamaʻo: kae ʻalu kiate ia ʻae tokoua ʻo hono husepāniti, ʻo ʻomi kiate ia ko hono uaifi, pea fai ai ʻae ngāue ʻoe tokoua ʻoe husepāniti kiate ia.
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.
Pea ʻe pehē, ko e ʻuluaki tama ʻoku fanauʻi ʻe hoko ia ki he hingoa ʻo hono tokoua ʻaia kuo pekia, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa tāmateʻi hono hingoa mei ʻIsileli.
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;
Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai lelei ki he tangata ke ʻomi kiate ia ʻae uaifi ʻo hono tokoua, tuku ke ʻalu ʻae uaifi ʻo hono tokoua ki he kau mātuʻa, ʻo lea pehē, ‘ʻOku taʻeloto ʻae tokoua ʻo hoku husepāniti, ke fakatupu ʻae hingoa ki hono tokoua ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻoku ʻikai fie fai ʻe ia ʻae ngāue ʻae tokoua ʻo hoku husepāniti.’
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.
Pea ʻe toki fekau kiate ia ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻene kolo, ʻonau lea kiate ia: pea kapau ʻoku maʻu pe hono loto, ʻo ne pehē, ʻOku ʻikai lelei kiate au ke maʻu ia;
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;
ʻE toki haʻu kiate ia ʻae uaifi ʻo hono tokoua ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau mātuʻa, ʻo ne vete hono topuvaʻe mei hono vaʻe, pea ʻaʻanu ki hono mata, pea ne lea ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE pehē pe hono fai ki he tangata ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai loto ke langa hake ʻae fale ʻo hono tokoua.’
10 and his name has been called in Israel, The house of him whose shoe is drawn off.
Pea ʻe ui hono hingoa ʻi ʻIsileli, ‘Ko e fale ʻo ia kuo vete hono topuvaʻe.’
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,
“Kapau ʻe kē ha ongo tangata ʻo fefaʻuhi ʻo fai, pea haʻu ʻae uaifi ʻoe tokotaha ke fakamoʻui hono husepāniti mei he nima ʻo ia ʻoku ne taaʻi ia, pea mafao atu hono nima, ke puke ia ʻi he potu fufū:
12 then you have cut off her hand; your eye does not spare.
Te ke tutuʻu hono nima, ʻoua naʻa ʻofa ho mata kiate ia.
13 You do not have [both] a great stone and a small stone in your bag.
“ʻOua naʻa ke ʻai ʻi hoʻo kato ʻae ngaahi maka fakamamafa kehekehe, ʻae lahi mo e siʻi.
14 You do not have a great ephah and a small ephah in your house.
ʻOua naʻa ke maʻu ʻi ho fale ʻae puha fua kehekehe, ʻae lahi mo e siʻi.
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;
Ka ke maʻu ʻe koe ʻae maka haohaoa mo totonu, mo e puha fua haohaoa mo totonu ko ia te ke maʻu: koeʻuhi ke fakalōloa ai ho ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe.
16 for anyone doing these things, anyone doing iniquity, [is] an abomination [to] your God YHWH.
He ko kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku fai meʻa pehē, mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku fai taʻemāʻoniʻoni, ko e meʻa kovi lahi ia kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.
17 Remember that which Amalek has done to you in the way in your going out from Egypt,
“Manatu ki he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe ʻAmaleki kiate koe ʻi he hala, hili hoʻomou haʻu mei ʻIsipite;
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.
ʻA ʻene fakafetaulaki kiate koe ʻi he hala, ʻo ne teʻia ʻa homou mui fononga, ʻio ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe muimui vaivai ʻiate koe, ʻi hoʻo vaivai mo hoʻo ongosia pea naʻe ʻikai manavahē ia ki he ʻOtua.
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.”
Ko ia ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻoka tuku kiate koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻae mālōlō mei ho ngaahi fili kotoa pē ʻoku tuʻu takatakai, ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe ko ho tofiʻa, te ke tāmateʻi ʻae manatu ki ʻAmaleki mei he lalo langi; ʻoua naʻa ke fakangaloʻi eni.
