Deuteronomy 20
1 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
“Pacl kowos illa in mweun lain mwet lokoalok lowos, ac kowos liye chariot ac horse ac sie un mwet mweun su pus liki kowos, kowos, in tia sangeng selos. LEUM GOD lowos, su molikowosla ac uskowosme liki facl Egypt, El ac fah wi kowos.
2 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
Meet liki kowos mutawauk mweun, sie mwet tol fah fahsryak nu meet uh ac fahk nu sin un mwet mweun,
3 and shall tell them, "Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: do not let your heart faint; do not be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
‘Mukul Israel, porongo! Misenge kowos ac som mweun. Nikmet sangeng sin mwet lokoalok lowos, a kowos in pulaik ac tia sensen ku fosrnga.
4 for the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you."
LEUM GOD lowos El ac wi kowos, ac El ac sot kutangla nu suwos.’
5 The officers shall speak to the people, saying, "What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
“Na mwet kol lun un mwet mweun uh ac fah fahk nu sin mwet uh, ‘Su suwos tufahna musaela lohm se sel ma soenna kisakunla? Fin oasr, na elan folokla nu lohm sel uh, mweyen el fin tuh anwuki ke mweun uh, siena mwet ac tuh kisaela lohm sel uh.
6 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.
Su suwos tufahna yukwiya sie ima in grape, a soenna kosrani fahko kac? Fin oasr, elan folokla, mweyen el fin tuh misa ke mweun uh, siena mwet ac tuh kang fahko kac.
7 What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her."
Su suwos akoo in payukyak a soenna alula? Fin oasr, elan folokla nu yen sel, mweyen el fin tuh misa ke mweun uh, siena mwet ac payukyak sin mutan se el ako se uh.’
8 The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, "What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart."
“Mwet kol fah oayapa fahk nu sin mwet uh, ‘Su suwos munasla nanka ac sangeng? Fin oasr, elan folokla, mweyen el fin wi kut, el ac akmunasyela nunkun mwet mweun wial uh.’
9 It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
Ke mwet kol elos sramsram tari nu sin un mwet mweun uh, elos fah pakiya mwet in kol kais sie u.”
10 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
“Ke kowos som in mweuni sie siti, ma se meet kowos in oru pa in akkalemye nu sin mwet we ke inkanek in orek misla.
11 It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found in it shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
Elos fin insese in suk misla, na elos nukewa fah mwet kohs lowos ac oru kutena orekma kowos sapkin nu selos.
12 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:
Tusruktu mwet in siti sac fin tia insese in suk misla, a elos sulela in mweun, kowos fah kuhlusya in mweunelos.
13 and when the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:
Na ke LEUM GOD lowos El oru tuh kowos in kutangla siti sac, kowos fah uniya mukul nukewa we.
14 but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
Tusruktu, kowos ku in eis mutan, tulik, kosro, ac ma nukewa saya tuh in ma wap lowos. Kowos in insewowokin ma nukewa lun mwet lokoalok lowos, su LEUM GOD El sot nu suwos.
15 Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Pa inge ma kowos ac oru nu ke siti nukewa ma oan loessula liki acn kowos ac muta we.
16 But of the cities of these peoples, that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
“Tusruktu, ke kowos ac kutangla siti in facl se su LEUM GOD lowos El asot nu suwos, kowos in onela mwet ac kosro nukewa.
17 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hethite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as the LORD your God has commanded you;
Kunausla mwet nukewa: mwet Hit, mwet Amor, mwet Canaan, mwet Periz, mwet Hiv ac mwet Jebus, oana LEUM GOD El sapkin nu suwos.
18 that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against the LORD your God.
Onelosla nukewa elos in tia luti kowos ouiya ma srungayuk ma elos oru ke elos alu nu sin god lalos, ma pwanang kowos orekma koluk lain LEUM GOD.
19 When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you?
“Ke pacl kowos srike in sruokya sie siti, kowos in tia pakiya sak ma oasr fahko kac, kowos finne kuhlusya acn sac ke pacl na loes. Kang fokinsak kac, tusruk nimet pakela sak uh. Mwet lokoalok lowos pa mwet we, tia sak we.
20 Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build siege works against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.
Kowos ku in pakiya sak nukewa ma wangin fahko kac, in orek nien fan nu in siti sacn nwe ke kowos sruokya.
