Deuteronomy 25
1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
“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 and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, 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 Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
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 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].
“ʻOua naʻa ke nonoʻo ʻae ngutu ʻoe pulu ʻi heʻene malaki ʻae uite.
5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
“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 shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not blotted 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 like not to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto me.
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 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not 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 shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother’s house.
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 shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Pea ʻe ui hono hingoa ʻi ʻIsileli, ‘Ko e fale ʻo ia kuo vete hono topuvaʻe.’
11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
“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 thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.
Te ke tutuʻu hono nima, ʻoua naʻa ʻofa ho mata kiate ia.
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
“ʻOua naʻa ke ʻai ʻi hoʻo kato ʻae ngaahi maka fakamamafa kehekehe, ʻae lahi mo e siʻi.
14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
ʻOua naʻa ke maʻu ʻi ho fale ʻae puha fua kehekehe, ʻae lahi mo e siʻi.
15 A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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 all that do such things; [even] all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
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 what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;
“Manatu ki he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe ʻAmaleki kiate koe ʻi he hala, hili hoʻomou haʻu mei ʻIsipite;
18 how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not 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 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt 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.
