Deuteronomy 17
1 “Do not sacrifice to Yahweh our God any cattle or sheep or goats that have any defects, because Yahweh hates that kind of gift.”
Jangan persembahkan sapi atau domba yang cacat kepada TUHAN Allahmu, karena Ia membencinya.
2 “When you are living in any of the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you, suppose you hear that there is some man or woman who sins by disobeying the agreement that Yahweh has made with you.
Apabila kamu mendengar bahwa di salah satu kotamu ada orang yang berdosa terhadap TUHAN Allahmu karena melanggar perjanjian
3 Suppose someone tells you that that person has worshiped and served other gods, or the sun, or the moon, or the stars.
dan perintah-Nya dengan menyembah dan mengabdi kepada ilah-ilah lain atau kepada matahari, bulan atau bintang-bintang,
4 If you hear that some person has been doing that, you must investigate it thoroughly. If [you find out that] it is true that this detestable thing has happened in Israel,
maka kamu harus menyelidikinya dengan teliti. Sekiranya kejahatan itu benar-benar telah terjadi di Israel,
5 you must take outside the town the man or woman who has done it. Then you must kill that person by throwing stones at him or her.
orang yang bersalah harus dibawa ke luar kota dan dilempari batu sampai mati.
6 But you are allowed to execute such people only if at least two witnesses testify that they saw them [doing that]. They must not be executed if there is only one witness.
Tetapi ia hanya boleh dihukum mati kalau ada dua orang saksi atau lebih; seseorang tak boleh dihukum mati berdasarkan keterangan satu orang saksi saja.
7 The (witnesses/ones who saw them doing it) must be the first ones to throw stones at them. Then the other people [MTY] [should throw stones at them]. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.”
Para saksi harus lemparkan batu yang pertama kepada orang itu, diikuti seluruh rakyat. Dengan demikian kamu berantas kejahatan itu.
8 “Sometimes it will be very difficult for a judge to decide what really happened. He might be trying to decide whether, when someone injured or killed another person, he did it accidentally or deliberately. Or he might be trying to decide if some person is suing another person unfairly. If in some town it is very difficult to know what really happened, with the result that the judge cannot decide it, you should go to the place that Yahweh our God has chosen for you [to worship him].
Apabila ada perkara yang tak dapat diputuskan oleh hakim-hakim setempat karena terlalu sulit, misalnya perkara pembunuhan yang disengaja atau tidak disengaja, perselisihan tentang hak milik atau luka-melukai badan, kamu harus pergi ke tempat yang dipilih TUHAN Allahmu.
9 There you should present the case to the descendants of Levi who are the priests, and to the judge who is serving at that time, and they should decide what should be done.
Ajukanlah perkaramu itu kepada imam-imam Lewi dan kepada hakim yang sedang bertugas, lalu biarkan mereka memutuskannya.
10 After they make their decision, you must do what they tell you to do.
Merekalah yang memberi keputusan, dan kamu harus melakukan dengan teliti apa yang mereka katakan kepadamu.
11 Accept what they have decided, and do what they say that you should do. Do not try to change in any way what they have decided [IDM].
Terimalah keputusan mereka dan laksanakanlah apa yang mereka tetapkan sampai hal yang sekecil-kecilnya.
12 You must execute anyone who proudly/arrogantly disobeys the judge or the priest who stands there in the presence of Yahweh [and decides what should be done]. By doing that, you will get rid of evil practices among you.
Siapa saja yang berani melawan hakim atau imam yang sedang bertugas, harus dihukum mati; dengan demikian kamu memberantas kejahatan itu di Israel.
13 Then [after that person is executed], all the people will hear about it, and they will be afraid, and none of them will act that way any more.”
Semua orang akan mendengar tentang kejadian itu dan menjadi takut, sehingga tak ada lagi yang berani berbuat begitu."
14 “[I know that] after you have occupied the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you are living there, you will say, ‘We should have a king to rule over us, like the kings that other nations around us have.’
"Apabila tanah yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu sudah menjadi milikmu, dan kamu sudah berdiam di situ, mungkin kamu menginginkan seorang raja seperti bangsa-bangsa yang tinggal di sekelilingmu.
15 Yahweh our God will permit you to have a king, but be sure that you appoint someone whom he has chosen. That man must be an Israeli; you must not appoint someone who is a foreigner to be your king.
Perhatikanlah baik-baik supaya orang yang kamu angkat menjadi rajamu adalah orang yang dipilih TUHAN Allahmu. Ia harus seorang dari bangsamu sendiri; jangan mengangkat seorang asing menjadi rajamu.
16 [After he becomes the king], he should not acquire a large number of horses for himself. He should not send people to Egypt to buy horses for him, because Yahweh said to you, ‘Never return to Egypt [for anything’]!
Raja tak boleh memiliki banyak kuda untuk tentaranya dan tak boleh menyuruh bangsa ini kembali ke Mesir untuk membeli kuda, karena TUHAN telah berkata bahwa umat-Nya tak boleh kembali ke negeri itu.
17 And he must not have a lot of wives, because if he did that, they would turn him [SYN] away from [worshiping only] Yahweh. And he must not acquire a lot of silver and gold.
Raja tak boleh punya banyak istri, supaya ia jangan membelakangi TUHAN. Ia juga tak boleh memperkaya diri dengan perak dan emas.
18 “When he becomes your king, he must [appoint someone to] copy these laws. He must copy them from the scroll that is kept by the priests who are descended from Levi.
Kalau seorang dinobatkan menjadi raja, ia harus diberi sebuah buku berisi hukum-hukum Allah yang disalin dari buku asli yang disimpan oleh imam-imam Lewi.
19 He must keep this new scroll near him and read from it every day of his life, in order that he may learn to revere Yahweh, and to faithfully obey [DOU] all the rules and regulations [that are written] in these laws.
Buku itu harus selalu ada di dekatnya, dan seumur hidup ia harus membacanya supaya belajar menghormati TUHAN Allahnya dan dengan setia mentaati segala perintah yang tertulis di dalamnya.
20 If he does that, he [SYN] will not think that he is (better/more important) than [IDM] his fellow Israelis, and he will completely obey [LIT] Yahweh’s commands. As a result, he and his descendants will rule as kings in Israel for many years.”
Kalau ia membacanya dengan tekun, ia tak akan menganggap dirinya lebih baik dari orang-orang sebangsanya, dan tak akan melanggar perintah TUHAN dengan cara bagaimanapun. Lalu ia dan keturunannya akan memerintah bangsanya sampai turun-temurun."
