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.”
Du skal ikkje ofra til Herren, din Gud, ein ukse eller sau som hev noko lyte eller mein; for det er ein styggedom for Herren, din Gud.
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.
Finst det i nokon av dei byarne som Herren, din Gud, gjev deg, ein mann eller ei kvinna av lyden som gjer det Herren mislikar, og bryt sambandet med honom,
3 Suppose someone tells you that that person has worshiped and served other gods, or the sun, or the moon, or the stars.
og, tvert imot det eg hev sagt, gjeng av og tener andre gudar, og bøygjer kne for deim, eller for soli eller månen eller heile himmelheren,
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,
og dette vert sagt deg, so skal du høyra deg fyre, og granska saki vel, og syner det seg då å vera sant, er det visst og vitnefast at slikt skjemdarverk er gjort i 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.
då skal den mannen eller kvinna som hev gjort det brotet, førast ut til tingstaden, og steinast i hel, anten det er mann eller kvinna.
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.
Etter vitnemål frå tvo eller tri mann lyt den vera dømd som skal lata livet; ingen skal ikkje missa livet etter ein manns vitnemål.
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.”
Vitni skal fyrst lyfta handi til å drepa honom, og sidan heile folket. Soleis skal du rydja det vonde ut or lyden.
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].
Er ei sak for vand for deg å døma i, anten det er ei dråpssak, eller ei eigedomstrætta, eller eit søksmål for helseskade, eller kva det elles er for saker som kann koma upp i by eller bygd, so skal du gjera deg reidug, og fara upptil den staden som Herren, din Gud, hev valt seg ut.
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.
Der skal du ganga til Levi-prestarne og til den domaren som då er, og spyrja deg fyre, og dei skal segja deg korleis domen retteleg skal vera.
10 After they make their decision, you must do what they tell you to do.
Og du skal fylgja den fyresegni dei gjev deg frå den staden som Herren hev valt seg ut; du skal i alle måtar gjera soleis som dei hev lært deg.
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].
Den lovbodi dei lærer deg og den domen dei segjer deg, skal du halda deg etter, og ikkje gjera noko avbrøyte i det dei segjer deg fyre.
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.
Men den mannen som er so vyrdlaus at han ikkje vil høyra på presten, som stend der i Herrens tenesta, eller på domaren, han skal døy. Soleis skal du rydja det vonde ut or 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.”
Og heile folket skal høyre det, og ottast, so dei ikkje fer so vyrdlaust åt meir.
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.’
Når du er komen inn i det landet som Herren, din Gud, vil gjeva deg, og hev lagt det under deg, og fest bu der, og du då kjem på at du vil få deg ein konge, liksom alle folki rundt ikring deg,
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.
so skal du taka til konge den som Herren, din Gud, kårar ut. Ein av dine eigne landsmenner skal du taka til konge; du må ikkje taka ein framand, ein som ikkje høyrer til ditt eige folk.
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’]!
Men han skal ikkje halda mange hestar, og ikkje senda folket attende til Egyptarland, so han kann få seg mange hestar; for Herren hev sagt dykk: «Den vegen skal de ikkje fara meir!»
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.
Og han skal ikkje taka seg mange konor, so hugen hans kjem på avveg. Ikkje heller skal han draga i hop mykje sylv og gull.
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.
Når han hev stige upp på kongsstolen, skal han få denne lovi hjå Levi-prestarne og skrive henne av åt seg i ei bok;
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.
og den skal han hava hjå seg og lesa i alle sine livedagar, so han kann læra å ottast Herren, sin Gud, og bera alle desse lovbodi og fyresegnerne i hugen og liva etter deim,
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.”
og so han ikkje skal ovmoda seg yver brørne sine og koma burt ifrå lovi; då skal han liva lenge i riket sitt i Israel, både han og borni hans.
