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.”

هرگز گاو یا گوسفند مریض و معیوب، برای خداوند، خدایتان قربانی نکنید. خداوند از این کار متنفر است.

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.

اگر بشنوید مرد یا زنی در یکی از شهرهای سرزمینتان از عهد یهوه خدایتان تخلف نموده، بت یا خورشید و ماه و ستارگان را که خداوند پرستش آنها را اکیداً قدغن کرده، عبادت می‌کند،

3 Suppose someone tells you that that person has worshiped and served other gods, or the sun, or the moon, or the stars.

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,

اول خوب تحقیق کنید و بعد که معلوم شد چنین گناهی در اسرائیل به وقوع پیوسته است،

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.

آنگاه آن مرد یا زن را به بیرون شهر ببرید و سنگسارش کنید تا بمیرد.

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.

ولی هرگز شخصی را بنا به شهادت یک گواه به قتل نرسانید؛ حداقل باید دو یا سه شاهد وجود داشته باشند.

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.”

اول، شاهدان باید سنگها را پرتاب کنند و سپس تمام مردم. به این طریق، این بدی را از میان خود پاک خواهید ساخت.

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].

اگر واقعه‌ای در میان شما اتفاق بیفتد که قضاوت راجع به آن برای شما سخت باشد چه قتل باشد، چه ضرب و جرح، و چه دعوا، در این صورت باید آن مرافعه را به محلی که خداوند، خدایتان تعیین می‌کند

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.

نزد کاهنان نسل لاوی و قاضی وقت ببرید تا ایشان در این مورد قضاوت کنند.

10 After they make their decision, you must do what they tell you to do.

هر چه آنها در مکانی که خداوند تعیین کرده است بگویند باید بدون چون و چرا اجرا گردد. مواظب باشید که از احکام و دستورهای ایشان سرپیچی نکنید.

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].

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.

اگر محکوم از قبول حکم قاضی یا کاهن که خادم یهوه خدایتان است، خودداری کند مجازات او مرگ است. اسرائیل را باید از وجود چنین گناهکارانی پاک نمود.

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.”

آنگاه همهٔ مردم از این مجازات باخبر شده، خواهند ترسید و جرأت نخواهند کرد با رأی دادگاه مخالفت کنند.

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.’

هرگاه در سرزمینی که یهوه خدایتان آن را به شما خواهد داد، ساکن شده، به این فکر بیفتید که «ما هم باید مثل قومهای دیگری که اطراف ما هستند یک پادشاه داشته باشیم»،

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.

باید مردی را به پادشاهی برگزینید که خداوند، خدایتان انتخاب می‌کند. او باید اسرائیلی باشد و نه بیگانه.

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’]!

او نباید به فکر جمع کردن اسب باشد و افرادش را به مصر بفرستد تا از آنجا برایش اسب بیاورند، چون خداوند به شما گفته است: «هرگز بار دیگر به مصر باز نگردید.»

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.

او نباید زنان زیادی برای خود بگیرد مبادا دلش از خداوند دور شود؛ همچنین نباید برای خود ثروت بیندوزد.

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.

وقتی او بر تخت پادشاهی نشست، باید نسخه‌ای از قوانین خدا را که به‌وسیلۀ کاهنان لاوی نگهداری می‌شود، برای خود تهیه کند.

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.

او باید این رونوشت قوانین را نزد خود نگه دارد و در تمام روزهای عمرش آن را مطالعه کند تا یاد بگیرد خداوند، خدایش را احترام کند و دستورها و قوانین او را اطاعت نماید.

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.”

این کار او باعث خواهد شد خود را از دیگران برتر نداند و از هیچ‌یک از اوامر خداوند انحراف نورزد. بدین ترتیب سلطنت او طولانی خواهد بود و پس از او نیز پسرانش، نسلهای زیادی بر اسرائیل سلطنت خواهند کرد.