Deuteronomy 20
1 “When your [soldiers] go to fight your enemies, and you see that they have many horses and chariots and that their army is much bigger than yours, do not be afraid of them, because Yahweh our God, who brought your [ancestors safely] out of Egypt, will be with you.
「你出去與仇敵爭戰的時候，看見馬匹、車輛，並有比你多的人民，不要怕他們，因為領你出埃及地的耶和華－你上帝與你同在。
2 When you are ready to start the battle, the Supreme Priest must stand in front of the troops.
你們將要上陣的時候，祭司要到百姓面前宣告
3 He must say to them, ‘You Israeli men, listen to me! Today you are going to fight against your enemies. Do not be timid or afraid [DOU] or tremble or panic [DOU],
說：『以色列人哪，你們當聽，你們今日將要與仇敵爭戰，不要膽怯，不要懼怕戰兢，也不要因他們驚恐；
4 because Yahweh our God will go with you. He will fight your enemies for you, and he will enable you to defeat them.’
因為耶和華－你們的上帝與你們同去，要為你們與仇敵爭戰，拯救你們。』
5 Then the army officers must say to the troops, ‘If anyone among you has just built a new house [RHQ] and has not dedicated it [to God], he should go home [and dedicate the house]. If he does not do that, if he dies in the battle, someone else will dedicate the house [and live in it].
官長也要對百姓宣告說：『誰建造房屋，尚未奉獻，他可以回家去，恐怕他陣亡，別人去奉獻。
6 If anyone among you has planted a vineyard and has not yet harvested any grapes from it [RHQ], he should go home. If he [stays here and] dies in the battle, someone else will [harvest the grapes and] enjoy [the wine made from them].
誰種葡萄園，尚未用所結的果子，他可以回家去，恐怕他陣亡，別人去用。
7 If anyone among you has become engaged to marry a woman [but has not married her yet] [RHQ], he should go home. If [he stays here and] dies in the battle, someone else will marry her.’
誰聘定了妻，尚未迎娶，他可以回家去，恐怕他陣亡，別人去娶。』
8 “Then the officers must also say, ‘If anyone among you is afraid or timid [RHQ], he should go home, in order that he does not cause his fellow soldiers to also stop being courageous.’
官長又要對百姓宣告說：『誰懼怕膽怯，他可以回家去，恐怕他弟兄的心消化，和他一樣。』
9 And when the officers have finished speaking to the troops, they must appoint commanders [to lead the groups of soldiers].
官長對百姓宣告完了，就當派軍長率領他們。
10 “When you come near a city [that is far away] to attack it, first tell the people there that if they surrender, you will not attack them.
「你臨近一座城、要攻打的時候，先要對城裏的民宣告和睦的話。
11 If they open the gates of the city and surrender, they all will become your slaves to work for you.
他們若以和睦的話回答你，給你開了城，城裏所有的人都要給你效勞，服事你；
12 But if they refuse to [surrender] peacefully, and decide instead to fight against you, your troops must surround the city [and break through the walls].
若不肯與你和好，反要與你打仗，你就要圍困那城。
13 Then, when Yahweh our God enables you to capture [IDM] the city, you must kill all the men in the city.
耶和華－你的上帝把城交付你手，你就要用刀殺盡這城的男丁。
14 But you are allowed to take for yourselves the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else [that you want to take] from the city. You will be allowed to enjoy all the things that belonged to your enemies; it is Yahweh our God who has given those things to you.
惟有婦女、孩子、牲畜，和城內一切的財物，你可以取為自己的掠物。耶和華－你上帝把你仇敵的財物賜給你，你可以吃用。
15 You should do that in all the cities that are far from the land in which you will settle.
離你甚遠的各城，不是這些國民的城，你都要這樣待他。
16 “But in the cities that are in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, you must kill all the people and all the animals [LIT].
但這些國民的城，耶和華－你上帝既賜你為業，其中凡有氣息的，一個不可存留；
17 You must get rid of them completely. Get rid of the Heth people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group; that is what Yahweh our God commanded you to do.
只要照耶和華－你上帝所吩咐的將這赫人、亞摩利人、迦南人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人都滅絕淨盡，
18 If you do not do that, they will teach you to sin against Yahweh our God and do the disgusting things that they do when they worship their gods.
免得他們教導你們學習一切可憎惡的事，就是他們向自己神所行的，以致你們得罪耶和華－你們的上帝。
19 “When you surround a city for a long time, trying to capture it, do not cut down the fruit trees [outside the city]. You are allowed to eat the fruit from the trees, but do not get rid of the trees, because they certainly are not [RHQ] your enemies.
「你若許久圍困、攻打所要取的一座城，就不可舉斧子砍壞樹木；因為你可以吃那樹上的果子，不可砍伐。田間的樹木豈是人，叫你糟蹋嗎？
20 You are permitted to cut down the other trees and use the wood to make ladders and towers to enable you to [go over the walls and] capture the city.”
惟獨你所知道不是結果子的樹木可以毀壞、砍伐，用以修築營壘，攻擊那與你打仗的城，直到攻塌了。」
