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.
“Pacl kowos illa in mweun lain mwet lokoalok lowos, ac kowos liye chariot ac horse ac sie un mwet mweun su pus liki kowos, kowos, in tia sangeng selos. LEUM GOD lowos, su molikowosla ac uskowosme liki facl Egypt, El ac fah wi kowos.
2 When you are ready to start the battle, the Supreme Priest must stand in front of the troops.
Meet liki kowos mutawauk mweun, sie mwet tol fah fahsryak nu meet uh ac fahk nu sin un mwet mweun,
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],
‘Mukul Israel, porongo! Misenge kowos ac som mweun. Nikmet sangeng sin mwet lokoalok lowos, a kowos in pulaik ac tia sensen ku fosrnga.
4 because Yahweh our God will go with you. He will fight your enemies for you, and he will enable you to defeat them.’
LEUM GOD lowos El ac wi kowos, ac El ac sot kutangla nu suwos.’
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].
“Na mwet kol lun un mwet mweun uh ac fah fahk nu sin mwet uh, ‘Su suwos tufahna musaela lohm se sel ma soenna kisakunla? Fin oasr, na elan folokla nu lohm sel uh, mweyen el fin tuh anwuki ke mweun uh, siena mwet ac tuh kisaela lohm sel uh.
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].
Su suwos tufahna yukwiya sie ima in grape, a soenna kosrani fahko kac? Fin oasr, elan folokla, mweyen el fin tuh misa ke mweun uh, siena mwet ac tuh kang fahko kac.
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.’
Su suwos akoo in payukyak a soenna alula? Fin oasr, elan folokla nu yen sel, mweyen el fin tuh misa ke mweun uh, siena mwet ac payukyak sin mutan se el ako se uh.’
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.’
“Mwet kol fah oayapa fahk nu sin mwet uh, ‘Su suwos munasla nanka ac sangeng? Fin oasr, elan folokla, mweyen el fin wi kut, el ac akmunasyela nunkun mwet mweun wial uh.’
9 And when the officers have finished speaking to the troops, they must appoint commanders [to lead the groups of soldiers].
Ke mwet kol elos sramsram tari nu sin un mwet mweun uh, elos fah pakiya mwet in kol kais sie u.”
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.
“Ke kowos som in mweuni sie siti, ma se meet kowos in oru pa in akkalemye nu sin mwet we ke inkanek in orek misla.
11 If they open the gates of the city and surrender, they all will become your slaves to work for you.
Elos fin insese in suk misla, na elos nukewa fah mwet kohs lowos ac oru kutena orekma kowos sapkin nu selos.
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].
Tusruktu mwet in siti sac fin tia insese in suk misla, a elos sulela in mweun, kowos fah kuhlusya in mweunelos.
13 Then, when Yahweh our God enables you to capture [IDM] the city, you must kill all the men in the city.
Na ke LEUM GOD lowos El oru tuh kowos in kutangla siti sac, kowos fah uniya mukul nukewa we.
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.
Tusruktu, kowos ku in eis mutan, tulik, kosro, ac ma nukewa saya tuh in ma wap lowos. Kowos in insewowokin ma nukewa lun mwet lokoalok lowos, su LEUM GOD El sot nu suwos.
15 You should do that in all the cities that are far from the land in which you will settle.
Pa inge ma kowos ac oru nu ke siti nukewa ma oan loessula liki acn kowos ac muta we.
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].
“Tusruktu, ke kowos ac kutangla siti in facl se su LEUM GOD lowos El asot nu suwos, kowos in onela mwet ac kosro nukewa.
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.
Kunausla mwet nukewa: mwet Hit, mwet Amor, mwet Canaan, mwet Periz, mwet Hiv ac mwet Jebus, oana LEUM GOD El sapkin nu suwos.
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.
Onelosla nukewa elos in tia luti kowos ouiya ma srungayuk ma elos oru ke elos alu nu sin god lalos, ma pwanang kowos orekma koluk lain LEUM GOD.
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.
“Ke pacl kowos srike in sruokya sie siti, kowos in tia pakiya sak ma oasr fahko kac, kowos finne kuhlusya acn sac ke pacl na loes. Kang fokinsak kac, tusruk nimet pakela sak uh. Mwet lokoalok lowos pa mwet we, tia sak we.
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.”
Kowos ku in pakiya sak nukewa ma wangin fahko kac, in orek nien fan nu in siti sacn nwe ke kowos sruokya.
