Deuteronomy 21
1 “Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.
| «إِذَا وُجِدَ قَتِيلٌ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ لِتَمْتَلِكَهَا وَاقِعًا فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ، لَا يُعْلَمُ مَنْ قَتَلَهُ، | ١ |
2 [If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.
| يَخْرُجُ شُيُوخُكَ وَقُضَاتُكَ وَيَقِيسُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلَّتِي حَوْلَ ٱلْقَتِيلِ. | ٢ |
3 Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.
| فَٱلْمَدِينَةُ ٱلْقُرْبَى مِنَ ٱلْقَتِيلِ، يَأْخُذُ شُيُوخُ تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ عِجْلَةً مِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ لَمْ يُحْرَثْ عَلَيْهَا، لَمْ تَجُرَّ بِٱلنِّيرِ. | ٣ |
4 They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley.
| وَيَنْحَدِرُ شُيُوخُ تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ بِٱلْعِجْلَةِ إِلَى وَادٍ دَائِمِ ٱلسَّيَلَانِ لَمْ يُحْرَثْ فِيهِ وَلَمْ يُزْرَعْ، وَيَكْسِرُونَ عُنُقَ ٱلْعِجْلَةِ فِي ٱلْوَادِي. | ٤ |
5 The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.
| ثُمَّ يَتَقَدَّمُ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ بَنُو لَاوِي، لِأَنَّهُ إِيَّاهُمُ ٱخْتَارَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ لِيَخْدِمُوهُ وَيُبَارِكُوا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَحَسَبَ قَوْلِهِمْ تَكُونُ كُلُّ خُصُومَةٍ وَكُلُّ ضَرْبَةٍ، | ٥ |
6 The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
| وَيَغْسِلُ جَمِيعُ شُيُوخِ تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلْقَرِيبِينَ مِنَ ٱلْقَتِيلِ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعِجْلَةِ ٱلْمَكْسُورَةِ ٱلْعُنُقِ فِي ٱلْوَادِي، | ٦ |
7 and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
| وَيُصَرِّحُونَ وَيَقُولُونَ: أَيْدِينَا لَمْ تَسْفِكْ هَذَا ٱلدَّمَ، وَأَعْيُنُنَا لَمْ تُبْصِرْ. | ٧ |
8 Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’
| اِغْفِرْ لِشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِي فَدَيْتَ يَا رَبُّ، وَلَا تَجْعَلْ دَمَ بَرِيءٍ فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. فَيُغْفَرُ لَهُمُ ٱلدَّمُ. | ٨ |
9 By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”
| فَتَنْزِعُ ٱلدَّمَ ٱلْبَرِيءَ مِنْ وَسَطِكَ إِذَا عَمِلْتَ ٱلصَّالِحَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٩ |
10 “When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),
| «إِذَا خَرَجْتَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ أَعْدَائِكَ وَدَفَعَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ إِلَى يَدِكَ، وَسَبَيْتَ مِنْهُمْ سَبْيًا، | ١٠ |
11 one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
| وَرَأَيْتَ فِي ٱلسَّبْيِ ٱمْرَأَةً جَمِيلَةَ ٱلصُّورَةِ، وَٱلْتَصَقْتَ بِهَا وَٱتَّخَذْتَهَا لَكَ زَوْجَةً، | ١١ |
12 He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].
| فَحِينَ تُدْخِلُهَا إِلَى بَيْتِكَ تَحْلِقُ رَأْسَهَا وَتُقَلِّمُ أَظْفَارَهَا | ١٢ |
13 She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.
| وَتَنْزِعُ ثِيَابَ سَبْيِهَا عَنْهَا، وَتَقْعُدُ فِي بَيْتِكَ وَتَبْكِي أَبَاهَا وَأُمَّهَا شَهْرًا مِنَ ٱلزَّمَانِ، ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا وَتَتَزَوَّجُ بِهَا، فَتَكُونُ لَكَ زَوْجَةً. | ١٣ |
14 Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”
| وَإِنْ لَمْ تُسَرَّ بِهَا فَأَطْلِقْهَا لِنَفْسِهَا. لَا تَبِعْهَا بَيْعًا بِفِضَّةٍ، وَلَا تَسْتَرِقَّهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَذْلَلْتَهَا. | ١٤ |
15 “Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.
| «إِذَا كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ ٱمْرَأَتَانِ، إِحْدَاهُمَا مَحْبُوبَةٌ وَٱلْأُخْرَى مَكْرُوهَةٌ، فَوَلَدَتَا لَهُ بَنِينَ، ٱلْمَحْبُوبَةُ وَٱلْمَكْرُوهَةُ. فَإِنْ كَانَ ٱلِٱبْنُ ٱلْبِكْرُ لِلْمَكْرُوهَةِ، | ١٥ |
16 On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.
| فَيَوْمَ يَقْسِمُ لِبَنِيهِ مَا كَانَ لَهُ، لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يُقَدِّمَ ٱبْنَ ٱلْمَحْبُوبَةِ بِكْرًا عَلَى ٱبْنِ ٱلْمَكْرُوهَةِ ٱلْبِكْرِ، | ١٦ |
17 He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”
| بَلْ يَعْرِفُ ٱبْنَ ٱلْمَكْرُوهَةِ بِكْرًا لِيُعْطِيَهُ نَصِيبَ ٱثْنَيْنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا يُوجَدُ عِنْدَهُ، لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَوَّلُ قُدْرَتِهِ. لَهُ حَقُّ ٱلْبَكُورِيَّةِ. | ١٧ |
18 “Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
| «إِذَا كَانَ لِرَجُلٍ ٱبْنٌ مُعَانِدٌ وَمَارِدٌ لَا يَسْمَعُ لِقَوْلِ أَبِيهِ وَلَا لِقَوْلِ أُمِّهِ، وَيُؤَدِّبَانِهِ فَلَا يَسْمَعُ لَهُمَا. | ١٨ |
19 If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.
| يُمْسِكُهُ أَبُوهُ وَأُمُّهُ وَيَأْتِيَانِ بِهِ إِلَى شُيُوخِ مَدِينَتِهِ وَإِلَى بَابِ مَكَانِهِ، | ١٩ |
20 Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’
| وَيَقُولَانِ لِشُيُوخِ مَدِينَتِهِ: ٱبْنُنَا هَذَا مُعَانِدٌ وَمَارِدٌ لَا يَسْمَعُ لِقَوْلِنَا، وَهُوَ مُسْرِفٌ وَسِكِّيرٌ. | ٢٠ |
21 Then all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”
| فَيَرْجُمُهُ جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ مَدِينَتِهِ بِحِجَارَةٍ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ. فَتَنْزِعُ ٱلشَّرَّ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ، وَيَسْمَعُ كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَخَافُونَ. | ٢١ |
22 “If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
| «وَإِذَا كَانَ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ خَطِيَّةٌ حَقُّهَا ٱلْمَوْتُ، فَقُتِلَ وَعَلَّقْتَهُ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ، | ٢٢ |
23 you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
| فَلَا تَبِتْ جُثَّتُهُ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ، بَلْ تَدْفِنُهُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْمُعَلَّقَ مَلْعُونٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ. فَلَا تُنَجِّسْ أَرْضَكَ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ نَصِيبًا. | ٢٣ |
