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.
Εάν τις ευρεθή πεφονευμένος εν τη γη, την οποίαν Κύριος ο Θεός σου δίδει εις σε διά να κληρονομήσης αυτήν, πεσμένος εις την πεδιάδα, και ήναι άγνωστον τις εφόνευσεν αυτόν,
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.
τότε θέλουσιν εξέλθει οι πρεσβύτεροί σου και οι κριταί σου, και θέλουσι μετρήσει προς τας πόλεις τας πέριξ του πεφονευμένου·
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.
και της πόλεως, ήτις είναι η πλησιεστέρα εις τον πεφονευμένον, οι πρεσβύτεροι της πόλεως εκείνης θέλουσι λάβει δάμαλιν, ήτις δεν υπεβλήθη εις εργασίαν ουδέ έσυρεν υπό τον ζυγόν·
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.
και θέλουσι καταβιβάσει οι πρεσβύτεροι της πόλεως εκείνης την δάμαλιν εις τραχείαν φάραγγα, ήτις ούτε γεωργείται ούτε σπείρεται και εκεί εν τη φάραγγι θέλουσι κόψει τον τράχηλον της δαμάλεως.
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.
Και θέλουσι πλησιάσει οι ιερείς οι υιοί του Λευΐ· επειδή αυτούς εξέλεξε Κύριος ο Θεός σου να λειτουργώσιν εις αυτόν, και να ευλογώσιν εν τω ονόματι του Κυρίου· και κατά τον λόγον αυτών θέλει κρίνεσθαι πάσα διαφορά και πάσα πληγή·
6 The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
και πάντες οι πρεσβύτεροι της πόλεως εκείνης, της πλησιεστέρας εις τον πεφονευμένον, θέλουσι νίψει τας χείρας αυτών επί της δαμάλεως της εσφαγμένης εν τη φάραγγι·
7 and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
και αποκριθέντες θέλουσιν ειπεί, Αι χείρες ημών δεν έχυσαν το αίμα τούτο, ουδέ είδον οι οφθαλμοί ημών·
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.’
γενού ίλεως, Κύριε, εις τον λαόν σου τον Ισραήλ, τον οποίον ελύτρωσας, και μη βάλης επί τον λαόν σου Ισραήλ αίμα αθώον· και θέλει συγχωρηθή εις αυτούς το αίμα.
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.”
Ούτω θέλεις εξαλείψει εκ μέσου σου το αθώον αίμα, όταν κάμης το αρεστόν εις τους οφθαλμούς του Κυρίου.
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),
Όταν εξέλθης να πολεμήσης τους εχθρούς σου, και Κύριος ο Θεός σου παραδώση αυτούς εις τας χείρας σου, και λάβης εξ αυτών αιχμαλώτους,
11 one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
και ίδης μεταξύ των αιχμαλώτων γυναίκα ευειδή και επιθυμήσης αυτήν, διά να λάβης αυτήν εις σεαυτόν γυναίκα,
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].
τότε θέλεις φέρει αυτήν εις την οικίαν σου, και θέλει ξυρίσει την κεφαλήν αυτής και περιονυχίσει τους όνυχας αυτής·
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.
και θέλει εκδυθή τα ενδύματα της αιχμαλωσίας αυτής επάνωθεν αυτής και θέλει καθήσει εν τη οικία σου και κλαύσει τον πατέρα αυτής και την μητέρα αυτής ολόκληρον μήνα· και μετά ταύτα θέλεις εισέλθει προς αυτήν, και θέλεις είσθαι ανήρ αυτής και εκείνη θέλει είσθαι γυνή σου.
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].”
Και εάν συμβή να μη ευχαριστήσαι εις αυτήν, τότε θέλεις εξαποστείλει αυτήν ελευθέραν· και δεν θέλεις πωλήσει αυτήν δι' αργύριον, δεν θέλεις εμπορευθή αυτήν, διότι εταπείνωσας αυτήν.
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.
Εάν τις έχη δύο γυναίκας, την μίαν αγαπωμένην και την άλλην μισουμένην, και γεννήσωσιν εις αυτόν τέκνα η αγαπωμένη και η μισουμένη, και ο πρωτότοκος υιός ήναι της μισουμένης,
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.
τότε, καθ' ην ημέραν μοιράζει εις τους υιούς αυτού την περιουσίαν αυτού, δεν δύναται να κάμη πρωτότοκον τον υιόν της αγαπωμένης, παριδών τον υιόν της μισουμένης, τον αληθώς πρωτότοκον·
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.”
αλλά θέλει αναγνωρίσει τον υιόν της μισουμένης διά πρωτότοκον, δίδων εις αυτόν διπλούν μερίδιον εκ πάντων των υπαρχόντων αυτού· διότι είναι η αρχή της δυνάμεως αυτού· εις τούτον ανήκουσι τα πρωτοτόκια.
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].
Εάν τις έχη υιόν πεισματώδη και απειθή, όστις δεν υπακούει εις την φωνήν του πατρός αυτού ή εις την φωνήν της μητρός αυτού, και, αφού παιδεύσωσιν αυτόν, δεν υπακούη εις αυτούς,
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.
τότε ο πατήρ αυτού και η μήτηρ αυτού θέλουσι πιάσει αυτόν, και θέλουσιν εκφέρει αυτόν προς τους πρεσβυτέρους της πόλεως αυτού και εις την πύλην του τόπου αυτού·
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.’
και θέλουσιν ειπεί προς τους πρεσβυτέρους της πόλεως αυτού, Ούτος ο υιός ημών είναι πεισματώδης και απειθής· δεν υπακούει εις την φωνήν ημών· είναι λαίμαργος και μέθυσος·
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].”
και πάντες οι άνθρωποι της πόλεως αυτού θέλουσι λιθοβολήσει αυτόν με λίθους, και θέλει αποθάνει. Και θέλεις εξαφανίσει το κακόν εκ μέσου σου· και πας ο Ισραήλ θέλει ακούσει και φοβηθή.
22 “If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
Και εάν τις έπραξεν αμάρτημα άξιον θανάτου και καταδικασθή εις θάνατον, και κρεμάσης αυτόν εις ξύλον,
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.”
δεν θέλει μένει το σώμα αυτού όλην την νύκτα επί του ξύλου, αλλά θέλεις εξάπαντος θάψει αυτόν την αυτήν ημέραν, διότι είναι κατηραμένος υπό του Θεού ο κρεμάμενος· διά να μη μολύνης την γην σου, την οποίαν Κύριος ο Θεός σου δίδει εις σε κληρονομίαν.
