< 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.
Quando na terra que te der o Senhor teu Deus para possui-la se achar algum morto, caído no campo, sem que se saiba quem o matou,
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.
Então sairão os teus anciãos e os teus juízes, e medirão o espaço até às cidades que estiverem em redor do morto;
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.
E, na cidade mais chegada ao morto, os anciãos da mesma cidade tomarão uma bezerra da manada, que não tenha trabalhado nem tenha puxado com o jugo;
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.
E os anciãos daquela cidade trarão a bezerra a um vale áspero, que nunca foi lavrado nem semeado: e ali, naquele vale, degolarão a bezerra;
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.
Então se achegarão os sacerdotes, filhos de Levi (pois o Senhor teu Deus os escolheu para o servirem, e para abençoarem em nome do Senhor; e pelo seu dito se determinará toda a demanda e toda a ferida);
6 The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
E todos os anciãos da mesma cidade, mais chegados ao morto, lavarão as suas mãos sobre a bezerra degolada no vale;
7 and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
E protestarão, e dirão: As nossas mãos não derramaram este sangue, e os nossos olhos o não viram.
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.’
Sê propício ao teu povo Israel, que tu, ó Senhor, resgataste, e não ponhas o sangue inocente no meio do teu povo Israel. E aquele sangue lhes será expiado.
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.”
Assim tirarás o sangue inocente do meio de ti: pois farás o que é reto aos olhos do Senhor.
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),
Quando saires à peleja contra os teus inimigos, e o Senhor teu Deus os entregar nas tuas mãos, e tu deles levares prisioneiros,
11 one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
E tu entre os presos vires uma mulher formosa à vista, e a cobiçares, e a tomares por mulher,
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].
Então a trarás para a tua casa: e ela se rapará a cabeça e cortará as suas unhas,
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.
E despirá o vestido do seu cativeiro, e se assentará na tua casa, e chorará a seu pai e a sua mãe um mês inteiro: e depois entrarás a ela, e tu serás seu marido e ela tua mulher.
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].”
E será que, se te não contentares dela, a deixarás ir à sua vontade; mas de sorte nenhuma a venderás por dinheiro, nem com ela mercadejarás, pois a tens humilhado.
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.
Quando um homem tiver duas mulheres, uma a quem ama e outra a quem aborrece, e a amada e a aborrecida lhe parirem filhos, e o filho primogênito for da aborrecida,
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.
Será que, no dia em que fizer herdar a seus filhos o que tiver, não poderá dar a primogenitura ao filho da amada, adiante do filho da aborrecida, que é o primogênito.
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.”
Mas o filho da aborrecida reconhecerá por primogênito, dando-lhe dobrada porção de tudo quanto tiver: porquanto aquele é o princípio da sua força, o direito da primogenitura seu é.
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].
Quando alguém tiver um filho contumaz e rebelde, que não obedecer à voz de seu pai e à voz de sua mãe, e, castigando-o eles, lhes não der ouvidos,
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.
Então seu pai e sua mãe pegarão nele, e o levarão aos anciãos da sua cidade, e à porta do seu lugar
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.’
E dirão aos anciãos da cidade: Este nosso filho é rebelde e contumaz, não dá ouvidos à nossa voz: é um comilão e beberrão.
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].”
Então todos os homens da sua cidade o apedrejarão com pedras, até que morra; e tirarás o mal do meio de ti, para que todo o Israel o ouça, e tema
22 “If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
Quando também em alguém houver pecado, digno do juízo de morte, e haja de morrer, e o pendurares num madeiro,
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.”
O seu cadáver não permanecerá no madeiro, mas certamente o enterrarás no mesmo dia: porquanto o pendurado é maldito de Deus: assim não contaminarás a tua terra, que o Senhor teu Deus te dá em herança.