Deuteronomy 23
1 “Any man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall not be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.
| לא יבא פצוע דכא וכרות שפכה בקהל יהוה |
2 “No (illegitimate person/person whose mother and father were not married), or descendant of that person, extending to the tenth generation, shall be included as one of Yahweh’s people.
| לא יבא ממזר בקהל יהוה גם דור עשירי לא יבא לו בקהל יהוה |
3 “No one from the Ammon or Moab people-groups shall be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people, extending to the tenth generation.
| לא יבא עמוני ומואבי בקהל יהוה גם דור עשירי לא יבא להם בקהל יהוה עד עולם |
4 One reason is that their [leaders] refused to give your ancestors food and water when they were traveling from Egypt [to Canaan]. Another reason is that they wanted to pay Balaam, the son of Beor from Pethor [town] in Mesopotamia, to curse you Israelis.
| על דבר אשר לא קדמו אתכם בלחם ובמים בדרך בצאתכם ממצרים ואשר שכר עליך את בלעם בן בעור מפתור ארם נהרים--לקללך |
5 But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.
| ולא אבה יהוה אלהיך לשמע אל בלעם ויהפך יהוה אלהיך לך את הקללה לברכה כי אהבך יהוה אלהיך |
6 As long as Israel is a nation, you must not do anything to cause things to go well for those two people-groups or enable them to prosper.
| לא תדרש שלמם וטבתם כל ימיך לעולם |
7 “But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are [descendants of your ancestor Jacob], just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because [they treated your ancestors well when] they first lived in Egypt.
| לא תתעב אדמי כי אחיך הוא לא תתעב מצרי כי גר היית בארצו |
8 The children and grandchildren of people from Edom and Egypt [who live among you] may be (included among/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.”
| בנים אשר יולדו להם דור שלישי--יבא להם בקהל יהוה |
9 “When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God.
| כי תצא מחנה על איביך ונשמרת--מכל דבר רע |
10 If any soldier becomes unacceptable to God because semen comes out of his body during the night, [the next morning] he must go outside the camp and stay there during that day.
| כי יהיה בך איש אשר לא יהיה טהור מקרה לילה--ויצא אל מחוץ למחנה לא יבא אל תוך המחנה |
11 But in the evening of that day, he must bathe himself, and at sunset he is allowed to come back into the camp.
| והיה לפנות ערב ירחץ במים וכבא השמש יבא אל תוך המחנה |
12 “Your soldiers must have a toilet area outside the camp where you can go [when you need to].
| ויד תהיה לך מחוץ למחנה ויצאת שמה חוץ |
13 [When you go to fight against your enemies], carry a stick along with your weapons, in order that when you need to defecate [EUP], you can dig a hole with the stick, and then cover up the hole [when you have finished defecating].
| ויתד תהיה לך על אזנך והיה בשבתך חוץ וחפרתה בה ושבת וכסית את צאתך |
14 You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.”
| כי יהוה אלהיך מתהלך בקרב מחנך להצילך ולתת איביך לפניך והיה מחניך קדוש ולא יראה בך ערות דבר ושב מאחריך |
15 “If slaves who escape from their masters come to you [and request you to protect them], do not send them back to their masters.
| לא תסגיר עבד אל אדניו אשר ינצל אליך מעם אדניו |
16 Allow them to stay/live among you, in whatever town they choose, and do not mistreat them.
| עמך ישב בקרבך במקום אשר יבחר באחד שעריך--בטוב לו לא תוננו |
17 “Do not [allow] any Israeli man or woman [to] become a prostitute at the temple.
| לא תהיה קדשה מבנות ישראל ולא יהיה קדש מבני ישראל |
18 Also, do not allow any people who earned money from being a prostitute to bring any of that money into the temple of Yahweh our God, even if they solemnly promised to pay that money to Yahweh. Yahweh hates those who are prostitutes.
| לא תביא אתנן זונה ומחיר כלב בית יהוה אלהיך--לכל נדר כי תועבת יהוה אלהיך גם שניהם |
19 “When you lend money or food or anything else to a fellow Israeli, do not charge them interest.
| לא תשיך לאחיך נשך כסף נשך אכל נשך כל דבר אשר ישך |
20 You are allowed to charge interest when you lend money to foreigners [who live in your land], but not when you lend money to Israelis. Do this in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
| לנכרי תשיך ולאחיך לא תשיך--למען יברכך יהוה אלהיך בכל משלח ידך על הארץ אשר אתה בא שמה לרשתה |
21 “When you vow to give something to Yahweh your God [or to do something for him], do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin.
| כי תדר נדר ליהוה אלהיך לא תאחר לשלמו כי דרש ידרשנו יהוה אלהיך מעמך והיה בך חטא |
22 But if you [SYN] do not vow [to do something], that is not sinful.
| וכי תחדל לנדר--לא יהיה בך חטא |
23 But if you voluntarily promise to do something, you must do it.
| מוצא שפתיך תשמר ועשית כאשר נדרת ליהוה אלהיך נדבה אשר דברת בפיך |
24 “When you walk through someone else’s vineyard, you are allowed to [pick and] eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not [cut some from a vine and carry them away] in a container.
| כי תבא בכרם רעך ואכלת ענבים כנפשך שבעך ואל כליך לא תתן |
25 When you walk [along a path] in someone else’s field of grain, you are allowed to pluck/pick some of the grain and eat it, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle [and take it with you].”
| כי תבא בקמת רעך וקטפת מלילת בידך וחרמש לא תניף על קמת רעך |
