Deuteronomy 20
1 When you march out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you must not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, he who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
“Lè nou ale fè batay kont lènmi nou yo, nou wè cheval avèk cha ak pèp ki plis pase nou, pa pè yo; paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ki te fè nou sòti kite peyi Égypte la, avèk nou.
2 When you are about to enter into battle, the priest must approach and speak to the people.
Lè nou ap pwoche batay la, prèt la va pwoche pou pale avèk pèp la.
3 He must say to them, 'Listen, Israel, you are going to battle against your enemies. Do not let your hearts faint. Do not fear or tremble. Do not be afraid of them.
Li va di yo: ‘Tande O Israël, n ap pwoche batay la kont lènmi nou yo jodi a. Pa fè kè sote. Pa pè, ni pa sezi, ni tranble devan yo,
4 For Yahweh your God is the one who is going with you to fight for you against your enemies and to save you.'
paske se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ki prale avèk nou, pou goumen pou nou kont lènmi nou yo, pou sove nou.’
5 The officers must speak to the people and say, 'What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man dedicates it.
“Ofisye militè yo, osi, va pale avèk pèp la, e di: ‘Se kilès nan mesye yo ki te bati yon kay tounèf e ki poko etabli ladann? Kite li sòti retounen lakay li. Otreman, li kab mouri nan batay la, e yon lòt va vin etabli ladann.
6 Is there anyone who has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed its fruit? Let him go home, so he will not die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
Kilès nan mesye yo ki te plante yon chan rezen e ki poko sèvi nan fwi li? Kite li sòti retounen lakay li. Otreman, li kapab mouri nan batay la e yon lòt moun va vin sèvi nan fwi li a.
7 What man is there who is engaged to marry a woman but has not yet married her? Let him go home so that he does not die in battle and another man marries her.'
Epi kilès nan mesye yo ki fiyanse a yon fi e ki poko marye avè l? Kite li sòti retounen lakay li. Otreman, li kapab mouri nan batay la e yon lòt mesye kapab vin marye avè l.’
8 The officers must speak further to the people and say, 'What man is there who is fearful or fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, so that his brother's heart does not melt like his own heart.'
“Konsa, ofisye yo va pale plis avèk pèp la pou di: ‘Kilès nan mesye yo ki gen laperèz oswa ki manke gen kouraj? Kite li sòti retounen lakay li pou li pa fè kè frè li yo fann tankou kè pa li.’
9 When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they must appoint commanders over them.
Lè ofisye yo fin pale ak pèp la, yo va chwazi kòmandan lame yo kòm chèf an tèt pèp la.
10 When you march up to attack a city, make those people an offer of peace.
“Lè nou pwoche yon vil pou goumen kont li, nou va ofri li kondisyon lapè.
11 If they accept your offer and open their gates to you, all the people who are found in it must become forced labor for you and must serve you.
Si li dakò pou fè lapè avèk nou e louvri pou nou; alò, tout pèp ki ladann yo va devni fòs travay kòve nou, e va sèvi nou.
12 But if it makes no offer of peace to you, but instead makes war against you, then you must besiege it,
Men si li pa fè lapè avèk nou, men fè lagè kont nou, alò, nou va fè syèj kont li.
13 and when Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, you must kill every man in the town.
“Lè SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, livre li nan men nou, nou va frape tout mesye yo avèk lam nepe.
14 But the women, the little ones, the cattle, and everything that is in the city, and all its spoil, you will take as booty for yourself. You will consume the booty of your enemies, whom Yahweh your God has given to you.
Sèlman fanm avèk pitit avèk bèt avèk tout piyaj la, nou va pran kòm byen ki sezi pou kont nou. Nou gen dwa sèvi piyaj lènmi nou yo ke SENYÈ a te bannou.
15 You must act in this way toward all the cities that are very far from you, cities that are not of the cities of these following nations.
“Konsa, nou va fè a tout vil ki lwen nou yo, ki pa pati nan vil a nasyon ki toupre yo.
16 In the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must save alive nothing that breathes.
“Sèlman, nan vil a pèp sa yo ke SENYÈ Bondye nou an, ap bannou kòm eritaj la, nou pa pou kite anyen viv ki respire.
17 Instead, you must completely destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded you.
Nou va detwi yo nèt; Etyen yo, Amoreyen yo, Kanaaneyen yo, Ferezyen yo, Evyen yo, ak Jebizyen yo, jan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te kòmande nou an,
18 Do this so that they do not teach you to act in any of their abominable ways, as they have done with their gods. If you do, you will sin against Yahweh your God.
jis pou yo pa vin enstwi nou selon tout bagay abominab ke yo te fè pou dye pa yo, pou nou vin peche kont SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.
19 When you will besiege a city for a long time, as you wage war against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them. For you may eat from them, so you must not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man whom you should besiege?
“Lè nou fè syèj yon vil pandan anpil tan, pou fè lagè kont li pou nou kapab pran li an kaptivite, nou pa pou detwi pyebwa li yo nan voye rach sou yo; pou nou kapab manje nan yo, e nou pa pou koupe yo. Paske èske pyebwa chan an se yon moun, ke nou ta dwe fè syèj ladann?
20 Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you may destroy and cut down; you will build siege works against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
Sèlman bwa ke nou konnen ki pa bay fwi yo, nou va detwi yo e koupe yo, pou nou kapab konstwi syèj yo kont vil ki kont nou an, jiskaske l fin tonbe.
