Deuteronomy 20
1 When thou goest out to battle against thy enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
Mgbe i pụrụ ibuso ndị iro gị agha, ọ bụrụ na i lee anya hụ na ndị iro gị nwere ọtụtụ ịnyịnya, ụgbọ agha na ndị agha dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ karịa gị, unu atụla egwu, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị, onye ahụ mere ka i si nʼala Ijipt pụta nʼudo, nọnyeere gị.
2 And it shall be when ye are come nigh to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
Tupu agha ebido, otu onye nchụaja ga-eguzo nʼihu ndị agha Izrel gwa ha okwu sị,
3 And shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day to battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
“Geenụ ntị, unu ndị Izrel, taa, unu na-apụ ibuso ndị iro unu agha. Unu atụla egwu. Unu atụla ụjọ. Ka obi unu gharakwa ịda mba.
4 For the LORD your God [is] he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu ga-eso unu gaa, ọ ga-alụrụ unu ọgụ imegide ndị iro unu, ọ ga-enyekwa unu mmeri.”
5 And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man [is there] that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he should die in the battle, and another man should dedicate it.
Mgbe ahụ, ndị ọchịagha ga-esi otu a gwa ndị agha Izrel okwu sị ha, “O nwere onye ọbụla nʼime unu wuru ụlọ ọhụrụ ọ na-edobeghị nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị? Ka onye dị otu a laghachi nʼụlọ ya. Ka onye ahụ ghara ịnwụ nʼagha hapụ ụlọ ya, ka nwoke ọzọ doo ya nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị!
6 And what man [is he] that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not [yet] eaten of it? let him [also] go and return to his house, lest he should die in the battle, and another man should eat of it.
Ọ dị nwoke ọbụla kụrụ ubi vaịnị ọhụrụ nke ọ na-esitebeghị nʼime ya ghọọ mkpụrụ ọbụla? Ya laa, ka ọ ghara ịnwụ nʼagha, hapụrụ ya onye ọzọ nke ga-eri mkpụrụ si na ya!
7 And what man [is there] that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he should die in battle, and another man should take her.
Ọ dị nwoke nwere nwaagbọghọ o kwere nkwa na ọ ga-alụ? Ya laa, gaa lụọ nwanyị! Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na ọ nwụọ nʼagha, nwoke ọzọ ga-alụ ya.”
8 And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man [is there that is] fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brethren's heart should faint as well as his heart.
Mgbe ahụ, ndị ọchịagha ahụ ga-ekwukwa sị, “Ọ dị onye egwu na-atụ? Ọ bụrụ na o nwere onye ụjọ na-atụ, ya laghachi nʼụlọ ya ka ịtụ ụjọ ya hapụ ijide ndị ọzọ.”
9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
Mgbe ndịisi agha gwachara ndị agha ha okwu ndị a, ha ga-ahọpụta ndịisi ga-achịkọta usuu ndị agha.
10 When thou comest nigh to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
Mgbe ị bịaruru obodo ọbụla nso ibuso ya agha, ị ga-ebu ụzọ kpọọ ndị bi nʼime ya oku, maka ime udo.
11 And it shall be, if it shall make thee answer of peace, and open to thee, then it shall be, [that] all the people [that are] found therein, shall be tributaries to thee, and they shall serve thee.
Ọ bụrụ na ha anabata ime udo, megheere gị ọnụ ụzọ ama ha, ndị niile bi nʼime obodo ahụ ga-abụrụ gị ndị ọrụ na-agbakwara gị odibo.
12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Ma ọ bụrụ na ha ekweghị ime udo, lụso gị agha, mgbe ahụ, ndị agha gị ga-agba ya gburugburu.
13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thy hands, thou shalt smite every male of it with the edge of the sword:
Mgbe Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nyefere gị ya nʼaka, were mma agha gbuo nwoke ọbụla nọ nʼime ya.
14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, [even] all the spoil of it, shalt thou take to thyself: and thou shalt eat the spoil of thy enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
Ma ụmụ nwanyị niile na ụmụntakịrị niile, anụ ụlọ niile na ihe nkwata niile nke ndị obodo ahụ ka ị ga-edebere onwe gị. Ị ga-ewerekwa ihe nkwata nke Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nyere site nʼaka ndị iro gị mee ihe dị gị mma.
15 Thus shalt thou do to all the cities [which are] very distant from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these nations.
Iwu ndị a metụtara naanị mmeso ị ga-emeso obodo ndị tere anya. O metụtaghị obodo ndị na-adịghị nʼime mba ndị a dị nso.
16 But of the cities of these people which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
Ma otu ọ dị, nʼobodo niile ndị ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke na-enye gị dịka ihe nketa, o nweghị ihe ọbụla na-eku ume ị ga-ahapụ ndụ. Laa ihe niile na-eku ume nʼiyi.
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them, [namely], the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
Ị ghaghị ịla obodo ndị a nʼiyi: obodo ndị Het na nke ndị Amọrait, nke ndị Kenan na nke ndị Periz, nke ndị Hiv na nke ndị Jebus, dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nyere gị nʼiwu.
18 That they may not teach you to do after all their abominations which they have done to their gods; so would ye sin against the LORD your God.
Ma ọ bụghị otu a, ha ga-akụziri gị ime ihe ndị ahụ niile rụrụ arụ ha na-eme mgbe ha na-efe chi ha dị iche iche, mee ka i mehie megide Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị.
19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees of it by forcing an ax against them; for thou mayest eat of them: and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field [is] man's [life] ) to employ [them] in the siege:
Mgbe ị nọchibidoro obodo ọbụla ogologo oge, na-ebu agha megide ya maka iwere ya, ebibila osisi na-amị mkpụrụ dị nʼime ya site nʼiji anyụike gbutuo ha. Nʼihi na i nwere ike rie mkpụrụ osisi ha, egbutula ha. Osisi dị nʼọhịa ha ọ bụ ndị mmadụ, na ị ga-anọchibido ha?
20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they [are] not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it shall be subdued.
Naanị osisi na-adịghị amị mkpụrụ ka ị ga-egbutu, nke a na-adịghị eri mkpụrụ ya eri. Jiri ha meere onwe gị ngwa ọgụ, dịka ubibi, na nkwasa, na ihe unu ji etitu mgbidi obodo ahụ.
