Deuteronomy 25

1 If there shall be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

١ إِذَا نَشَبَتْ خُصُومَةٌ بَيْنَ قَوْمٍ وَرَفَعُوا دَعْوَاهُمْ إِلَى الْقَضَاءِ لِيَحْكُمَ الْقُضَاةُ بَيْنَهُمْ، فَلْيُبَرِّئُوا الْبَرِيءَ وَيَحْكُمُوا عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِ.

2 And it shall be, if the wicked man [be] worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

٢ فَإِنْ كَانَ الْمُذْنِبُ يَسْتَحِقُّ عِقَابَ الْجَلْدِ، يَطْرَحُهُ الْقَاضِي، وَيَجْلِدُونَهُ أَمَامَهُ بِعَدَدِ الْجَلْدَاتِ الَّتِي يَسْتَحِقُّهَا ذَنْبُهُ،

3 Forty stripes he may give him, [and] not exceed: lest [if] he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile to thee.

٣ عَلَى أَلّا يَزِيدَ عَدَدُ الْجَلْدَاتِ عَنْ أَرْبَعِينَ جَلْدَةً، لِئَلّا يُصْبِحَ الْمُعَاقَبُ مُحْتَقَراً.

4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].

٤ لَا تَكُمُّوا فَمَ الثَّوْرِ الدَّارِسِ لِلْغِلالِ.

5 If brethren shall dwell together, and one of them shall die and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without to a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him for a wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.

٥ إِذَا سَكَنَ إِخْوَةٌ مَعاً وَمَاتَ أَحَدُهُمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُنْجِبَ ابْناً، فَلا يَجِبُ أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَتُهُ رَجُلاً مِنْ غَيْرِ أَفْرَادِ عَائِلَةِ زَوْجِهَا. بَلْ لِيَتَزَوَّجْهَا أَخُو زَوْجِهَا وَيُعَاشِرْهَا، وَلْيَقُمْ نَحْوَهَا بِوَاجِبِ أَخِي الزَّوْجِ،

6 And it shall be, [that] the first-born which she beareth, shall succeed in the name of his brother [who is] dead, that his name may not become extinct in Israel.

٦ وَيَحْمِلُ الْبِكْرُ الَّذِي تُنْجِبُهُ اسْمَ الأَخِ الْمَيْتِ، فَلا يَنْقَرِضُ اسْمُهُ مِنْ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

7 And if the man shall not like to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up to his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

٧ وَإِنْ أَبَى الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَخِيهِ، تَمْضِي الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى بَوَّابَةِ شُيُوخِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَتَقُولُ: قَدْ رَفَضَ أَخُو زَوْجِي أَنْ يُخَلِّدَ اسْماً لأَخِيهِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يَقُومَ نَحْوِي بِوَاجِبِ أَخِي الزَّوْجِ.

8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and [if] he shall stand [to it], and say, I like not to take her,

٨ فَيَدْعُوهُ شُيُوخُ الْمَدِينَةِ وَيَتَدَاوَلُونَ مَعَهُ فِي الأَمْرِ. فَإِنْ أَصَرَّ عَلَى الرَّفْضِ وَقَالَ: لَا أَرْضَى أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَهَا.

9 Then shall his brother's wife come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done to that man that will not build up his brother's house.

٩ تَتَقَدَّمُ امْرَأَةُ أَخِيهِ إِلَيْهِ عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنَ الشُّيُوخِ، وَتَخْلَعُ حِذَاءَهُ مِنْ رِجْلَيْهِ وَتَتْفُلُ فِي وَجْهِهِ قَائِلَةً: هَذَا مَا يَحْدُثُ لِمَنْ يَأْبَى أَنْ يَبْنِيَ بَيْتَ أَخِيهِ.

10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

١٠ فَيُدْعَى فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بَيْتَ مَخْلُوعِ النَّعْلِ.

11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband from the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

١١ إِذَا تَعَارَكَ رَجُلانِ فَتَدَخَّلَتْ زَوْجَةُ أَحَدِهِمَا لِتُنْقِذَ زَوْجَهَا مِنْ قَبْضَةِ يَدِ ضَارِبِهِ وَمَدَّتْ يَدَهَا وَأَمْسَكَتْ بِخِصْيَتِهِ،

12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thy eye shall not pity [her].

١٢ فَاقْطَعُوا يَدَهَا وَلا تُشْفِقُوا عَلَيْهَا.

13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small:

١٣ لَا تَحْتَفِظْ فِي كِيسِكَ بِمِعْيَارَيْنِ مُخْتَلِفَيْنِ كَبِيرٍ وَصَغِيرٍ،

14 Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures, a great and a small:

١٤ وَلا يَكُنْ لَكَ فِي بَيْتِكَ مِكْيَالانِ مُخْتَلِفَانِ كَبِيرٌ وَصَغِيرٌ،

15 [But] thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

١٥ بَلْ لِتَكُنْ أَوْزَانُكَ وَمَكَايِيلُكَ صَحِيحَةً لَا غِشَّ فِيهَا، لِتَطُولَ أَيَّامُكَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا لَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ،

16 For all that do such things, [and] all that do unrighteously, [are] an abomination to the LORD thy God.

١٦ لأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ غَشَّ فِي الْمَكَايِيلِ أَوِ الأَوْزَانِ يُصْبِحُ مَكْرُوهاً لَدَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

17 Remember what Amalek did to thee by the way, when ye had come forth from Egypt;

١٧ تَذَكَّرُوا مَا صَنَعَهُ بِكُمْ شَعْبُ عَمَالِيقَ لَدَى خُرُوجِكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ،

18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, [even] all [that were] feeble behind thee, when thou [wast] faint and weary; and he feared not God.

١٨ كَيْفَ تَعَرَّضُوا لَكُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَقَضَوْا عَلَى الْمُسْتَضْعِفِينَ الْمُرْتَحِلِينَ فِي مُؤَخَّرَةِ الشَّعْبِ وَأَنْتُمْ مُرْهَقُونَ تَعَابَى، وَلَمْ يَخَافُوا اللهَ.

19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thy enemies on all sides, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it].

١٩ فَمَتَى أَرَاحَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكُمُ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا لَكُمْ مِيرَاثاً، امْحُوا ذِكْرَ شَعْبِ عَمَالِيقَ مِنْ تَحْتِ السَّمَاءِ. لَا تَنْسَوْا هَذَا.