Deuteronomy 20
1 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
“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 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
Lè nou ap pwoche batay la, prèt la va pwoche pou pale avèk pèp la.
3 and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared 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 the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, 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 shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate 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 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use 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 has pledged to be married to a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take 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 shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his 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 It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
Lè ofisye yo fin pale ak pèp la, yo va chwazi kòmandan lame yo kòm chèf an tèt pèp la.
10 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
“Lè nou pwoche yon vil pou goumen kont li, nou va ofri li kondisyon lapè.
11 It shall be, if it gives you answer of peace and opens to you, then it shall be that all the people who are found therein shall become forced labourers to you, and shall 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 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it.
Men si li pa fè lapè avèk nou, men fè lagè kont nou, alò, nou va fè syèj kont li.
13 When the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword;
“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 livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given 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 Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
“Konsa, nou va fè a tout vil ki lwen nou yo, ki pa pati nan vil a nasyon ki toupre yo.
16 But of the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall 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 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the LORD 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 that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against the LORD 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 shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?
“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 shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks 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.
