Deuteronomy 17
1 You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep in which is a defect or anything evil; for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.
Jangan persembahkan sapi atau domba yang cacat kepada TUHAN Allahmu, karena Ia membencinya.
2 If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in the LORD your God’s sight in transgressing his covenant,
Apabila kamu mendengar bahwa di salah satu kotamu ada orang yang berdosa terhadap TUHAN Allahmu karena melanggar perjanjian
3 and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the stars of the sky, which I have not commanded,
dan perintah-Nya dengan menyembah dan mengabdi kepada ilah-ilah lain atau kepada matahari, bulan atau bintang-bintang,
4 and you are told, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,
maka kamu harus menyelidikinya dengan teliti. Sekiranya kejahatan itu benar-benar telah terjadi di Israel,
5 then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates, even that same man or woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones.
orang yang bersalah harus dibawa ke luar kota dan dilempari batu sampai mati.
6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Tetapi ia hanya boleh dihukum mati kalau ada dua orang saksi atau lebih; seseorang tak boleh dihukum mati berdasarkan keterangan satu orang saksi saja.
7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
Para saksi harus lemparkan batu yang pertama kepada orang itu, diikuti seluruh rakyat. Dengan demikian kamu berantas kejahatan itu.
8 If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise, and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses.
Apabila ada perkara yang tak dapat diputuskan oleh hakim-hakim setempat karena terlalu sulit, misalnya perkara pembunuhan yang disengaja atau tidak disengaja, perselisihan tentang hak milik atau luka-melukai badan, kamu harus pergi ke tempat yang dipilih TUHAN Allahmu.
9 You shall come to the priests who are Levites and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the verdict.
Ajukanlah perkaramu itu kepada imam-imam Lewi dan kepada hakim yang sedang bertugas, lalu biarkan mereka memutuskannya.
10 You shall do according to the decisions of the verdict which they shall give you from that place which the LORD chooses. You shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you.
Merekalah yang memberi keputusan, dan kamu harus melakukan dengan teliti apa yang mereka katakan kepadamu.
11 According to the decisions of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do. You shall not turn away from the sentence which they announce to you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Terimalah keputusan mereka dan laksanakanlah apa yang mereka tetapkan sampai hal yang sekecil-kecilnya.
12 The man who does presumptuously in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die. You shall put away the evil from Israel.
Siapa saja yang berani melawan hakim atau imam yang sedang bertugas, harus dihukum mati; dengan demikian kamu memberantas kejahatan itu di Israel.
13 All the people shall hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
Semua orang akan mendengar tentang kejadian itu dan menjadi takut, sehingga tak ada lagi yang berani berbuat begitu."
14 When you have come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,”
"Apabila tanah yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu sudah menjadi milikmu, dan kamu sudah berdiam di situ, mungkin kamu menginginkan seorang raja seperti bangsa-bangsa yang tinggal di sekelilingmu.
15 you shall surely set him whom the LORD your God chooses as king over yourselves. You shall set as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
Perhatikanlah baik-baik supaya orang yang kamu angkat menjadi rajamu adalah orang yang dipilih TUHAN Allahmu. Ia harus seorang dari bangsamu sendiri; jangan mengangkat seorang asing menjadi rajamu.
16 Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because the LORD has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”
Raja tak boleh memiliki banyak kuda untuk tentaranya dan tak boleh menyuruh bangsa ini kembali ke Mesir untuk membeli kuda, karena TUHAN telah berkata bahwa umat-Nya tak boleh kembali ke negeri itu.
17 He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Raja tak boleh punya banyak istri, supaya ia jangan membelakangi TUHAN. Ia juga tak boleh memperkaya diri dengan perak dan emas.
18 It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests.
Kalau seorang dinobatkan menjadi raja, ia harus diberi sebuah buku berisi hukum-hukum Allah yang disalin dari buku asli yang disimpan oleh imam-imam Lewi.
19 It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
Buku itu harus selalu ada di dekatnya, dan seumur hidup ia harus membacanya supaya belajar menghormati TUHAN Allahnya dan dengan setia mentaati segala perintah yang tertulis di dalamnya.
20 that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the middle of Israel.
Kalau ia membacanya dengan tekun, ia tak akan menganggap dirinya lebih baik dari orang-orang sebangsanya, dan tak akan melanggar perintah TUHAN dengan cara bagaimanapun. Lalu ia dan keturunannya akan memerintah bangsanya sampai turun-temurun."
