Gũcookerithia 20
1 Rĩrĩa mũgaathiĩ kũrũa na thũ cianyu na muone irĩ na mbarathi na ngaari cia ita na mbũtũ cia ita nyingĩ gũkĩra cianyu, mũtikanaciĩtigĩre, nĩ ũndũ Jehova Ngai wanyu, ũrĩa wamũrutire bũrũri wa Misiri, agaakorwo hamwe na inyuĩ.
And if thou shouldest go forth to war against thine enemies, and shouldest see horse, and rider, and a people more numerous than thyself; thou shalt not be afraid of them, for the Lord thy God [is] with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Rĩrĩa mũgaakorwo mũkuhĩrĩirie gũthiĩ mbaara, mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai nĩagakuhĩrĩria mbũtũ cia ita na aciarĩrie.
And it shall come to pass whenever thou shalt draw nigh to battle, that the priest shall draw nigh and speak to the people, and shall say to them,
3 Aciĩre atĩrĩ, “Thikĩrĩria wee Isiraeli, ũmũthĩ nĩ ũgũthiĩ mbaara-inĩ ũkarũe na thũ ciaku. Ndũgakue ngoro kana wĩtigĩre na ndũkamake kana ũinaine ũrĩ mbere yacio.
Hear, O Israel; ye are going this day to battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint, fear not, neither be confounded, neither turn aside from their face.
4 Nĩgũkorwo Jehova Ngai waku nĩwe ũgũtwarana nawe nĩguo akũrũĩrĩre kũrĩ thũ ciaku, akũhootanĩre.”
For [it is] the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, [and] to save you.
5 Anene nao nĩmakooria mbũtũ ya ita atĩrĩ: “Nĩ harĩ mũndũ wakĩte nyũmba njerũ na ndamĩrugũrĩtie? Nĩarekwo acooke mũciĩ, ndagakuĩre mbaara-inĩ, nake mũndũ ũngĩ atuĩke wa kũmĩrugũria.
And the scribes shall speak to the people, saying, What man [is] he that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man dedicate it.
6 Nĩ harĩ mũndũ ũhaandĩte mũgũnda wa mĩthabibũ na ndambĩrĩirie gũkenera matunda maguo? Nĩarekwo ainũke ndagakuĩre mbaara-inĩ nake mũndũ ũngĩ atuĩke wa gũkenera matunda macio.
And what man [is] he that has planted a vineyard, and not been made merry with it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man be made merry with it.
7 Nĩ harĩ mũndũ marĩkanĩire na mũndũ-wa-nja atĩ nĩekũmũhikia na ndamũhikĩtie? O nake nĩ ainũke ndagakuĩre mbaara-inĩ nake mũndũ-wa-nja ũcio ahikio nĩ mũndũ ũngĩ.”
And what man [is] he that has betrothed 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.
8 Ningĩ anene nĩmagacooka morie atĩrĩ, “Nĩ harĩ mũndũ ũretigĩra kana agakua ngoro? Ũcio nĩarekwo ainũke nĩgeetha ariũ a ithe o nao matigakue ngoro.”
And the scribes shall speak further to the people, and say, What man [is] he that fears and is cowardly in his heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest he make the heart of his brother fail, as his own.
9 Rĩrĩa anene makaarĩkia kwarĩria mbũtũ cia ita-rĩ, nĩmagathuura anene a ita a gũtongoria mbũtũ icio.
And it shall come to pass when the scribes shall have ceased speaking to the people, that they shall appoint generals of the army to be leaders of the people.
10 Rĩrĩa mũkaambata mũkahũũre itũũra inene, mũkaamba kũũria andũ a rĩo metĩkĩre kũgĩe thayũ.
And if thou shalt draw nigh to a city to overcome them by war, then call them out peaceably.
11 Mangĩgetĩkĩra na mahingũre ihingo ciao-rĩ, andũ a itũũra rĩu othe magaatuĩka a kũrutithio wĩra na hinya, mamũrutagĩre wĩra.
If then they should answer peaceably to thee, and open to thee, it shall be that all the people found in it shall be tributary and subject to thee.
12 Mangĩkaarega kũgĩe thayũ na mambĩrĩrie kũrũa na inyuĩ, mũgaathiũrũrũkĩria itũũra rĩu.
But if they will not hearken to thee, but wage war against thee, thou shalt invest it;
13 Rĩrĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu akaarĩneana moko-inĩ manyu-rĩ, mũkooraga arũme othe arĩa marĩ thĩinĩ warĩo.
until the Lord thy God shall deliver it into thy hands, and thou shalt smite every male of it with the edge of the sword:
14 No ha ũhoro wa andũ-a-nja, na ciana, na mahiũ, o na kĩndũ kĩrĩa kĩngĩ gĩothe kĩrĩ thĩinĩ wa itũũra rĩu, no mũcitahe ituĩke cianyu. Na rĩrĩ, no mũhũthĩre indo icio Jehova Ngai wanyu amũheete kuuma kũrĩ thũ cianyu.
except the women and the stuff: and all the cattle, and whatsoever shall be in the city, and all the plunder thou shalt take as spoil for thyself, and shalt eat all the plunder of thine enemies whom the Lord thy God gives thee.
15 Ũguo nĩguo mũgeeka matũũra manene mothe marĩa marĩ kũraya na kũrĩa mũrĩ no ti ma ndũrĩrĩ iria irĩ gũkuhĩ na inyuĩ.
Thus shalt thou do to all the cities that are very far off from thee, not [being] of the cities of these nations which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit their land.
16 No rĩrĩ, thĩinĩ wa matũũra manene ma ndũrĩrĩ marĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu ekũmũhe matuĩke igai rĩanyu, mũtikanatigie kĩndũ o nakĩ, kĩhihagia kana kĩrĩ muoyo.
[Of these] ye shall not take any thing alive;
17 Mũkaamaniina biũ; andũ a Ahiti, na Aamori, na Akaanani, na Aperizi, na Ahivi, na Ajebusi o ta ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu aamwathĩte.
but ye shall surely curse them, the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Gergesite; as the Lord thy God commanded thee:
18 Kwaga ũguo nĩmakamũruta kũrũmĩrĩra maũndũ mothe marĩ magigi marĩa mekaga makĩhooya ngai ciao, na inyuĩ nĩmũkehĩria Jehova Ngai wanyu.
that they may not teach you to do all their abominations, which they did to their gods, and [so] ye should sin before the Lord your God.
19 Mũngĩgaakorwo mũthiũrũrũkĩirie itũũra ihinda iraaya, mũkĩrĩhũũra nĩguo mũrĩtahe, mũtikanathũkangie mĩtĩ yarĩo na kũmĩtemanga na ithanwa, nĩ ũndũ no mũrĩe matunda mayo. Mũtikanamĩteme. Mĩtĩ ya gĩthaka ĩkĩrĩ andũ, atĩ nĩguo mũmĩthiũrũrũkĩrie?
And if thou shouldest besiege a city many days to prevail against it by war to take it, thou shalt not destroy its trees, by applying an iron tool to them, but thou shalt eat of it, and shalt not cut it down: Is the tree that is in the field a man, to enter before thee into the work of the siege?
20 No rĩrĩ, no mũteme mĩtĩ ĩrĩa mũkũmenya atĩ ti ya matunda, na mũmĩtũmĩre gwĩthondekera mwĩgitio wa rũirigo nginya itũũra rĩu rĩrarũa na inyuĩ rĩgwe.
But the tree which thou knowest to be not fruit-bearing, this thou shalt destroy and cut down; and thou shalt construct a mound against the city, which makes war against thee, until it be delivered up.
