< Deteronòm 17 >

1 Piga nou janm pran yon bèf, osinon yon kabrit oswa yon mouton ki gen yon enfimite, osinon ki donmaje pou nou ofri bay Seyè a, Bondye nou an, paske Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pa vle wè bagay konsa menm.
“Do not sacrifice to Yahweh our God any cattle or sheep or goats that have any defects, because Yahweh hates that kind of gift.”
2 Si ta gen nan mitan nou, nan yonn nan lavil Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou yo, yon nonm osinon yon fanm ki ta fè yon bagay ki pa fè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, plezi, si li ta rive pa kenbe kontra li pase ak Bondye a,
“When you are living in any of the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you, suppose you hear that there is some man or woman who sins by disobeying the agreement that Yahweh has made with you.
3 pou l' al fè bagay Seyè a pa janm mande nou fè, pou l' al sèvi lòt bondye, tankou solèy, lalin osinon kèk lòt zetwal nan bann zetwal ki nan syèl la,
Suppose someone tells you that that person has worshiped and served other gods, or the sun, or the moon, or the stars.
4 epi sa rive tonbe nan zòrèy nou, lè n'a vin konn sa, n'a chache konnen byen sa ki te pase. Si sa te fèt vre, si yo ka rive ban nou prèv se yon moun nan pèp Izrayèl la menm ki te fè move bagay sa a,
If you hear that some person has been doing that, you must investigate it thoroughly. If [you find out that] it is true that this detestable thing has happened in Israel,
5 lè sa a, n'a fè yo pran moun ki te fè move bagay sa a, fanm ou gason, y'a mennen l' lòt bò pòtay lavil la, y'a kalonnen l' wòch jouk li mouri.
you must take outside the town the man or woman who has done it. Then you must kill that person by throwing stones at him or her.
6 Anvan nou kondannen yon moun amò, fòk gen de osinon twa moun ki pou kanpe pou fè depozisyon kont li. Si se yon sèl moun ki fè depozisyon kont li, yo pa ka kondannen moun lan amò.
But you are allowed to execute such people only if at least two witnesses testify that they saw them [doing that]. They must not be executed if there is only one witness.
7 Lèfini, se temwen sa yo menm ki va bay moun yo kondannen an premye kout wòch yo. Apre sa, rès pèp la va kalonnen l' wòch jouk li mouri. Se konsa n'a wete bagay mal sa a ki t'ap fèt nan mitan pèp la.
The (witnesses/ones who saw them doing it) must be the first ones to throw stones at them. Then the other people [MTY] [should throw stones at them]. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.”
8 Si yo ta mennen ban nou yon ka ki twò difisil pou nou jije, tankou ka yon moun ki touye yon lòt, osinon ka moun k'ap diskite pou defann dwa yo ak enterè yo, ou ankò lè yon moun resevwa yon move kou nan kò l', ou nenpòt lòt ka ki ta prezante devan nou nan lavil kote nou rete a epi ki twò difisil pou nou jije l' nou menm, n'a leve, n'a moute kote Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi pou yo fè sèvis pou li a,
“Sometimes it will be very difficult for a judge to decide what really happened. He might be trying to decide whether, when someone injured or killed another person, he did it accidentally or deliberately. Or he might be trying to decide if some person is suing another person unfairly. If in some town it is very difficult to know what really happened, with the result that the judge cannot decide it, you should go to the place that Yahweh our God has chosen for you [to worship him].
9 n' aval jwenn prèt yo, moun Lèvi yo, ak jij ki de sèvis lè sa a, n'a espoze ka a ba yo. Yo menm y'a di nou ki jan pou nou rann jijman an.
There you should present the case to the descendants of Levi who are the priests, and to the judge who is serving at that time, and they should decide what should be done.
10 Lè sa a, nou menm poutèt pa nou, n'a fè tou sa moun ki rete kote Bondye te mete apa pou fè sèvis pou li a te di nou. N'a pran tout kalite prekosyon pou nou fè tou sa yo te moutre nou an.
After they make their decision, you must do what they tell you to do.
11 Se pou nou rann jijman an dapre regleman yo te moutre nou an, dapre jan yo menm yo te jije bagay la, san nou pa chanje anyen nan sa yo te di nou an.
Accept what they have decided, and do what they say that you should do. Do not try to change in any way what they have decided [IDM].
12 Men, si yon moun ap fè grandizè, epi li pa koute ni prèt ki la pou sèvis Bondye a, ni jij la, se pou yo touye l'. Se konsa n'a wete bagay mal sa a ki t'ap fèt nan mitan pèp la.
You must execute anyone who proudly/arrogantly disobeys the judge or the priest who stands there in the presence of Yahweh [and decides what should be done]. By doing that, you will get rid of evil practices among you.
13 Konsa tou, lè tout pèp la va konn sa, y'a pè, yo p'ap pran pòz grandizè yo ankò.
Then [after that person is executed], all the people will hear about it, and they will be afraid, and none of them will act that way any more.”
14 Lè n'a fin antre nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va ban nou an, lè n'a fin pran tout peyi a pou nou rete ladann l', si lide ta vin nan tèt nou pou nou di: Nou ta renmen gen yon wa pou gouvènen nou tankou tout lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan peyi ki sou fwontyè nou yo,
“[I know that] after you have occupied the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you are living there, you will say, ‘We should have a king to rule over us, like the kings that other nations around us have.’
15 se yon moun menm ras ak nou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va chwazi pou li mete wa sou nou. Nou pa gen dwa pran yon moun lòt nasyon ki pa menm ras avèk nou pou nou mete l' wa sou nou.
Yahweh our God will permit you to have a king, but be sure that you appoint someone whom he has chosen. That man must be an Israeli; you must not appoint someone who is a foreigner to be your king.
16 Men, wa sa a pa bezwen gen kantite chwal pou lame li, ni li pa bezwen voye moun nan peyi Lejip al achte chwal pou kavalye l' yo, paske Seyè a te di nou: Piga nou janm pran chemen tounen nan peyi sa a ankò.
[After he becomes the king], he should not acquire a large number of horses for himself. He should not send people to Egypt to buy horses for him, because Yahweh said to you, ‘Never return to Egypt [for anything’]!
17 Wa a pa fèt pou l' gen anpil madanm, paske sa ka fè l' pèdi tèt li. Li pa fèt pou l' gen twòp ajan ak twòp lò pou tèt pa l'.
And he must not have a lot of wives, because if he did that, they would turn him [SYN] away from [worshiping only] Yahweh. And he must not acquire a lot of silver and gold.
18 Lè wa a va pran pouvwa a, l'a mande pou yo kopye tout lalwa Bondye a nan yon liv pou sèvis pa li, dapre orijinal ki nan men prèt fanmi Levi yo.
“When he becomes your king, he must [appoint someone to] copy these laws. He must copy them from the scroll that is kept by the priests who are descended from Levi.
19 Se pou li toujou gen liv la avèk li, se pou li li l' chak jou jouk li mouri, pou l' ka aprann gen krentif pou Seyè a, Bondye li a, pou l' ka swiv tout prensip ki nan lalwa a, pou l' ka fè tou sa yo mande l' fè ladan l'.
He must keep this new scroll near him and read from it every day of his life, in order that he may learn to revere Yahweh, and to faithfully obey [DOU] all the rules and regulations [that are written] in these laws.
20 Konsa, li p'ap ka mete nan tèt li li plis pase rès pèp la, li p'ap janm dezobeyi ankenn lòd nan sa Seyè a te bay la. Se konsa, ni li ni pitit li yo y'a rete chèf lontan nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la.
If he does that, he [SYN] will not think that he is (better/more important) than [IDM] his fellow Israelis, and he will completely obey [LIT] Yahweh’s commands. As a result, he and his descendants will rule as kings in Israel for many years.”

< Deteronòm 17 >