Deteronòm 21
1 Si nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou pou n' rete a, nou rive jwenn kadav yon moun yo sasinen nan yon jaden, san nou pa konnen ki moun ki fè sa,
“When one is found slain, fallen in a field on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it, [and] it is not known who has struck him,
2 chèf fanmi yo ak jij yo va soti, y'a mezire distans ki genyen ant kote yo jwenn kadav la ak lavil ki toupre yo.
then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one,
3 Y'a wè lavil ki pi pre a. Le sa a, chèf fanmi ki reskonsab lavil ki pi pre kote yo te jwenn kadav la va pran yon jenn ti gazèl bèf ki poko janm sèvi pou fè ankenn travay.
and it has been, the city which [is] near to the slain one, even [the] elderly of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, which has not drawn in a yoke,
4 Y'a mennen l' bò yon larivyè ki pa janm chèch, nan yon pozisyon kote tè a pa janm travay ni sekle. Epi se la y'a kase kou l'.
and [the] elderly of that city have brought down the heifer to a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded the heifer there in the valley.
5 Apre sa, prèt yo, pitit Levi yo, va vini, paske se yo menm Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi pou fè sèvis pou li ak pou beni pèp la nan non li. Se yo menm ki pou bay dènye mo a lè gen diskisyon, lè gen san deyò.
And the priests, sons of Levi, have come near—for your God YHWH has fixed on them to serve Him and to bless in the Name of YHWH, and by their mouth is every strife and every stroke—
6 Apre sa, chèf fanmi ki reskonsab lavil ki pi pre kote yo te jwenn kadav la va lave men yo ak dlo anwo gazèl yo te touye a.
and all [the] elderly of that city, who are near to the slain one, wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,
7 Y'a di: Se pa nou ki touye moun sa a, ni nou pa wè ki moun ki fè krim sa a.
and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen—
8 Seyè! Ou menm ki te delivre moun Izrayèl yo anba moun peyi Lejip yo, padonnen pèp ou a. Pa rann nou reskonsab lanmò yon inonsan yo touye. Bondye va padonnen krim ki fèt la.
receive atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have ransomed, O YHWH, and do not permit innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel; and the blood has been pardoned to them,
9 Se konsa, n'a fè sa Seyè a te ban nou lòd fè a, yo p'ap rann nou reskonsab lanmò inonsan yo touye a.
and you put away the innocent blood out of your midst, for you do that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH.
10 Lè n'ap fè lagè ak lènmi nou yo epi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, fè nou genyen yo, li fè nou fè anpil prizonye,
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and your God YHWH has given them into your hand, and you have taken captive its captivity,
11 si yonn nan nou wè pami prizonye yo yon bèl fanm, epi li tonbe damou pou li, l'a gen dwa pran l' pou madanm li.
and have seen a woman of beautiful form in the captivity, and have delighted in her, and have taken [her] to yourself for a wife,
12 L'a mennen l' lakay li. Fanm lan va koupe tout cheve nan tèt li, l'a koupe tout zong dwèt ak tout zong pye l' yo,
then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
13 l'a wete rad ki te sou li lè yo te fè l' prizonye a. L'a rete anndan kay nonm lan pandan yon mwa ap kriye pou papa l' ak manman l'. Apre sa, nonm lan va pwoche bò kote l', l'a marye avè l', l'a pran l' pou madanm li.
and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and has dwelt in your house, and lamented her father and her mother [for] a month of days, and afterward you go in to her and have married her, and she has been to you for a wife.
14 Si apre sa, rive yon lè nonm lan pa renmen l' ankò, l'a kite l' al fè wout li. Li p'ap ka vann li pou lajan, ni li pa ka aji avè l' tankou yon esklav, paske se fòse li te fòse l' vin madanm li.
And it has been, if you have not delighted in her, that you have sent her away at her desire, and surely you do not sell her for money; you do not tyrannize over her, because that you have humbled her.
15 Sipoze yon nonm ki gen de madanm, gen yonn li renmen plis pase lòt epi tou de madanm yo fè pitit gason pou li. Men, premye pitit gason l' lan twouve se pitit fanm li renmen mwens lan li ye.
When a man has two wives, one loved and the other hated, and they have borne sons to him (the loved one and the hated one), and the firstborn son has been to the hated one,
16 Lè lè a va rive pou l' separe byen l' yo bay pitit li yo, li p'ap ka fè patipri pou l' pran pitit gason fanm li pi renmen an pou l' ba li pòsyon ki pou ale pou premye pitit gason an, pòsyon ki pou pitit gason fanm li renmen mwens lan.
then it has been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he has, he is not able to declare firstborn the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one—the firstborn.
17 Wè pa wè, se pou l' respekte dwa premye pitit gason l' lan, dwa pitit gason fanm li renmen mwens lan. L'a ba li de fwa lavalè sa li gen pou l' bay chak lòt pitit li yo, paske se li menm ki premye pitit gason li te fè lè li te jenn gason. Se li ki gen tout dwa yon premye pitit gason genyen.
But the firstborn, son of the hated one, he acknowledges, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he [is] the beginning of his strength; to him [is] the right of the firstborn.
18 Si yonn nan nou gen yon pitit gason ki radi, ki gen tèt di, ki pa vle koute ni manman l' ni papa l' lè y'ap pale ak li, yo te mèt bat li, sa antre nan yon zòrèy soti nan lòt la,
When a man has a son apostatizing and being rebellious—he is not listening to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they have disciplined him, and he does not listen to them—
19 manman l' ak papa l' va kenbe l', y'a trennen l' devan chèf fanmi yo, nan tribinal ki bò pòtay lavil kote yo rete a.
then his father and his mother have laid hold on him, and they have brought him out to [the] elderly of his city, and to the gate of his place,
20 Epi y'a di yo: Men pitit gason nou an. Nou mennen l' ban nou paske li radi, l'ap fè wondonmon, li pa vle koute lè n'ap pale avè l'. L'ap gaspiye tout lajan nou nan bweson, li nan tout kalite vis.
and have said to [the] elderly of his city, Our son—this one—is apostatizing and being rebellious; he is not listening to our voice—a glutton and drunkard.
21 Lè sa a, tout gason ki rete nan lavil la va kalonnen l' wòch jouk yo touye l'. Se konsa n'a wete bagay mal sa a ki t'ap fèt nan mitan nou an. Tout moun nan pèp Izrayèl la va konn sa, y'a mache sou piga yo.
Then all the men of his city have stoned him with stones and he has died, and you have put away the evil out of your midst, and all Israel hears and fears.
22 Si yo kondannen yon moun pou yon krim li fè, epi lè yo fin touye l', yo pann kadav la nan yon pyebwa,
And when there is a sin in a man [with] a judgment of death, and he has been put to death, and you have hanged him on a tree,
23 pa janm kite kadav la pase nwit sou pyebwa a. Se pou nou antere l' menm jou a, paske yon kadav pann nan yon pyebwa se bagay ki pa fè Bondye plezi. Se konsa nou p'ap kite yo fè ankenn vye bagay ki pou fè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, vire do ban nou nan peyi Seyè a pral ban nou pou nou rete a.
his corpse does not remain on the tree, for you certainly bury him in the day—for he who is hanged [becomes] a curse of God—and you do not defile your ground which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance.”
