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,
If someone is found slain in the land which Adonai your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, 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 elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.
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.
It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, and which has not drawn in the 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'.
The leaders of that town are to bring the heifer down to a valley with a stream in it that never dries up, to a place that is neither plowed nor sown; and they are to break the cow’s neck 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.
The priests the sons of Levi [United with] shall come near; for them Adonai your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Adonai’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.
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.
All the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken 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.
They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
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.
Forgive, Adonai, your people Israel [God prevails], whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood among your people Israel [God prevails].” The blood shall be forgiven 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.
So you shall put away the innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in Adonai’s eyes.
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 Adonai your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,
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 see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have chasak ·set your affection· for her, and desire to take her as your 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 shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim 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.
She shall take the clothing of her captivity off of herself, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your 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.
It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because 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.
If a man has two wives, the one 'ahav ·affectionately loved·, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the 'ahav ·affectionately loved· and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated;
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 shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the 'ahav ·affectionately loved· the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is 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 he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The mishpat ·right· of the firstborn is his.
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,
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will 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 shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders 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.
They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not sh'ma ·hear obey· our voice. He is a glutton and a 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.
All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel [God prevails] shall sh'ma ·hear obey·, and fear.
22 Si yo kondannen yon moun pou yon krim li fè, epi lè yo fin touye l', yo pann kadav la nan yon pyebwa,
If a man has committed a crime deserving peanlty, sin ·missing the goal· mishpat ·judged· worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang 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 body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don’t defile your land which Adonai your God gives you for an inheritance.
