Deteronòm 17
1 “Nou p ap fè sakrifis a SENYÈ Bondye nou an, ni bèf, ni mouton ki gen fot oswa okenn defo; paske sa se yon bagay abominab a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.
You shall not sacrifice unto the LORD your God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evil thing: for that is an abomination unto the LORD your God.
2 “Si sa twouve nan mitan nou, nan okenn vil nou yo ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ap bannou yo, yon nonm oswa yon fanm ki fè sa ki mal nan zye SENYÈ Bondye nou an, nan transgrese akò Li a,
If there be found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, man or woman, that has wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing his covenant,
3 epi te ale sèvi lòt dye yo pou adore yo, kit se solèy la, lalin nan, oswa nenpòt nan lame syèl la, ke mwen pa te kòmande,
And has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
4 epi si yo di nou sa, e nou te tande sa, alò, nou va fè yon ankèt avèk dilijans. Veye byen, epi si se vrè, e se sèten ke bagay abominab sila a te fèt an Israël,
And it be told you, and you have heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
5 alò, nou va mennen nonm sa a oswa fanm sa a ki te fè zak mechan sa a nan pòtay nou yo, e nou va lapide li ak kout wòch jiskaske li mouri.
Then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto your gates, even that man or that woman, and shall stone them with stones, till they die.
6 “Sou temwayaj a de temwen oswa twa temwen, sila ki dwe mouri an, va vin mete a lanmò. Li p ap mete a lanmò sou temwayaj a yon sèl temwen.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
7 Se men a temwen yo k ap premye kont li pou mete li a lanmò; epi apre, se men a tout pèp la. Konsa nou va netwaye mechanste a soti nan mitan ou.
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
8 “Si yon ka twò difisil pou nou deside, pa egzanp, a nivo touye moun, oswa yon lòt nivo, oswa yon kalite pwosè ak yon lòt, oswa antre blese moun ak yon lòt; alò, nou va mennen yo kote SENYÈ Bondye nou an, chwazi a.
If there arise 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 shall you arise, and get you up into the place which the LORD your God shall choose;
9 “Konsa, nou va rive kote prèt Levit la ki se chèf la nan jou sa yo, nou va mande yo, e yo va deklare jijman sou ka a.
And you shall come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment:
10 Nou va konfòme avèk tèm a jijman sila ke yo te deklare a nou menm soti kote ke SENYÈ a chwazi a. Nou va fè atansyon pou obsève tout sa ke yo enstwi nou.
And you shall do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show you; and you shall observe to do according to all that they inform you:
11 Selon tèm lalwa ke yo enstwi nou yo, e selon desizyon ke yo di nou, nou va fè yo. Nou pa pou vire akote pawòl ke yo deklare a nou menm yo, ni adwat, ni agoch.
According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do: you shall not decline from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
12 “Nonm nan ki aji avèk ògèy e ki pa koute prèt la ki kanpe la a pou sèvi SENYÈ Bondye nou an, ni jij la, nonm sila a va mouri. Se konsa, nou va retire mal sa a soti an Israël.
And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel.
13 Epi tout pèp la va tande, pou gen krentif, e yo p ap aji avèk ògèy ankò.
And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
14 “Lè nou antre nan peyi ke SENYÈ Bondye nou an, bannou an pou posede, e nou viv ladann, nou va di: ‘Annou mete yon wa sou nou tankou tout nasyon ki antoure nou yo’.
When you are come unto the land which the LORD your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are about me;
15 Nou va, anverite, mete yon wa ke SENYÈ a chwazi sou nou, youn ki soti nan sitwayen parèy nou yo, nou va mete l kòm wa sou nou. “Nou pa kapab mete yon etranje sou nou menm, ki pa sitwayen parèy nou.
You shall in any way set him king over you, whom the LORD your God shall choose: one from among your brethren shall you set king over you: you may not set a stranger over you, which is not your brother.
16 Anplis, li p ap miltipliye cheval pou pwòp tèt li, ni li p ap fè pèp la retounen an Égypte pou miltipliye cheval; akoz SENYÈ a te di nou: ‘Nou p ap retounen la ankò.’
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD has said unto you, All of you shall henceforth return no more that way.
17 Li p ap pran anpil fanm; sinon, kè li va detounen. Ni li p ap ranmase anpil ajan avèk lò pou tèt li.
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
18 “Alò, li va rive ke lè li chita sou twòn wayòm li an, li va ekri pou tèt li yon kopi de lwa sila a sou yon woulo papye, nan prezans prèt Levit yo.
And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
19 Li va rete avèk li, e li va li li pandan tout jou lavi li, pou li kapab aprann gen krent SENYÈ a, Bondye li a, pou l swiv avèk atansyon tout pawòl lwa sa a, ak règleman sila yo, pou fè yo;
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein 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:
20 e pou li pa konsidere tèt li pi bon ke Izrayelit parèy li yo, e ke li pa detounen de kòmandman an, ni adwat, ni agoch, dekwa ke li menm avèk fis li yo kapab dire anpil tan nan wayòm li a nan mitan Israël.
That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside 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 midst of Israel.
