Deteronòm 21
1 “Si yon moun yo te touye, twouve kouche nan mitan chan nan peyi ke SENYÈ a bannou pou posede a, epi yo pa konnen ki moun ki te frape li,
If a man is found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God gives thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it not be known who has smitten him,
2 alò, ansyen nou yo avèk jij nou yo va ale deyò pou mezire distans pou rive nan vil ki antoure sila ke yo te touye a.
then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth. And they shall measure to the cities which are round about him who is slain,
3 “Li va fèt ke vil ki pi pre moun ke yo te touye a, la pou ansyen nan vil sa a pran yon bèf gazèl ki sòti nan twoupo a, ki poko travay, e ki poko rale chaj.
and it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke,
4 Konsa, ansyen nan vil sa yo va mennen gazèl la desann nan yon vale avèk kouran dlo, ki potko raboure ni plante. Li va kase kou gazèl la nan plas kote vale a.
and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
5 “Alò, prèt yo, fis a Levit yo, va pwoche toupre, paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi yo pou sèvi Li e pou beni nan non SENYÈ a; chak kont, chak ka blese, se yo menm k ap regle yo.
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for Jehovah thy God has chosen them to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.
6 Tout ansyen nan vil ki pi pre moun ke yo te touye a va lave men yo sou gazèl kou kase nan vale a.
And 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 Yo va reponn e di: ‘Men nou pa t vèse san sa a, ni zye nou yo pa t wè li.
and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
8 Padone pèp Ou a, Israël, ke ou te peye ranson pou li a; O SENYÈ, pa mete koupabilite san inosan an nan mitan pèp Ou a, Israël.’ Epi koupabilite san pa yo a va padone.
Forgive, O Jehovah, thy people Israel whom thou have redeemed, and allow no innocent blood to remain in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
9 Konsa, nou va retire koupabilite san inosan an soti nan mitan nou, lè nou fè sa ki dwat nan zye SENYÈ a.
So shall thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee when thou shall do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
10 “Lè nou sòti nan batay kont lènmi nou yo, epi SENYÈ, Bondye nou an, livre yo nan men nou pou nou mennen yo ale an kaptivite,
When thou go forth to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivers them into thy hands, and thou carry them away captive,
11 epi nou vin wè pami kaptif yo yon bèl fanm, nou gen yon dezi pou li pou ta pran li kòm madanm pou nou menm,
and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou have a desire for her, and would take her to thee to wife,
12 alò, nou va mennen li lakay nou. Li va pase razwa sou tèt li, e taye zong li.
then thou shall bring her home to thy house. And she shall shave her head, and pare her nails,
13 Li va, osi, retire rad kaptivite li yo, e li va fè lamantasyon pou papa li avèk manman li pandan jis yon mwa. Apre, nou kapab vin antre ladann pou vin mari li, e li va madanm nou.
and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. And after that thou shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
14 Li va rive ke, si nou pa kontan avèk li, alò, nou va kite li ale kote li vle a; men anverite, nou p ap gen dwa vann li pou lajan. Nou p ap maltrete li, akoz nou te imilye li.
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shall let her go where she will, but thou shall not sell her at all for money. Thou shall not deal with her harshly, because thou have humbled her.
15 “Si yon nonm gen de madanm, youn ke li renmen anpil e lòt la ke li pa renmen, epi toude fè fis pou li, si premye ne a, se pou sila ke li pa renmen an,
If a man has two wives, the one beloved, and the other regarded inferior, and they have borne him sons, both the beloved and the one regarded inferior, and if the firstborn son be hers who was regarded inferior,
16 epi li va rive nan jou ke li vin separe byen li gen avèk fis li yo, li pa kapab fè fis a sila li te renmen an vin premye ne avan fis a sila li pa t renmen an, ki se premye ne a.
then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the one regarded inferior, who is the firstborn.
17 Men li va rekonèt premye ne a, fis a sila li pa t renmen an, avèk yon doub pòsyon a tout sa li posede; paske se te kòmansman fòs li. A li devni dwa a premye ne a.
But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the one regarded inferior, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
18 “Si yon nonm vin gen yon fis tèt di k ap fè rebelyon, epi li refize obeyi papa li oswa manman li, epi lè l resevwa chatiman, li pa menm koute yo,
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken to them,
19 alò, papa li avèk manman li va sezi li, e mennen li deyò vè ansyen vil yo nan pòtay vil pa li a.
then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.
20 Yo va di a ansyen vil yo: ‘Fis pa nou sa a tèt di e rebèl, li refize obeyi nou, li voras, e li bwè anpil gwòg.’
And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice. He is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21 Alò, tout mesye lavil yo va lapide li ak kout wòch jiska lanmò. Konsa, nou va retire mal sa a nan mitan nou. Tout Israël va tande bagay sa a e yo va vin gen krentif.
And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So thou shall put away the evil from the midst of thee, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
22 “Si yon nonm te fè yon peche ki merite lanmò, epi nou fè l pann sou yon bwa,
And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree,
23 kò li pa pou pann tout nwit lan sou bwa a, men nou va, anverite, antere li nan menm jou a. (Paske sila ki pann nan, modi pou Bondye.) Se konsa pou nou pa degrade tè ke Bondye te bannou kòm eritaj la.
his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shall surely bury him the same day, for he who is hanged is accursed of God, that thou not defile thy land which Jehovah thy God gives thee for an inheritance.
