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,
And if one be found slain with the sword in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, having fallen in the field, and they do not know 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.
thine elders and thy judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man:
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 the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not laboured, and which has not borne a 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 into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall slay the heifer 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 Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to bless in his name, and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be [decided].
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 draw nigh to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain 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, and our eyes have not 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.
Be merciful to thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, O Lord, that innocent blood may not be charged on thy people Israel: and the blood shall be atoned for to them.
9 Konsa, nou va retire koupabilite san inosan an soti nan mitan nou, lè nou fè sa ki dwat nan zye SENYÈ a.
And thou shalt take away innocent blood from among you, if thou shouldest do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord thy God.
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,
And if when thou goest out to war against thine enemies, the Lord thy God should deliver them into thine hands, and thou shouldest take their spoil,
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 shouldest see among the spoil a woman beautiful in countenance, and shouldest desire her, and take her to thyself for a wife,
12 alò, nou va mennen li lakay nou. Li va pase razwa sou tèt li, e taye zong li.
and shouldest bring her within thine house: then shalt thou 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 shalt take away her garments of captivity from off her, and she shall abide in thine house, and shall bewail her father and mother the days of a month; and afterwards thou shalt go in to her and dwell with her, 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 do not delight in her, thou shalt send her out free; and she shall not by any means be sold for money, thou shalt not treat her contemptuously, because thou hast 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,
And if a man have two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and both the loved and the hated should have born him [children], and the son of the hated should be first-born;
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 that whensoever he shall divide by inheritance his goods to his sons, he shall not be able to give the right of the first-born to the son of the loved one, having overlooked the son of the hated, which is the first-born.
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 first-born of the hated one to give to him double of all things which shall be found by him, because he is the first of his children, and to him belongs the birthright.
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,
And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should 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 shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the 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 men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveler 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 the men of his city shall stone him with stones, and he shall die; and thou shalt remove the evil one from yourselves, and the rest 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 there be sin in any one, [and] the judgment of death [be upon him], and he be put to death, and ye 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 ye shall by all means bury it in that day; for every one that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and ye shall by no means defile the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.
