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 someone is found killed in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has attacked 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 your elders and your judges must go out, and they must measure to the cities that are around him who has been killed.
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.
Then the elders of the town nearest to the dead man's body must take a heifer from the herd, one that has never been put to work, and that has not borne 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.
Then they must lead the heifer down to a valley with running water, a valley that has been neither plowed nor sown, and there in the valley they must break the heifer's neck.
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.
The priests, descendants of Levi, must come forward, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to serve him and give blessing in the name of Yahweh and to decide every case of dispute and assault by their word.
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.
All the elders of the city that is the nearest to the killed man must 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 must answer to the case 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, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not put guilt for innocent bloodshed in the midst of your people Israel.' Then the bloodshed will 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.
In this way you will put away the innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
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 you go out to do battle against your enemies and Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, and you take them away as captives,
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,
if you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire for her and wish to take her for yourself as a wife,
12 alò, nou va mennen li lakay nou. Li va pase razwa sou tèt li, e taye zong li.
then you will bring her home to your house; she will shave her head and cut 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.
Then she will take off the clothes she was wearing when she was taken captive and she will remain in your house and mourn for her father and her mother a full month. After that you may sleep with her and be her husband, and she will be your 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.
But if you take no delight in her, then you may let her go where she wishes. But you must not sell her at all for money, and you must not treat her like a slave, because you have humiliated 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 and one is loved and the other is hated, and they have both borne him children—both the beloved wife and the hated wife—if the firstborn son is of her that is hated,
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 on the day that the man causes his sons to inherit what he possesses, he may not make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn before the son of the hated wife, the son who is actually 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.
Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he possesses; for that son is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
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 who, even though they correct him, will not listen 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 must lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his city.
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.’
They must say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours 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.
Then all the men of his city must stone him to death with stones; and you will remove the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and fear.
22 “Si yon nonm te fè yon peche ki merite lanmò, epi nou fè l pann sou yon bwa,
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you 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.
then his body must not remain all night on the tree. Instead, you must surely bury him the same day; for whoever is hanged is cursed by God. Obey this commandment so that you do not defile the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance.
