Deteronòm 22
1 “Nou pa pou wè bèf a vwazen parèy nou, oswa mouton k ap pati, pou nou pa okipe yo. Anverite, nou va mennen yo retounen bay vwazen parèy nou an.
“If you see some Israeli’s ox or sheep that has strayed away, do not act as though you did not see it. Take it back [to its owner].
2 Si vwazen nou an pa pre nou, oswa nou pa konnen li, alò, nou va mennen li lakay nou, e li va rete la jiskaske vwazen nou vin chache li, pou nou remèt li a li menm.
But if the owner does not live near you, or if you do not know who the owner is, take the animal to your house. [It can stay with you] until the owner comes, searching for it. Then you must give the animal to him.
3 Konsa, nou va fè avèk bourik li. Nou va fè menm jan an avèk manto li. Nou va fè menm jan an avèk nenpòt bagay ke li pèdi lè nou twouve l. Ou pa gen dwa neglije bagay sa yo.
You must do the same thing if you see a donkey, or a piece of clothing, or anything else that someone has lost. Do not refuse to do what you should do.
4 “Nou pa pou wè bourik, ni bèf a vwazen nou ki tonbe nan chemen, pou nou pa okipe yo. Anverite, nou va ede li leve yo.
“And if you see a fellow Israeli’s donkey or cow that has fallen down on the road, do not act as though you did not see it. Help the owner to lift the animal up [so that it can stand on its feet again].
5 “Yon fanm pa pou mete rad gason, ni gason mete rad fanm. Lè yon moun fè bagay sa a, yo abominab a SENYÈ Bondye nou an.
“Women must not wear men’s clothes, and men must not wear women’s clothes. Yahweh our God hates people who do things like that.
6 “Si nou vin jwenn yon nich zwazo akote chemen an, nan nenpòt pyebwa oswa atè, avèk ti jèn zwazo yo oswa ze yo, epi manman an chita sou ti zwazo oswa sou ze yo, nou pa kapab pran manman an ansanm avèk ti jèn zwazo yo.
“If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and the mother bird is sitting in the nest on its eggs or with the baby birds, do not take the mother bird [and kill it].
7 Nou va, anverite, kite manman an sòti lib. Men jèn ti zwazo yo, nou kapab pran yo pou nou menm, pou sa kapab byen pou nou e pou nou kapab viv pandan anpil jou.
You are permitted to take the baby birds, but you must allow the mother bird to fly away. Do this in order that things will go well for you and that you will live for a long time.
8 “Lè nou bati yon kay tounèf, nou va fè yon balistrad ki antoure teras twati a pou nou pa vin koupab de san si yon moun ta vin tonbe.
“If you build a new house, you must put a (railing/low wall) around the edge of the roof. If you do that, and if someone falls off the roof [and dies], (you will not be guilty of causing that person to die/his death [MTY] will not be your fault).
9 “Nou pa pou plante chan rezen an avèk de kalite semans; oswa, tout pwodwi ki sòti nan sa nou plante a, ak pwodwi chan rezen an, va vin gate.
“Do not plant any crop in the area where your grapevines are growing. If you do, you are not allowed to harvest the crops that you have planted or to harvest the grapes [to make wine from them].
10 “Nou pa pou raboure avèk yon bèf ak yon bourik ansanm.
“Do not hitch together an ox and a donkey [for plowing your fields].
11 “Nou pa pou mete twal ki mele len avèk twal fen tankou koton ansanm.
“Do not wear clothing that is made by weaving together (wool and linen/two different kinds of thread).
12 Nou va fè ponpon nan kat kwen vètman ki kouvri nou yo.
“[Twist threads together to] make tassels and sew/fasten them on the four bottom corners of your cloak.
13 “Si yon nonm pran yon madanm pou ale sou kabann avèk li, epi pita li vin vire kont li
“Suppose a man marries a young woman and has sex with her and later decides that he does not want her any more,
14 pou l akize li de zak k ap gate repitasyon li, pou l di: ‘Mwen te pran fanm sa a, men lè m te pwoche l, mwen pa t twouve li vyèj,’
and he says false things about her, and claims that she was not a virgin when he married her.
15 alò, papa avèk manman fi a va pran li e prezante temwayaj prèv ke li te vyèj bay ansyen lavil yo devan pòtay la.
If that happens, the young woman’s parents must take the sheet that was on the bed when that man and their daughter were married, which still has bloodstains on it, and show it to the elders of the city at the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city.
16 Papa a fi a va di a ansyen yo: ‘Mwen te bay pitit mwen a mesye sila a kòm madanm, men li te vire kont li.
Then the father of the young woman must say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But now he says that he doesn’t want her any more.
17 Konsa, veye byen, li te akize li a zak ki gate repitasyon li. Li te di: “Mwen pa t twouve fi nou an vyèj.” Men temwayaj vijinite li.’ Yo va ouvri vètman an devan ansyen lavil la.
And he has falsely said that she was not a virgin when he married her. But look! Here is what proves that my daughter was a virgin! Look at the bloodstains on the sheet where they slept the night that they were married!’ And he will show the sheet to the elders.
18 Konsa, ansyen yo va pran nonm nan pou ba li chatiman.
Then the elders of that city must take that man and whip him.
19 Konsa, yo va fè l peye san sik an ajan, pou bay a papa fi a, akoz li te fè difamasyon piblikman sou yon fi an Israël. Epi konsa, li va rete toujou kòm madanm li. Li p ap ka divòse ak li pandan tout jou li yo.
They shall require that he pay a fine of 100 pieces of silver and give the money to the father of the young woman, because the man caused an Israeli young woman to be disgraced. Also, that woman must continue to live with him; she is his wife. He is not allowed to divorce her during the rest of his life.
20 “Men si akizasyon sa a vrè, ke fi a pa t vyèj,
“But if what the man said is true, and there is nothing to prove that she was a virgin when he married her,
21 alò, yo va mennen fi a deyò pòtay lakay papa l la, epi mesye lavil yo va lapide li jiskaske li mouri akoz li te komèt yon betiz lèd an Israël, lè l te fè pwostitisyon lakay papa l la. Konsa, nou va retire mal la pami nou.
they must take that young woman to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of that city must execute her by throwing stones at her. They must do that because she has done something in Israel that is very disgraceful, by having sex with some man [while she was still living] in her father’s house. By executing her like that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
22 “Si yo twouve yon nonm kouche avèk yon fanm ki marye, alò, yo toude va mouri, nonm ki te kouche avè l la, ansanm ak fanm nan. Konsa, nou va retire mal la sou Israël.
“If a man is caught while he is having sex with another man’s wife, both of them must be executed. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice in Israel.
23 “Si gen yon fi ki vyèj ki fiyanse ak yon nonm, epi yon lòt mesye twouve li nan vil la, e kouche avèk li,
“Suppose in some town a man sees a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married to another man, and he is caught having sex with [EUP] her.
24 alò, nou va mennen yo toude deyò pòtay vil sa a, epi nou va lapide yo ak kout wòch jiska lanmò. Fi a, akoz li pa t kriye fò nan vil la, e mesye a, akoz li te vyole fanm vwazen li an. Konsa, nou va retire mal la pami nou.
You must take both of them to the (gate of/central meeting place in) that town. There you must execute them both by throwing stones at them. You must execute the young woman because she did not shout for help even though she was in the town. And the man must be executed because he had sex [EUP] with someone who was already engaged/promised to be married. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
25 “Men si se nan chan deyò ke mesye a vin jwenn fi ki fiyanse a; epi mesye a fòse li kouche avèk li; alò, sèlman mesye ki kouche avèk li a, va mouri.
“But suppose out in the open countryside a man meets a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married, and he rapes her. If that happens, only that man must be executed.
26 Men nou p ap fè fi a anyen. Nanpwen peche nan fi a ki merite lanmò; paske menm jan ke yon nonm leve kont vwazen li pou touye li a, se konsa ka sa a ye.
You must not punish the young woman, because she did not do anything for which she deserves to be executed. This case is like when one man attacks another man [in the countryside] and murders him,
27 Lè li te twouve li nan chan an, fi fiyanse a te kriye fò, men li pa t gen pèsòn la pou sove l.
because the man who raped her saw her when she was in the open countryside, and even though she called out for help, there was no one there who could rescue her.
28 “Si yon nonm twouve yon fi ki vyèj, ki pa fiyanse, epi sezi li pou kouche avèk li, e li vin dekouvri,
“If a man rapes a young woman who is not engaged/promised to be married, if someone sees him while he is doing that,
29 alò, mesye ki te kouche avè l la, va bay papa fi a senkant sik an ajan. Konsa, li va devni madanm li akoz li te imilye li. Li pa kapab divòse ak li pandan tout jou li yo.
that man must pay 50 pieces of silver to the young woman’s father, and he must marry her, because he forced her to have sex with him. He is not allowed to divorce her for the rest of his life.
30 Yon gason pa pou pran madanm a papa li. Li pa pou dekouvri jip papa l.
“man must not disgrace his father by having sex with any of his father’s wives.”
