व्यवस्था विवरण 21
1 १ “यदि उस देश के मैदान में जो तेरा परमेश्वर यहोवा तुझे देता है किसी मारे हुए का शव पड़ा हुआ मिले, और उसको किसने मार डाला है यह पता न चले,
“Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.
[If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.
3 ३ तब जो नगर उस शव के सबसे निकट ठहरे, उसके पुरनिये एक ऐसी बछिया ले ले, जिससे कुछ काम न लिया गया हो, और जिस पर जूआ कभी न रखा गया हो।
Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.
4 ४ तब उस नगर के पुरनिये उस बछिया को एक बारहमासी नदी की ऐसी तराई में जो न जोती और न बोई गई हो ले जाएँ, और उसी तराई में उस बछिया का गला तोड़ दें।
They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley.
5 ५ और लेवीय याजक भी निकट आएँ, क्योंकि तेरे परमेश्वर यहोवा ने उनको चुन लिया है कि उसकी सेवा टहल करें और उसके नाम से आशीर्वाद दिया करें, और उनके कहने के अनुसार हर एक झगड़े और मारपीट के मुकद्दमे का निर्णय हो।
The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.
6 ६ फिर जो नगर उस शव के सबसे निकट ठहरे, उसके सब पुरनिए उस बछिया के ऊपर जिसका गला तराई में तोड़ा गया हो अपने-अपने हाथ धोकर कहें,
The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
8 ८ इसलिए, हे यहोवा, अपनी छुड़ाई हुई इस्राएली प्रजा का पाप ढाँपकर निर्दोष खून का पाप अपनी इस्राएली प्रजा के सिर पर से उतार।’ तब उस खून के दोष से उनको क्षमा कर दिया जाएगा।
Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’
9 ९ इस प्रकार वह काम करके जो यहोवा की दृष्टि में ठीक है तू निर्दोष के खून का दोष अपने मध्य में से दूर करना।
By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”
10 १० “जब तू अपने शत्रुओं से युद्ध करने को जाए, और तेरा परमेश्वर यहोवा उन्हें तेरे हाथ में कर दे, और तू उन्हें बन्दी बना ले,
“When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),
11 ११ तब यदि तू बन्दियों में किसी सुन्दर स्त्री को देखकर उस पर मोहित हो जाए, और उससे ब्याह कर लेना चाहे,
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].
13 १३ और अपने बन्धन के वस्त्र उतारकर तेरे घर में महीने भर रहकर अपने माता पिता के लिये विलाप करती रहे; उसके बाद तू उसके पास जाना, और तू उसका पति और वह तेरी पत्नी बने।
She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.
14 १४ फिर यदि वह तुझको अच्छी न लगे, तो जहाँ वह जाना चाहे वहाँ उसे जाने देना; उसको रुपया लेकर कहीं न बेचना, और तेरा उससे शारीरिक सम्बंध था, इस कारण उससे दासी के समान व्यवहार न करना।
Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”
15 १५ “यदि किसी पुरुष की दो पत्नियाँ हों, और उसे एक प्रिय और दूसरी अप्रिय हो, और प्रिया और अप्रिय दोनों स्त्रियाँ बेटे जनें, परन्तु जेठा अप्रिय का हो,
“Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.
16 १६ तो जब वह अपने पुत्रों को अपनी सम्पत्ति का बँटवारा करे, तब यदि अप्रिय का बेटा जो सचमुच जेठा है यदि जीवित हो, तो वह प्रिया के बेटे को जेठांस न दे सकेगा;
On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.
17 १७ वह यह जानकर कि अप्रिय का बेटा मेरे पौरूष का पहला फल है, और जेठे का अधिकार उसी का है, उसी को अपनी सारी सम्पत्ति में से दो भाग देकर जेठांसी माने।
He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”
18 १८ “यदि किसी का हठीला और विद्रोही बेटा हो, जो अपने माता-पिता की बात न माने, किन्तु ताड़ना देने पर भी उनकी न सुने,
“Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.
20 २० और वे नगर के पुरनियों से कहें, ‘हमारा यह बेटा हठीला और दंगैत है, यह हमारी नहीं सुनता; यह उड़ाऊ और पियक्कड़ है।’
Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’
21 २१ तब उस नगर के सब पुरुष उसको पथराव करके मार डालें, इस रीति से तू अपने मध्य में से ऐसी बुराई को दूर करना, तब सारे इस्राएली सुनकर भय खाएँगे।
Then all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”
22 २२ “फिर यदि किसी से प्राणदण्ड के योग्य कोई पाप हुआ हो जिससे वह मार डाला जाए, और तू उसके शव को वृक्ष पर लटका दे,
“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
23 २३ तो वह शव रात को वृक्ष पर टँगा न रहे, अवश्य उसी दिन उसे मिट्टी देना, क्योंकि जो लटकाया गया हो वह परमेश्वर की ओर से श्रापित ठहरता है; इसलिए जो देश तेरा परमेश्वर यहोवा तेरा भाग करके देता है उस भूमि को अशुद्ध न करना।
you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
