Diuteronomi 17
1 Achụrụla Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị ehi maọbụ atụrụ nwere nkwarụ ọbụla maọbụ ntụpọ. Onyinye dị otu a bụ ihe arụ nʼebe ọ nọ.
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Yahweh thy God a bullock or a sheep wherein is a blemish, any unseemly thing: for an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, it would be.
2 Ọ bụrụ na ị nụ na onye ọbụla nʼime obodo ndị ahụ Onyenwe anyị nyere gị, nwoke maọbụ nwanyị na-eme ihe dị njọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ime ihe megidere ọgbụgba ndụ ya,
When there shall be found in thy midst, within any of thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, man or woman who doeth the thing which is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God by transgressing his covenant;
3 ọ bụrụ na onye ahụ efee chi ndị ọzọ, maọbụ kpọọ isiala nye ha, maọbụ fee anwụ, maọbụ ọnwa, maọbụ kpakpando nke mbara eluigwe bụ ihe m na-enyeghị nʼiwu,
yea hath gone, and served other gods, and bowed down unto them, —whether unto the sun or unto the moon or unto any of the host of the heavens which I have not commanded;
4 ọ bụrụ na e mere ka ị maara nʼihe dị otu a dị maọbụ ị nụ ya, ị ghaghị ịjụ ase, nyochaa ya nke ọma. Ọ bụrụ na ihe ị nụrụ bụ eziokwu, ọ bụrụ nʼezie na e mere ihe arụ dị otu a nʼala Izrel,
and it shall be told thee and thou shalt hear, —and shalt enquire diligently, and lo! true—certain, is the report, this abominable thing hath been done in Israel,
5 kpọrọ nwoke maọbụ nwanyị ahụ mere ihe ọjọọ dị otu a, kpọpụta ya nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo, tụọ ya nkume, tugbuo ya.
then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman who hath done this wicked thing, within thy gates—the man, or the woman, —and shalt stone them with stones that they die.
6 Ma otu o si dị, a gaghị eme ka onye ahụ nwụọ site naanị nʼama otu mmadụ, kama ọ ga-anwụ site nʼama mmadụ abụọ maọbụ atọ gbara.
At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death, —he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.
7 Ndị ahụ gbara akaebe nʼisi ya ga-eburu ụzọ tụọ ya nkume, tupu mmadụ niile esoro tugbuo ya. Site nʼụzọ dị otu a, unu ga-ekpochapụ ihe ọjọọ site nʼetiti gị.
The hand of the witnesses, shall be upon him first to put him to death, and the hand of all the people, afterwards, —so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst.
8 Ọ bụrụ na unu enwee okwu siri ike na mkpebi, dịka igbu ọchụ, maọbụ okwu na ụka metụtara mmadụ, maọbụ ịlụ ọgụ nke mmerụ ahụ dapụtara nʼime ya, ihe unu ga-eme bụ iweta ikpe ahụ nʼebe obibi Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị họpụtara,
When any matter of judgment, shall be too difficult for thee—between blood and blood between plea and plea or between stroke and stroke, matters of contention within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and go up unto the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose;
9 nʼihu ndị nchụaja, bụ ndị Livayị na onye nọ nʼoche ikpe nʼoge ahụ ka ha gbubie ikpe ahụ.
and shalt come in unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge who shall be in those days, —and shalt enquire and they shall declare unto thee, the sentence of judgment;
10 Ị ga-emekwa dịka mkpebi ha nyere gị nʼebe ahụ Onyenwe anyị ga-ahọpụta. Lezie anya hụ na i mezuru ihe niile dịka ha si tụziere gị aka.
and thou shalt do according to the sentence which they shall declare unto thee, out of that place, which Yahweh, shall choose, —yea thou shalt observe to do according to all which they shall direct thee:
11 Mee dịka iwu ha ziri gị si dị, na dịka mkpebi ha nyere gị si dị. Ewezugala onwe gị site nʼokwu ha nyere gị nʼụzọ ọbụla
according to the direction wherewith they direct thee and after the judgment which they shall announce to thee, shalt thou do, —thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee to the right hand or to the left.
12 Ma onye ahụ ledara onye nchụaja na onye ikpe ahụ a họpụtara ije ozi nye Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-anwụ. Unu ga-esi nʼala Izrel wezuga ihe ọjọọ dị otu ahụ.
And, the man who shall do presumptuously by not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there to Yahweh thy God, or unto the judge, that man shall die, and so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of Israel.
13 Nʼụzọ dị otu a, mmadụ niile ga-anụ ihe mere onye ahụ nupuru isi, ha ga-atụ egwu ghara ịbụ ndị mpako.
And, all the people, shall hear and fear, —and shall not act presumptuously any more.
14 Mgbe ị banyere nʼala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị, merie ndị bi nʼime ya, biri nʼime ya, i nwere ike malite iche nʼobi gị sị, “Anyị kwesiri inwe eze dịka mba ndị ọzọ niile dị anyị gburugburu.”
When thou shalt enter into the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, and shalt possess it and dwell therein, —and shalt say—I will set over me a king, like all the nations that are round about me,
15 O si otu a dịrị, lezie anya hụ na onye ị ga-eme eze bụ onye ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ga-ahọpụta. Onye ahụ aghaghị ịbụ onye Izrel nʼihi na i kwesighị ime onye mba ọzọ eze ka ọ chịa gị.
thou shalt, set, over thee as king, him whom Yahweh thy God shall choose, —out of the midst of thy brethren, shalt thou set over thee a king, thou mayest not appoint over thee a man that is a foreigner, who is not thy brother.
16 Hụ na eze ahụ ị họpụtara enweghị ọtụtụ ịnyịnya. Eze ahụ ekwesịkwaghị izipụ ndị ga-aga Ijipt ịzụpụtara ya ọtụtụ ịnyịnya ọzọ, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị agwala gị sị, “Ị gaghị alaghachi Ijipt ọzọ.”
Moreover he shall not multiply to himself horses, neither shall he cause the people to return to Egypt that he may multiply horses, —when, Yahweh, hath said unto you, Ye shall not again return this way any more.
17 Eze ahụ agaghị enwe ọtụtụ nwunye, nʼihi na nke a ga-eme ka obi ya si nʼebe Onyenwe anyị nọ pụọ. Ọ gakwaghị ababiga ụba ọlaọcha na ọlaedo oke.
Neither shall he multiply to himself wives, that his heart turn not aside, —nor silver and gold, shall he multiply to himself greatly.
18 Mgbe ọ nọkwasịrị nʼocheeze dịka eze, ọ ga-esite nʼakwụkwọ iwu a ndị nchụaja bụ ndị Livayị na-edebe, depụtara onwe ya iwu a metụtara obibi ndụ ndị eze.
But it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, then shall he write for himself a copy of this law upon a scroll, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
19 Ihe ahụ o depụtara ka ọ ga-agụ mgbe niile na ndụ ya. Nke a ga-eme ka ọ mụta ịtụ egwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke ya, na ịgbaso ihe niile dị nʼiwu na ụkpụrụ ndị a.
so shall it be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life, —that he may learn to revere Yahweh his God, to observe all the words of this law and these statutes to do them:
20 Ịgụ akwụkwọ iwu a mgbe niile ga-eme ka ọ mata na o nweghị ụzọ o si dị elu karịa ụmụnna ya. Ọ ga-emekwa ka ọ ghara iwezuga onwe ya site nʼiwu a nʼụzọ ọbụla. Mgbe ahụ, ya onwe ya, na ụmụ ụmụ ya ga-achị alaeze Izrel ogologo oge.
that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, —that he may prolong his days over his kingdom—he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.
