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.
“Do not sacrifice to Yahweh our God any cattle or sheep or goats that have any defects, because Yahweh hates that kind of gift.”
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 you are living in any of the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you, suppose you hear that there is some man or woman who sins by disobeying the agreement that Yahweh has made with you.
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,
Suppose someone tells you that that person has worshiped and served other gods, or the sun, or the moon, or the stars.
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,
If you hear that some person has been doing that, you must investigate it thoroughly. If [you find out that] it is true that this detestable thing has happened 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.
you must take outside the town the man or woman who has done it. Then you must kill that person by throwing stones at him or her.
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.
But you are allowed to execute such people only if at least two witnesses testify that they saw them [doing that]. They must not be executed if there is only 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 (witnesses/ones who saw them doing it) must be the first ones to throw stones at them. Then the other people [MTY] [should throw stones at them]. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.”
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,
“Sometimes it will be very difficult for a judge to decide what really happened. He might be trying to decide whether, when someone injured or killed another person, he did it accidentally or deliberately. Or he might be trying to decide if some person is suing another person unfairly. If in some town it is very difficult to know what really happened, with the result that the judge cannot decide it, you should go to the place that Yahweh our God has chosen for you [to worship him].
9 nʼihu ndị nchụaja, bụ ndị Livayị na onye nọ nʼoche ikpe nʼoge ahụ ka ha gbubie ikpe ahụ.
There you should present the case to the descendants of Levi who are the priests, and to the judge who is serving at that time, and they should decide what should be done.
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.
After they make their decision, you must do what they tell you to do.
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
Accept what they have decided, and do what they say that you should do. Do not try to change in any way what they have decided [IDM].
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.
You must execute anyone who proudly/arrogantly disobeys the judge or the priest who stands there in the presence of Yahweh [and decides what should be done]. By doing that, you will get rid of evil practices among you.
13 Nʼụzọ dị otu a, mmadụ niile ga-anụ ihe mere onye ahụ nupuru isi, ha ga-atụ egwu ghara ịbụ ndị mpako.
Then [after that person is executed], all the people will hear about it, and they will be afraid, and none of them will act that way 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.”
“[I know that] after you have occupied the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you are living there, you will say, ‘We should have a king to rule over us, like the kings that other nations around us have.’
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.
Yahweh our God will permit you to have a king, but be sure that you appoint someone whom he has chosen. That man must be an Israeli; you must not appoint someone who is a foreigner to be your king.
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.”
[After he becomes the king], he should not acquire a large number of horses for himself. He should not send people to Egypt to buy horses for him, because Yahweh said to you, ‘Never return to Egypt [for anything’]!
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.
And he must not have a lot of wives, because if he did that, they would turn him [SYN] away from [worshiping only] Yahweh. And he must not acquire a lot of silver and gold.
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.
“When he becomes your king, he must [appoint someone to] copy these laws. He must copy them from the scroll that is kept by the priests who are descended from Levi.
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.
He must keep this new scroll near him and read from it every day of his life, in order that he may learn to revere Yahweh, and to faithfully obey [DOU] all the rules and regulations [that are written] in these laws.
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.
If he does that, he [SYN] will not think that he is (better/more important) than [IDM] his fellow Israelis, and he will completely obey [LIT] Yahweh’s commands. As a result, he and his descendants will rule as kings in Israel for many years.”
