Diuteronomi 20
1 Mgbe i pụrụ ibuso ndị iro gị agha, ọ bụrụ na i lee anya hụ na ndị iro gị nwere ọtụtụ ịnyịnya, ụgbọ agha na ndị agha dị ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ karịa gị, unu atụla egwu, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị, onye ahụ mere ka i si nʼala Ijipt pụta nʼudo, nọnyeere gị.
When thou shalt go forth to warre against thine enemies, and shalt see horses and charets, and people moe then thou, be not afrayde of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
2 Tupu agha ebido, otu onye nchụaja ga-eguzo nʼihu ndị agha Izrel gwa ha okwu sị,
And when ye are come neere vnto the battel, then the Priest shall come forth to speake vnto the people,
3 “Geenụ ntị, unu ndị Izrel, taa, unu na-apụ ibuso ndị iro unu agha. Unu atụla egwu. Unu atụla ụjọ. Ka obi unu gharakwa ịda mba.
And shall say vnto them, Heare, O Israel: ye are come this day vnto battell against your enemies: let not your heartes faynt, neither feare, nor be amased, nor adread of them.
4 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu ga-eso unu gaa, ọ ga-alụrụ unu ọgụ imegide ndị iro unu, ọ ga-enyekwa unu mmeri.”
For ye Lord your God goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, and to saue you
5 Mgbe ahụ, ndị ọchịagha ga-esi otu a gwa ndị agha Izrel okwu sị ha, “O nwere onye ọbụla nʼime unu wuru ụlọ ọhụrụ ọ na-edobeghị nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị? Ka onye dị otu a laghachi nʼụlọ ya. Ka onye ahụ ghara ịnwụ nʼagha hapụ ụlọ ya, ka nwoke ọzọ doo ya nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị!
And let the officers speake vnto the people, saying, What man is there that hath buylt a new house, and hath not dedicate it? let him go and returne to his house, least he dye in the battel, and an other man dedicate it.
6 Ọ dị nwoke ọbụla kụrụ ubi vaịnị ọhụrụ nke ọ na-esitebeghị nʼime ya ghọọ mkpụrụ ọbụla? Ya laa, ka ọ ghara ịnwụ nʼagha, hapụrụ ya onye ọzọ nke ga-eri mkpụrụ si na ya!
And what man is there that hath planted a vineyarde, and hath not eaten of the fruite? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, least he die in the battel, and another eate the fruite.
7 Ọ dị nwoke nwere nwaagbọghọ o kwere nkwa na ọ ga-alụ? Ya laa, gaa lụọ nwanyị! Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na ọ nwụọ nʼagha, nwoke ọzọ ga-alụ ya.”
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and another man take her.
8 Mgbe ahụ, ndị ọchịagha ahụ ga-ekwukwa sị, “Ọ dị onye egwu na-atụ? Ọ bụrụ na o nwere onye ụjọ na-atụ, ya laghachi nʼụlọ ya ka ịtụ ụjọ ya hapụ ijide ndị ọzọ.”
And let the officers speake further vnto the people, and say, Whosoeuer is afrayde and faynt hearted, let him go and returne vnto his house, least his brethrens heart faynt like his heart.
9 Mgbe ndịisi agha gwachara ndị agha ha okwu ndị a, ha ga-ahọpụta ndịisi ga-achịkọta usuu ndị agha.
And after that the officers haue made an ende of speaking vnto the people, they shall make captaines of the armie to gouerne the people.
10 Mgbe ị bịaruru obodo ọbụla nso ibuso ya agha, ị ga-ebu ụzọ kpọọ ndị bi nʼime ya oku, maka ime udo.
When thou commest neere vnto a citie to fight against it, thou shalt offer it peace.
11 Ọ bụrụ na ha anabata ime udo, megheere gị ọnụ ụzọ ama ha, ndị niile bi nʼime obodo ahụ ga-abụrụ gị ndị ọrụ na-agbakwara gị odibo.
And if it answere thee againe peaceably, and open vnto thee, then let all the people that is founde therein, be tributaries vnto thee, and serue thee.
12 Ma ọ bụrụ na ha ekweghị ime udo, lụso gị agha, mgbe ahụ, ndị agha gị ga-agba ya gburugburu.
But if it will make no peace with thee, but make war against thee, then shalt thou besiege it.
13 Mgbe Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nyefere gị ya nʼaka, were mma agha gbuo nwoke ọbụla nọ nʼime ya.
And the Lord thy God shall deliuer it into thine handes, and thou shalt smite all the males thereof with the edge of the sworde.
14 Ma ụmụ nwanyị niile na ụmụntakịrị niile, anụ ụlọ niile na ihe nkwata niile nke ndị obodo ahụ ka ị ga-edebere onwe gị. Ị ga-ewerekwa ihe nkwata nke Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nyere site nʼaka ndị iro gị mee ihe dị gị mma.
Onely the women, and the children, and the cattel, and all that is in the citie, euen all the spoyle thereof shalt thou take vnto thy selfe, and shalt eate the spoyle of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee.
15 Iwu ndị a metụtara naanị mmeso ị ga-emeso obodo ndị tere anya. O metụtaghị obodo ndị na-adịghị nʼime mba ndị a dị nso.
Thus shalt thou do vnto all ye cities, which are a great way off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations here.
16 Ma otu ọ dị, nʼobodo niile ndị ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke na-enye gị dịka ihe nketa, o nweghị ihe ọbụla na-eku ume ị ga-ahapụ ndụ. Laa ihe niile na-eku ume nʼiyi.
But of the cities of this people, which the Lord thy God shall giue thee to inherite, thou shalt saue no person aliue,
17 Ị ghaghị ịla obodo ndị a nʼiyi: obodo ndị Het na nke ndị Amọrait, nke ndị Kenan na nke ndị Periz, nke ndị Hiv na nke ndị Jebus, dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nyere gị nʼiwu.
But shalt vtterly destroy them: to wit, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee,
18 Ma ọ bụghị otu a, ha ga-akụziri gị ime ihe ndị ahụ niile rụrụ arụ ha na-eme mgbe ha na-efe chi ha dị iche iche, mee ka i mehie megide Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị.
That they teache you not to doe after all their abominations, which they haue done vnto their gods, and so ye should sinne against the Lord your God.
19 Mgbe ị nọchibidoro obodo ọbụla ogologo oge, na-ebu agha megide ya maka iwere ya, ebibila osisi na-amị mkpụrụ dị nʼime ya site nʼiji anyụike gbutuo ha. Nʼihi na i nwere ike rie mkpụrụ osisi ha, egbutula ha. Osisi dị nʼọhịa ha ọ bụ ndị mmadụ, na ị ga-anọchibido ha?
When thou hast besieged a citie long time, and made warre against it to take it, destroy not the trees therof, by smiting an axe into them: for thou mayest eate of them: therfore thou shalt not cut them downe to further thee in the siege, (for the tree of the field is mans life)
20 Naanị osisi na-adịghị amị mkpụrụ ka ị ga-egbutu, nke a na-adịghị eri mkpụrụ ya eri. Jiri ha meere onwe gị ngwa ọgụ, dịka ubibi, na nkwasa, na ihe unu ji etitu mgbidi obodo ahụ.
Onely those trees, which thou knowest are not for meate, those shalt thou destroy and cut downe, and make fortes against the citie that maketh warre with thee, vntil thou subdue it.
