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 goest out to battle against thy enemies, and thou seest horse, and chariot, people more in number than thou: be not afraid of them; for the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Tupu agha ebido, otu onye nchụaja ga-eguzo nʼihu ndị agha Izrel gwa ha okwu sị,
And it shall be, when ye come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto 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 he shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye come nigh this day unto the battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and be not downcast, and do not tremble because 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 the Lord your God it is who goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to help 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 the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there who hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another 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 who hath planted a vineyard, and hath not redeemed it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man redeem it.
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 return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, 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 the officers shall speak yet farther unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, that the heart of his brethren become not as faint as his heart.
9 Mgbe ndịisi agha gwachara ndị agha ha okwu ndị a, ha ga-ahọpụta ndịisi ga-achịkọta usuu ndị agha.
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of the armies at the head of 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 comest nigh unto a city to make war against it, then summon it with words of 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 it shall be, if it make thee an answer of peace, and open [its gates] unto thee: then shall it be, that all the people that are found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve 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 not make peace with thee, and wageth 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 when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thy hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword;
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.
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that may be in the city, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take as booty unto thyself; and thou shalt enjoy the spoil of thy enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given 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 unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
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 these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, shalt thou not let live a single soul.
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 thou shalt utterly devote them; namely, the Hittites, and the Emorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; 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.
In order that they may not teach you to do in accordance with all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; and ye would thus sin 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 besiegest a city a long time, to make war against it to capture it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them; for of them thou mayest eat, and thou shalt not cut them down, [for man liveth of the trees of the field, ] to employ them in thy siege;
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.
Only those trees of which thou knowest that they are not fruit-trees, thou mayest destroy and cut down; and [thus] thou canst build bulwarks against the city that wageth war with thee, until it be subdued.
