Diuteronomi 21
1 Mgbe ị batara nʼala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị inweta, biri nʼime ya, ọ bụrụ na ị hụ otu onye e gburu egbu ka ọ tọgbọ nʼime ọhịa, ma ị maghị onye gburu ya,
“When there will have been found in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you, the corpse of a man who has been killed, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,
2 ndị okenye gị, na ndị ikpe ga-apụta, tụọ ịdị anya nke obodo niile dị gburugburu ọhịa ahụ, site nʼebe ahụ onye ahụ e gburu egbu tọgbọ.
your judges and those greater by birth shall go out and measure, from the place of the corpse, the distance to each of the surrounding cities.
3 Ndị okenye obodo ahụ ga-ewere nwa nne ehi a na-ejibeghị rụọ ọrụ, maọbụ nyara yoku ọbụla
And in whichever one they perceive to be closer than the others, the elders shall take a calf from the herd, one which has not pulled with a yoke, nor tilled with a plow.
4 ha ga-eduru ya gaa na ndagwurugwu nke mmiri na-eru nʼime ya, ndagwurugwu a na-egwuzebeghị mgbe ọbụla ịrụ ọrụ ubi nʼime ya, nke a na-akụghị mkpụrụ nʼime ya, gbajie olu nwaagbọghọ ehi ahụ nʼebe ahụ.
And they shall lead it into a rough and stony valley, one which has never been tilled or sown. And in that place, they shall cut the neck of the calf.
5 Ndị nchụaja, ụmụ Livayị, ga-abịa, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ahọpụtala ha ka ha bụrụ ndị na-ejere ya ozi. Ha ka ọ họpụtakwara ikwupụta ngọzị nʼaha Onyenwe anyị, na ikpe niile metụtara mmerụ ahụ.
And the priests the sons of Levi shall approach, those whom the Lord your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in his name, and to decide every controversy by their word, and to judge which things are clean and which are unclean.
6 Mgbe ahụ, ndị okenye niile nke obodo ndị ahụ dịkarịsịrị ozu ahụ nso, ga-akwọ aka ha nʼelu nwaagbọghọ ehi ahụ, nke ahụ a gbajiri olu nʼime ndagwurugwu ahụ.
And those greater by birth of that city, nearest to the one who was slain, shall go and shall wash their hands over the calf that was killed in the valley.
7 Ha ga-ekwupụta sị, “Aka anyị dị ọcha, ọ bụghị anyị gburu nwoke a, anyị amakwaghị onye gburu ya.
And they shall say: ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
8 Onyenwe anyị, kpuchiere ndị gị Izrel mmehie ha, bụ ndị gị ị gbapụtara. Agụla ndị gị dịka ndị ikpe mara nʼihi ọnwụ nwoke a na-emeghị ihe ọjọọ.” Otu a ka a ga-esi kpuchie mmehie nʼihi mwụfu ọbara ahụ.
Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’ And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.
9 Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ka ị ga-esi wezugara onwe gị ikpe ọmụma gaara abụ nke gị nʼihi ọbara onye ahụ nwụrụ anwụ, ebe ọ bụ na i meela ihe ziri ezi nʼanya Onyenwe anyị.
Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent, when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.
10 Mgbe ị pụrụ ibuso ndị iro gị agha, ọ bụrụ na Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị emee ka i merie ndị iro gị, dọta ụfọdụ nʼime ha nʼagha,
If you have gone out to fight against your enemies, and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if, as you are leading away the captives,
11 ọ bụrụ na ị hụ nwaagbọghọ mara mma nke masịrị gị nʼetiti ndị a dọtara nʼagha, i nwere ike iduru ya ka ọ bụrụ nwunye gị.
you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and you love her, and you are willing to have her as a wife:
12 Ị ga-akpọbata ya nʼụlọ gị, mee ka ọ kpụcha agịrị isi ya, bekwaa mbọ ya niile,
then you shall lead her into your house. And she shall shave off her hair, and cut her nails short,
13 yipụ uwe ahụ o yi mgbe e jidere ya. Ọ ga-anọdụ nʼụlọ gị ruo ụjụ nʼihi nna ya na nne ya otu ọnwa. Emesịa, i nwere ike ịbakwuru ya ghọọ di ya, ya onwe ya ga-aghọkwa nwunye gị.
and remove the garment in which she was captured. And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month. And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her, and she shall be your wife.
14 Ọ bụrụ na ihe ya amasịkwaghị gị, ị ga-ahapụ ya ka ọ gaa ebe ọbụla ọ chọrọ. Ị gaghị ere ya nʼọnụ ego ọbụla maọbụ kpasi ya agwa dịka ohu, ebe ọ bụ na ị wedala ya nʼala site nʼịhụ ọtọ ya anya.
But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind, you shall set her free. You cannot sell her for money, nor can you oppress her by force. For you have humiliated her.
15 Ọ bụrụ na nwoke lụrụ ndị inyom abụọ, ma hụ otu nʼime ha nʼanya karịa nke ọzọ, ọ bụrụkwa na ndị inyom abụọ ahụ mụtaara ya ụmụ ndị ikom, ma nwanyị ahụ ọ kpọrọ asị buuru ụzọ mụta nwa nwoke,
If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn,
16 mgbe nwoke ahụ na-eke ihe onwunwe ya, ọ gaghị ewere oke ruuru ọkpara ya, nke nwanyị ahụ ọ kpọrọ asị mụtara kenye nwa nwoke nke nwanyị ahụ ọ hụrụ nʼanya mụrụ.
and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife.
17 Ọ ga-anabata nwa nwoke nke nwanyị ahụ ọ na-ahụghị nʼanya mụtara dị ka ọkpara, nye ya, oke abụọ site nʼihe niile o nwere. Nʼihi na nwoke ahụ bụ mmalite ume ya, ọnọdụ nke ị bụ ọkpara bụkwa nke ya.
Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.
18 Ọ bụrụ na nwoke amụta nwa nwoke na-eme isiike, nke na-enupu isi, onye na-adịghị ege nna ya na nne ya ntị, ọ bụladị mgbe ha dọrọ ya aka na ntị.
If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:
19 Nne ya na nna ya ga-eduru ya gaa nʼihu ndị okenye, nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo ha.
they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgment.
20 Ha ga-agwa ndị okenye obodo ahụ, “Nwa anyị nwoke a na-eme isiike, na-enupu isi, ọ dịghị ege ntị nʼolu anyị. Ọ bụ onye mmefu na onye na-aṅụbiga mmanya oke.”
And they shall say to them: ‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.’
21 Ndị ikom niile nke obodo ahụ ga-ewere nkume tugbuo ya. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, unu ga-ekpochapụ ihe ọjọọ ahụ nʼetiti unu. Ndị Izrel niile ga-anụ ihe mere, ụjọ ga-atụkwa ha.
Then the people of the city shall stone him to death. And he shall die, so that you may take away the evil from your midst. And so may all of Israel, upon hearing it, be very afraid.
22 Ọ bụrụ na nwoke ọbụla emee ihe ọjọọ kwesiri ọnwụ, ọ bụrụ na e kpee ya ikpe ọnwụ, kwụgbuo ya nʼosisi,
When a man will have sinned in a matter which is punished by death, and, having been judged unto death, he has been hanged on a gallows:
23 unu agaghị ahapụ ozu ya ka ọ dịgide nʼelu osisi abalị ahụ niile. Hụnụ na e liri ya nʼotu ụbọchị ahụ, nʼihi na onye ọbụla a kwụbara nʼelu osisi bụ onye Chineke bụrụ ọnụ. Emerụla ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị dịka ihe nketa.
his corpse shall not remain on the tree. Instead, he shall be buried on the same day. For he who hangs from a tree has been cursed by God, and you shall not defile your land, which the Lord your God will give to you as a possession.”
