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,

If someone is found killed in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has attacked him;

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.

then your elders and your judges must go out, and they must measure to the cities that are around him who has been killed.

3 Ndị okenye obodo ahụ ga-ewere nwa nne ehi a na-ejibeghị rụọ ọrụ, maọbụ nyara yoku ọbụla

Then the elders of the town nearest to the dead man's body must take a heifer from the herd, one that has never been put to work, and that has not borne the yoke.

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.

Then they must lead the heifer down to a valley with running water, a valley that has been neither plowed nor sown, and there in the valley they must break the heifer's neck.

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.

The priests, descendants of Levi, must come forward, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to serve him and give blessing in the name of Yahweh and to decide every case of dispute and assault by their word.

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.

All the elders of the city that is the nearest to the killed man must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken 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 must answer to the case and say, 'Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen 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.

Forgive, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not put guilt for innocent bloodshed in the midst of your people Israel.' Then the bloodshed will be forgiven 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.

In this way you will put away the innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

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,

When you go out to do battle against your enemies and Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, and you take them away as 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.

if you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire for her and wish to take her for yourself as a wife,

12 Ị ga-akpọbata ya nʼụlọ gị, mee ka ọ kpụcha agịrị isi ya, bekwaa mbọ ya niile,

then you will bring her home to your house; she will shave her head and cut her nails.

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.

Then she will take off the clothes she was wearing when she was taken captive and she will remain in your house and mourn for her father and her mother a full month. After that you may sleep with her and be her husband, and she will 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 you take no delight in her, then you may let her go where she wishes. But you must not sell her at all for money, and you must not treat her like a slave, because 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 and one is loved and the other is hated, and they have both borne him children—both the beloved wife and the hated wife—if the firstborn son is of her that is hated,

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.

then on the day that the man causes his sons to inherit what he possesses, he may not make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn before the son of the hated wife, the son who is actually the firstborn.

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 must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he possesses; for that son is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn belongs 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 has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, even though they correct him, will not listen to them;

19 Nne ya na nna ya ga-eduru ya gaa nʼihu ndị okenye, nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo ha.

then his father and his mother must lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his city.

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.”

They must say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.'

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 all the men of his city must stone him to death with stones; and you will remove the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and fear.

22 Ọ bụrụ na nwoke ọbụla emee ihe ọjọọ kwesiri ọnwụ, ọ bụrụ na e kpee ya ikpe ọnwụ, kwụgbuo ya nʼosisi,

If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

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.

then his body must not remain all night on the tree. Instead, you must surely bury him the same day; for whoever is hanged is cursed by God. Obey this commandment so that you do not defile the land that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance.