Ulangan 20
1 "Apabila kamu pergi berperang melawan musuh-musuhmu, jangan takut melihat kereta perang dan kuda mereka yang banyak serta tentara mereka yang jumlahnya melebihi jumlahmu. TUHAN Allahmu yang membebaskan kamu dari Mesir, juga akan menolong kamu.
“If you go out to battle against your enemies, and you see horsemen and chariots, and that the multitude of your adversary’s army is greater than your own, you shall not fear them. For the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, is with you.
2 Sebelum mulai berperang, seorang imam harus maju dan berbicara kepadamu begini,
Then, as the battle now draws near, the priest shall stand before the front ranks, and he shall speak to the people in this manner:
3 'Saudara-saudara, dengarlah! Hari ini kamu maju berperang. Jangan takut atau berkecil hati atau bingung.
‘Listen, O Israel! Today you engage in a battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear. Do not be apprehensive. Do not yield. You should have no dread of them.
4 TUHAN Allahmu akan ikut untuk menolong kamu, dan Ia akan memberi kemenangan kepadamu.'
For the Lord your God is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.’
5 Kemudian para perwira harus menyampaikan kata-kata ini kepadamu, 'Adakah di antara kamu orang yang baru saja membangun rumah, tetapi belum mengadakan upacara peresmiannya? Kalau ada, ia boleh pulang. Sebab kalau ia terbunuh dalam peperangan, orang lain akan menempati rumahnya.
Likewise, the officers shall proclaim, throughout every company, in the hearing of the soldiers: ‘What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may dedicate it.
6 Adakah di antara kamu orang yang baru saja menanami kebun anggurnya dan belum sempat memetik buah-buah anggurnya? Kalau ada, ia boleh pulang. Sebab kalau ia terbunuh dalam peperangan, orang lain akan menikmati air anggurnya.
What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not yet caused it to be common, so that all may eat from it? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may carry out his office.
7 Adakah di antara kamu orang yang bertunangan dan hendak kawin? Kalau ada, ia boleh pulang. Sebab kalau ia terbunuh dalam peperangan, orang lain akan kawin dengan tunangannya.'
What man is there, who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in battle, and another man may take her.’
8 Para perwira juga harus mengatakan ini kepadamu, 'Adakah di antara kamu orang gugup dan takut? Kalau ada, ia boleh pulang, supaya ia jangan merusak semangat orang lain.'
After these things have been declared, they shall add the remainder, and shall say to the people: ‘What man is there who is overwhelmed by fear and is fainthearted? Let him go, and return to his house, lest he cause the hearts of his brothers to fear, just as he himself has been thoroughly stricken with fear.’
9 Sesudah para perwira berbicara kepada tentara, harus ditunjuk pemimpin-pemimpin untuk setiap kesatuan.
And when the officers of the army have become silent, and have completed their speech, each one shall prepare his unit to wage war.
10 Apabila kamu pergi untuk menyerang sebuah kota, berilah dahulu kesempatan kepada penduduknya untuk menyerah.
When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.
11 Kalau mereka membuka pintu-pintu gerbang dan menyerah, mereka semua harus menjadi hamba-hambamu dan melakukan kerja paksa untukmu.
If they receive it, and open the gates to you, then all the people who are in it shall be saved, and they shall serve you by paying tribute.
12 Tetapi kalau penduduk kota itu tidak mau menyerah dan lebih suka berperang, kamu harus mengepung kota itu.
But if they are not willing to enter into an agreement, and they begin to act against you in warfare, then you shall besiege it.
13 Kemudian, apabila TUHAN Allahmu memungkinkan kamu merebut kota itu, kamu harus membunuh seluruh penduduknya yang laki-laki.
And when the Lord your God will have delivered it into your hands, you shall strike down anyone who is in it, of the male gender, with the edge of the sword,
14 Tetapi kamu boleh mengambil kaum wanita, anak-anak, ternak dan apa saja yang ada di kota itu. Segala harta benda musuh-musuhmu itu boleh kamu pakai. TUHAN Allahmu menyerahkan itu kepadamu.
but not the women and young children, nor the cattle and the other things that are within the city. And you shall divide all the plunder to the soldiers, and you shall eat the spoils from your enemies, which the Lord your God will give to you.
15 Begitulah harus kamu perlakukan kota-kota yang jauh dari negeri kediamanmu.
So shall you do to all the cities which are at a great distance from you, those which are not among the cities that you shall receive as a possession.
16 Tetapi kalau kota itu ada di dalam wilayah yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu, seluruh penduduknya harus dibunuh.
But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.
17 Seperti yang diperintahkan TUHAN Allahmu, kamu harus membinasakan orang-orang Het, Amori, Kanaan, Feris, Hewi dan Yebus.
Instead, you shall put them to death with the edge of the sword, specifically: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.
18 Bunuhlah mereka, supaya mereka tidak membuat kamu berdosa terhadap TUHAN Allahmu dengan mengajar kamu melakukan perbuatan-perbuatan menjijikkan bagi ilah-ilah mereka.
Otherwise, they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods. And then you would sin against the Lord your God.
19 Apabila kamu memerangi sebuah kota dan mengepungnya untuk waktu yang lama, janganlah menebang pohon buah-buahan di situ. Makanlah buah-buahnya, tetapi jangan rusakkan pohonnya, sebab pohon-pohon itu bukan musuhmu.
When you will have besieged a city for a long time, and you will have encircled it with fortifications, so that you may fight against it, you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat, neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region. For it is a tree, and not a man. It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.
20 Pohon-pohon lain boleh kamu tebang untuk dijadikan pagar pengepungan sampai kota itu sudah jatuh."
But if there are any trees which are not fruitful, but are wild, and if these are fit for other uses, then cut them down, and make machines, until you have captured the city that is contending against you.”
