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.
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than you, be not afraid of them: for the LORD your God is with you, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Sebelum mulai berperang, seorang imam harus maju dan berbicara kepadamu begini,
And it shall be, when all of you are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
3 'Saudara-saudara, dengarlah! Hari ini kamu maju berperang. Jangan takut atau berkecil hati atau bingung.
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, all of you approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be all of you terrified because of them;
4 TUHAN Allahmu akan ikut untuk menolong kamu, dan Ia akan memberi kemenangan kepadamu.'
For the LORD your God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
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.
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man 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.
And what man is he that has planted a vineyard, and has not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
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.'
And what man is there that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man 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.'
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
9 Sesudah para perwira berbicara kepada tentara, harus ditunjuk pemimpin-pemimpin untuk setiap kesatuan.
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
10 Apabila kamu pergi untuk menyerang sebuah kota, berilah dahulu kesempatan kepada penduduknya untuk menyerah.
When you come nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
11 Kalau mereka membuka pintu-pintu gerbang dan menyerah, mereka semua harus menjadi hamba-hambamu dan melakukan kerja paksa untukmu.
And it shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open unto you, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto you, and they shall serve you.
12 Tetapi kalau penduduk kota itu tidak mau menyerah dan lebih suka berperang, kamu harus mengepung kota itu.
And if it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, 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 has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male thereof 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 the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shall you take unto yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
15 Begitulah harus kamu perlakukan kota-kota yang jauh dari negeri kediamanmu.
Thus shall you do unto all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16 Tetapi kalau kota itu ada di dalam wilayah yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu, seluruh penduduknya harus dibunuh.
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall keep alive nothing that breathes:
17 Seperti yang diperintahkan TUHAN Allahmu, kamu harus membinasakan orang-orang Het, Amori, Kanaan, Feris, Hewi dan Yebus.
But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; 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.
That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should all of you 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 shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
20 Pohon-pohon lain boleh kamu tebang untuk dijadikan pagar pengepungan sampai kota itu sudah jatuh."
Only the trees which you know that they be not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it be subdued.
