Ulangan 23
1 "Orang yang telah dikebiri atau yang dipotong zakarnya tak boleh menjadi warga umat TUHAN.
“Any man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall not be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.
2 Orang yang lahir di luar pernikahan dan semua keturunannya sampai yang kesepuluh, tak boleh menjadi warga umat TUHAN.
“No (illegitimate person/person whose mother and father were not married), or descendant of that person, extending to the tenth generation, shall be included as one of Yahweh’s people.
3 Orang Amon dan Moab serta keturunan mereka sampai yang kesepuluh tak boleh menjadi warga umat TUHAN,
“No one from the Ammon or Moab people-groups shall be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people, extending to the tenth generation.
4 karena mereka tak mau memberi kamu makanan dan air ketika kamu dalam perjalanan keluar dari Mesir. Bahkan mereka mengupah Bileam, anak Beor dari kota Petor di Mesopotamia, untuk mengutuk kamu.
One reason is that their [leaders] refused to give your ancestors food and water when they were traveling from Egypt [to Canaan]. Another reason is that they wanted to pay Balaam, the son of Beor from Pethor [town] in Mesopotamia, to curse you Israelis.
5 Tetapi TUHAN Allahmu tak mau mendengarkan Bileam. Sebaliknya Ia mengubah kutuk itu menjadi berkat, karena Ia mengasihi kamu.
But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.
6 Selama kamu hidup dan sampai selama-lamanya, janganlah menolong bangsa-bangsa itu atau membuat mereka makmur.
As long as Israel is a nation, you must not do anything to cause things to go well for those two people-groups or enable them to prosper.
7 Jangan memandang rendah orang Edom karena mereka itu saudaramu. Jangan juga memandang rendah orang Mesir, karena kamu pernah tinggal di negeri mereka.
“But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are [descendants of your ancestor Jacob], just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because [they treated your ancestors well when] they first lived in Egypt.
8 Mulai dari angkatan ketiga dan selanjutnya keturunan mereka boleh menjadi warga umat TUHAN."
The children and grandchildren of people from Edom and Egypt [who live among you] may be (included among/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.”
9 "Pada waktu kamu sedang berperang, kamu harus menghindari segala sesuatu yang menjadikan kamu najis.
“When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God.
10 Kalau seorang menjadi najis karena mengeluarkan mani pada waktu tidur, ia harus meninggalkan perkemahan dan tinggal di luar.
If any soldier becomes unacceptable to God because semen comes out of his body during the night, [the next morning] he must go outside the camp and stay there during that day.
11 Menjelang sore ia harus mandi dan waktu matahari terbenam ia boleh kembali ke perkemahan.
But in the evening of that day, he must bathe himself, and at sunset he is allowed to come back into the camp.
12 Kamu harus menyediakan tempat di luar perkemahan untuk buang air.
“Your soldiers must have a toilet area outside the camp where you can go [when you need to].
13 Kalau mau ke sana, bawalah selain perlengkapanmu juga sepotong kayu untuk menggali lubang tempat membuang hajat dan untuk menimbuninya.
[When you go to fight against your enemies], carry a stick along with your weapons, in order that when you need to defecate [EUP], you can dig a hole with the stick, and then cover up the hole [when you have finished defecating].
14 TUHAN Allahmu menyertai kamu di dalam perkemahanmu untuk melindungi kamu dan memberi kamu kemenangan atas musuh-musuhmu. Maka jagalah supaya perkemahanmu tetap bersih. Jangan sampai terdapat sesuatu yang tidak senonoh di antara kamu, supaya TUHAN jangan meninggalkan kamu."
You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.”
15 "Apabila seorang budak melarikan diri dari tuannya lalu datang kepadamu minta perlindungan, janganlah menyuruh dia pulang.
“If slaves who escape from their masters come to you [and request you to protect them], do not send them back to their masters.
16 Ia boleh tinggal di salah satu kotamu menurut pilihannya, dan kamu tak boleh memperlakukan dia dengan keras.
Allow them to stay/live among you, in whatever town they choose, and do not mistreat them.
17 Seorang Israel, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan, tak boleh menjadi pelacur di kuil-kuil pemujaan.
“Do not [allow] any Israeli man or woman [to] become a prostitute at the temple.
18 Juga uang yang diperoleh dari hasil pelacuran tak boleh dibawa ke Rumah TUHAN Allahmu untuk membayar kaul, sebab TUHAN Allahmu membenci pelacur di kuil-kuil pemujaan dan upah pelacuran.
Also, do not allow any people who earned money from being a prostitute to bring any of that money into the temple of Yahweh our God, even if they solemnly promised to pay that money to Yahweh. Yahweh hates those who are prostitutes.
19 Kalau kamu meminjamkan uang kepada orang asing, kamu boleh minta bunga. Tetapi kalau kamu meminjamkan uang atau makanan atau barang lain kepada orang sebangsamu, pinjaman itu harus diberikan tanpa bunga. Taatilah perintah itu, maka TUHAN Allahmu memberkati segala sesuatu yang kamu lakukan di negeri yang kamu duduki.
“When you lend money or food or anything else to a fellow Israeli, do not charge them interest.
You are allowed to charge interest when you lend money to foreigners [who live in your land], but not when you lend money to Israelis. Do this in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
21 Kalau kamu menjanjikan sesuatu kepada TUHAN Allahmu, janganlah menunda-nunda untuk menepati janji itu, karena TUHAN Allahmu tetap menuntutnya, dan kamu berdosa jika tidak memenuhinya.
“When you vow to give something to Yahweh your God [or to do something for him], do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin.
22 Kamu tidak berdosa kalau tidak membuat janji kepada TUHAN.
But if you [SYN] do not vow [to do something], that is not sinful.
23 Tetapi kalau kamu dengan sukarela membuat janji kepada TUHAN Allahmu, kamu wajib menepatinya.
But if you voluntarily promise to do something, you must do it.
24 Apabila kamu sedang berjalan melalui kebun anggur orang lain, kamu boleh makan buah anggur sebanyak yang kamu inginkan, tetapi tak boleh mengumpulkannya di dalam keranjang.
“When you walk through someone else’s vineyard, you are allowed to [pick and] eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not [cut some from a vine and carry them away] in a container.
25 Kalau kamu sedang berjalan melalui ladang gandum orang lain, kamu boleh makan gandum yang kamu petik dengan tangan, tetapi tak boleh memotongnya dengan sabit."
When you walk [along a path] in someone else’s field of grain, you are allowed to pluck/pick some of the grain and eat it, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle [and take it with you].”
