Ulangan 25
1 Selanjutnya Musa mengajar umat Israel, “Suatu saat mungkin terjadi hal seperti ini: Dua orang Israel berselisih dan membawa masalah mereka ke pengadilan, lalu hakim menyatakan siapa yang benar dan siapa yang bersalah di antara kedua orang itu.
“If [two] Israelis have a dispute and they go to a court, the judge will [probably] decide/declare that one of them (is innocent/did not do any wrong) and the other one is guilty.
2 Kemudian, apabila hakim memutuskan bahwa orang yang bersalah harus dihukum dengan dicambuk, maka hakim akan menyuruh dia berbaring menghadap ke tanah agar punggungnya dicambuk, dengan diawasi oleh hakim. Jumlah cambukan tergantung pada jenis kejahatan yang dia lakukan,
If the judge says that the guilty person must be punished, he shall command him to lie [with his face] on the ground and be whipped. The number of times he is struck with a whip will depend on [what kind of] crime he committed.
3 tetapi tidak boleh melebihi 40 kali, karena akan mengakibatkan orang yang bersalah itu dipermalukan di depan umum.”
It is permitted that he be struck as many as 40 times, but no more than that. If he is struck more than 40 times, he would be humiliated publicly.
4 “Ketika kamu menggunakan sapimu untuk bekerja menginjak-injak hasil panen gandum untuk memisahkan bulir-bulir gandum dari tangkai dan sekamnya, jangan menutup mulut sapi itu untuk mencegahnya makan dari gandummu.”
When your ox is treading/walking on the grain [to separate the chaff from the grain], do not (muzzle it/put a covering on its mouth) [to prevent it from eating some of the grain].
5 “Apabila ada kakak beradik laki-laki yang tinggal bersama, dan salah satu dari mereka meninggal tanpa memiliki anak laki-laki, maka jandanya tidak boleh menikah dengan orang di luar keluarga itu. Salah satu saudara dari orang yang meninggal harus memperistri jandanya untuk memenuhi kewajiban terhadap almarhum saudaranya.
If two brothers live on the same property, and one of them who has no son dies, the man’s widow should not marry someone who is not a member of his family. The dead man’s brother must marry her and have sex [EUP] with her. It is his duty to do that.
6 Anak laki-laki pertama yang dilahirkan akan diperhitungkan sebagai keturunan dari orang yang sudah meninggal itu, supaya almarhum mempunyai ahli waris di antara bangsa Israel.
If she later gives birth to a son, that son is to be considered [MTY] the son of the man who died, in order that the dead man’s name will not disappear from Israel.
7 “Namun, jika saudara dari almarhum tidak mau menikahi janda itu, maka janda itu harus melapor kepada sidang pemimpin kota, ‘Saudara almarhum suami saya menolak kewajibannya. Dia tidak mau menikahi saya demi melanjutkan keturunan bagi suami saya.’
“But if the dead man’s brother does not want to marry that woman, she must stand at the (gate/central meeting place) of the town and say to the [town] elders, ‘My husband’s brother will not do (his duty/what he is supposed to do). He refuses to [marry me in order that I may give birth to a son who will] prevent my dead husband’s name from disappearing in Israel.’
8 Lalu para pemimpin kota harus memanggil laki-laki itu dan berbicara dengannya. Jika dia tetap bersikeras, ‘Saya tidak mau menikahi janda saudara saya,’
Then the elders must summon that man and talk to him. If he still refuses to marry that widow,
9 maka janda itu harus mendekati dia di hadapan para pemimpin, melepaskan salah satu alas kakinya, meludahi mukanya, dan berkata, ‘Beginilah yang dilakukan kepada laki-laki yang tidak mau melanjutkan keturunan bagi almarhum saudaranya.’
she must go up to him while the elders are watching, and take off one of his sandals [to symbolize/show that he would not receive any of her property], and spit in his face, and say to him, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to do what is needed [to allow his dead brother to have a son] in order that our family name does not disappear.’
10 Sesudah itu, biarlah keluarga laki-laki yang menolak melakukan kewajibannya itu disebut ‘Keluarga si bodoh yang sandalnya dilepaskan’.”
After that happens, that man’s family will be known as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’.
11 “Apabila dua orang laki-laki berkelahi, dan istri salah satu orang itu datang menolong suaminya dengan merenggut alat kelamin lawan suaminya,
When [two] men are fighting with each other, and the one man’s wife comes near to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man’s genitals,
12 maka potonglah tangan perempuan itu. Jangan mengasihani dia.
do not act mercifully toward her; cut off her hand.
13 “Ketika kamu berdagang, jangan menguntungkan diri dengan cara yang curang, misalnya memalsukan berat anak timbangan.
“[When you are buying or selling things], do not try to cheat people by having two kinds of weights, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something], and two kinds of measuring baskets, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something].
15 Gunakanlah selalu timbangan dan takaran dengan jujur, supaya kalian boleh tetap tinggal di negeri yang sebentar lagi diserahkan TUHAN Allah kepadamu.
Always use correct weights and correct measuring baskets, in order that Yahweh our God will allow you to live a long time in the land that he is giving to you.
16 TUHAN membenci semua pedagang yang berbuat curang.”
Yahweh hates all those who act dishonestly, [and he will punish them].
17 “Ingatlah selalu perbuatan bangsa Amalek ketika kita baru saja keluar dari Mesir.
Continue to remember what the Amalek people-group did to your ancestors when they were coming out of Egypt.
18 Sewaktu kita kelelahan dan kehabisan tenaga, mereka menyerang ujung barisan belakang dan membunuh semua orang yang ketinggalan kelompok. Mereka tidak takut kepada Allah.
They attacked your ancestors as your ancestors were traveling, when they were weak and exhausted. Those people were not afraid of God at all, so they attacked your ancestors from the rear and killed all those who were unable to walk as fast as the others.
19 Karena itu, kalian harus memusnahkan semua orang Amalek sehingga bangsa itu punah dari muka bumi. Lakukanlah itu sesudah TUHAN Allah memberi kalian ketenangan dari serangan musuh di seluruh negeri yang sebentar lagi TUHAN serahkan kepada kalian. Janganlah lupa melakukan perintah ini!”
Therefore, when Yahweh our God has given you the land [that he promised to give you], and when he has enabled you to rest from [fighting] all your enemies around you, kill all the Amalek people-group, with the result that no one will remember them any more. Do not forget [to do this]!”
