Tiuteronomi Kasege 20
1 Hagi ha' vahetaminema ha'ma hunaku'ma vanuta, hosi afuzmine, karisizmine, rama'a ha' vahetamima mani'nesageta kesuta, korora osiho. Na'ankure Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo'ma Isipiti'ma tamavre atiramino tamavreno'ma e'nea Anumzamo'a tamagrane mani'ne.
“When your [soldiers] go to fight your enemies, and you see that they have many horses and chariots and that their army is much bigger than yours, do not be afraid of them, because Yahweh our God, who brought your [ancestors safely] out of Egypt, will be with you.
2 Hagi ha'ma hunaku'ma urava'oma hanageno'a, pristi vahe'mo eramavugateno amanage huno tamasamino,
When you are ready to start the battle, the Supreme Priest must stand in front of the troops.
3 Israeli vahetamimota antahiho, ha' vahetamine ha'hunaku erava'o hazanki atrenkeno tamasumnamo'a fakro fakroa osina, tamahirahikura huta ha' vahetamigura korora osiho.
He must say to them, ‘You Israeli men, listen to me! Today you are going to fight against your enemies. Do not be timid or afraid [DOU] or tremble or panic [DOU],
4 Na'ankure Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo'a tamagrane nevuno, tamagri kaziga anteno ha' vahetmia hara huzmantesigeta hara huzmagateregahaze.
because Yahweh our God will go with you. He will fight your enemies for you, and he will enable you to defeat them.’
5 Hagi sondia vahete (ofisa) kva vahe'mo'za sondia vahera amanage hu'za zamasamigahaze, kasefa noma kinte'neta ana noma nunamuma huta Anumzamofo azampima onte'nesuta, ete nontega viho. Na'ankure ha' kampima tamahena frisageno'a, tusi'a amuho huta kinte'nesaza nona, ru vahe'mo'za ana nompina manigahaze.
Then the army officers must say to the troops, ‘If anyone among you has just built a new house [RHQ] and has not dedicated it [to God], he should go home [and dedicate the house]. If he does not do that, if he dies in the battle, someone else will dedicate the house [and live in it].
6 Hagi kasefa waini hoza kri'neta, ana hozafinti tagita one'nesamota, ete kumatega viho. Ha'ma hanafima tamahesageno ru vahe'mo'zama ana waini hozatamifinti'ma tagi'za nesageno'a, knarera osugahie.
If anyone among you has planted a vineyard and has not yet harvested any grapes from it [RHQ], he should go home. If he [stays here and] dies in the battle, someone else will [harvest the grapes and] enjoy [the wine made from them].
7 Hagi izano a' erigahane hu'za huhampri' tamante'nesimota ete kumatega vuta umani'neta ana ara eriho. Ru ha'pima tamahesageno ru vahe'mo'za ana a'ma erisageno'a, haviza hugahie.
If anyone among you has become engaged to marry a woman [but has not married her yet] [RHQ], he should go home. If [he stays here and] dies in the battle, someone else will marry her.’
8 Hagi mago'ane sondia vahe'mofo kva vahe'mo'za amanage hiho, koro'ma hanankeno kasumnamo'ma fakro fakroma hanimoka, mago'a tagri sondia vahetimofo zamazeri koro hugahazanki, ete kumatega viho.
“Then the officers must also say, ‘If anyone among you is afraid or timid [RHQ], he should go home, in order that he does not cause his fellow soldiers to also stop being courageous.’
9 Hagi vugota sondia kva vahe'mo'za nanekema huvaretenu'za, sondia vahera kevure kevure refko hunezmante'za kva vahe zamazeri oti'nage'za, mago mago kevurera kegava hugahaze.
And when the officers have finished speaking to the troops, they must appoint commanders [to lead the groups of soldiers].
10 Hagi mago kumate'ma ha'ma hunaku'ma vurava'o hanuta, ese'zana tamarimpa fruge huta hara huormantesunanki amne kumatmia tamigahazo huta zamantahigeho.
“When you come near a city [that is far away] to attack it, first tell the people there that if they surrender, you will not attack them.
11 Hagi zamagrama ana kema antahi'za mago zamarimpa hu'za kuma kafazmima anagisageta ufresuta, ana kumapi vahera maka'mokizmigura hinke'za kazokazo eri'za vahe mani vagareho.
If they open the gates of the city and surrender, they all will become your slaves to work for you.
12 Hianagi ana kumapi vahe'mo'zama i'o nehu'za ha'ma huramantena, ana kumapi vahera ha' huzmanteho.
But if they refuse to [surrender] peacefully, and decide instead to fight against you, your troops must surround the city [and break through the walls].
13 Hagi ana'ma hanageno'ma Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo'ma ana kuma'ma tamazampima antena, maka venene'age bainati kazinteti zamahe frivagareho.
Then, when Yahweh our God enables you to capture [IDM] the city, you must kill all the men in the city.
14 Hianagi maka a'nene, mofavreramine, zagagafane, maka zantamina ana kumapinti'ma erisaza zantamina tamagri su'ane. Hagi Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo tamigahiankita, e'nerita musena hugahaze.
But you are allowed to take for yourselves the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else [that you want to take] from the city. You will be allowed to enjoy all the things that belonged to your enemies; it is Yahweh our God who has given those things to you.
15 Hianagi tamagri kuma'mofo afete'ma me'nenia kumatmi anara hiho. Hanki anama ufre'naza mopafi kumatmina anara osiho.
You should do that in all the cities that are far from the land in which you will settle.
16 Hianagi Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo'ma tamami'nia mopafima me'nea kumatamimpima vahe'ene zagagafane zmasimu'ma eri'za nemanisaza zagaramina, magore hutma ozmatreta zamahehna hiho.
“But in the cities that are in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, you must kill all the people and all the animals [LIT].
17 Hagi Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo'ma hu'nea kante anteta, mika Hiti vahe'ma, Amori vahe'ma, Kenani vahe'ma, Perisi vahe'ma, Hivi vahe'ma, Jebusi vahera zamahe hana hiho.
You must get rid of them completely. Get rid of the Heth people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group; that is what Yahweh our God commanded you to do.
18 E'ina hinke'za kasrino havizama hu'nea avu'ava'ma hu'za havi anumza zmimofoma mono hunentaza zamavu'zmavara rempia huoraminketa, Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamofo avurera kumira osugahaze.
If you do not do that, they will teach you to sin against Yahweh our God and do the disgusting things that they do when they worship their gods.
19 Mago kuma'ma za'zate'ma avazagi kagita ha'ma huzmantesuta, nezafa ragama renentea zafaramina raga'a negahazanki amne zampina sa'umenura antagi otreho. Na'ankure zafaramina e'i tamagri ha' vahera omani'naze!
“When you surround a city for a long time, trying to capture it, do not cut down the fruit trees [outside the city]. You are allowed to eat the fruit from the trees, but do not get rid of the trees, because they certainly are not [RHQ] your enemies.
20 Hagi zafama antagisazana raga'ama one' zafage antagita hagina tro nehutma, hara hutma ana kumara erigahaze.
You are permitted to cut down the other trees and use the wood to make ladders and towers to enable you to [go over the walls and] capture the city.”
