Deuteronomy 17
1 “Nimet kisakin nu sin LEUM GOD lowos, kutena cow ku sheep ma oasr kutena ma koluk ke mano. Ma inge mwe srungayuk sel.
“Do not sacrifice to Yahweh our God any cattle or sheep or goats that have any defects, because Yahweh hates that kind of gift.”
2 “Kowos fin lohng lah oasr in sie sin siti suwos, sie mwet — mukul ku mutan — su orekma koluk lain LEUM GOD ac kunausla wuleang lal
“When you are living in any of the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you, suppose you hear that there is some man or woman who sins by disobeying the agreement that Yahweh has made with you.
3 ke el alu ku orekma nu sin god saya, ku nu ke faht, malem ku itu, ac ma inge lain ma sap lun LEUM GOD.
Suppose someone tells you that that person has worshiped and served other gods, or the sun, or the moon, or the stars.
4 Kowos fin lohng kain in pweng inge, kowos sokak akwoya. Fin pwaye lah ma koluk se inge sikyak in Israel,
If you hear that some person has been doing that, you must investigate it thoroughly. If [you find out that] it is true that this detestable thing has happened in Israel,
5 na usla mwet sac nu likin siti uh, ac tanglal nwe ke el misa.
you must take outside the town the man or woman who has done it. Then you must kill that person by throwing stones at him or her.
6 Tusruktu, el ac anwuki fin oasr mwet loh luo ku pus liki, su lainul; el fah tia anwuki fin oasr mwet loh sefanna.
But you are allowed to execute such people only if at least two witnesses testify that they saw them [doing that]. They must not be executed if there is only one witness.
7 Mwet loh inge pa ac tanglal meet uh, toko na mwet ngia fah wi tanglal. Pa inge ma ac oru lumah koluk se inge in wanginla.
The (witnesses/ones who saw them doing it) must be the first ones to throw stones at them. Then the other people [MTY] [should throw stones at them]. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.”
8 “Kutu pacl uh, ac upa nu sin mwet nununku in sie siti in orala wotela lalos in konauk ma pwaye ke kain in sripa inge: suwohs ke ma lun mwet ke acn, ku ke musalla lun mano, ku ke misa se lah ma ke ongla ouiya ku akmas akola se. Pacl lumah ouinge sikyak, kowos in som nu ke acn in alu se ma LEUM GOD lowos El sulela kowos in alu we,
“Sometimes it will be very difficult for a judge to decide what really happened. He might be trying to decide whether, when someone injured or killed another person, he did it accidentally or deliberately. Or he might be trying to decide if some person is suing another person unfairly. If in some town it is very difficult to know what really happened, with the result that the judge cannot decide it, you should go to the place that Yahweh our God has chosen for you [to worship him].
9 ac sang sripa lowos nu sin mwet Levi su mwet tol, ac nu sin mwet nununku se su orekma in pacl sac, elos in wotela.
There you should present the case to the descendants of Levi who are the priests, and to the judge who is serving at that time, and they should decide what should be done.
10 Elos ac orala wotela lalos, na kowos fah oru oana ma elos fahk.
After they make their decision, you must do what they tell you to do.
11 Kowos in insese nu ke konauk lalos, ac fahsr fal nu ke ma nukewa elos sapkin.
Accept what they have decided, and do what they say that you should do. Do not try to change in any way what they have decided [IDM].
12 Kutena mwet su seakos ma mwet nununku sac ku mwet tol se su orekma ke pacl sacn wotela uh, fah anwuki. In ouiya se inge kowos ac fah sisla ma koluk se inge liki Israel.
You must execute anyone who proudly/arrogantly disobeys the judge or the priest who stands there in the presence of Yahweh [and decides what should be done]. By doing that, you will get rid of evil practices among you.
13 Mwet nukewa fah lohng kac ac sangengla, na wangin mwet ac sifil pulaik in oru lumah inge.
Then [after that person is executed], all the people will hear about it, and they will be afraid, and none of them will act that way any more.”
14 “Tukun kowos ac eisla facl se LEUM GOD lowos El ac sot nu suwos ac kowos oakwuki tari we, na kowos ac lungse in oasr sie tokosra lowos, in oana mutunfacl nukewa su raunikowosla.
“[I know that] after you have occupied the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you are living there, you will say, ‘We should have a king to rule over us, like the kings that other nations around us have.’
15 Karinganang tuh mwet se kowos ac sulela in tokosra elan mwet se ma LEUM GOD El sulela. El enenu elan siena sin mwet Israel wiowos. Nik kowos oru sie mwetsac in tokosra lowos.
Yahweh our God will permit you to have a king, but be sure that you appoint someone whom he has chosen. That man must be an Israeli; you must not appoint someone who is a foreigner to be your king.
16 Tia enenu in pukanten horse nutin un mwet mweun lal tokosra, ac elan tia supwala mwet nu Egypt in moul horse we, mweyen LEUM GOD El fahk tari mu mwet lal in tia sifil folok nu we.
[After he becomes the king], he should not acquire a large number of horses for himself. He should not send people to Egypt to buy horses for him, because Yahweh said to you, ‘Never return to Egypt [for anything’]!
17 In tia pus mutan kien tokosra, mweyen elos ac ku in kifasulla liki LEUM GOD; ac elan tia sifacna akkasrupyal ke silver ac gold.
And he must not have a lot of wives, because if he did that, they would turn him [SYN] away from [worshiping only] Yahweh. And he must not acquire a lot of silver and gold.
18 Pacl se el ac tokosrala, enenu in oasr yorol sie ma simusla ke book in ma sap ac kas in luti lun God, ma simla oana book limlim emeet ah ma karinginyuk sin mwet tol Levi.
“When he becomes your king, he must [appoint someone to] copy these laws. He must copy them from the scroll that is kept by the priests who are descended from Levi.
19 Book se inge elan karingin in oanna siskal, ac elan riti in moul lal nufon tuh elan lutlut in arulana akfulatye LEUM GOD, ac in oaru in akos ma nukewa ma sapkinyuk loac.
He must keep this new scroll near him and read from it every day of his life, in order that he may learn to revere Yahweh, and to faithfully obey [DOU] all the rules and regulations [that are written] in these laws.
20 Ma inge ac fah oru elan tia nunku mu el wo liki mwet Israel wial, oayapa elan tia seakos ma sap lun LEUM GOD in kutena ouiya. Na el fah leum ke yac puspis, ac fwilin tulik natul ac fah leumi Israel ke fwil puspis tokol.
If he does that, he [SYN] will not think that he is (better/more important) than [IDM] his fellow Israelis, and he will completely obey [LIT] Yahweh’s commands. As a result, he and his descendants will rule as kings in Israel for many years.”
