Deuteronomy 21
1 “Fin pa koneyukyak sie mwet su anwuki oan in sie ima in facl se ma LEUM GOD lowos El asot nu suwos, a kowos tia etu lah su unilya uh,
Someone may be found murdered, lying in a field in the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own, and nobody knows who killed them.
2 na mwet kol lowos ac mwet nununku fah som nu ke acn se ma mano sac oan we, ac srikeya lusen acn sac nu ke kais sie siti srisrik ma oan apkuran nu we.
Your elders and judges must come and measure the distance from the body to the surrounding towns.
3 Mwet kol lun siti se ma fototo emeet nu ke acn se ma mano sac oan we ah, fah sulela soko cow fusr mutan ma soenna orekmakinyuk.
Then the elders of the town that's found to be nearest to the body shall take a cow that has never been put under a yoke or used for work.
4 Elos in pwanla cow soko ah nu ke sie acn apkuran nu ke soko infacl srisrik ma oasr kof we pacl nukewa, ac fohk we uh soenna pukpuk ku imaiyuk, na elos fah koteya inkwawen cow soko ah we.
Take the cow to a valley that has a stream running through it and whose ground has never been plowed or sown. Break the cow's neck there beside the stream.
5 Mwet tol Levi elos fah wi pac som nu we, mweyen elos pa ac wotela ma fal in orek ke kutena akukuin ma oasr anwuk kac. LEUM GOD lowos El sulelosla in kulansupwal, ac in fahkak kas in akinsewowo Inel.
The Levitical priests must be there too, because the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to give blessings in his name, and to decide on legal disputes and cases of assault.
6 Na mwet kol nukewa ke siti se ma fototo nu ke acn se ma koneyukyak mwet anwuki sac we, elos in ohlla paolos fin cow soko ah
Then all the elders of the town nearest the body are to wash their hands in the stream over the dead cow, saying,
7 ac fahk, ‘Tia kut pa uniya mwet se inge, ac kut tia pac etu lah su orala uh.
“We had nothing to do with this murder, and we didn't see who did it.
8 O LEUM GOD, nunak munas nu sin mwet Israel lom, su kom molelosla liki facl Egypt. Nunak munas nu sesr, ac tia filiya facsr mwatan misa lun mwet wangin mwata se inge!’
Lord, please forgive your people Israel who you rescued, and do not hold them guilty of shedding of innocent blood In this way the guilt for shedding blood will be forgiven.”
9 Ouinge, ke kowos oru oana ma LEUM GOD El sapkin, na kowos fah tia eis mwatan akmas sac.
This is how you are to remove from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the Lord's sight.
10 “Ke kowos som in mweuni mwet lokoalok lowos, ac LEUM GOD lowos El sot kutangla nu suwos, ac kowos eisalos in mwet sruoh,
When you go to war with your enemies and the Lord your God hands them over to you in defeat, and you capture them,
11 sahp kom ac liye inmasrlolos sie mutan oasku su kom lungse ac kena payuk se.
you may see that one of them is a beautiful woman who you like and want to marry.
12 Usalla nu in lohm sum, ac mutan sac ac fah kalla sifal ac tokinpaol,
Take her home and have her shave her head, cut her nails,
13 ac aolla nuknuk lal. Mutan sac fah muta lohm sum ac tungi papa tumal ac nina kial ke lusen malem se; tukun pacl sacn, kom ku in payukyak sel.
and get rid of the clothes she was wearing when she was captured. After she has lived in your home and has finished her month of mourning for her father and mother, you may sleep with her and marry her, and she shall be your wife.
14 Toko, kom fin tila lungse el, kom fah fuhlella elan sukosokla. Ke sripen kom tuh sap ku elan wi kom oan, ouinge kom tia ku in kukakunulla oana sie mwet kohs.
However, if you are not happy with her, you must let her leave and go wherever she wants. You are not allowed to sell her for money or treat her like a slave, because you have brought shame on her.
15 “Fin pa sie mukul oasr mutan luo kial, ac eltal na kewa oswela kais sie wen nu sel, tusruktu wen se ma isusla meet ah el tia ma nutin mutan se ma el lungse yohk.
If a man has two wives, one he loves and one he doesn't, and both have sons by him, but the firstborn son is from the wife he doesn't love,
16 Na ke pacl se papa sac el nunku in kitalik usru lal nu sin tulik natul, el tia enenu in srisri ac sang ip lun wounse nu sin mukul se nutin mutan se ma el lungse.
when the time comes for the man to decide what each son will inherit from him, he must not prefer the son of wife he loves and treat him as the firstborn instead of the son of the wife he doesn't love.
17 Mwe usru lun wounse enenu in yohk pacl luo liki mwe usru lun tulik ngia, finne wounse natul tia ma nutin mutan se ma el lungse. Papa se enenu in akilen wounse natul, ac sang nu sel lupan usru lal fal nu ke oakwuk lun ma sap.
No. He is to recognize the firstborn, the son of the wife he doesn't love through the usual custom of giving him a double portion of all that he owns. The firstborn son is the firstfruits of his father's strength, and so the rights of the firstborn are his.
18 “Fin oasr sie wen likkeke ac utuk nunak, su seakos papa tumal ac nina kial eltal finne kael.
If someone has a obstinate and rebellious son who doesn't obey his parents and doesn't obey them even when he's punished,
19 Na papa ac nina kial fah usalla nu ke nien nununku, ye mutan mwet kol lun siti se ma el muta we.
his parents must take him to the town elders, to the court in his hometown,
20 Eltal ac fahk nu sin mwet kol uh, ‘Wen se natusr inge el likkeke ac utuk nunak, ac el tia lungse akos kut. El kainmongo ac lungse sruhsrui!’
and tell them, “Our son is obstinate and rebellious, He doesn't obey us. He's a worthless drunk!”
21 Na mwet in siti sac fah tanglal nwe ke na el misa. Pa inge lumah se ma ac oru ouiya koluk se inge in wanginla. Mwet Israel nukewa fah lohng ke ma sikyak inge, ac fah sangengla kac.
Then all the men of his home town will stone him to death. You must eliminate the evil from among you, and every Israelite will hear about it and be afraid.
22 “Sie mukul fin anwuki ke el orala sie ma koluk yohk, ac manol sripsripyak ulun soko sak,
If someone commits a crime punishable by death, and the person is executed by hanging on a tree,
23 na mano sac fah tia oan we ke fong fon se. Enenu in pukpuki ke len sacna, mweyen sie mano misa ma sripsrip ulun soko sak ac pwanang God Elan selngawi acn sac. Pikinya mano sac, kowos in mau tia akkolukye facl se su LEUM GOD lowos El asot nu suwos.
don't leave the body hanging there overnight. Make sure you bury the body the same day, because anyone who is hung is under God's curse. Don't defile the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own.
