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,
“When one is found slain, fallen in a field on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it, [and] it is not known who has struck him,
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.
then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one,
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.
and it has been, the city which [is] near to the slain one, even [the] elderly of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, which has not drawn in a yoke,
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.
and [the] elderly of that city have brought down the heifer to a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded the heifer there in the valley.
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.
And the priests, sons of Levi, have come near—for your God YHWH has fixed on them to serve Him and to bless in the Name of YHWH, and by their mouth is every strife and every stroke—
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
and all [the] elderly of that city, who are near to the slain one, wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,
7 ac fahk, ‘Tia kut pa uniya mwet se inge, ac kut tia pac etu lah su orala uh.
and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen—
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!’
receive atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have ransomed, O YHWH, and do not permit innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel; and the blood has been pardoned to them,
9 Ouinge, ke kowos oru oana ma LEUM GOD El sapkin, na kowos fah tia eis mwatan akmas sac.
and you put away the innocent blood out of your midst, for you do that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH.
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 out to battle against your enemies, and your God YHWH has given them into your hand, and you have taken captive its captivity,
11 sahp kom ac liye inmasrlolos sie mutan oasku su kom lungse ac kena payuk se.
and have seen a woman of beautiful form in the captivity, and have delighted in her, and have taken [her] to yourself for a wife,
12 Usalla nu in lohm sum, ac mutan sac ac fah kalla sifal ac tokinpaol,
then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared 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 turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and has dwelt in your house, and lamented her father and her mother [for] a month of days, and afterward you go in to her and have married her, and she has been to you for a 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.
And it has been, if you have not delighted in her, that you have sent her away at her desire, and surely you do not sell her for money; you do not tyrannize over her, because that you have humbled 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.
When a man has two wives, one loved and the other hated, and they have borne sons to him (the loved one and the hated one), and the firstborn son has been to the hated one,
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.
then it has been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he has, he is not able to declare firstborn the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one—the firstborn.
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.
But the firstborn, son of the hated one, he acknowledges, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he [is] the beginning of his strength; to him [is] the right of the firstborn.
18 “Fin oasr sie wen likkeke ac utuk nunak, su seakos papa tumal ac nina kial eltal finne kael.
When a man has a son apostatizing and being rebellious—he is not listening to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they have disciplined him, and he does not listen to them—
19 Na papa ac nina kial fah usalla nu ke nien nununku, ye mutan mwet kol lun siti se ma el muta we.
then his father and his mother have laid hold on him, and they have brought him out to [the] elderly of his city, and to the gate of his place,
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 have said to [the] elderly of his city, Our son—this one—is apostatizing and being rebellious; he is not listening to our voice—a glutton and drunkard.
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 city have stoned him with stones and he has died, and you have put away the evil out of your midst, and all Israel hears and fears.
22 “Sie mukul fin anwuki ke el orala sie ma koluk yohk, ac manol sripsripyak ulun soko sak,
And when there is a sin in a man [with] a judgment of death, and he has been put to death, and you have hanged him 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.
his corpse does not remain on the tree, for you certainly bury him in the day—for he who is hanged [becomes] a curse of God—and you do not defile your ground which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance.”
