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,

If [one] shall be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath slain 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 thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which [are] around him that is slain:

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 shall be [that] the city [which is] next to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer which hath not been wrought with, [and] which hath not drawn in the 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 elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a rough valley, which is neither tilled nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck 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 the sons of Levi shall come near (for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of the LORD) and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be [tried];

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 elders of that city [that are] next to the slain [man], shall wash their hands over the heifer that 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 shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen [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!’

Be merciful, O LORD, to thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to the charge of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

9 Ouinge, ke kowos oru oana ma LEUM GOD El sapkin, na kowos fah tia eis mwatan akmas sac.

So shalt thou remove the [guilt of] innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.

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 thou goest forth to war against thy enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thy hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

11 sahp kom ac liye inmasrlolos sie mutan oasku su kom lungse ac kena payuk se.

And [thou] seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire to her, that thou wouldest have her for thy wife:

12 Usalla nu in lohm sum, ac mutan sac ac fah kalla sifal ac tokinpaol,

Then thou shalt bring her home to thy house, and she shall shave her head, and pare 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 she shall put off from her the raiment of her captivity, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that, thou shalt go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy 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 shall be, if thou shalt have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money; thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast 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.

If a man shall have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have borne him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the first-born son be hers that was hated:

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 shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit [that] which he hath, [that] he may not prefer the son of the beloved first-born, before the son of the hated, [which is indeed] the first-born:

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 he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the first-born, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born [is] his.

18 “Fin oasr sie wen likkeke ac utuk nunak, su seakos papa tumal ac nina kial eltal finne kael.

If a man shall have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [who], when they have chastened him, will not hearken 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 shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders 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 they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a 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.

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he may die: so shalt thou remove evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

22 “Sie mukul fin anwuki ke el orala sie ma koluk yohk, ac manol sripsripyak ulun soko sak,

And if a man shall have committed a sin worthy of death, and he must be put to death, and thou shalt hang 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 body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God; ) that thy land may not be defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.