< Piektā Mozus 20 >
1 Kad tu iesi karā pret saviem ienaidniekiem un redzēsi zirgus un ratus un ļaužu vairāk nekā tu, tad nebīsties no viņiem, jo ar tevi ir Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, kas tevi izvedis no Ēģiptes zemes.
“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 Un kad jūs esat tuvu pie kaujas, tad priesterim būs pieiet un uz tiem ļaudīm runāt.
When you are ready to start the battle, the Supreme Priest must stand in front of the troops.
3 Un uz tiem sacīt: klausies, Israēl, jūs šodien ejat karā pret saviem ienaidniekiem, - lai jūsu sirds nepaliek bailīga, nebīstaties un nebaiļojaties un neiztrūcināties priekš tiem,
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 Jo Tas Kungs, jūsu Dievs, Tas iet jums līdz, par jums karot ar jūsu ienaidniekiem, jūs atpestīt.
because Yahweh our God will go with you. He will fight your enemies for you, and he will enable you to defeat them.’
5 Tad tiem priekšniekiem būs runāt uz tiem ļaudīm un sacīt: ja kas laban jaunu namu uztaisījis, un to vēl nav iesvētījis, tas lai iet un griežas uz savu namu, ka tas karā nemirst un cits to neiesvēti.
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 Un ja kas laban dēstījis vīna dārzu un augļus no tā nav baudījis, tas lai iet un griežas atpakaļ uz savu namu, ka tas karā nemirst un cits nebauda viņa augļus.
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 Un ja kas laban sievu precējis un to vēl nav pārvedis, tas lai iet un griežas uz savu namu, ka tas karā nemirst un cits to neapņem.
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 Pēc tam tiem priekšniekiem vēl būs runāt uz tiem ļaudīm un sacīt: ja kas laban bīstas un kam ir bailīga sirds, tas lai iet un griežas uz savu namu, ka tas savu brāļu sirdi neiebaida tā kā savu paša sirdi.
“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 Un kad tie priekšnieki ir pabeiguši uz tiem ļaudīm runāt, tad tiem būs iecelt karaspēka virsniekus ļaužu priekšā.
And when the officers have finished speaking to the troops, they must appoint commanders [to lead the groups of soldiers].
10 Kad tu nāc pie kādas pilsētas pret viņu karot, tad tev būs viņai piedāvāt mieru.
“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 Un ja tā ar tevi līgs mieru un tev atvērs, tad lai visi ļaudis, kas tur atrodas, tev paliek par klausītājiem un tev kalpo.
If they open the gates of the city and surrender, they all will become your slaves to work for you.
12 Bet ja tie mieru ar tevi nelīgs, bet pret tevi karos, tad spiedi tos ar varu.
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 Un kad Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, to pilsētu nodos tavā rokā, tad visus vīriešus, kas tur ir, tev būs apkaut ar zobena asmeni.
Then, when Yahweh our God enables you to capture [IDM] the city, you must kill all the men in the city.
14 Bet tās sievas un tos bērniņus un tos lopus un visu, kas tai pilsētā, visu viņu laupījumu, ņem sev un ēd savu ienaidnieku laupījumu, ko Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev ir devis.
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 Tā tev būs darīt visām pilsētām, kas tālu no tevis, kas nav no šo tautu pilsētām.
You should do that in all the cities that are far from the land in which you will settle.
16 Bet no šo ļaužu pilsētām, ko Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dos par īpašumu, tev neko nebūs atstāt dzīvu, kam ir dzīva dvaša.
“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 Bet izdeldi tos pavisam: Hetiešus, Amoriešus, Kanaāniešus, Fereziešus, Hiviešus un Jebusiešus, itin kā tev Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, ir pavēlējis.
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 Lai tie jūs nemāca darīt pēc visām savām negantībām, ko tie darījuši saviem dieviem, un lai jūs pret To Kungu, savu Dievu, negrēkojat.
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 Kad tu kādu pilsētu ilgu laiku apstāsi, pret viņu karodams, lai viņu uzvarētu, tad tev nebūs postīt viņas kokus, cirvi tiem pielikdams; jo tu no tiem vari ēst, bet tev tos nebūs nocirst; jo vai tas koks laukā ir cilvēks, ka tu pret viņu karotu?
“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 Bet tos kokus, ko jūs pazīsiet, ka tie nav ēdami koki, tos tu vari postīt un nocirst, un no tiem uzcelt apcietinājumu pret to pilsētu, kas ar tevi karo, kamēr tu to uzvari.
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.”