Ekyamateeka Olwokubiri 20
1 Bw’onoobanga ogenze okutabaala abalabe bo, n’olaba embalaasi n’amagaali n’eggye eddene okukira eriryo, tobatyanga; kubanga Mukama Katonda wo, eyakuggya mu nsi y’e Misiri, anaabanga naawe.
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than you, be not afraid of them: for the LORD your God is with you, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Bwe munaabanga muli kumpi okutandika okulwana, kabona anajjanga n’ayogera eri eggye ly’abaserikale,
And it shall be, when you are come near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
3 n’abagamba nti, “Wulira, Ayi Isirayiri! Olwa leero mugenda okutandika okulwana n’abalabe bammwe. Temuggwaamu mutima, so temutiitiira wadde okubatya.
And shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, you approach this day to battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be you terrified because of them;
4 Kubanga Mukama Katonda wammwe y’anaagendanga nammwe okubalwanirira ng’alwanyisanga abalabe bammwe, n’okubawanga mmwe obuwanguzi.”
For the LORD your God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
5 Abaami banaayogeranga eri eggye nga bagamba nti, “Waliwo mu mmwe alina ennyumba empya gye yeezimbira naye nga tennatukuzibwa? Kimusanidde addeyo mu nnyumba ye, si kulwa ng’afiira mu lutalo, omulala n’agitukuza.
And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
6 Waliwo mu mmwe eyalima ennimiro y’emizabbibu naye nga tannatandika kulya ku bibala byamu? Kimusaanidde addeyo mu maka ge, si kulwa ng’afiira mu lutalo, omuntu omulala n’alya ebibala byamu.
And what man is he that has planted a vineyard, and has not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
7 Waliwo mu mmwe eyali ayogereza omukazi, naye nga tannamuwasa? Kimugwanidde addeyo mu maka ge, si kulwa ng’afiira mu lutalo, omuntu omulala n’awasa omukazi oyo.”
And what man is there that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
8 Abaami banaayongeranga okwogera eri eggye nga bagamba nti, “Waliwo mu mmwe omutiitiizi, oba aweddemu amaanyi mu mutima? Kimusaanidde addeyo mu maka ge, si kulwa ng’aleetera banne omutima omutiitiizi.”
And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.
9 Abaami bwe banaamalanga okwogera eri eggye, banaalondanga abakulu mu balwanyi abanaakulemberanga eggye eryo.
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
10 Bw’onoosembereranga ekibuga ng’ogenda okukirwanyisa, osookanga kulangirira mirembe eri abantu baamu.
When you come near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
11 Bwe banakkirizanga emirembe, ne bakuggulirawo emiryango gy’ekibuga kyabwe, kale abantu baamu bonna banaafuukanga baweereza bo, okukukoleranga byonna nga bw’onooyagalanga.
And it shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open to you, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries to you, and they shall serve you.
12 Naye ekibuga ekyo bwe kinaagaananga okukkiriza emirembe, ne kisalawo okukulwanyisa, onookyebungululanga n’okizingiza.
And if it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:
13 Mukama Katonda wo bw’anaakigabulanga mu mukono gwo, onottanga n’ekitala buli musajja yenna.
And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
14 Kyokka abakazi n’abaana abato, n’ebisibo by’ensolo, n’ebintu byonna ebinaabanga mu kibuga omwo, onoobyetwaliranga ng’omunyago gwo. Era onookozesanga nga bw’onooyagalanga omunyago gwonna ogunaavanga mu balabe bo Mukama Katonda wo gw’anaabanga akuwadde.
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shall you take to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
15 Bw’otyo bw’onookolanga ebibuga byonna ebinaakubeeranga ewala ennyo, ebitaabenga bibuga bya mawanga gano.
Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16 Naye mu bibuga bino Mukama Katonda wo by’akuwa okuba obusika bwo obw’enkalakkalira, tewaabeerengawo kintu n’ekimu ky’onoolekangamu nga kissa omukka, byonna onoobizikiririzanga ddala.
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes:
17 Abakiiti, n’Abamoli, n’Abakanani, n’Abaperezi, n’Abakiivi, n’Abayebusi, onoobamalirangawo ddala, nga Mukama Katonda wo bw’akulagidde,
But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you:
18 balemenga kubayigiriza bikolobero bye bakola nga basinza bakatonda baabwe, bwe mutyo nammwe ne mwonoonanga eri Mukama Katonda wammwe.
That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so should you sin against the LORD your God.
19 Bw’onoozingizanga ekibuga, ng’olwana nakyo, okumala ebbanga eddene olyoke okiwangule, toddiranga mbazzi n’ozikiriza emiti gyakyo gyonna, kubanga ojjanga kwetaaga okulyanga ku bibala byagyo. Togitemanga. Emiti egy’omu nnimiro nagyo bantu olyoke ogizingize?
When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them: for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
20 Naye emiti gy’omanyi nga si gya bibala, egyo onoogitemanga olyoke ogikozesenga okuzimba ekisenge kw’onoosinziiranga okulwananga n’ekibuga ky’onoobanga ozingizza, okutuusa lwe kinaagwanga.
Only the trees which you know that they be not trees for meat, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it be subdued.
