Deotoronomia 21
1 Raha tahìny misy maty novonoin’ olona hita miampatra any an-tsaha amin’ ny tany izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao holovana, ary tsy fantatra izay nahafaty azy,
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 dia hivoaka ny loholonao sy ny mpitsaranao ka horefesiny hatreo amin’ ny faty ka hatramin’ izay tanàna manodidina azy.
Your elders and judges must come and measure the distance from the body to the surrounding towns.
3 Ary ny loholona amin’ ny tanàna izay akaikin’ ny faty indrindra dia haka ombivavy kely izay tsy mbola nampiasaina na nasiana zioga hitarihany.
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 Ary ilay ombivavy kely dia ho entin’ ny loholona amin’ izany tanàna izany midìna any amin’ izay lohasaha tsy voasa na voafafy sady misy renirano tsy mety ritra, dia hofolahiny any an-dohasaha ny vozony.
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 Ary ireo mpisorona, taranak’ i Levy, dia hanatona, fa izy no nofidin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao hanao fanompoam-pivavahana aminy sy hitso-drano amin’ ny anaran’ i Jehovah; koa araka ny teniny no hanefana ny ady rehetra sy ny vonoana rehetra;
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 ary ny loholona rehetra amin’ izany tanàna akaikin’ ny faty izany dia hanasa ny tànany eo ambonin’ ilay ombivavy kely izay efa voafolaka tany an-dohasaha ny vozony;
Then all the elders of the town nearest the body are to wash their hands in the stream over the dead cow, saying,
7 dia hiloa-bava ireo ka hanao hoe: Tsy ny tananay no nandatsaka ity rà ity, sady tsy nahita izany ny masonay.
“We had nothing to do with this murder, and we didn't see who did it.
8 Jehovah ô, mamelà ny heloky ny Isiraely olonao izay navotanao ka aza atao ho heloky ny Isiraely olonao ny rà marina! Dia ho afa-keloka ny amin’ izany rà izany izy.
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 Ka dia hesorinao ho afaka aminao ny rà marina, raha hanao izay mahitsy eo imason’ i Jehovah ianao.
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 Raha mivoaka hanafika ny fahavalonao ianao, ary atolotr’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao eo an-tananao izy ka voababonao,
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 ary misy vehivavy tsara tarehy hitanao eo amin’ ny babo ka tianao hovadina,
you may see that one of them is a beautiful woman who you like and want to marry.
12 dia ento ho ao an-tranonao izy, ka asaovy haratany ny lohany sy alàny ny hohony,
Take her home and have her shave her head, cut her nails,
13 ary asaovy esoriny koa ny fitafiany tamin’ ny nahababo azy, dia aoka hitoetra ao an-tranonao andro iray volana izy hitomany ny ray aman-dreniny; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia vao mahazo mandry aminy ianao ka ho tompom-bady azy, ary ho vadinao izy.
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 Fa raha tsy tianao intsony ravehivavy, dia alefaso handeha araka izay sitrapony izy: fa aza mivarotra azy hatao vola aman-karena na manandevo azy, satria efa nampietry azy ianao.
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 Raha misy lehilahy mamporafy, ka ny anankiray tiany, fa ny anankiray kosa tsy tiany, ary samy miteraka zaza aminy izy roa vavy, na ny tiany na ny tsy tiany, ary zanak’ ilay tsy tiany no lahimatoa:
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 amin’ ny andro handidiany fananana ho an’ ny zananilahy dia tsy azo hatao lahimatoa ny zanaky ny tiany, raha mbola eo ihany ny zanaky ny tsy tiany, izay tena lahimatoany;
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 fa ny lahimatoa, zanak’ ilay tsy tiany ihany, no hekeny ka homeny anjaran-droa amin’ izay rehetra ananany; fa voalohan’ ainy izy, ka azy ny fizokiana.
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 Raha misy olona manana zanakalahy maditra sy manohitra ka tsy mety mihaino ny feon’ ny rainy, na ny feon’ ny reniny, ka tsy zakany anarina,
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 dia hosamborin’ ny rainy sy ny reniny izy ka ho entiny amin’ ny loholona amin’ ny tanànany, eo amin’ ny vavahadin’ ny tanàna onenany,
his parents must take him to the town elders, to the court in his hometown,
20 dia hiteny amin’ ny loholona amin’ ny tanànany izy mivady hoe: Ity zanakay ity dia maditra sy manohitra ka tsy mihaino ny feonay, fa mpandany sy fileony.
and tell them, “Our son is obstinate and rebellious, He doesn't obey us. He's a worthless drunk!”
21 Dia hitora-bato azy ho faty ny mponina rehetra ao an-tanànany; ka dia hofongoranao tsy ho eo aminao ny fanao ratsy; ary ny Isiraely rehetra dia handre izany ka hatahotra.
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 Ary raha misy olona manao fahotana izay tokony hahafaty azy ka atao maty ary ahantona amin’ ny hazo.
If someone commits a crime punishable by death, and the person is executed by hanging on a tree,
23 dia tsy havela hiloaka alina eo amin’ ny hazo ny fatiny, fa tsy maintsy halevinao androtr’ iny ihany izy (fa voaozon’ Andriamanitra ny mihantona amin’ ny hazo); koa aza lotoina ny taninao, izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao ho lovanao.
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.
