Deotoronomia 20
1 Ie mionjo-mb’an-kotakotake mb’ amo rafelahi’oo mb’eo vaho mahaoniñe soavala naho sarete naho ondaty maro te ama’o, ko ihembaña’o, fa hañolots’ azo t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’o nañavotse azo an-tane Mitsraime añe.
When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
2 Aa ie harinè’o i aliy le homb’eo ty mpisoroñe hisaontsy am’ondatio
When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
3 hanao ty hoe: Mijanjiña r’Israele, ie mitontoñe hihotakotak’ amo rafelahi’ areoo te anito, aa le asoao tsy hilealea, ko hembañe, ko mangebahebake, vaho ko irevendreveñañe;
saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
4 fa Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo ro mindre ama’ areo hialy ho anahareo amo rafelahi’ areoo, handrombake.
For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
5 Le hisaontsy am’ondatio o mpiaoloo hanao ty hoe, Ia t’indaty nandranjy anjomba fe mboe tsy nitamea’e? Ampiengao himpoly mb’añ’ akiba’e añe tsy mone hivetrak’ an-kotakotak’ ao vaho ho tamè’ ondaty hafa.
Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
6 Ia t’indaty nambole an-tanem-balòboke fe mbe tsy nitoloña’e? Angao himpoly mb’ añ’akiba’e mb’eo, hera hikoromak’ añ’aly vaho ondaty ila’e ty hañalahala aze.
Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
7 Ia ka t’indaty nifofo valy fa mbe tsy nengae’e? Ampiavoto himpoly mb’an-kiboho’e añe tsy mone hikorovok’ añ’ aly vaho halae’ ondaty ila’e.
Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
8 Hanovon-tsaontsy am’ ondatio o mpiaoloo ty hoe: Ia t’indaty hembañe ndra mianifañe? Ampiavoto himpoly mb’ añ’ anjomba’e añe tsy mone hitranake manahake i azey ty tron-droahalahi’e.
Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
9 Ie modo ty saontsi’ o mpiaoloo am’ondatio le ho tendrèñe o mpifehem-pirimboñan-dahindefoñeo.
When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
10 Ie marine ty rova hialia’o, taroño fañanintsiñe heike,
When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
11 le ie toiñe’e am-pilongoañe, naho misokak’ ama’o, le ho fetrek-oro’o ze ondaty iaby tendrek’ao vaho hitoroñe azo.
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
12 Aa ie tsy mifampilongo ama’o, te mone hialia’e, le arikoboño.
But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
13 Ie asese’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o am-pità’o, le ho fonga lafae’ o an-dela-pibara ze lahilahy ama’e ao;
When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
14 fe ho rambese’o ho tsindro’o o rakembao naho o keleia’eo naho o añombe’eo naho ze he’e an-drova ao, o fikopahañe iabio; le ho kamae’o ze kinopa’o amo rafelahi’o natolo’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o azoo.
But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
15 Izay ty hanoa’o amy ze hene rova lavits’ azo tsy mpiamo rovan-drofoko mañohok’ azoo.
This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
16 Fe o rovan-drofoko atolo’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o azo ho lovao, ko apo’o ho veloñe ze raha mikofòke ama’e.
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
17 Fonga mongoro: o nte-Kiteo, naho o nte-Amoreo, o nte-Kanàneo, naho o nte-Perizeo, o nte-Kiveo vaho o nte-Ieboseo, Amy nandilia’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o azoy,
For you must devote them to complete destruction —the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,
18 tsy mone hañòha’e anahareo ty hañorike o sata tiva’ iareoo, o anoe’ iereo amo ndrahare’ iareoo, hanoa’ areo hakeo am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo.
so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
19 Naho arikoboñe’o ela ty rova hialia’o hitavana’o, ko rotsahe’o am-pamatsiham-pekoñe o hatae’eo, amy te azo’o kamaeñe o voa’eo, ko firae’o. Atao’o h’ondaty hao o hatae an-kivokeo hanoe’o fañarikoboñañe?
When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
20 F’ie naho hatae fohi’o te tsy fihanem-boao le azo’o rotsaheñe vaho firaeñe handrafeta’o rafi-panameañe i rova ialia’oy, ampara’ te rotsake.
But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
