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 forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Aa ie harinè’o i aliy le homb’eo ty mpisoroñe hisaontsy am’ondatio
It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the cohen shall approach and speak to the people,
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;
and shall tell them, "Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: do not let your heart faint; do not be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
4 fa Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo ro mindre ama’ areo hialy ho anahareo amo rafelahi’ areoo, handrombake.
for the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you."
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.
The officers shall speak to the people, saying, "What man is there who 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 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.
What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use 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.
What man is there who has pledged to be married 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 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.
The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, "What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart."
9 Ie modo ty saontsi’ o mpiaoloo am’ondatio le ho tendrèñe o mpifehem-pirimboñan-dahindefoñeo.
It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
10 Ie marine ty rova hialia’o, taroño fañanintsiñe heike,
When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
11 le ie toiñe’e am-pilongoañe, naho misokak’ ama’o, le ho fetrek-oro’o ze ondaty iaby tendrek’ao vaho hitoroñe azo.
It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found in it shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
12 Aa ie tsy mifampilongo ama’o, te mone hialia’e, le arikoboño.
If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:
13 Ie asese’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o am-pità’o, le ho fonga lafae’ o an-dela-pibara ze lahilahy ama’e ao;
and when the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of 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, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
15 Izay ty hanoa’o amy ze hene rova lavits’ azo tsy mpiamo rovan-drofoko mañohok’ azoo.
Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16 Fe o rovan-drofoko atolo’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o azo ho lovao, ko apo’o ho veloñe ze raha mikofòke ama’e.
But of the cities of these peoples, that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing 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,
but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hethite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite; 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.
that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you 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 shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you?
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.
Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build siege works against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.
