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 thou goest out to battle against thy enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
2 Aa ie harinè’o i aliy le homb’eo ty mpisoroñe hisaontsy am’ondatio
And it shall be, when ye are come near to the battle, that the priest 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 say to them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day to battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye 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 is he that goeth 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.
And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he should die in the battle, and another man should 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.
And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return to his house, lest he should die in the battle, and another man should eat of it.
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.
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he should die in battle, and another man should 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.
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 should faint as well as his heart.
9 Ie modo ty saontsi’ o mpiaoloo am’ondatio le ho tendrèñe o mpifehem-pirimboñan-dahindefoñeo.
And it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
10 Ie marine ty rova hialia’o, taroño fañanintsiñe heike,
When thou comest 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.
And it shall be, if it shall make thee answer of peace, and open to thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found in it shall be forced labourers to thee, and they shall serve thee.
12 Aa ie tsy mifampilongo ama’o, te mone hialia’e, le arikoboño.
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt 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 thy God hath delivered it into thy hands, thou shalt smite 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 cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, shalt thou take to thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thy enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
15 Izay ty hanoa’o amy ze hene rova lavits’ azo tsy mpiamo rovan-drofoko mañohok’ azoo.
Thus shalt thou do to all the cities which are very distant from thee, 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 people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
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 thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
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 may not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so should ye 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 thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees of it by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life ) to employ them in the siege:
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 which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it shall be subdued.
