Deotoronomia 22
1 Naho zoe’o mandifike ty añombe ndra añondrin-dongo’o, ko amoea’o fa ampolio amy longo’oy.
“If you see some Israeli’s ox or sheep that has strayed away, do not act as though you did not see it. Take it back [to its owner].
2 Aa naho tsy marine azo i longo’oy hera alik’ama’o, le endeso moly hey i harey naho tano ama’o ampara’ t’ie paia’ i longo’oy, vaho ampolio ama’e.
But if the owner does not live near you, or if you do not know who the owner is, take the animal to your house. [It can stay with you] until the owner comes, searching for it. Then you must give the animal to him.
3 Izay ty hanoa’o i borìke’ey, naho izay ty hanoa’o i sarimbo’ey, vaho izay ty hanoa’o ze hene fanañan-dongo’o nimotso fa niisa’o. Ko itsidaredareañe.
You must do the same thing if you see a donkey, or a piece of clothing, or anything else that someone has lost. Do not refuse to do what you should do.
4 Naho isa’o mikorovok’ an-dalañe eo ty borìken-dongo’o ndra ty añombe’e, ko amoea’o, f’ie tsy mete tsy hañimb’ aze hampitroatse izay.
“And if you see a fellow Israeli’s donkey or cow that has fallen down on the road, do not act as though you did not see it. Help the owner to lift the animal up [so that it can stand on its feet again].
5 Asoao tsy ho sikinen’ ampela ty fisikinan-dahilahy, ndra añombean-dahilahy ty saron’ ampela, fa tiva am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o ty manao izay.
“Women must not wear men’s clothes, and men must not wear women’s clothes. Yahweh our God hates people who do things like that.
6 Naho zoe’o an-dalañe eo ty trañom-boroñe ke ambone hatae ey he an-tane eo, rekets’ ana’e ndra atoly vaho mamana o atoli’eo ndra o ana’eo ty rene’e le ko mandrambe ty rene’e rekets’ o ana’eo.
“If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and the mother bird is sitting in the nest on its eggs or with the baby birds, do not take the mother bird [and kill it].
7 Mete angala’o ty ana’e, fa avotsoro i rene’e, soa te ho tahie’e vaho ho lava haveloñe.
You are permitted to take the baby birds, but you must allow the mother bird to fly away. Do this in order that things will go well for you and that you will live for a long time.
8 Naho mañoreñ’ anjomba irehe le andranjio ana-kijoly hiarikatoke ty tafo’e tsy mone hanan-tahin-dio ty anjomba’o te mideboñe boak’ an-tafo’e ey t’indaty.
“If you build a new house, you must put a (railing/low wall) around the edge of the roof. If you do that, and if someone falls off the roof [and dies], (you will not be guilty of causing that person to die/his death [MTY] will not be your fault).
9 Ko mitongy tabiry maro karaza’e amy tetem-balobo’oy; tsy mone ho tiva ty haliforan-tabiry nambolè’o naho ty havokara’ i tetekey.
“Do not plant any crop in the area where your grapevines are growing. If you do, you are not allowed to harvest the crops that you have planted or to harvest the grapes [to make wine from them].
10 Ko aharo-baoñe an-dasarý ty añombe naho ty borìke.
“Do not hitch together an ox and a donkey [for plowing your fields].
11 Ko misikin-damba natrao-pitenoñe volonañondry naho lamba-leny.
“Do not wear clothing that is made by weaving together (wool and linen/two different kinds of thread).
12 Androroto fole telo an-kotsok’ èfa’ i lamba fisaro’oy.
“[Twist threads together to] make tassels and sew/fasten them on the four bottom corners of your cloak.
13 Naho mañenga valy t’indaty, le ie iolora’e ro heje’e,
“Suppose a man marries a young woman and has sex with her and later decides that he does not want her any more,
14 naho manambaitambaiñe aze vaho mandoto ty añara’e ami’ty hoe: Nañenga ty ampela tia iraho le ie niharineako, nioniñe te tsy somondrara.
and he says false things about her, and claims that she was not a virgin when he married her.
15 Le hinday ty vente’ ty nahasomondrara aze mb’ amo roandriañe an-dalambeio ty rae naho i rene’ i somondraray,
If that happens, the young woman’s parents must take the sheet that was on the bed when that man and their daughter were married, which still has bloodstains on it, and show it to the elders of the city at the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city.
16 le hanao ty hoe amo roandriañeo ty rae’e i somondraray: Natoloko am’ ondaty tia ty anako ho vali’e, fa heje’e,
Then the father of the young woman must say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But now he says that he doesn’t want her any more.
17 mbore anaintsaiña’e ami’ty hoe, Tsy nitreako t’ie somondrara. Fe intoy o famentean-kasomondraran’ anakoo; Le halafi’ iareo añatrefa’ o roandria’ i rovaio i lambay,
And he has falsely said that she was not a virgin when he married her. But look! Here is what proves that my daughter was a virgin! Look at the bloodstains on the sheet where they slept the night that they were married!’ And he will show the sheet to the elders.
18 le ho rambese’ o roandriañeo indatiy vaho handilo aze.
Then the elders of that city must take that man and whip him.
19 Ho sazè’ iereo volafoty zato sekele le hatolo’ iereo an-drae’ i somondraray ty ami’ty nanolora’ ondaty tia añaran-draty i somondrara ana’ Israeley. Mbe ho valie’e avao vaho tsy hanan-jo hañary aze indatiy ampara’ te modo o andro’eo.
They shall require that he pay a fine of 100 pieces of silver and give the money to the father of the young woman, because the man caused an Israeli young woman to be disgraced. Also, that woman must continue to live with him; she is his wife. He is not allowed to divorce her during the rest of his life.
20 Aa naho mone to i sisý zay te tsy rendreke ty maha-tsinahavani-lahy i ampelay,
“But if what the man said is true, and there is nothing to prove that she was a virgin when he married her,
21 le hasese an-dalam-bein-drae’e eo i ampelay, vaho ho retsahe’ ondati’ i rova’eio vato am-para-pivetraha’e, ami’ty hakeo nanoe’e e Israele ao, ie nanao hakarapiloañe añ’anjomban-drae’e ao. Izay ty hamongora’o ama’o o hatserehañeo.
they must take that young woman to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of that city must execute her by throwing stones at her. They must do that because she has done something in Israel that is very disgraceful, by having sex with some man [while she was still living] in her father’s house. By executing her like that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
22 Naho vinamba niolotse ami’ty rakemba vali’ ondaty t’indaty, le tsy mete tsy songa havetrake i rakembay naho i lahilahy nifandia-tihy ama’ey, hamongora’o am’ Israele ao i halò-tsereke zay.
“If a man is caught while he is having sex with another man’s wife, both of them must be executed. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice in Israel.
23 Naho tendreke somondrara nifofoe’ ondaty an-drova ao t’indaty vaho mifandia tihy ama’e,
“Suppose in some town a man sees a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married to another man, and he is caught having sex with [EUP] her.
24 le tsy mahay tsy hasese’o mb’an-dalambei’ i rovay mb’eo ie roe vaho handretsaham-bato hikenkañe—i somondraray amy te tsy nikai-drombak’ an-drova ao, naho indatiy, amy te narè’e ty vali’ ondaty. Tsy mete tsy mongore’o ty haloloañe ama’o ao.
You must take both of them to the (gate of/central meeting place in) that town. There you must execute them both by throwing stones at them. You must execute the young woman because she did not shout for help even though she was in the town. And the man must be executed because he had sex [EUP] with someone who was already engaged/promised to be married. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
25 F’ie an-kivok’ añe te zoe’ t’indaty ty somondrara nifofoe’ ondaty vaho mamahotse aze, le indaty nifandia-tihy ama’ey avao ty havetrake.
“But suppose out in the open countryside a man meets a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married, and he rapes her. If that happens, only that man must be executed.
26 Ko anoañ’ inoñ’ inoñe amy somondraray fa tsy anañan-kakeo mañeva fate, fa manahake t’indaty mitroatse mañoho-doza aman-dongo’e, izay o tsaraeñeo,
You must not punish the young woman, because she did not do anything for which she deserves to be executed. This case is like when one man attacks another man [in the countryside] and murders him,
27 amy te nizoe’ indatiy an-kalok’ añe i somondraray; nikaikaike i somondrara nifofoeñey, fe tsy teo ty handrombake.
because the man who raped her saw her when she was in the open countryside, and even though she called out for help, there was no one there who could rescue her.
28 Aa naho tendreke somondrara tsy nifofoeñe t’indaty le azi’e naho vahora’e vaho vamba iereo;
“If a man rapes a young woman who is not engaged/promised to be married, if someone sees him while he is doing that,
29 le tsy mahay tsy mañondroke drala volafoty limampolo aman-drae’e indaty namahots’ azey, le ho vali’e i ampelay kanao narè’e; tsy mahazo mañary aze re ampara-pigadoña’ o andro’eo.
that man must pay 50 pieces of silver to the young woman’s father, and he must marry her, because he forced her to have sex with him. He is not allowed to divorce her for the rest of his life.
30 Ao tsy ho rambese’ ondaty ty valin-drae’e, hamotera’e ty zon-drae’e.
“man must not disgrace his father by having sex with any of his father’s wives.”
