Deotoronomia 23
1 Tsy hiheo am-pivori’ Iehovà ty aman-tabiry dinemoke ndra filahiañe nianto.
No man whose genitals have been damaged or cut off is allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary.
2 Tsy hitraok’ ami’ty fivori’ Iehovà ty anak’ amontoñe; tsy hizilik’ am-pivori’ Iehovà ao re pak’an-tarira’e faha folo.
No one of mixed race is allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary, and none of his descendants may do so either, up to the tenth generation.
3 Tsy himoak’ am-pivori’ Iehovà ao t’i nte-Amone ndra t’i nte-Moabe; tsy hizilik’ am-pivori’ Iehovà ao re pak’ an-tarira’e faha folo,
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants are allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary, up to the tenth generation.
4 amy t’ie tsy nanalaka anahareo ninday mahakama naho rano amy lalañe niakara’ areo i Mitsraimey; mbore tinambe’ iereo ty ama’o i Balame ana’ i Beore nte-Petore boak’ arame-Naharaime hañozoñe azo.
For they did not come to meet you with food and water on your journey from Egypt, and they hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor in Mesopotamia, to curse you.
5 Fe tsy nihaoñe’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o t’i Balame; le nafote’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o ho tata ama’o o ozoñeo ami’ty fikokoa’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o azo.
But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam. The Lord your God turned what was meant to be a curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
6 Tsy hipaia’o fañanintsiñe, ndra firaoraoañe, amo fonga andro’oo.
Don't arrange a peace treaty with them or help them out as long as you live.
7 Tsy ho heje’o ty nte-Edome fa rahalahi’o; le tsy ho heje’o ty nte-Mitsraime fa nirenetàne an-tane’e ao.
Don't look down on an Edomite, for they are your relatives. Don't look down on an Egyptian either, because you lived as foreigners in their country.
8 Mete mitraok’ am-pivori’ Iehovà ao o anake nasama’ iereoo ami’ty tarira’e faha telo.
The third generation of their children are allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary.
9 Ie mionjoñe mb’eo am-pirimboñan-dahin-defoñe hiatreatre an-drafelahi’o, le ifoneño ze atao haratiañe.
When you are in an army camp during a war with your enemies, make sure you avoid anything wrong.
10 Aa naho ama’ areo ao t’indaty tsy malio ty amy fiorihan-kaleñey, le hiavotse i tobey re, vaho tsy himoak’ amy tobey ao;
Any man there who becomes unclean because of a release of semen must leave the camp and remain outside.
11 ie miroñe ty andro le hiandro re vaho hizilik’ an-tobe ao te motak’andro.
Towards the end of the day he must wash himself with water, and at sunset he may return to the camp.
12 Le tsy mete tsy amam-piveñañe alafe’ i tobey irehe hiamontoña’o;
Choose a place outside the camp to be used as a toilet.
13 naho an-karo’o ao ty pitre, aa le ie hitsotake ro hitrabake, vaho hitolike handembefa’o o niamontoñe’oo.
You need to have a spade as part of your equipment so that you can dig a hole, and then when you're finished you can cover up your excrement.
14 Amy te midraidraitse añivo’ i tobe’oy t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’o, handrombak’ azo, hañitoa’e aolo’o eo o rafelahi’oo; aa le hiavake ty tobe’o, tsy hahavazohoa’e raha maleotse ama’o ao hiambohoa’e.
The Lord your God is present with you in your camp to keep you safe and to defeat your enemies. Your camp must be kept holy, because if he sees anything unclean among you and he will leave you.
15 Tsy hasese’o ami’ty tompo’e ty ondevo niborofotse amy tompo’ey naho nimb’ ama’o mb’eo.
Don't send a slave back to their master if they have come to you for protection.
16 Himoneñe ama’o ao re, añivo’o ao amy ze toetse joboñe’e, naho amy ze rova mahafale ty tro’e, vaho ko ampisoañeñe.
Let the slave live in your country wherever they want, in whatever town they want. Don't mistreat them.
17 Tsy ho amo anak’ ampela’ Israeleo ty tsimirirañe, ndra ty ana-dahi’ Israele mpiharo aman-dahy.
No Israelite women or men are to be cult prostitutes.
18 Tsy ho banabanae’o añ’ anjomba’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o ao ty tamben-kakarapiloañe ndra ty tamben’ amboa hañavaha’o fànta, fa songa tiva am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o i roe rey.
Don't bring into the house of the Lord your God any money from a prostitute, whether a woman or a man, using it to fulfill a promise to the Lord, for both are offensive to the Lord your God.
19 Ko ampisongoeñe hitake ana’e aman-dongo’o, ndra fitomboan-drala, ndra fitomboam-baty ndra fitomboañ’ inoñ’ inoñe mete ampisongoeñe rekets’ ana’e.
Don't charge a fellow Israelite interest on money, food, or any other kind of loan.
20 Azo’o angalañ’ ana’e ty renetane nampisongoe’o, f’ie longo, tsy hangala’o ana’e ze ampisongoe’o soa te hitahy azo t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’o am-pitoloña’o iaby an-tane hiziliha’o ho tavane’o ao.
You may charge a foreigner interest, but not an Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you do in the country that you are going in to occupy.
21 Ie mifanta am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o, ko aìke ty hañenefa’o aze amy te tsy mete tsy hipaia’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o, vaho ho hakeo ama’o.
If you make a promise to the Lord your God, don't be slow in keeping it, because he will definitely demand that you fulfill it and you will be guilty of sin if you don't.
22 F’ie tsy hanan-tahiñe te mifoneñe tsy hifanta.
If you don't make such promises then you won't be guilty of sin.
23 Ano am-pahimbañañe ze miakatse am-pivimbi’o; manahake te fanta nisatrie’o am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o, i nampitamam-palie’oy.
But make sure to carry out what you've said to the Lord your God, because it was you who freely chose to make such a promise.
24 Naho iziliha’o ty tanem-balobo’ ondatio le azo’o kamaeñe o valobo’eo ampara’ te ànjañe, ze satrie’o, f’ie tsy ampijoña’o an-karo’o ao.
When you walk through your neighbor's vineyard, you can eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not collect any to take with you.
25 Ie miranga tonda’ ondaty miriñariña mahakama, le azo’o tifoeñe an-taña’o ty loha’e fe tsy añoharam-pitatahañe i mahakaman-drañe’o miriñariñay.
When you walk through your neighbor's grainfield, you may pick the ears of grain with your hand, but you must not use a sickle to harvest it.
