अनुवाद 25
1 १ लोकांमध्ये वाद झाल्यास ते न्याय मागण्यासाठी आले तर न्यायाधीशांनी त्यांचा न्याय करावा. निर्दोष्याला निर्दोष ठरवावे आणि दोष्याला दोषी ठरवावे.
“If [two] Israelis have a dispute and they go to a court, the judge will [probably] decide/declare that one of them (is innocent/did not do any wrong) and the other one is guilty.
2 २ दोषी व्यक्ती फटक्यांच्या शिक्षेला पात्र ठरल्यास न्यायाधीशाने त्यास पालथे पाडावे व आपल्या समक्ष त्यास फटके मारुन घ्यावेत. फटक्यांची संख्या गुन्ह्याच्या प्रमाणात असावी.
If the judge says that the guilty person must be punished, he shall command him to lie [with his face] on the ground and be whipped. The number of times he is struck with a whip will depend on [what kind of] crime he committed.
3 ३ चाळीस फटक्यांच्यावर कोणालाही शिक्षा होऊ नये. त्याच्यापेक्षा अधिक मारल्यास तुझ्या बांधवाची तुझ्या देखत अप्रतिष्ठा होईल.
It is permitted that he be struck as many as 40 times, but no more than that. If he is struck more than 40 times, he would be humiliated publicly.
When your ox is treading/walking on the grain [to separate the chaff from the grain], do not (muzzle it/put a covering on its mouth) [to prevent it from eating some of the grain].
5 ५ दोन भाऊ एकत्र राहत असले आणि त्यातला एक मूलबाळ व्हायच्या आधीच वारला तर त्याच्या पत्नीने कुटुंबाबाहेरच्या कोणा परपुरुषाशी लग्न करु नये. दिरानेच तिच्याशी लग्न करावे व दिराचे कर्तव्य बजावावे.
If two brothers live on the same property, and one of them who has no son dies, the man’s widow should not marry someone who is not a member of his family. The dead man’s brother must marry her and have sex [EUP] with her. It is his duty to do that.
6 ६ यानंतर तिला जो पहिला मुलगा होईल त्याने तिच्या मृत पतीचे नाव पुढे चालवावे. म्हणजे त्याचे नाव इस्राएलातून पुसले जाऊ नये.
If she later gives birth to a son, that son is to be considered [MTY] the son of the man who died, in order that the dead man’s name will not disappear from Israel.
7 ७ त्या मृत व्यक्तीच्या भावाने आपल्या विधवा भावजयीशी लग्न करण्याचे नाकारले तर तिने गावाच्या वेशीपाशी वडीलधाऱ्या पंचांकडे जावे व सांगावे की “आपला दिर त्याच्या भावाचे नाव इस्राएलामध्ये राखायला राजी दिसत नाही. दिराच्या कर्तव्याला अनुसरुन तो माझ्याशी वागत नाही.”
“But if the dead man’s brother does not want to marry that woman, she must stand at the (gate/central meeting place) of the town and say to the [town] elders, ‘My husband’s brother will not do (his duty/what he is supposed to do). He refuses to [marry me in order that I may give birth to a son who will] prevent my dead husband’s name from disappearing in Israel.’
8 ८ अशावेळी वडिलांनी त्याच्या नगराच्या लोकांस बोलावून त्याच्याशी बोलावे. यावरही तो ऐकायला तयार नसेल, तिच्याशी लग्न करायला तयार नसेल
Then the elders must summon that man and talk to him. If he still refuses to marry that widow,
9 ९ तर सर्व वडिलांसमोर त्याच्यापुढे येऊन तिने त्याच्या पायातला जोडा काढावा. त्याच्या तोंडावर थुकावे आणि म्हणावे, “जो कोणी आपल्या भावाचा वंश वाढवत नाही त्याचे असेच करावे.”
she must go up to him while the elders are watching, and take off one of his sandals [to symbolize/show that he would not receive any of her property], and spit in his face, and say to him, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to do what is needed [to allow his dead brother to have a son] in order that our family name does not disappear.’
After that happens, that man’s family will be known as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’.
11 ११ दोन पुरुषांच्या मारामारीमध्ये त्यातील एकाची पत्नी आपल्या नवऱ्याच्या मदतीसाठी मध्ये पडली असता तिने आपला हात पुढे करून मारणाऱ्याचे जननेंद्रिय पकडले,
When [two] men are fighting with each other, and the one man’s wife comes near to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man’s genitals,
do not act mercifully toward her; cut off her hand.
13 १३ बनावट तराजू वापरुन लोकांची फसवणूक करु नये. वजने अति जड किंवा अति हलकी अशी तुझ्या पिशवीत नसावीत.
“[When you are buying or selling things], do not try to cheat people by having two kinds of weights, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something], and two kinds of measuring baskets, [one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something].
15 १५ आपली वजने मापे अचूक आणि योग्य असावीत. म्हणजे तुमचा देव परमेश्वर तुम्हास देणार असलेल्या प्रदेशात तुम्ही दीर्घकाळ रहाल.
Always use correct weights and correct measuring baskets, in order that Yahweh our God will allow you to live a long time in the land that he is giving to you.
16 १६ खोट्या वजनमापांनी लोकांची फसवणूक करणाऱ्यांचा, अनुचित वागणाऱ्यांचा तुमचा परमेश्वर देव ह्याला वीट आहे.
Yahweh hates all those who act dishonestly, [and he will punish them].
Continue to remember what the Amalek people-group did to your ancestors when they were coming out of Egypt.
18 १८ त्यांना देवाविषयी भीती नव्हती. तुम्ही दमले भागलेले असताना त्यांनी तुमच्यावर हल्ला केला. दमून मागे पडलेल्या तुमच्यातील दुर्बळांना त्यांनी ठार केले.
They attacked your ancestors as your ancestors were traveling, when they were weak and exhausted. Those people were not afraid of God at all, so they attacked your ancestors from the rear and killed all those who were unable to walk as fast as the others.
19 १९ म्हणून अमालेकांची आठवण सुद्धा तुम्ही पृथ्वीच्या पाठीवरुन पुसून टाकली पाहिजे. तुमचा देव परमेश्वर तुम्हास देणार असलेल्या प्रदेशात तुम्हास शत्रूंपासून तुझा देव परमेश्वर ह्याने तुम्हास विश्राम दिल्यावर हे अंमलात आणा. विसरू नका.
Therefore, when Yahweh our God has given you the land [that he promised to give you], and when he has enabled you to rest from [fighting] all your enemies around you, kill all the Amalek people-group, with the result that no one will remember them any more. Do not forget [to do this]!”
