व्यवस्था 20
1 तिमीहरू आफ्ना शत्रुहरूको विरुद्धमा युद्धमा जाँदा तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूको भन्दा धेरै घोडा, रथ र मानिसहरू देख्यौ भने तिनीहरूदेखि नडराओ । किनकि परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वर तिमीहरूसितै हुनुहुन्छ जसले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्र देशबाट निकालेर ल्याउनुभयो ।
“If you go out to battle against your enemies, and you see horsemen and chariots, and that the multitude of your adversary’s army is greater than your own, you shall not fear them. For the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, is with you.
2 तिमीहरू युद्धमा जानै लाग्दा पुजारी नजिक आएर मानिसहरूलाई उसले यसो भन्नुपर्छ,
Then, as the battle now draws near, the priest shall stand before the front ranks, and he shall speak to the people in this manner:
3 'हे इस्राएली हो, सुन । तिमीहरू आफ्ना शत्रुको विरुद्धमा युद्धमा जान लागेका छौ । तिमीहरूका ह्रदय विचलत नहोऊन् । नडराओ, नकाम । तिनीहरूदेखि भयभीत नहोओ ।
‘Listen, O Israel! Today you engage in a battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear. Do not be apprehensive. Do not yield. You should have no dread of them.
4 किनकि परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वर नै तिमीहरूका शत्रुहरूको विरुद्धमा लडी तिमीहरूलाई बचाउन तिमीहरूको अगिअगि जाँदै हुनुहुन्छ ।'
For the Lord your God is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.’
5 अधिकारीहरूले मानिसहरूलाई यसो भनून्, 'के घर निर्माण गरेर त्यसलाई अर्पण गर्न नपाएको यहाँ कोही छ? त्यो आफ्नो घरमा फर्केर जाओस् ताकि त्यो युद्धमा मर्नु नपरोस् र अर्कोले त्यसको घर अर्पण नगरोस् ।
Likewise, the officers shall proclaim, throughout every company, in the hearing of the soldiers: ‘What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may dedicate it.
6 के दाखबारी लगाएर यसको फल खान नपाउने यहाँ कोही छ? त्यो घरमा जाओस् र युद्धमा मर्नु नपरोस् अनि अर्कोले त्यसलाई उपभोग गर्न नपाओस् ।
What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not yet caused it to be common, so that all may eat from it? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may carry out his office.
7 के मगनी भएर बिहे नभएको यहाँ कोही मानिस छ? त्यो घरमा जाओस् ताकि त्यो युद्धमा मर्नु नपरोस् र त्यसलाई अर्कोले बिहे गर्न नपाओस् ।'
What man is there, who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in battle, and another man may take her.’
8 यसबाहेक अधिकारीहरूले मानिसहरूलाई यसो भनून्, 'के यहाँ कोही डरपोक र कातर छ? त्यो फर्केर आफ्नो घरमा जाओस् ताकि त्यसको भाइको हृदय त्यसको झैँ शिथिल नहोस् ।'
After these things have been declared, they shall add the remainder, and shall say to the people: ‘What man is there who is overwhelmed by fear and is fainthearted? Let him go, and return to his house, lest he cause the hearts of his brothers to fear, just as he himself has been thoroughly stricken with fear.’
9 अधिकारीहरूले मानिसहरूसित बोलिसकेपछि तिनीहरूले उनीहरूमाथि सेनानायकहरू नियुक्त गरून् ।
And when the officers of the army have become silent, and have completed their speech, each one shall prepare his unit to wage war.
10 कुनै सहरलाई आक्रमण गर्न तिमीहरू नजिक पुग्दा ती मानिसहरूसित शान्तिको प्रस्ताव राख्नू ।
When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.
11 तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूको प्रस्तावलाई स्वीकार गरी तिमीहरूलाई सहरमा स्वागत गरे भने त्यस सहरमा भएका सबै मानिसलाई बेगार काममा लगाउनू र तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूको सेवा गरून् ।
If they receive it, and open the gates to you, then all the people who are in it shall be saved, and they shall serve you by paying tribute.
12 तर तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूसित कुनै शान्ति सम्झौता गर्नुको साटो तिमीहरूको विरुद्धमा युद्ध गर्न आए भने तब तिमीहरूले सहरलाई घेरा हाल्नू,
But if they are not willing to enter into an agreement, and they begin to act against you in warfare, then you shall besiege it.
13 र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई विजय दिई तिमीहरूको नियन्त्रणमा ल्याउनुहुँदा तिमीहरूले त्यस सहरको हरेक व्यक्तिलाई मार्नू ।
And when the Lord your God will have delivered it into your hands, you shall strike down anyone who is in it, of the male gender, with the edge of the sword,
14 तर स्त्री, बालबच्चा, गाईवस्तु र सहरमा भएका हरेक थोक लुटको मालको रूपमा आफ्नो लागि लैजानू । परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई तिमीहरूका शत्रुहरूबाट दिनुभएको लुटको माल तिमीहरूले उपभोग गर्नू ।
but not the women and young children, nor the cattle and the other things that are within the city. And you shall divide all the plunder to the soldiers, and you shall eat the spoils from your enemies, which the Lord your God will give to you.
15 तिमीहरूबाट टाढा भएका सबै सहरलाई मात्र तिमीहरूले यसो गर्नू, तिमीहरूले यी जातिहरूका सहरहरूलाई भने त्यसो नगर्नू ।
So shall you do to all the cities which are at a great distance from you, those which are not among the cities that you shall receive as a possession.
16 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई सम्पत्तिको रूपमा दिनुहुने यी जातिहरूको सहरहरूमा भने तिमीहरूले सास फेर्ने कसैलाई जीवित नराख्नू ।
But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.
17 बरु, परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूलाई आज्ञा गर्नुभएझैँ तिमीहरूले हित्ती, एमोरी, कनानी, परिज्जी, हिव्वी र यबूसीहरूलाई पूर्ण रूपमा नष्ट गरिदिनू ।
Instead, you shall put them to death with the edge of the sword, specifically: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.
18 तिनीहरूले आफ्ना देवताहरूसित गरेका तिनीहरूका घृणित मार्गहरू तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूलाई नसिकाऊन् भन्नाका लागि यसो गर्नू । तिनीहरूको मार्ग पछ्यायौ भने तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्वरका विरुद्धमा पाप गर्ने छौ ।
Otherwise, they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods. And then you would sin against the Lord your God.
19 कुनै सहरलाई कब्जा गर्न तिमीहरूले त्यसलाई लामो समयसम्म घेर्दा तिमीहरूले बञ्चरोले यसका रुखहरू नकाट्नू । किनकि तिमीहरूले तीबाट खान सक्छौ । त्यसैले, तिनलाई नकाट । किनकि के जङ्गलका रुखहरू जाति हुन् जसलाई तिमीहरू घेरा हाल्छौ?
When you will have besieged a city for a long time, and you will have encircled it with fortifications, so that you may fight against it, you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat, neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region. For it is a tree, and not a man. It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.
20 फल दिने रुखहरू होइनन् भनी तिमीहरूले चिनेका रुखहरूलाई मात्र तिमीहरूले काटेर नष्ट गर्नू । तिमीहरूसित युद्ध गर्ने सहर पराजित नभएसम्म घेरा हाल्ने काममा ती प्रयोग गर्न सक्छौ ।
But if there are any trees which are not fruitful, but are wild, and if these are fit for other uses, then cut them down, and make machines, until you have captured the city that is contending against you.”
