व्यवस्था 21

1 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई अधिकार गर्न दिन लाग्‍नुभएको देशको कुनै मैदानमा कोही मारिएको पाइयो र यसको हत्याराको निधो भएन भने,

When there shall be found one slain on the soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee to possess, lying prostrate in the field, —it not being known who smote him,

2 तिमीहरूका धर्म-गुरुहरू र न्यायकर्ताहरू गएर लाशदेखि नजिक भएका सहरहरू पत्ता लगाऊन् ।

then shall thine elders and thy judges go forth, —and measure unto the cities that are round about the slain;

3 त्यसपछि लाशको निकटतम सहरका धर्म-गुरुहरूले गाईवस्तुबाट काममा नलगाएको र जुवा नहालेको एउटा कोरली लिऊन् ।

and it shall be that the city that is nearest unto the slain, the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in a yoke;

4 अनि तिनीहरूले त्यस कोरलीलाई नजोतिएको र बिउ नछरिएको खोला भएको उपत्यकामा लैजाऊन्, र त्यहाँ तिनीहरूले त्यसको घाँटी भाँचिदिऊन् ।

and the elders of that city shall take down the heifer into a ravine with an everflowing stream, which is neither tilled nor sown, —and shall behead there the heifer in the ravine.

5 पुजारीहरू अर्थात् लेवीका सन्तानहरू अगाडि आऊन् किनकि परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई उहाँको सेवा गर्न र परमप्रभुको नाउँमा आशिष् दिन अनि हरेक वादविवाद मिलाइदिन छान्‍नुभएको छ ।

Then shall the priests the sons of Levi come near, for of them, hath Yahweh thy God made choice to wait upon him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh, —and at their bidding, shall be settled every controversy and every punishment;

6 मारिएको मानिसको निकटतम सहरका सबै धर्म-गुरुले उपत्यकामा घाँटी निमोठिएको कोरलीमाथि आ-आफ्ना हात धोऊन् ।

and, all the elders of that city who are nearest unto the slain, shall bathe their hands over the heifer that hath been beheaded in the ravine,

7 अनि तिनीहरूले त्यस मामललाई जवाफ दिई यसो भनून्, 'हाम्रा हातले यो रगत बगाएका होइनन्, न त हाम्रा आँखाले यसलाई देखेका छन् ।'

and shall respond, and say, —Our hands, shed not this blood, neither did, our eyes, see [the deed].

8 हे परमप्रभु इस्राएललाई क्षमा दिनुहोस् जसलाई तपाईंले छुटकारा दिनुभएको छ, र तपाईंको जाति इस्राएलको बिचमा यो निर्दोषको हत्याको दोष नलगाउनुहोस् ।' तब हत्याको दोषलाई क्षमा हुने छ ।

Be propitious unto thy people Israel whom thou hast redeemed, O Yahweh, and do not impute innocent blood in the midst of thy people Israel. So shall they obtain propitiation for the guilt of shedding blood.

9 यसरी तिमीहरूले परमप्रभुको दृष्‍टिमा जे ठिक छ त्यही गरेकाले तिमीहरूले तिमीहरूका बिचबाट निर्दोषको हत्याको दोषलाई हटाउने छौ ।

Thou, therefore shalt consume the guilt of shedding innocent blood out of thy midst, —when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

10 जब तिमीहरू आफ्ना शत्रुहरूको विरुद्धमा युद्ध गर्न जान्छौ र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई विजय दिई तिनीहरूलाई तिमीहरूको वशमा ल्याउनुहुन्छ अनि जब तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई बन्दी बनाई ल्याउँछौ,

When thou shalt go forth to war against thine enemies, —and Yahweh thy God shall deliver them into thy hand and thou shalt take them captive;

11 तब तिमीहरूले बन्दीहरूका बिचमा सुन्दरी स्‍त्री देख्यौ र त्यसलाई आफ्नी पत्‍नी बनाउने इच्छा गर्‍यौ भने

and shalt see among the captives a woman of beautiful figure, —and shalt have a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife,

12 त्यसलाई आफ्नो घरमा लैजानू । त्यसले आफ्नो कपाल खौरन्छे र नङ् काट्छे ।

then shalt thou bring her into the midst of thy house, —and she shall shave her head and pare her nails;

13 त्यसपछि त्यसले निर्वासनमा छँदा आफूले लगाएको लुगा फुकाल्छे र त्यो तिम्रो घरमा बसी आफ्ना बुबाआमाको लागि एक वर्षसम्म शोक गर्छे । त्यसपछि तिमी त्योसित सुत्‍न सक्छौ र त्यसको पति हुन सक्छौ र त्यो तिम्री पत्‍नी हुन्छे ।

and put away the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother for the space of a month, —and after that, mayest thou go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

14 तर तिमीले त्यसमा रुचि देखाएनौ भने त्यसलाई इच्छा लागेको ठाउँमा जान दिनू । तथापि तिमीले त्यसलाई पैसामा नबेच्नू, त्यसलाई कमारीलाई जस्तै व्यवहार नगर्नू किनकि तिमीले त्यसको सतीत्व नष्‍ट गरेका छौ ।

And it shall be, if thou hast no pleasure in her, then shalt thou let her go whither she will but thou shalt not sell, her for silver, —thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

15 कुनै मानिसका दुई पत्‍नी छन् र त्यसले एउटालाई माया गर्छ र अर्कीलाई घृणा गर्छ अनि दुवै जनाले सन्तान जन्माएका छन् भने अनि घृणा गरिनेले चाहिँ जेठो छोरो जन्माएको छ भने

When a man shall have two wives—the one beloved and, the other hated, and they have borne him sons, both she that is beloved, and she that is hated, —and it shall be that the firstborn son belongeth to her that is hated,

16 अंशबन्डा गर्दा माया गर्नेको छोरा भनेर माया नगर्नेको खास जेठो छोरोलाई उछिनेर पिताले कान्छोलाई अधिकार दिन मिल्दैन ।

then shall it be, that in the day when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, he may not treat the son of the beloved, instead of the son of the hated, as the firstborn;

17 बरु, त्यसले घृणा गरिएकी पत्‍नीको छोरोलाई नै आफ्ना सबै सम्पत्तिको दोब्बर भाग दिएर जेठो हो भनी मान्यता देओस् । किनकि त्यो छोरो नै त्यसको शक्तिको सुरु हो । जेठोको हक त्यसको नै हो ।

but the true firstborn the son of her that is hated, shall he treat as firstborn by giving him double out of all that is found to be his, —for, he, is the beginning of his strength, his, is the right of the firstborn.

18 कुनै मानिसको हठी र विर्दोही छोरो छ जसले आफ्ना बुबा वा आमाको कुरा मान्दैन वा र तिनीहरूले त्यसलाई सुधार्दा पनि त्यो सुध्रदैन भने

When a man hath a son, rebellious and insulting, who will not hearken to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, —though they chastise him, yet will not hearken unto them,

19 त्यसका बुबाआमाले त्यसलाई समातेर सहरका धर्म-गुरुहरूकहाँ सहरका ढोकाहरूमा ल्याऊन् ।

then shall his father and his mother, lay hold of him, —and bring him forth unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

20 तिनीहरूले धर्म-गुरुहरूलाई यसो भनून्, 'यो हाम्रो छोरो हठी र विर्दोही छ । यसले हाम्रो कुरा मान्दैन । यो लफङ्गो र मतवाला हो ।'

and shall say unto the elders of his city: This our son, is rebellious and insulting, —he will not hearken unto our voice, —a glutton and a tippler.

21 तब सहरका सबै मानिसले त्यसलाई ढुङ्गाले हानेर मारून् । यसरी तिमीहरूले तिमीहरूका बिचबाट दुष्‍टतालाई हटाउने छौ । सारा इस्राएली यो सुनेर डराउने छन् ।

Then shall all the men of his city stone him with stones that he die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst, —and, all Israel, shall hear and fear.

22 कुनै मानिसले मृत्यु योग्यको पाप गरेको छ र त्यसलाई मृत्युदण्ड दिँदा त्यसलाई रुखमा झुण्ड्यायौ भने

But when there shall be in any man a sin worthy of death and he is to be put to death, —and thou shalt hang him on a tree,

23 त्यसको लाश रातभरि रुखमा नरहोस् । बरु, त्यसलाई त्यही दिनमा नै गाडिदिनू । किनकि जो झुण्ड्याइन्छ त्यो परमप्रभुबाट श्रापित हुन्छ । परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई सम्पत्तिको रूपमा दिनुहुने देशलाई तिमीहरूले बिटुलो नपार भनेर यो आज्ञा पालन गर ।

his dead body shall not remain all night upon the tree but thou shalt bury, him on the same day, for a reproach unto God, is he that is hanged, —so shalt thou not make unclean thy soil which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee for an inheritance.