5 Mosebok 21
1 Finn de ein mann som ligg drepen på marki i det landet Herren, dykkar Gud, gjev dykk til eigedom, og ingen veit kven hev slege honom i hel,
“Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.
2 so skal styresmennerne og domarane dykkar ganga ut og mæla kor langt det er frå liket til dei byarne som ligg der ikring;
[If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.
3 og styresmennerne i den byen som er næmast liket, skal taka ei kviga som aldri hev vore bruka til arbeids og aldri havt sele på seg,
Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.
4 og leida henne ned i ein bekkjedal som korkje vert pløgd eller sådd, og i den dalen skal dei brjota halsen på kviga.
They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley.
5 So skal prestarne koma, Levi-sønerne; for deim hev Herren, din Gud, kåra til å tena seg og til å velsigna i Herrens namn; og etter deira ord skal kvar trætta jamnast og kvar skade bøtast.
The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.
6 Og alle styresmennerne i byen, dei som bur næmast der liket vart funne, skal två henderne sine uppyver kviga som dei hev brote halsen på i dalen,
The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
7 og so skal dei taka soleis til ords: «Våre hender hev ikkje rent ut dette blodet, og våre augo hev ikkje set kven som gjorde det.
and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
8 Herre, tak burt skuldi frå Israel, folket ditt, som du hev løyst ut, og lat ikkje Israel, ditt eige folk, lida for dråpet på ein skuldlaus mann!» Då får dei soning for blodskuldi.
Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’
9 Soleis reinsar du deg for blodskuld, og gjer det som er rett i Herrens augo.
By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”
10 Når du tek ut i strid mot fienden, og Herren, din Gud, gjev honom i dine hender, so du tek fangar,
“When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),
11 og du millom fangarne fær sjå ei fager kvinna, som du legg hug til og vil hava til kona,
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
12 då skal du leida henne inn i huset ditt; ho skal klyppa håret og skjera neglerne
He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].
13 og leggja av seg dei klædi ho gjekk med då ho vart teki, og so skal ho vera i huset ditt og syrgja yver far sin og mor si ein heil månad; sidan kann du taka henne til deg og gifta deg med henne, og ho skal vera kona di.
She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.
14 Men vert det til det at du ikkje likar henne lenger, so skal du gjeva henne fri, so ho kann fara kvar ho vil; selja henne skal du ikkje og ikkje fara vanvyrdeleg med henne, sidan du hev livt i hop med henne.
Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”
15 Når ein mann hev tvo konor, ei som han elskar og ei som han ikkje bryr seg um, og dei fær kvar sin son, men son åt den han ikkje held av er den eldste,
“Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.
16 og han so, når den tid kjem, vil skifta det han eig millom sønerne sine, då må han ikkje lata sonen åt den kona han elskar verta odelsmannen, til meins for den sonen som er eldst.
On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.
17 Han skal kanna den eldste for odelsboren, endå han er son til den kona han ikkje likar, og gjeva honom dobbel lut av alt som finst i hans eige; for han er blomen av manndomen hans, han er det som eig odelsretten.
He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”
18 Hev nokon ein son som er stridig og tråssug, og ikkje vil lyda foreldri sine, og ikkje høyra på deim når dei tel for honom,
“Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
19 so skal foreldri taka honom med seg på tinget, til styresmennerne der i byen,
If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.
20 og segja til deim: «Denne sonen vår er stridig og tråssug, og vil ikkje lyda oss; han er ein øydar og ein drikkar.»
Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’
21 Då skal alle mennerne i byen steina honom i hel. Soleis skal du rydja det vonde ut or lyden. Og det skal spyrjast yver heile Israel, so alle vert ottefulle.
Then all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”
22 Hev nokon gjort eit brot som det er sett livsstraff for, og han so hev vorte avretta og hengd upp på eit tre,
“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
23 so må ikkje liket hans verta hangande på treet natti yver, men du skal jorda honom same dagen; for Guds forbanning ligg på den som er upphengd, og du skal ikkje gjera landet ditt ureint, det som Herren, din Gud, hev gjeve deg til odel og eiga.
you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
