5 Mosebok 22
1 Ser du ein framand ukse eller sau som hev kome på vidåtta, so skal du ikkje slengje deg undan; du skal hava deim attende til den som eig deim;
“If you see some Israeli’s ox or sheep that has strayed away, do not act as though you did not see it. Take it back [to its owner].
2 men bur ikkje han tett attmed deg, eller veit du ikkje kven det er, so skal du taka deim heim til deg sjølv, og hava deim der, til eigaren kjem og spør etter deim, so du kann få gjeve honom deim att.
But if the owner does not live near you, or if you do not know who the owner is, take the animal to your house. [It can stay with you] until the owner comes, searching for it. Then you must give the animal to him.
3 Det same skal du gjera når du finn eit asen eller eit klædeplagg, eller kva det elles kann vera, som ein annan hev mist, eller som hev kome burt for honom; du må ikkje slengja deg undan.
You must do the same thing if you see a donkey, or a piece of clothing, or anything else that someone has lost. Do not refuse to do what you should do.
4 Ser du annan manns asen eller ukse liggjande i ålvelta på vegen, so må du ikkje slengja deg undan, men hjelpa mannen å reisa deim upp att.
“And if you see a fellow Israeli’s donkey or cow that has fallen down on the road, do not act as though you did not see it. Help the owner to lift the animal up [so that it can stand on its feet again].
5 Eit kvende må ikkje ganga i karmannsbunad, og ein kar må ikkje klæda seg i kvendeklæde; for dei som det gjer, er avstyggjelege for Herren, din Gud.
“Women must not wear men’s clothes, and men must not wear women’s clothes. Yahweh our God hates people who do things like that.
6 Når du fer etter ein veg, og fær sjå eit fuglereir med ungar eller egg i eit tre eller på marki, og mori ligg på reiret, so skal du ikkje taka både mori og ungarne;
“If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and the mother bird is sitting in the nest on its eggs or with the baby birds, do not take the mother bird [and kill it].
7 du skal lata mori fljuga, men ungarne kann du taka. Då skal du få liva både vel og lenge.
You are permitted to take the baby birds, but you must allow the mother bird to fly away. Do this in order that things will go well for you and that you will live for a long time.
8 Når du byggjer deg nytt hus, skal du setja eit handriv kring taket; elles kunde einkvar detta ned, og då kom du til å føra blodskuld yver huset ditt.
“If you build a new house, you must put a (railing/low wall) around the edge of the roof. If you do that, and if someone falls off the roof [and dies], (you will not be guilty of causing that person to die/his death [MTY] will not be your fault).
9 Du skal ikkje så noko i vinhagen din; gjer du det, so fell heile avlingi under heilagdomen, både av det du hev sått, og av vintrei.
“Do not plant any crop in the area where your grapevines are growing. If you do, you are not allowed to harvest the crops that you have planted or to harvest the grapes [to make wine from them].
10 Du skal ikkje setja ein ukse og eit asen i hop for plogen
“Do not hitch together an ox and a donkey [for plowing your fields].
11 Du skal ikkje ganga med klæde som er gjorde av tvo slag vyrke, ull og lin i hop.
“Do not wear clothing that is made by weaving together (wool and linen/two different kinds of thread).
12 Du skal gjera deg duskar i alle fire snipparne på kjolen du gjeng med.
“[Twist threads together to] make tassels and sew/fasten them on the four bottom corners of your cloak.
13 Når ein mann tek seg ei kona, men fær uhug til henne etter dei hev kome i hop,
“Suppose a man marries a young woman and has sex with her and later decides that he does not want her any more,
14 og so kjem med skuldingar mot kona, og set ut eit stygt ord um henne, og segjer: «Eg gifte meg med denne kvinna, men då me kom i hop, skyna eg at ho hadde mist møydomen, »
and he says false things about her, and claims that she was not a virgin when he married her.
15 so skal foreldri åt den unge kona taka møydomsmerki hennar, og fara til tings,
If that happens, the young woman’s parents must take the sheet that was on the bed when that man and their daughter were married, which still has bloodstains on it, and show it to the elders of the city at the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city.
16 og faren skal segja so til styresmennerne: «Eg let denne mannen få dotter mi, men no hev han fenge uhug til henne,
Then the father of the young woman must say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But now he says that he doesn’t want her any more.
17 og so kjem han med skuldingar mot henne, og segjer: «Eg fann ikkje møydom hjå dotter di; » men sjå her er møydomsmerki hennar.» Dermed skal dei breida ut brurelakanet for augo åt styresmennerne.
And he has falsely said that she was not a virgin when he married her. But look! Here is what proves that my daughter was a virgin! Look at the bloodstains on the sheet where they slept the night that they were married!’ And he will show the sheet to the elders.
18 Og styresmennerne skal taka mannen og gjeva honom hogg,
Then the elders of that city must take that man and whip him.
19 og leggja honom ei bot på hundrad sylvdalar; deim skal dei gjeva til far åt den unge kona. Det skal den mannen hava for di han sette ut eit stygt ord um ei møy i Israel; og ho skal vera kona hans som ho hev vore; han skal aldri hava lov til å skilja seg med henne.
They shall require that he pay a fine of 100 pieces of silver and give the money to the father of the young woman, because the man caused an Israeli young woman to be disgraced. Also, that woman must continue to live with him; she is his wife. He is not allowed to divorce her during the rest of his life.
20 Men er skuldingi sann, hadde ikkje ho møydomen sin,
“But if what the man said is true, and there is nothing to prove that she was a virgin when he married her,
21 so skal dei føra henne burt til døri til farshuset hennar, og mennerne der i byen skal steina henne i hel, for di ho hev gjort eit skjemdarverk og fare åt som ei skjøkja i huset åt far sin. Soleis skal du rydja det vonde ut or lyden.
they must take that young woman to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of that city must execute her by throwing stones at her. They must do that because she has done something in Israel that is very disgraceful, by having sex with some man [while she was still living] in her father’s house. By executing her like that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
22 Kjem de yver ein mann som ligg hjå ei gift kona, so skal dei døy båe tvo, både mannen og kona han låg hjå; soleis skal du rydja det vonde ut or Israel.
“If a man is caught while he is having sex with another man’s wife, both of them must be executed. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice in Israel.
23 Er ei ungmøy trulova med ein mann, og ein annan mann råkar henne i byen, og ligg hjå henne,
“Suppose in some town a man sees a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married to another man, and he is caught having sex with [EUP] her.
24 so skal de stemna båe tvo for retten, og so steina deim i hel, gjenta for di ho ikkje ropa på hjelp, endå det var i byen dette hende, og mannen for di han hev skjemt ut annan manns festarmøy; soleis skal du rydja det vonde ut or lyden.
You must take both of them to the (gate of/central meeting place in) that town. There you must execute them both by throwing stones at them. You must execute the young woman because she did not shout for help even though she was in the town. And the man must be executed because he had sex [EUP] with someone who was already engaged/promised to be married. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
25 Men er det ute på marki ein mann råkar ei gjenta som er trulova, og han tek henne med magt, og ligg hjå henne, so skal berre mannen lata livet;
“But suppose out in the open countryside a man meets a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married, and he rapes her. If that happens, only that man must be executed.
26 gjenta skal du ikkje gjera noko; ho hev ingi synd gjort som ho skulde missa livet for. For med dette er det som når ein mann ryk på ein annan og slær honom i hel.
You must not punish the young woman, because she did not do anything for which she deserves to be executed. This case is like when one man attacks another man [in the countryside] and murders him,
27 Mannen råka gjenta ute på marki, og ho skreik, men der var ingen til å hjelpa henne.
because the man who raped her saw her when she was in the open countryside, and even though she called out for help, there was no one there who could rescue her.
28 Når ein mann råkar på ei ungmøy som ikkje er trulova, og han tek henne og ligg hjå henne, og folk kjem yver deim,
“If a man rapes a young woman who is not engaged/promised to be married, if someone sees him while he is doing that,
29 so skal mannen gjeva far åt gjenta eit halvt hundrad sylvdalar, og ho skal verta kona hans, for di han hev skjemt henne ut, og han må aldri skilja seg med henne.
that man must pay 50 pieces of silver to the young woman’s father, and he must marry her, because he forced her to have sex with him. He is not allowed to divorce her for the rest of his life.
30 Ingen må taka stykmor si til kona, eller søkja seng med henne.
“man must not disgrace his father by having sex with any of his father’s wives.”
