Keessa Deebii 21

1 Yoo namni tokko biyya Waaqayyo Waaqni kee akka dhaaltuuf siif kennu keessatti duʼee argamee namni isa ajjeese hin beekamin,

“When one is found slain, fallen in a field on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it, [and] it is not known who has struck him,

2 maanguddoonni keetii fi abbootiin murtii kee dhaqanii fageenya iddoo inni itti duʼee fi magaalaawwan itti dhiʼaatan gidduu jiru haa safaran.

then your elderly and yours [of those] judging have gone out and measured to the cities which [are] around the slain one,

3 Ergasiis maanguddoonni magaalaa reeffichatti aantu keessa jiraatan goromsa takkumaa hin hojjetin kan waanjoo hin baatin fuudhanii

and it has been, the city which [is] near to the slain one, even [the] elderly of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, which has not drawn in a yoke,

4 goromsa sana gara sulula hin qotamin yookaan wanni tokko iyyuu irra hin facaafamin kan bishaan yaaʼu qabuutti haa geessan. Sulula sana keessattis morma goromsa sanaa haa cabsan.

and [the] elderly of that city have brought down the heifer to a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded the heifer there in the valley.

5 Luboonni jechuunis ilmaan Lewwii sababii akka tajaajilanii fi akka maqaa Waaqayyootiin eebbisaniif, akka dubbii wal dhabiisaatii fi miidhaa dhagnaa kami irratti iyyuu murtii kennaniif Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiin filatamaniif isaan fuulduraatti haa dhiʼaatan.

And the priests, sons of Levi, have come near—for your God YHWH has fixed on them to serve Him and to bless in the Name of YHWH, and by their mouth is every strife and every stroke—

6 Ergasii maanguddoonni magaalaa reeffichatti baayʼee dhiʼaatuu hundi goromsa sulula keessatti mormi cabsame sana irratti harka isaanii haa dhiqatan.

and all [the] elderly of that city, who are near to the slain one, wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,

7 Isaanis akkana haa jedhan: “Harki keenya dhiiga kana hin dhangalaafne yookaan yommuu wanni kun hojjetame iji keenya hin argine.

and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen—

8 Yaa Waaqayyo, aarsaa araaraa kana saba kee Israaʼel kan furte sanaaf fudhadhu; dhiiga nama qulqulluu kanaas saba keetti hin herregin. Yakkii dhiiga dhangalaafamees isaanii haa dhiifamu.

receive atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have ransomed, O YHWH, and do not permit innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel; and the blood has been pardoned to them,

9 Atis sababii waan fuula Waaqayyoo duratti qajeelaa taʼe hojjetteef yakka dhangalaafamuu dhiiga nama qajeelaa akkasiin gidduu keetii ni balleessita.”

and you put away the innocent blood out of your midst, for you do that which [is] right in the eyes of YHWH.

10 Ati yommuu diinota kee loluuf duultee Waaqayyo Waaqni kee dabarsee harka keetti isaan siif kennee boojuu fudhattutti,

When you go out to battle against your enemies, and your God YHWH has given them into your hand, and you have taken captive its captivity,

11 yoo warra boojiʼaman keessatti dubartii bareedduu tokko argitee ishee jaallatte niitii ofii keetii godhattee ishee fuudhuu dandeessa.

and have seen a woman of beautiful form in the captivity, and have delighted in her, and have taken [her] to yourself for a wife,

12 Mana keetti ishee galchi; isheenis mataa ishee haa haaddattu; qeensa ishees haa qorattu;

then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,

13 uffata isheen yeroo boojiʼamtetti uffachaa turtes irraa baasi. Erga isheen mana kee keessa jiraattee jiʼa tokko guutuu abbaa fi haadha isheetiif boossee booddee ati ishee wajjin ciiftee dhirsa ishee taʼuu dandeessa; isheenis niitii kee ni taati.

and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and has dwelt in your house, and lamented her father and her mother [for] a month of days, and afterward you go in to her and have married her, and she has been to you for a wife.

14 Ati yoo isheetti gammaduu baatte akka isheen gara feete deemtu gad dhiisi. Ati waan ishee salphifteef ishee gurguruu yookaan akka garbittiitti ishee ilaaluu hin qabdu.

And it has been, if you have not delighted in her, that you have sent her away at her desire, and surely you do not sell her for money; you do not tyrannize over her, because that you have humbled her.

15 Namni tokko yoo niitota lama qabaatee ishee tokko jaallatee garuu lamaan isaanii iyyuu ilmaan daʼaniif, yoo ilmi hangafni niitii inni hin jaallanne sana irraa dhalate,

When a man has two wives, one loved and the other hated, and they have borne sons to him (the loved one and the hated one), and the firstborn son has been to the hated one,

16 namichi yommuu qabeenya isaa ilmaan isaatiif qoodutti mirga hangafummaa ilma niitii jibbe sanaa ilma niitii jaallatuutiif dabarsee kennuu hin qabu.

then it has been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he has, he is not able to declare firstborn the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one—the firstborn.

17 Garuu ilma hangafticha niitii hin jaallanne sana irraa dhalcheef qooda dhaala isaa keessaa harka lama kennuufiidhaan isa beeksisuu qaba. Ilmi sun mallattoo jalqabaa kan jabina abbaa isaa ti. Mirgi hangafummaa kan isaa ti.

But the firstborn, son of the hated one, he acknowledges, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he [is] the beginning of his strength; to him [is] the right of the firstborn.

18 Namni tokko yoo ilma mata jabeessaa fi fincilaa abbaa fi haadha isaatiif hin ajajamnee fi kan yommuu isa adaban hin dhageenye qabaate,

When a man has a son apostatizing and being rebellious—he is not listening to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they have disciplined him, and he does not listen to them—

19 abbaa fi haati isaa qabanii balbala magaalaa isaa duratti maanguddootatti isa haa fidan.

then his father and his mother have laid hold on him, and they have brought him out to [the] elderly of his city, and to the gate of his place,

20 Isaanis, “Gurbaan keenya kun mata jabeessaa fi fincilaa dha; nuuf hin ajajamu; inni albaadhessaa fi machooftuu dha” jedhanii maanguddootatti haa himan.

and have said to [the] elderly of his city, Our son—this one—is apostatizing and being rebellious; he is not listening to our voice—a glutton and drunkard.

21 Ergasiis namoonni magaalaa isaa hundi dhagaadhaan tumanii isa ajjeesu. Ati hamaa of gidduudhaa baasuu qabda. Israaʼeloonni hundi waan kana dhagaʼanii ni sodaatu.

Then all the men of his city have stoned him with stones and he has died, and you have put away the evil out of your midst, and all Israel hears and fears.

22 Yoo namni tokko cubbuu adabbii duʼa isatti mursiisu hojjetee ajjeefamee reeffi isaa mukatti fannifame,

And when there is a sin in a man [with] a judgment of death, and he has been put to death, and you have hanged him on a tree,

23 ati reeffa isaa muka irra bulchuu hin qabdu. Waan namni muka irratti fannifamu abaarsa Waaqaa jala jiruuf isa gaafuma sana awwaali. Ati biyya Waaqayyo Waaqni kee akka dhaalaatti siif kennu hin xureessin.

his corpse does not remain on the tree, for you certainly bury him in the day—for he who is hanged [becomes] a curse of God—and you do not defile your ground which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance.”