Keessa Deebii 22
1 Utuu sangaan yookaan hoolaan obboleessa keetii badaa jiruu yoo argite, deebisiitii isatti fidi malee calʼiftee bira hin darbin.
“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 Yoo obboleessi sun sirraa fagoo jiraate yookaan yoo isa beekuu baatte sangaa yookaan hoolaa sana fuudhii galiitii hamma inni barbaacha dhufutti of bira tursi. Ergasii deebisii isaaf kenni.
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 Yoo harreen yookaan wayyaan yookaan wanni fedhe iyyuu obboleessa kee jalaa badee argite akkasuma godhi malee dhiiftee bira hin darbin.
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 Yoo harreen yookaan sangaan obboleessa keetii karaa irratti kufee argite akka inni ol kaasee miilla isaatiin dhaabu gargaari malee bira hin darbin.
“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 Dubartiin uffata dhiiraa uffachuu hin qabdu yookaan dhiirri uffata dubartii uffachuu hin qabu; Waaqayyo Waaqni kee nama waan akkasii hojjetu kam iyyuu ni jibbaatii.
“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 Ati yoo mana simbiraa kan muka irra yookaan lafa jiru utuu haati cuucii ishee yookaan anqaaquu ishee hammattee jirtuu karaa cinatti argite haadha sana cuucii ishee wajjin hin fudhatin;
“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 ati cuucii ishee fudhachuu ni dandeessa; garuu akka siif tolee bara dheeraa jiraattuuf akka haadha gad dhiifte mirkaneeffadhu.
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 Yommuu mana haaraa ijaartutti akka namni bantii manaa irraa kufee mana keetti yakka dhangalaʼuu dhiigaa hin fidneef qarqara bantii isaatti ittisa tolchi.
“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 Iddoo dhaabaa wayinii keetii keessa sanyii gosa lamaa hin facaasin; yoo ati akkas goote sanyii ati facaafte sana qofa utuu hin taʼin iji iddoo dhaabaa wayinii keetiis ni bada.
“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 Qotiyyoo fi harree walitti camaddee ittiin hin qotin.
“Do not hitch together an ox and a donkey [for plowing your fields].
11 Uffata suufii fi quncee talbaa kan walitti foʼamee dhaʼame hin uffatin.
“Do not wear clothing that is made by weaving together (wool and linen/two different kinds of thread).
12 Roga wayyaa uffattuu afran irratti handaara tolchi.
“[Twist threads together to] make tassels and sew/fasten them on the four bottom corners of your cloak.
13 Yoo namni tokko niitii fuudhee erga ishee wajjin ciisee booddee ishee jibbee,
“Suppose a man marries a young woman and has sex with her and later decides that he does not want her any more,
14 ishees qaanessee maqaa balleessuudhaan, “Ani niitii tana fuudheera; garuu yommuu ani ishee wajjin ciisetti waan durbummaa ishee mirkaneessu hin arganne” jedhee,
and he says false things about her, and claims that she was not a virgin when he married her.
15 abbaa fi haati intalattii ragaa durbummaa ishee mirkaneessu balbala irratti maanguddoota magaalattiitti haa dhiʼeessan.
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 Abbaan intalattiis maanguddootaan akkana haa jedhu; “Ani intala koo nama kanatti heerumsiiseera; inni garuu ishee jibbe.
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 Maqaa ishees balleessee, ‘Ani intala kee durbummaa isheetiin hin arganne’ jedhe. Garuu ragaan durbummaa intala kootii mirkaneessu kunoo ti.” Kana irratti abbaa fi haati ishee fuula maanguddoota magaalattii duratti wayyaa sana haa diriirsan;
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 maanguddoonni sunis namicha sana qabanii haa adaban.
Then the elders of that city must take that man and whip him.
19 Isaanis sababii namichi kun maqaa durba Israaʼel tokkoo xureesseef meetii saqilii dhibba tokko baasisanii abbaa intalattiitiif haa kennan; isheen niitii isaa taatee haa jiraattu; innis hamma lubbuudhaan jirutti ishee hiikuu hin dandaʼu.
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 Taʼus yoo himannaan dhiʼaate sun dhugaa taʼee ragaan durbummaa intalattii mirkaneessu hin argamin,
“But if what the man said is true, and there is nothing to prove that she was a virgin when he married her,
21 isheen balbala mana abbaa ishee duratti fidamtee namoonni magaalaa ishee hamma isheen duututti dhagaadhaan ishee haa tuman; isheen utuma mana abbaa ishee jirtuu sagaagaluudhaan gocha Israaʼel keessatti qaanii taʼe hojjetteerti. Ati gidduu keetii waan hamaa baasuu qabda.
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 Yoo namni tokko utuu niitii nama biraa wajjin ciisuu argame lamaan isaanii iyyuu, namichi ishee wajjin ciisee fi dubartiin sun ajjeefamuu qabu. Ati Israaʼel keessaa waan hamaa baasuu qabda.
“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 Yoo namni tokko durba kaadhimamte magaalaatti argee ishee wajjin ciise,
“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 waan isheen utuu magaalaa keessa jirtuu na oolchaa jettee hin iyyiniif, namichi immoo waan niitii nama biraa salphiseef, lamaan isaanii iyyuu gara balbala magaalaatti geessaatii hamma isaan duʼanitti dhagaadhaan tumaa. Waan hamaa gidduu keessanii balleessaa.
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 Garuu yoo namni tokko durba kadhatamte tokko baadiyyaatti argee ishee gudeede, namichi waan kana godhe qofti haa ajjeefamu.
“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 Intalattii hin tuqinaa; isheen cubbuu duʼaan ishee gaʼu tokko iyyuu hin hojjenneetii. Dubbiin akkasii nama balaa buusee namicha ollaa isaa ajjeesuun wal fakkaata;
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 kunis waan namichi durba kaadhimamte sana baadiyyaatti argatee yoo iyyite illee namni isheef birmatu hin argamneef.
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 Namni tokko yoo durba hin kaadhimamin tokko argee humnaan ishee gudeedee wanni kun beekame,
“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 inni abbaa isheetii fi meetii saqilii shantama haa baasu. Inni waan gudeedee durbummaa ishee balleesseef ishee fuudhuu qaba. Hamma lubbuun jiruttis ishee hiikuu hin dandaʼu.
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 Namni tokko niitii abbaa isaa fuudhuu hin qabu; inni siree abbaa isaa hin xureessin.
“man must not disgrace his father by having sex with any of his father’s wives.”
