Deuteronômio 20
1 Quando saires á peleja contra teus inimigos, e vires cavallos, e carros, e povo maior em numero do que tu, d'elles não terás temor; pois o Senhor teu Deus, que te tirou da terra do Egypto, está comtigo.
“If you go out to battle against your enemies, and you see horsemen and chariots, and that the multitude of your adversary’s army is greater than your own, you shall not fear them. For the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, is with you.
2 E será que, quando vos achegardes á peleja, o sacerdote se adiantará, e fallará ao povo,
Then, as the battle now draws near, the priest shall stand before the front ranks, and he shall speak to the people in this manner:
3 E dir-lhe-ha: Ouve, ó Israel, hoje vos achegaes á peleja contra os vossos inimigos: que se não amolleça o vosso coração; não temaes nem tremaes, nem vos aterroriseis diante d'elles,
‘Listen, O Israel! Today you engage in a battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear. Do not be apprehensive. Do not yield. You should have no dread of them.
4 Pois o Senhor vosso Deus é o que vae comvosco, a pelejar contra os vossos inimigos, para salvar-vos.
For the Lord your God is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.’
5 Então os officiaes fallarão ao povo, dizendo: Qual é o homem que edificou casa nova e ainda a não consagrou? vá, e torne-se á sua casa, para que porventura não morra na peleja e algum outro a consagre.
Likewise, the officers shall proclaim, throughout every company, in the hearing of the soldiers: ‘What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may dedicate it.
6 E qual é o homem que plantou uma vinha e ainda não logrou fructo d'ella? vá, e torne-se á sua casa, para que porventura não morra na peleja e algum outro o logre.
What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not yet caused it to be common, so that all may eat from it? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may carry out his office.
7 E qual é o homem que está desposado com alguma mulher e ainda a não recebeu? vá, e torne-se á sua casa, para que porventura não morra na peleja e algum outro homem a receba.
What man is there, who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in battle, and another man may take her.’
8 E continuarão os officiaes a fallar ao povo, dizendo: Qual é o homem medroso e de coração timido? vá, e torne-se á sua casa, para que o coração de seus irmãos se não derreta como o seu coração.
After these things have been declared, they shall add the remainder, and shall say to the people: ‘What man is there who is overwhelmed by fear and is fainthearted? Let him go, and return to his house, lest he cause the hearts of his brothers to fear, just as he himself has been thoroughly stricken with fear.’
9 E será que, quando os officiaes acabarem de fallar ao povo, então ordenarão os maioraes dos exercitos na dianteira do povo.
And when the officers of the army have become silent, and have completed their speech, each one shall prepare his unit to wage war.
10 Quando te achegares a alguma cidade a combatel-a, apregoar-lhe-has a paz.
When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.
11 E será que, se te responder em paz, e te abrir, todo o povo que se achar n'ella te será tributario e te servirá.
If they receive it, and open the gates to you, then all the people who are in it shall be saved, and they shall serve you by paying tribute.
12 Porém, se ella não fizer paz comtigo, mas antes te fizer guerra, então a sitiarás.
But if they are not willing to enter into an agreement, and they begin to act against you in warfare, then you shall besiege it.
13 E o Senhor teu Deus a dará na tua mão; e todo o macho que houver n'ella passarás ao fio da espada,
And when the Lord your God will have delivered it into your hands, you shall strike down anyone who is in it, of the male gender, with the edge of the sword,
14 Salvo sómente as mulheres, e as creanças, e os animaes; e tudo o que houver na cidade, todo o seu despojo, tomarás para ti; e comerás o despojo dos teus inimigos, que te deu o Senhor teu Deus.
but not the women and young children, nor the cattle and the other things that are within the city. And you shall divide all the plunder to the soldiers, and you shall eat the spoils from your enemies, which the Lord your God will give to you.
15 Assim farás a todas as cidades que estiverem mui longe de ti, que não forem das cidades d'estas nações.
So shall you do to all the cities which are at a great distance from you, those which are not among the cities that you shall receive as a possession.
16 Porém, das cidades d'estas nações, que o Senhor teu Deus te dá em herança, nenhuma coisa que tem folego deixarás com vida;
But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.
17 Antes destruil-as-has totalmente: aos hetheos, e aos amorrheos, e aos cananeos, e aos pherezeos, e aos heveos, e aos jebuseos, como te ordenou o Senhor teu Deus.
Instead, you shall put them to death with the edge of the sword, specifically: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.
18 Para que vos não ensinem a fazer conforme a todas as suas abominações, que fizeram a seus deuses, e pequeis contra o Senhor vosso Deus.
Otherwise, they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods. And then you would sin against the Lord your God.
19 Quando sitiares uma cidade por muitos dias, pelejando contra ella para a tomar, não destruirás o seu arvoredo, mettendo n'elle o machado, porque d'elle comerás: pelo que o não cortarás (pois o arvoredo do campo é o mantimento do homem), para que sirva de tranqueira diante de ti
When you will have besieged a city for a long time, and you will have encircled it with fortifications, so that you may fight against it, you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat, neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region. For it is a tree, and not a man. It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.
20 Mas as arvores que souberes que não são arvores de comer, destruil-as-has e cortal-as-has: e contra a cidade que guerrear contra ti edificarás tranqueiras, até que esta seja derribada.
But if there are any trees which are not fruitful, but are wild, and if these are fit for other uses, then cut them down, and make machines, until you have captured the city that is contending against you.”
