Deuteronômio 21
1 Quando for achado na terra que o SENHOR teu Deus te dá para que a possuas, morto deitado no campo, e não se soubesse quem o feriu,
“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 Então teus anciãos e teus juízes sairão e medirão até as cidades que estão ao redor do morto:
[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 E será que os anciãos daquela cidade, da cidade mais próxima ao morto, tomarão das vacas uma bezerra que não tenha servido, que não tenha trazido jugo;
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 E os anciãos daquela cidade trarão a bezerra a um vale por onde fluam águas, que nunca tenha sido arado nem semeado, e cortarão o pescoço à bezerra ali no vale.
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 Então virão os sacerdotes filhos de Levi, porque a eles escolheu o SENHOR teu Deus para que o sirvam, e para abençoar em nome do SENHOR; e pelo dito deles se determinará todo pleito e toda ferida.
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 E todos os anciãos daquela cidade mais próxima ao morto lavarão suas mãos sobre a bezerra degolada no vale.
The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
7 E protestarão, e dirão: Nossas mãos não derramaram este sangue, nem nossos olhos o viram.
and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
8 Expia a teu povo Israel, ao qual redimiste, ó SENHOR; e não imputes o sangue inocente derramado em meio de teu povo Israel. E o sangue lhes será perdoado.
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 E tu tirarás a culpa de sangue inocente do meio de ti, quando fizeres o que é correto aos olhos do SENHOR.
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 Quando saíres à guerra contra teus inimigos, e o SENHOR teu Deus os entregar em tua mão, e tomares deles cativos,
“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 E vires entre os cativos alguma mulher bela, e a cobiçares, e a tomares para ti por mulher,
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
12 Tu a meterás em tua casa; e ela rapará sua cabeça, e cortará suas unhas,
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 E se tirará a roupa de seu cativeiro, e ficará em tua casa: e chorará a seu pai e a sua mãe no tempo de um mês: e depois entrarás a ela, e tu serás seu marido, e ela tua mulher.
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 E será, se não te agradar, que a deixarás em sua liberdade; e não a venderás por dinheiro, nem farás comércio dela, porquanto a afligiste.
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 Quando um homem tiver duas mulheres, uma amada e a outra aborrecida, e a amada e a aborrecida lhe derem à luz filhos, e o filho primogênito for da aborrecida;
“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 Será que, no dia que fizer herdar a seus filhos o que tiver, não poderá dar o direito de primogenitura aos filhos da amada em preferência ao filho da aborrecida, que é o primogênito;
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 Mas ao filho da aborrecida reconhecerá por primogênito, para dar-lhe dois tantos de tudo o que se achar que tem: porque aquele é o princípio de sua força, o direito da primogenitura é seu.
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 Quando alguém tiver filho obstinado e rebelde, que não obedecer à voz de seu pai nem à voz de sua mãe, e havendo-o castigado, não lhes obedecer;
“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 Então o tomarão seu pai e sua mãe, e o tirarão aos anciãos de sua cidade, e à porta do lugar seu;
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 E dirão aos anciãos da cidade: Este nosso filho é obstinado e rebelde, não obedece à nossa voz; é comilão e beberrão.
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 Então todos os homens de sua cidade o apedrejarão com pedras, e morrerá: assim tirarás o mal do meio de ti; e todo Israel ouvirá, e temerá.
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 Quando em alguém houver pecado de sentença de morte, pelo que haja de morrer, e lhe houverdes pendurado em um madeiro,
“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
23 Não estará seu corpo pela noite no madeiro, mas sem falta o enterrarás no mesmo dia, porque maldição de Deus é o pendurado: e não contaminarás tua terra, que o SENHOR teu Deus te dá por herança.
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.”
