5 Мојсијева 21
1 Кад се нађе убијен човек у земљи коју ти даје Господ Бог твој да је наследиш, где лежи у пољу, а не зна се ко га је убио,
“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 Тада нека изиђу старешине твоје и судије твоје, и нека измере од убијеног до градова који су око њега.
[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 Па који град буде најближе убијеноме, старешине оног града нека узму јуницу из говеда, на којој се још није радило, која није вукла у јарму,
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 И нека одведу старешине оног града ту јуницу у пусту долину где се не копа ни сеје, и нека закољу јуницу онде у долини.
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 Потом нека приступе свештеници, синови Левијеви; јер њих изабра Господ Бог твој да му служе и да благосиљају у име Господње, и на њиховим речима да остаје свака распра и свака штета;
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 И све старешине оног града који буду најближе убијеноме нека оперу руке своје над закланом јуницом у оној долини,
The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
7 И тврдећи нека кажу: Руке наше нису пролиле ову крв нити су очи наше виделе;
and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
8 Милостив буди народу свом Израиљу, који си искупио, Господе, и не мећи праву крв на народ свој Израиља. Тако ће се очистити од оне крви.
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 И ти ћеш скинути праву крв са себе кад учиниш шта је право пред Господом.
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 Кад отидеш на војску на непријатеље своје, и преда их Господ Бог твој у руке твоје и заробиш их много.
“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 И угледаш у робљу лепу жену, и омили ти да би је хтео узети за жену,
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
12 Одведи је кући својој; и нека обрије главу своју и среже нокте своје;
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 И нека скине са себе хаљине своје у којима је заробљена и нека седи у кући твојој, и жали за оцем својим и за матером својом цео месец дана; потом лези с њом, и буди јој муж и она нек ти буде жена.
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 Ако ти после не би била по вољи, пусти је нека иде куда јој драго, али никако да је не продаш за новце ни да њом тргујеш, јер си је осрамотио.
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 Ко би имао две жене, једну милу, а другу немилу, па би родила синове, и мила и немила, и првенац би био од немиле,
“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 Онда кад дође време да подели синовима својим шта има не може првенцем учинити сина од миле преко сина од немиле који је првенац;
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 Него за првенца нека призна сина од немиле и даде му два дела од свега што има, је је он почетак силе његове, његово је право првеначко.
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 Ко би имао сина самовољног и непокорног, који не слуша оца свог ни матере своје, и ког они и караше па опет не слуша,
“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 Нека га узму отац и мати, и нека га доведу к старешинама града свог на врата места свог,
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 И нека кажу старешинама града свог: Овај син наш самовољан је и непокоран, на слуша нас, изјелица је и пијаница.
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 Тада сви људи оног места нека га заспу камењем да погине; и тако извади зло из себе, да сав Израиљ чује и боји се.
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 Ко згреши тако да заслужи смрт, те буде осуђен на смрт и обесиш га на дрво,
“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
23 Нека не преноћи тело његово на дрвету, него га исти дан погреби, јер је проклет пред Богом ко је обешен; зато не скврни земље коју ти Господ Бог твој даје у наследство.
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.”
