Deuteronomy 17
1 Ẹ má ṣe fi màlúù tàbí àgùntàn tí ó ní àbùkù, tàbí àbàwọ́n rú ẹbọ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, nítorí ìríra ni èyí yóò jẹ́ fún un.
You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep in which is a defect or anything evil; for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.
2 Bí ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin kan tó ń gbé láàrín yín ní èyíkéyìí ìlú wọ̀n-ọn-nì, tí Olúwa fún un yín bá ń ṣe ibi ní ojú Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, ní ríré májẹ̀mú rẹ̀ kọjá,
If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in the LORD your God’s sight in transgressing his covenant,
3 èyí tí ó lòdì sí òfin mi, ó ń sin ọlọ́run mìíràn, ó ń foríbalẹ̀ fún wọn: àní sí oòrùn, òṣùpá àti àwọn ìràwọ̀ ojú ọ̀run,
and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the stars of the sky, which I have not commanded,
4 tí èyí sì dé etí ìgbọ́ ọ yín, kí ẹ wádìí ọ̀rọ̀ náà dájúdájú. Bí ó bá jẹ́ òtítọ́ tí ó sì hàn gbangba pé ó ti ṣe ohun ìríra yìí, ní Israẹli.
and you are told, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,
5 Ẹ mú ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin tí ó ti ṣe ibi yìí wá sí ẹnu-ọ̀nà ibodè ìlú u yín, kí ẹ sọ ọ́ ní òkúta pa.
then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates, even that same man or woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones.
6 Lénu ẹlẹ́rìí méjì tàbí mẹ́ta ni a ó pa ọkùnrin náà tí ó yẹ láti kú, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ má ṣe pànìyàn nípasẹ̀ ẹlẹ́rìí kan ṣoṣo.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
7 Àwọn ẹlẹ́rìí ni kí ó kọ́kọ́ gbọ́wọ́ lé e láti pa á. Lẹ́yìn èyí ni kí gbogbo ènìyàn dáwọ́jọ láti pa á. Nípa báyìí, ẹ̀yin yóò sì fọ ohun búburú náà mọ́ kúrò ní àárín yín.
The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
8 Bí ẹjọ́ bá wá sí ilé ẹjọ́ èyí tí ó nira jù láti dá, yálà ìtàjẹ̀ sílẹ̀ ni, ọ̀ràn dídá tàbí ìkanni-lábùkù, ẹ mú wọn lọ sí ibi tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò yàn.
If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise, and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses.
9 Ẹ lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn àlùfáà tí í ṣe Lefi, àní sí ọ̀dọ̀ adájọ́ tí ó wà fún ìgbẹ́jọ́ ní ìgbà náà. Ẹ béèrè lọ́wọ́ wọn, wọn yóò sì ṣe ìdájọ́.
You shall come to the priests who are Levites and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the verdict.
10 Kí ìwọ kí ó sì ṣe bí ọ̀rọ̀ ìdájọ́, ti àwọn ará ibi tí Olúwa yóò yàn náà yóò fihàn ọ, kí ìwọ kí ó sì máa kíyèsí àti máa ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bi gbogbo èyí tí wọn kọ́ ọ.
You shall do according to the decisions of the verdict which they shall give you from that place which the LORD chooses. You shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you.
11 Ẹ ṣe bí òfin tí wọ́n kọ́ ọ yín, àti ìpinnu tí wọ́n fún un yín. Ẹ má ṣe yípadà sọ́tùn tàbí sósì, kúrò nínú ohun tí wọ́n sọ fún un yín.
According to the decisions of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do. You shall not turn away from the sentence which they announce to you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
12 Ọkùnrin náà tí ó bá ṣe àìbọ̀wọ̀ fún adájọ́ tàbí àlùfáà tí ó ń ṣe iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, níbẹ̀ ni kí ẹ pa á. Nípa báyìí ẹ̀yin yóò sì fọ ohun búburú náà mọ́ kúrò ní Israẹli.
The man who does presumptuously in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die. You shall put away the evil from Israel.
13 Gbogbo ènìyàn ni yóò sì gbọ́, ẹ̀rù yóò sì bà wọ́n, wọn kò sì ní ṣe àìgbọ́ràn mọ́.
All the people shall hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
14 Nígbà tí ẹ bá dé ilẹ̀ náà tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò fún un yín, tí ẹ sì ti gba ilẹ̀ náà, tí ẹ sì ń gbé inú rẹ̀, tí ẹ sì wá sọ pé, “Ẹ jẹ́ kí a yan ọba tí yóò jẹ lé wa lórí bí i ti àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó yí wa ká.”
When you have come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,”
15 Ẹ rí i dájú pé ọba tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yàn fún un yín ní ẹ yàn. Ó gbọdọ̀ jẹ́ láàrín àwọn arákùnrin yín. Ẹ má ṣe fi àjèjì jẹ ọba lórí i yín: àní ẹni tí kì í ṣe arákùnrin ní Israẹli.
you shall surely set him whom the LORD your God chooses as king over yourselves. You shall set as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
16 Síwájú sí i, ọba náà kò gbọdọ̀ kó ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ẹṣin jọ fún ara rẹ̀, tàbí kí ó rán àwọn ènìyàn náà padà sí Ejibiti láti wá àwọn ẹṣin sí i, nítorí pé Olúwa ti sọ fún un yín pé, “Ẹ kò gbọdọ̀ tún padà lọ ní ọ̀nà náà mọ́.”
Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because the LORD has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”
17 Kò gbọdọ̀ kó aya jọ, kí ọkàn rẹ̀ má bá a yapa kúrò. Kò gbọdọ̀ kó fàdákà àti wúrà jọ fún ara rẹ̀ lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀.
He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
18 Nígbà tí ó bá jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ ìjọba rẹ̀, kí ó ṣe àdàkọ àwọn òfin wọ̀nyí sí inú ìwé fún ara rẹ̀, láti inú ti àlùfáà tí wọ́n jẹ́ ọmọ Lefi.
It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests.
19 Èyí yóò sì wà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, òun ó sì máa kà nínú rẹ̀ ní gbogbo ọjọ́ ayé rẹ̀, kí ó lè máa kọ́ àti bẹ̀rù Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ̀, láti máa tẹ̀lé gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ inú òfin yìí àti àwọn ìlànà rẹ̀ tọkàntọkàn.
It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
20 Kí ó má ba à lérò pé òun sàn ju àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀ yòókù lọ, kí ó sì ti ipa bẹ́ẹ̀ yípadà kúrò nínú òfin wọ̀nyí sí ọ̀tún tàbí sí òsì. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni òun àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ yóò jẹ ọba pẹ́ títí ní Israẹli.
that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the middle of Israel.
