Deuteronomy 20
1 Nígbà tí o bá lọ sí ogun pẹ̀lú ọ̀tá rẹ, tí o sì rí ẹṣin àti àwọn kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun àti ológun tí ó jù ọ́ lọ, má ṣe bẹ̀rù u wọn, nítorí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ tí ń mú ọ jáde wá láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, yóò wà pẹ̀lú rẹ.
And if thou shouldest go forth to war against thine enemies, and shouldest see horse, and rider, and a people more numerous than thyself; thou shalt not be afraid of them, for the Lord thy God [is] with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Nígbà tí o bá fẹ́ lọ jagun, àlùfáà yóò wá síwájú, yóò sì bá ọmọ-ogun sọ̀rọ̀,
And it shall come to pass whenever thou shalt draw nigh to battle, that the priest shall draw nigh and speak to the people, and shall say to them,
3 yóò sì wí pé, “Gbọ́, ìwọ Israẹli, lónìí ò ń jáde lọ sójú ogun sí ọ̀tá rẹ. Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ọkàn yín ṣojo tàbí bẹ̀rù; ẹ má ṣe jáyà tàbí kí ẹ fi ààyè fún ìjayà níwájú u wọn.
Hear, O Israel; ye are going this day to battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint, fear not, neither be confounded, neither turn aside from their face.
4 Nítorí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ní bá yín lọ, láti bá àwọn ọ̀tá yín jà fún yín, láti gbà yín là.”
For [it is] the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, [and] to save you.
5 Àwọn olórí ogun yóò sì wí fún àwọn ènìyàn pé, “Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó kọ́ ilé tuntun tí kò sì tì ì yà á sọ́tọ̀? Jẹ́ kí ó lọ ilé, tàbí ó lè kú sójú ogun kí ẹlòmíràn sì gbà á.
And the scribes shall speak to the people, saying, What man [is] he that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man dedicate it.
6 Ǹjẹ́ ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó gbin ọgbà àjàrà kan tí kò sì tí ì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ń gbádùn rẹ̀? Jẹ́ kí ó lọ ilé, tàbí kí ó kú sójú ogun kí ẹlòmíràn sì gbádùn rẹ̀.
And what man [is] he that has planted a vineyard, and not been made merry with it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man be made merry with it.
7 Ǹjẹ́ ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó wá ògo obìnrin kan tí kò ì tí ì fẹ́ ẹ? Jẹ́ kí ó lọ ilé, tàbí kí ó kú sójú ogun kí ẹlòmíràn sì fẹ́ ẹ.”
And what man [is] he that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
8 Nígbà náà ni olórí yóò tún fi kún un pé, “Ǹjẹ́ ọkùnrin kankan ń bẹ̀rù tàbí páyà? Jẹ́ kí ó lọ ilé nítorí kí arákùnrin rẹ̀ má ba à wá tún dáyà fò ó.”
And the scribes shall speak further to the people, and say, What man [is] he that fears and is cowardly in his heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest he make the heart of his brother fail, as his own.
9 Nígbà tí olórí ogun bá ti dákẹ́ ọ̀rọ̀ sísọ sí àwọn ènìyàn, wọn yóò yan olórí ogun lórí i rẹ̀.
And it shall come to pass when the scribes shall have ceased speaking to the people, that they shall appoint generals of the army to be leaders of the people.
10 Nígbà tí ó bá súnmọ́ iwájú láti dojúkọ ìlú kan láti bá a jà, nígbà náà ni kí ó fi àlàáfíà lọ̀ ọ́.
And if thou shalt draw nigh to a city to overcome them by war, then call them out peaceably.
11 Tí wọ́n bá dá ọ lóhùn àlàáfíà, tí wọ́n sì ṣí ìlẹ̀kùn, gbogbo àwọn tó wà níbẹ̀ yóò máa jẹ́ olùsìn fún ọ, wọn ó sì máa sìn ọ́.
If then they should answer peaceably to thee, and open to thee, it shall be that all the people found in it shall be tributary and subject to thee.
12 Tí wọ́n bá kọ̀ láti bá ọ ṣe àlàáfíà ṣùgbọ́n tí wọ́n bá gbóguntì ọ́, nígbà náà ni kí ìwọ gbà á.
But if they will not hearken to thee, but wage war against thee, thou shalt invest it;
13 Nígbà tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ bá fi lé ọ lọ́wọ́, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó fi ojú idà pa gbogbo àwọn ọkùnrin tí ó wà níbẹ̀.
until the Lord thy God shall deliver it into thy hands, and thou shalt smite every male of it with the edge of the sword:
14 Ní ti obìnrin, àwọn ọmọdé, ohun ọ̀sìn àti gbogbo ohun tí ó kù nínú ìlú náà, o lè mú ìwọ̀nyí gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìkógun fún ara rẹ. O sì lè lo ìkógun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ fi fún ọ láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ.
except the women and the stuff: and all the cattle, and whatsoever shall be in the city, and all the plunder thou shalt take as spoil for thyself, and shalt eat all the plunder of thine enemies whom the Lord thy God gives thee.
15 Báyìí ni ìwọ yóò ṣe sí gbogbo ìlú tí wọ́n wà ní ọ̀nà jíjìn sí ọ tí wọn kò sì tara àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó wà lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ ẹ̀ rẹ.
Thus shalt thou do to all the cities that are very far off from thee, not [being] of the cities of these nations which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit their land.
16 Ṣùgbọ́n, nínú àwọn ìlú ti àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ ń fún ọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún, má ṣe dá ohun ẹlẹ́mìí kankan sí.
[Of these] ye shall not take any thing alive;
17 Pa wọ́n run pátápátá, àwọn ọmọ Hiti, ọmọ Amori, ọmọ Kenaani, ọmọ Peresi, ọmọ Hifi, ọmọ Jebusi gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ ti pa á láṣẹ fún ọ.
but ye shall surely curse them, the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Gergesite; as the Lord thy God commanded thee:
18 Bí kò ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, wọn yóò kọ́ ọ láti tẹ̀lé gbogbo ohun ìríra tí wọ́n ń ṣe nínú sí sin àwọn ọlọ́run wọn, ìwọ yóò sì ṣẹ̀ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ.
that they may not teach you to do all their abominations, which they did to their gods, and [so] ye should sin before the Lord your God.
19 Nígbà tí o bá dó ti ìlú kan láti ọjọ́ pípẹ́, ẹ bá wọn jà láti gbà á, má ṣe pa àwọn igi ibẹ̀ run nípa gbígbé àáké lé wọn, nítorí o lè jẹ èso wọn. Má ṣe gé wọn lulẹ̀. Nítorí igi igbó ha á ṣe ènìyàn bí, tí ìwọ ó máa dó tì rẹ̀.
And if thou shouldest besiege a city many days to prevail against it by war to take it, thou shalt not destroy its trees, by applying an iron tool to them, but thou shalt eat of it, and shalt not cut it down: Is the tree that is in the field a man, to enter before thee into the work of the siege?
20 Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ lè gé àwọn igi tí o mọ̀ pé wọn kì í ṣe igi eléso lulẹ̀ kí o sì lò wọ́n láti kọ́ ìṣọ́ sí ìlú tí ó ń bá ọ jagun, títí tí yóò fi ṣubú.
But the tree which thou knowest to be not fruit-bearing, this thou shalt destroy and cut down; and thou shalt construct a mound against the city, which makes war against thee, until it be delivered up.
