Deuteronomy 23
1 Kí ẹnikẹ́ni tí a fọ́ ní kóró ẹpọ̀n nípa rírùn tàbí gígé má ṣe wọ inú ìjọ Olúwa wá.
“Any man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall not be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.
2 Kí ọmọ àlè má ṣe wọ ìpéjọ Olúwa, pàápàá títí dé ìran kẹwàá.
“No (illegitimate person/person whose mother and father were not married), or descendant of that person, extending to the tenth generation, shall be included as one of Yahweh’s people.
3 Kí ọmọ Ammoni tàbí ọmọ Moabu, kì yóò wọ ìjọ Olúwa, àní títí dé ìran kẹwàá, ènìyàn wọn kan kì yóò wọ inú ìjọ ènìyàn Olúwa láéláé.
“No one from the Ammon or Moab people-groups shall be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people, extending to the tenth generation.
4 Nítorí wọn kò fi àkàrà àti omi pàdé e yín lójú ọ̀nà nígbà tí ò ń bọ̀ láti Ejibiti àti nítorí wọ́n gba ẹ̀yà iṣẹ́ láti fi ọ́ gégùn ún Balaamu ọmọ Beori ará a Petori ti Aramu-Naharaimu.
One reason is that their [leaders] refused to give your ancestors food and water when they were traveling from Egypt [to Canaan]. Another reason is that they wanted to pay Balaam, the son of Beor from Pethor [town] in Mesopotamia, to curse you Israelis.
5 Síbẹ̀síbẹ̀, Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ kò ní fetí sí Balaamu ṣùgbọ́n ó yí ègún sí ìbùkún fún ọ, nítorí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ fẹ́ràn rẹ.
But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.
6 Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ wá àlàáfíà, tàbí ire wọn níwọ̀n ìgbà tí o sì wà láààyè.
As long as Israel is a nation, you must not do anything to cause things to go well for those two people-groups or enable them to prosper.
7 Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ kórìíra ará Edomu kan nítorí arákùnrin rẹ ni. Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ kórìíra ará Ejibiti, nítorí o gbé gẹ́gẹ́ bí àjèjì ní ilẹ̀ rẹ̀.
“But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are [descendants of your ancestor Jacob], just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because [they treated your ancestors well when] they first lived in Egypt.
8 Ìran kẹta àwọn ọmọ tí a bí fún wọn lè wọ ìpéjọ Olúwa.
The children and grandchildren of people from Edom and Egypt [who live among you] may be (included among/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.”
9 Nígbà tí o bá dó ti àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ, pa gbogbo ohun àìmọ́ kúrò.
“When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God.
10 Bí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọkùnrin rẹ bá jẹ́ aláìmọ́ nítorí ìtújáde tí ó ní, o ní láti jáde kúrò nínú àgọ́, kí o má ṣe wọ inú àgọ́.
If any soldier becomes unacceptable to God because semen comes out of his body during the night, [the next morning] he must go outside the camp and stay there during that day.
11 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí ó bá di ìrọ̀lẹ́ o ní láti wẹ ara rẹ, àti ní àṣálẹ́ kí o padà sínú àgọ́.
But in the evening of that day, he must bathe himself, and at sunset he is allowed to come back into the camp.
12 Sàmì sí ibìkan lóde àgọ́, níbi tí o lè máa lọ láti dẹ ara rẹ lára.
“Your soldiers must have a toilet area outside the camp where you can go [when you need to].
13 Kí ìwọ kí ó sì mú ìwalẹ̀ kan pẹ̀lú ohun ìjà rẹ; yóò sì ṣe, nígbà tí ìwọ yóò bá gbọnṣẹ̀ lẹ́yìn ibùdó, kí ìwọ kí ó mú ìwalẹ̀, kí ìwọ kí ó sì yípadà, kí o sì bo ohun tí ó jáde láara rẹ.
[When you go to fight against your enemies], carry a stick along with your weapons, in order that when you need to defecate [EUP], you can dig a hole with the stick, and then cover up the hole [when you have finished defecating].
14 Nítorí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ ń rìn láàrín àgọ́ láti dáàbò bò ọ́ àti láti fi àwọn ọ̀tá à rẹ lé ọ lọ́wọ́. Àgọ́ rẹ ní láti jẹ́ mímọ́, nítorí kí ó má ba à rí ohun àìtọ́ láàrín yín kí ó sì yípadà kúrò lọ́dọ̀ yín.
You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.”
15 Bí ẹrú kan bá ti gba ààbò lọ́dọ̀ rẹ, má ṣe fi lé ọ̀gá rẹ̀ lọ́wọ́.
“If slaves who escape from their masters come to you [and request you to protect them], do not send them back to their masters.
16 Jẹ́ kí ó máa gbé láàrín rẹ níbikíbi tí ó bá fẹ́ àti èyíkéyìí ìlú tí ó bá mú. Má ṣe ni í lára.
Allow them to stay/live among you, in whatever town they choose, and do not mistreat them.
17 Kí ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin Israẹli má ṣe padà di alágbèrè ojúbọ òrìṣà.
“Do not [allow] any Israeli man or woman [to] become a prostitute at the temple.
18 Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ mú owó iṣẹ́ panṣágà obìnrin tàbí ọkùnrin wá sí ilé Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ láti fi san ẹ̀jẹ́ kankan; nítorí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ kórìíra àwọn méjèèjì.
Also, do not allow any people who earned money from being a prostitute to bring any of that money into the temple of Yahweh our God, even if they solemnly promised to pay that money to Yahweh. Yahweh hates those who are prostitutes.
19 Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ ka èlé sí arákùnrin rẹ lọ́rùn, bóyá lórí owó tàbí oúnjẹ tàbí ohunkóhun mìíràn tí ó lè mú èlé wá.
“When you lend money or food or anything else to a fellow Israeli, do not charge them interest.
20 Ìwọ lè ka èlé sí àlejò lọ́rùn, ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe arákùnrin ọmọ Israẹli, nítorí kí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ lè bùkún ọ nínú ohun gbogbo tí o bá dáwọ́lé ní ilẹ̀ tí ò ń wọ̀ lọ láti ní.
You are allowed to charge interest when you lend money to foreigners [who live in your land], but not when you lend money to Israelis. Do this in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
21 Bí o bá jẹ́ ẹ̀jẹ́ fún Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ, má ṣe lọ́ra láti san án, nítorí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ yóò béèrè rẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ rẹ, o sì máa jẹ̀bi ẹ̀ṣẹ̀.
“When you vow to give something to Yahweh your God [or to do something for him], do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin.
22 Ṣùgbọ́n tí o bá fàsẹ́yìn láti jẹ́ ẹ̀jẹ́, o kò ní jẹ̀bi.
But if you [SYN] do not vow [to do something], that is not sinful.
23 Rí i dájú pé o ṣe ohunkóhun tí o bá ti ètè rẹ jáde, nítorí pé ìwọ fi tinútinú rẹ jẹ́ ẹ̀jẹ́ fún Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ pẹ̀lú ẹnu ara rẹ.
But if you voluntarily promise to do something, you must do it.
24 Bí ìwọ bá wọ inú ọgbà àjàrà aládùúgbò rẹ, o lè jẹ gbogbo èso àjàrà tí o bá fẹ́, ṣùgbọ́n má ṣe fi nǹkan kan sínú agbọ̀n rẹ.
“When you walk through someone else’s vineyard, you are allowed to [pick and] eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not [cut some from a vine and carry them away] in a container.
25 Bí ìwọ bá wọ inú oko ọkà aládùúgbò rẹ, o lè fi ọwọ́ rẹ ya síírí rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n o kò gbọdọ̀ ki dòjé bọ ọkà tí ó dúró.
When you walk [along a path] in someone else’s field of grain, you are allowed to pluck/pick some of the grain and eat it, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle [and take it with you].”
