اَلتَّثْنِيَة 20

١ 1 «إِذَا خَرَجْتَ لِلْحَرْبِ عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ وَرَأَيْتَ خَيْلًا وَمَرَاكِبَ، قَوْمًا أَكْثَرَ مِنْكَ، فَلَا تَخَفْ مِنْهُمْ، لِأَنَّ مَعَكَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ ٱلَّذِي أَصْعَدَكَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

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.

٢ 2 وَعِنْدَمَا تَقْرُبُونَ مِنَ ٱلْحَرْبِ يَتَقَدَّمُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَيُخَاطِبُ ٱلشَّعْبَ

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,

٣ 3 وَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: ٱسْمَعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ: أَنْتُمْ قَرُبْتُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنَ ٱلْحَرْبِ عَلَى أَعْدَائِكُمْ. لَا تَضْعُفْ قُلُوبُكُمْ. لَا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَرْتَعِدُوا وَلَا تَرْهَبُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ،

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.

٤ 4 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ سَائِرٌ مَعَكُمْ لِكَيْ يُحَارِبَ عَنْكُمْ أَعْدَاءَكُمْ لِيُخَلِّصَكُمْ.

For [it is] the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, [and] to save you.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ يُخَاطِبُ ٱلْعُرَفَاءُ ٱلشَّعْبَ قَائِلِينَ: مَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي بَنَى بَيْتًا جَدِيدًا وَلَمْ يُدَشِّنْهُ؟ لِيَذْهَبْ وَيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلَّا يَمُوتَ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ فَيُدَشِّنَهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ.

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.

٦ 6 وَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي غَرَسَ كَرْمًا وَلَمْ يَبْتَكِرْهُ؟ لِيَذْهَبْ وَيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلَّا يَمُوتَ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ فَيَبْتَكِرَهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ.

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.

٧ 7 وَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي خَطَبَ ٱمْرَأَةً وَلَمْ يَأْخُذْهَا؟ لِيَذْهَبْ وَيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلَّا يَمُوتَ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ فَيَأْخُذَهَا رَجُلٌ آخَرُ.

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.

٨ 8 ثُمَّ يَعُودُ ٱلْعُرَفَاءُ يُخَاطِبُونَ ٱلشَّعْبَ وَيَقُولُونَ: مَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلْخَائِفُ وَٱلضَّعِيفُ ٱلْقَلْبِ؟ لِيَذْهَبْ وَيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلَّا تَذُوبَ قُلُوبُ إِخْوَتِهِ مِثْلَ قَلْبِهِ.

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.

٩ 9 وَعِنْدَ فَرَاغِ ٱلْعُرَفَاءِ مِنْ مُخَاطَبَةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ يُقِيمُونَ رُؤَسَاءَ جُنُودٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ ٱلشَّعْبِ.

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.

١٠ 10 «حِينَ تَقْرُبُ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ لِكَيْ تُحَارِبَهَا ٱسْتَدْعِهَا إِلَى ٱلصُّلْحِ،

And if thou shalt draw nigh to a city to overcome them by war, then call them out peaceably.

١١ 11 فَإِنْ أَجَابَتْكَ إِلَى ٱلصُّلْحِ وَفَتَحَتْ لَكَ، فَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْمَوْجُودِ فِيهَا يَكُونُ لَكَ لِلتَّسْخِيرِ وَيُسْتَعْبَدُ لَكَ.

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.

١٢ 12 وَإِنْ لَمْ تُسَالِمْكَ، بَلْ عَمِلَتْ مَعَكَ حَرْبًا، فَحَاصِرْهَا.

But if they will not hearken to thee, but wage war against thee, thou shalt invest it;

١٣ 13 وَإِذَا دَفَعَهَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ إِلَى يَدِكَ فَٱضْرِبْ جَمِيعَ ذُكُورِهَا بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ.

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:

١٤ 14 وَأَمَّا ٱلنِّسَاءُ وَٱلْأَطْفَالُ وَٱلْبَهَائِمُ وَكُلُّ مَا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، كُلُّ غَنِيمَتِهَا، فَتَغْتَنِمُهَا لِنَفْسِكَ، وَتَأْكُلُ غَنِيمَةَ أَعْدَائِكَ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ.

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.

١٥ 15 هَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ بِجَمِيعِ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلْبَعِيدَةِ مِنْكَ جِدًّا ٱلَّتِي لَيْسَتْ مِنْ مُدُنِ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْأُمَمِ هُنَا.

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.

١٦ 16 وَأَمَّا مُدُنُ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ نَصِيبًا فَلَا تَسْتَبْقِ مِنْهَا نَسَمَةً مَّا،

[Of these] ye shall not take any thing alive;

١٧ 17 بَلْ تُحَرِّمُهَا تَحْرِيمًا: ٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ وَٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَٱلْحِوِّيِّينَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ، كَمَا أَمَرَكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ،

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:

١٨ 18 لِكَيْ لَا يُعَلِّمُوكُمْ أَنْ تَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاسِهِمِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلُوا لِآلِهَتِهِمْ، فَتُخْطِئُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

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.

١٩ 19 «إِذَا حَاصَرْتَ مَدِينَةً أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً مُحَارِبًا إِيَّاهَا لِكَيْ تَأْخُذَهَا، فَلَا تُتْلِفْ شَجَرَهَا بِوَضْعِ فَأْسٍ عَلَيْهِ. إِنَّكَ مِنْهُ تَأْكُلُ. فَلَا تَقْطَعْهُ. لِأَنَّهُ هَلْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلْحَقْلِ إِنْسَانٌ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ قُدَّامَكَ فِي ٱلْحِصَارِ؟

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?

٢٠ 20 وَأَمَّا ٱلشَّجَرُ ٱلَّذِي تَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَجَرًا يُؤْكَلُ مِنْهُ، فَإِيَّاهُ تُتْلِفُ وَتَقْطَعُ وَتَبْنِي حِصْنًا عَلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَعْمَلُ مَعَكَ حَرْبًا حَتَّى تَسْقُطَ.

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.