Deuteronomy 21
1 If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath smitten him,
Si nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou pou n' rete a, nou rive jwenn kadav yon moun yo sasinen nan yon jaden, san nou pa konnen ki moun ki fè sa,
2 then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;
chèf fanmi yo ak jij yo va soti, y'a mezire distans ki genyen ant kote yo jwenn kadav la ak lavil ki toupre yo.
3 and the city that is nearest unto him that is slain, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer that hath not been wrought with, that hath not drawn in the yoke;
Y'a wè lavil ki pi pre a. Le sa a, chèf fanmi ki reskonsab lavil ki pi pre kote yo te jwenn kadav la va pran yon jenn ti gazèl bèf ki poko janm sèvi pou fè ankenn travay.
4 and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto an ever-flowing watercourse, which is not tilled, nor is it sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the watercourse;
Y'a mennen l' bò yon larivyè ki pa janm chèch, nan yon pozisyon kote tè a pa janm travay ni sekle. Epi se la y'a kase kou l'.
5 and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to do service unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall be every controversy and every stroke.
Apre sa, prèt yo, pitit Levi yo, va vini, paske se yo menm Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi pou fè sèvis pou li ak pou beni pèp la nan non li. Se yo menm ki pou bay dènye mo a lè gen diskisyon, lè gen san deyò.
6 And all the elders of that city, that are nearest unto him that is slain, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck is broken in the watercourse,
Apre sa, chèf fanmi ki reskonsab lavil ki pi pre kote yo te jwenn kadav la va lave men yo ak dlo anwo gazèl yo te touye a.
7 and shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Y'a di: Se pa nou ki touye moun sa a, ni nou pa wè ki moun ki fè krim sa a.
8 Forgive thy people Israel, whom thou, Jehovah, hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to the charge of thy people Israel; and the blood shall be expiated for them.
Seyè! Ou menm ki te delivre moun Izrayèl yo anba moun peyi Lejip yo, padonnen pèp ou a. Pa rann nou reskonsab lanmò yon inonsan yo touye. Bondye va padonnen krim ki fèt la.
9 So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
Se konsa, n'a fè sa Seyè a te ban nou lòd fè a, yo p'ap rann nou reskonsab lanmò inonsan yo touye a.
10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou hast taken captives of them,
Lè n'ap fè lagè ak lènmi nou yo epi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, fè nou genyen yo, li fè nou fè anpil prizonye,
11 and thou seest among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife;
si yonn nan nou wè pami prizonye yo yon bèl fanm, epi li tonbe damou pou li, l'a gen dwa pran l' pou madanm li.
12 then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
L'a mennen l' lakay li. Fanm lan va koupe tout cheve nan tèt li, l'a koupe tout zong dwèt ak tout zong pye l' yo,
13 and she shall put the clothes of her captivity from off her, and shall abide in thy house, and bewail her father and mother a full month, and afterwards thou mayest go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
l'a wete rad ki te sou li lè yo te fè l' prizonye a. L'a rete anndan kay nonm lan pandan yon mwa ap kriye pou papa l' ak manman l'. Apre sa, nonm lan va pwoche bò kote l', l'a marye avè l', l'a pran l' pou madanm li.
14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go according to her desire; but thou shalt in no wise sell her for money; thou shalt not treat her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.
Si apre sa, rive yon lè nonm lan pa renmen l' ankò, l'a kite l' al fè wout li. Li p'ap ka vann li pou lajan, ni li pa ka aji avè l' tankou yon esklav, paske se fòse li te fòse l' vin madanm li.
15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated;
Sipoze yon nonm ki gen de madanm, gen yonn li renmen plis pase lòt epi tou de madanm yo fè pitit gason pou li. Men, premye pitit gason l' lan twouve se pitit fanm li renmen mwens lan li ye.
16 then it shall be, in the day that he maketh his sons to inherit what he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;
Lè lè a va rive pou l' separe byen l' yo bay pitit li yo, li p'ap ka fè patipri pou l' pran pitit gason fanm li pi renmen an pou l' ba li pòsyon ki pou ale pou premye pitit gason an, pòsyon ki pou pitit gason fanm li renmen mwens lan.
17 but he shall acknowledge as firstborn the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that is found with him; for he is the firstfruits of his vigour: the right of the firstborn is his.
Wè pa wè, se pou l' respekte dwa premye pitit gason l' lan, dwa pitit gason fanm li renmen mwens lan. L'a ba li de fwa lavalè sa li gen pou l' bay chak lòt pitit li yo, paske se li menm ki premye pitit gason li te fè lè li te jenn gason. Se li ki gen tout dwa yon premye pitit gason genyen.
18 If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;
Si yonn nan nou gen yon pitit gason ki radi, ki gen tèt di, ki pa vle koute ni manman l' ni papa l' lè y'ap pale ak li, yo te mèt bat li, sa antre nan yon zòrèy soti nan lòt la,
19 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
manman l' ak papa l' va kenbe l', y'a trennen l' devan chèf fanmi yo, nan tribinal ki bò pòtay lavil kote yo rete a.
20 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profligate and a drunkard.
Epi y'a di yo: Men pitit gason nou an. Nou mennen l' ban nou paske li radi, l'ap fè wondonmon, li pa vle koute lè n'ap pale avè l'. L'ap gaspiye tout lajan nou nan bweson, li nan tout kalite vis.
21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear.
Lè sa a, tout gason ki rete nan lavil la va kalonnen l' wòch jouk yo touye l'. Se konsa n'a wete bagay mal sa a ki t'ap fèt nan mitan nou an. Tout moun nan pèp Izrayèl la va konn sa, y'a mache sou piga yo.
22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,
Si yo kondannen yon moun pou yon krim li fè, epi lè yo fin touye l', yo pann kadav la nan yon pyebwa,
23 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day (for he that is hanged is a curse of God); and thou shalt not defile thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
pa janm kite kadav la pase nwit sou pyebwa a. Se pou nou antere l' menm jou a, paske yon kadav pann nan yon pyebwa se bagay ki pa fè Bondye plezi. Se konsa nou p'ap kite yo fè ankenn vye bagay ki pou fè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, vire do ban nou nan peyi Seyè a pral ban nou pou nou rete a.
