Второзаконие 20
1 Аще же изыдеши на брань на враги твоя, и узриши кони и всадники и люди множайшыя тебе, да не убоишися их: яко Господь Бог твой с тобою, изведый тя из земли Египетския.
When you march out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you must not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, he who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
2 И будет егда приближишися к рати, и приступив жрец да возглаголет к людем и речет к ним:
When you are about to enter into battle, the priest must approach and speak to the people.
3 послушай, Израилю, вы исходите днесь на рать ко врагом вашым: да не ослабеет сердце ваше, ни убойтеся, ниже устрашитеся и не уклонитеся от лица их:
He must say to them, 'Listen, Israel, you are going to battle against your enemies. Do not let your hearts faint. Do not fear or tremble. Do not be afraid of them.
4 яко Господь Бог ваш идый пред вами споборствует вам на враги вашя и спасет вас.
For Yahweh your God is the one who is going with you to fight for you against your enemies and to save you.'
5 И да рекут книгочия к людем, глаголюще: кий человек создавый храмину нову, и не обнови ея? Да идет, и да возвратится в дом свой, да не умрет на рати, и человек ин обновит ю:
The officers must speak to the people and say, 'What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man dedicates it.
6 и кии человек, иже насади виноград, и не веселися от него? Да идет, и возвратится в дом свой, да не умрет на рати, и человек ин возвеселится от него:
Is there anyone who has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed its fruit? Let him go home, so he will not die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
7 и кий человек, иже обручи себе жену, и не понял ю? Да идет, и возвратится в дом свой, да не умрет на рати, и ин человек поймет ю.
What man is there who is engaged to marry a woman but has not yet married her? Let him go home so that he does not die in battle and another man marries her.'
8 И да приложат книгочия глаголати к людем, и да рекут: кий человек страшлив и слаб сердцем? Да идет, и возвратится в дом свой, да не устрашит сердца брата своего, аки сердце свое.
The officers must speak further to the people and say, 'What man is there who is fearful or fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, so that his brother's heart does not melt like his own heart.'
9 И будет егда умолкнут книгочия глаголюще к людем, и поставят воеводы воинства вожды людий.
When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they must appoint commanders over them.
10 Аще же приидеши ко граду воевати нань, и воззовеши я с миром:
When you march up to attack a city, make those people an offer of peace.
11 аще убо мирное отвещают ти, и отверзут тебе (град), вси людие обретшиися во граде да будут тебе дань дающе и послушающии тебе:
If they accept your offer and open their gates to you, all the people who are found in it must become forced labor for you and must serve you.
12 аще же не покорятся тебе, и сотворят с тобою рать, да обсядеши его,
But if it makes no offer of peace to you, but instead makes war against you, then you must besiege it,
13 дондеже предаст я Господь Бог твой в руце твои: да избиеши всяк мужеск пол в нем убийством меча,
and when Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, you must kill every man in the town.
14 кроме жен и имения, и вся скоты, и вся елика суть во граде, и все стяжание да плениши себе, и да снеси весь плен врагов твоих, яже Господь Бог твой дает тебе.
But the women, the little ones, the cattle, and everything that is in the city, and all its spoil, you will take as booty for yourself. You will consume the booty of your enemies, whom Yahweh your God has given to you.
15 Тако да сотвориши всем градом, иже суть далече от тебе зело, иже не суть от градов языков сих, ихже Господь Бог дает тебе наследити землю их:
You must act in this way toward all the cities that are very far from you, cities that are not of the cities of these following nations.
16 от них да не оставите жива всякаго дыхания:
In the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must save alive nothing that breathes.
17 но и проклятием проклените их, Хеттеа и Аморреа, и Хананеа и Ферезеа, и Евеа и Иевусеа и Гергесеа, якоже заповеда тебе Господь Бог твой:
Instead, you must completely destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded you.
18 да не научат вас творити всякия мерзости своя, елики твориша богом своим, и согрешите пред Господем Богом вашим.
Do this so that they do not teach you to act in any of their abominable ways, as they have done with their gods. If you do, you will sin against Yahweh your God.
19 Аще же обсядеши град един дни многи воевати его в приятие себе, да не истребиши садовия его, возложив железо нань, но токмо да яси плод от них, самого же да не посечеши: еда древо, еже в дубраве, человек есть, иже внити от лица твоего в забрала?
When you will besiege a city for a long time, as you wage war against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them. For you may eat from them, so you must not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man whom you should besiege?
20 Но древо, еже веси, яко не ястся плод его, сие потребиши и посечеши, и сотвориши лествицы на град, иже творит на тя рать, дондеже предастся.
Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you may destroy and cut down; you will build siege works against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
