Ponovljeni zakon 21

1 Ako se u zemlji koju ti Jahve, Bog tvoj, daje da je zaposjedneš nađe tko ubijen gdje u polju leži - a ne zna se tko ga je ubio -

If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known who has struck him;

2 onda neka odu tvoje starješine i suci te izmjere udaljenost od ubijenoga do okolnih gradova.

then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain:

3 Tako će ustanoviti koji je grad najbliže ubijenom. Starješine toga grada neka tada uzmu junicu što još nije radila: što još pod jarmom nije vukla.

and it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn't been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;

4 Neka zatim starješine onoga grada stjeraju junicu u kakav nepresušni potok, na mjesto koje se ne obrađuje i ne zasijava, i ondje, na potoku, neka junicu zakolju.

and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.

5 Zatim neka dođu svećenici, potomci Levijevi. Jer njih je odabrao Jahve, Bog tvoj, da mu služe i da u ime Jahvino blagoslivljaju; na njihovu se riječ rješava svaki spor i svako nasilje.

The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.

6 Zatim sve starješine iz onoga grada koji bude najbliži ubijenome neka operu ruke u potoku nad zaklanom junicom.

All the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

7 Potom neka izjave: 'Naše ruke nisu prolile ove krvi niti smo svojim očima išta vidjeli.

and they shall answer and say, "Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

8 Zakrili, Jahve, svoj narod Izrael koji si oslobodio; ne dopusti da se prolijeva nedužna krv u tvome izraelskom narodu!' Tako će biti zaštićeni od krvi.

Forgive, Jehovah, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not allow innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel." The blood shall be forgiven them.

9 A ti ćeš ukloniti prolijevanje nedužne krvi iz svoje sredine ako učiniš što je pravo u Jahvinim očima.

So you shall put away the innocent blood from the midst of you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

10 Kad odeš u rat na svoje neprijatelje pa ih Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u ruke tvoje te ih zarobiš,

When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Jehovah your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,

11 ako među zarobljenicima opaziš lijepu ženu i u nju se zagledaš, možeš je uzeti za ženu.

and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your wife;

12 Dovedi je svojoj kući pa neka obrije glavu, obreže nokte

then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and trim her nails;

13 i odbaci haljine u kojima je zarobljena. Neka provede mjesec dana u tvome domu oplakujući svoga oca i svoju majku. Poslije toga možeš joj pristupiti kao muž i neka ti postane ženom.

and she shall remove the clothing she was wearing when captured, and shall remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month. And after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

14 Ako ti poslije ne bi bila po volji, pusti je kuda joj drago. Za novac je ne smiješ prodati niti s njom postupiti kao s ropkinjom jer ti je bila žena.

It shall be, if you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she wants; but you may not sell her for money or treat her as a commodity, since you have had relations with her.

15 Ako koji čovjek imadne dvije žene: jednu koja mu je draga, a drugu koja mu je mrska, te mu i draga i mrska rode sinove, ali prvorođenac bude od one koja mu je mrska,

If a man has two wives, the one loved, and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved; and if the firstborn son is hers who was unloved;

16 onda, kad dođe dan da podijeli svoju imovinu među svoje sinove, ne smije postupiti prema prvorođencu od drage na štetu sina od mrske, koji je prvenac,

then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn:

17 nego mora za prvorođenca priznati sina od mrske i njemu dati dvostruk dio od svega što ima. Jer on je prvina njegove snage - njemu pripada pravo prvorodstva.

but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

18 Ako tko imadne opaka i nepokorna sina koji neće da sluša ni oca ni majke - pa ni onda pošto ga kazne -

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;

19 neka ga njegov otac i njegova mati odvedu starješinama svoga grada, na vrata svoga mjesta,

then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;

20 i neka kažu gradskim starješinama: 'Ovaj naš sin opak je i nepokoran; neće da nas sluša; ništarija je i pijanica.'

and they shall tell the elders of his city, "This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard."

21 Potom neka ga svi ljudi, njegovi sugrađani, kamenjem zasiplju dok ne pogine. Tako ćeš iskorijeniti zlo iz svoje sredine: sav će Izrael to čuti i bojat će se.

All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

22 Ako tko učini grijeh koji zaslužuje smrt te bude pogubljen vješanjem o stablo,

If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;

23 njegovo mrtvo tijelo neka ne ostane na stablu preko noći nego ga pokopaj istoga dana, jer je obješeni prokletstvo Božje. Tako nećeš okaljati svoje zemlje, koju ti Jahve, Bog tvoj, daje u baštinu.

his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for everyone who hangs on a tree is cursed by God; that you do not defile your land which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance.