Deuteronomy 20

1 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

तिमीहरू आफ्ना शत्रुहरूको विरुद्धमा युद्धमा जाँदा तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूको भन्दा धेरै घोडा, रथ र मानिसहरू देख्यौ भने तिनीहरूदेखि नडराओ । किनकि परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर तिमीहरूसितै हुनुहुन्छ जसले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्र देशबाट निकालेर ल्याउनुभयो ।

2 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

तिमीहरू युद्धमा जानै लाग्दा पुजारी नजिक आएर मानिसहरूलाई उसले यसो भन्‍नुपर्छ,

3 and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart faint! Do not be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;

'हे इस्राएली हो, सुन । तिमीहरू आफ्ना शत्रुको विरुद्धमा युद्धमा जान लागेका छौ । तिमीहरूका ह्रदय विचलत नहोऊन् । नडराओ, नकाम । तिनीहरूदेखि भयभीत नहोओ ।

4 for the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

किनकि परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वर नै तिमीहरूका शत्रुहरूको विरुद्धमा लडी तिमीहरूलाई बचाउन तिमीहरूको अगिअगि जाँदै हुनुहुन्छ ।'

5 The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

अधिकारीहरूले मानिसहरूलाई यसो भनून्, 'के घर निर्माण गरेर त्यसलाई अर्पण गर्न नपाएको यहाँ कोही छ? त्यो आफ्नो घरमा फर्केर जाओस् ताकि त्यो युद्धमा मर्नु नपरोस् र अर्कोले त्यसको घर अर्पण नगरोस् ।

6 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.

के दाखबारी लगाएर यसको फल खान नपाउने यहाँ कोही छ? त्यो घरमा जाओस् र युद्धमा मर्नु नपरोस् अनि अर्कोले त्यसलाई उपभोग गर्न नपाओस् ।

7 What man is there who has pledged to be married to 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.”

के मगनी भएर बिहे नभएको यहाँ कोही मानिस छ? त्यो घरमा जाओस् ताकि त्यो युद्धमा मर्नु नपरोस् र त्यसलाई अर्कोले बिहे गर्न नपाओस् ।'

8 The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”

यसबाहेक अधिकारीहरूले मानिसहरूलाई यसो भनून्, 'के यहाँ कोही डरपोक र कातर छ? त्यो फर्केर आफ्नो घरमा जाओस् ताकि त्यसको भाइको हृदय त्यसको झैँ शिथिल नहोस् ।'

9 It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

अधिकारीहरूले मानिसहरूसित बोलिसकेपछि तिनीहरूले उनीहरूमाथि सेनानायकहरू नियुक्त गरून् ।

10 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

कुनै सहरलाई आक्रमण गर्न तिमीहरू नजिक पुग्दा ती मानिसहरूसित शान्तिको प्रस्ताव राख्‍नू ।

11 It shall be, if it gives you answer of peace and opens to you, then it shall be that all the people who are found therein shall become forced laborers to you, and shall serve you.

तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूको प्रस्तावलाई स्वीकार गरी तिमीहरूलाई सहरमा स्वागत गरे भने त्यस सहरमा भएका सबै मानिसलाई बेगार काममा लगाउनू र तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूको सेवा गरून् ।

12 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it.

तर तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूसित कुनै शान्ति सम्झौता गर्नुको साटो तिमीहरूको विरुद्धमा युद्ध गर्न आए भने तब तिमीहरूले सहरलाई घेरा हाल्नू,

13 When the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword;

र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई विजय दिई तिमीहरूको नियन्त्रणमा ल्याउनुहुँदा तिमीहरूले त्यस सहरको हरेक व्यक्तिलाई मार्नू ।

14 but the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

तर स्‍त्री, बालबच्‍चा, गाईवस्तु र सहरमा भएका हरेक थोक लुटको मालको रूपमा आफ्नो लागि लैजानू । परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई तिमीहरूका शत्रुहरूबाट दिनुभएको लुटको माल तिमीहरूले उपभोग गर्नू ।

15 Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

तिमीहरूबाट टाढा भएका सबै सहरलाई मात्र तिमीहरूले यसो गर्नू, तिमीहरूले यी जातिहरूका सहरहरूलाई भने त्यसो नगर्नू ।

16 But of the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई सम्पत्तिको रूपमा दिनुहुने यी जातिहरूको सहरहरूमा भने तिमीहरूले सास फेर्ने कसैलाई जीवित नराख्‍नू ।

17 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the LORD your God has commanded you;

बरु, परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई आज्ञा गर्नुभएझैँ तिमीहरूले हित्ती, एमोरी, कनानी, परिज्‍जी, हिव्वी र यबूसीहरूलाई पूर्ण रूपमा नष्‍ट गरिदिनू ।

18 that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against the LORD your God.

तिनीहरूले आफ्ना देवताहरूसित गरेका तिनीहरूका घृणित मार्गहरू तिनीहरूले तिमीहरूलाई नसिकाऊन् भन्‍नाका लागि यसो गर्नू । तिनीहरूको मार्ग पछ्यायौ भने तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरका विरुद्धमा पाप गर्ने छौ ।

19 When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?

कुनै सहरलाई कब्जा गर्न तिमीहरूले त्यसलाई लामो समयसम्म घेर्दा तिमीहरूले बञ्चरोले यसका रुखहरू नकाट्नू । किनकि तिमीहरूले तीबाट खान सक्छौ । त्यसैले, तिनलाई नकाट । किनकि के जङ्गलका रुखहरू जाति हुन् जसलाई तिमीहरू घेरा हाल्छौ?

20 Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.

फल दिने रुखहरू होइनन् भनी तिमीहरूले चिनेका रुखहरूलाई मात्र तिमीहरूले काटेर नष्‍ट गर्नू । तिमीहरूसित युद्ध गर्ने सहर पराजित नभएसम्म घेरा हाल्ने काममा ती प्रयोग गर्न सक्छौ ।