Deuteronomy 21
1 If, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you come across the dead body of a man in the open country, and you have no idea who has put him to death:
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 -
2 Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;
onda neka odu tvoje starješine i suci te izmjere udaljenost od ubijenoga do okolnih gradova.
3 And whichever town is nearest to the body, the responsible men of that town are to take from the herd a young cow which has never been used for work or put under the yoke;
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.
4 And they are to take the cow into a valley where there is flowing water, and which is not ploughed or planted, and there the neck of the cow is to be broken:
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.
5 Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:
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.
6 And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley,
Zatim sve starješine iz onoga grada koji bude najbliži ubijenome neka operu ruke u potoku nad zaklanom junicom.
7 Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it.
Potom neka izjave: 'Naše ruke nisu prolile ove krvi niti smo svojim očima išta vidjeli.
8 Have mercy, O Lord, on your people Israel whom you have made free, and take away from your people the crime of a death without cause. Then they will no longer be responsible for the man's death.
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.
9 So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
A ti ćeš ukloniti prolijevanje nedužne krvi iz svoje sredine ako učiniš što je pravo u Jahvinim očima.
10 When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;
Kad odeš u rat na svoje neprijatelje pa ih Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u ruke tvoje te ih zarobiš,
11 If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;
ako među zarobljenicima opaziš lijepu ženu i u nju se zagledaš, možeš je uzeti za ženu.
12 Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut;
Dovedi je svojoj kući pa neka obrije glavu, obreže nokte
13 And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.
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.
14 But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.
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.
15 If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:
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,
16 Then when he gives his property to his sons for their heritage, he is not to put the son of his loved one in the place of the first son, the son of the hated wife:
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,
17 But he is to give his first son his birthright, and twice as great a part of his property: for he is the first-fruits of his strength and the right of the first son is his.
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.
18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:
Ako tko imadne opaka i nepokorna sina koji neće da sluša ni oca ni majke - pa ni onda pošto ga kazne -
19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
neka ga njegov otac i njegova mati odvedu starješinama svoga grada, na vrata svoga mjesta,
20 And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.
i neka kažu gradskim starješinama: 'Ovaj naš sin opak je i nepokoran; neće da nas sluša; ništarija je i pijanica.'
21 Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.
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.
22 If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;
Ako tko učini grijeh koji zaslužuje smrt te bude pogubljen vješanjem o stablo,
23 Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
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.
