Deuteronomy 17
1 You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any bad reputation: for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.
Ne žrtvuj Jahvi, Bogu svome, ni vola ni ovna koji bi na sebi imao manu ili kakvo zlo, jer bi to bilo ružno pred Jahvom, Bogom tvojim.
2 If there be found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, man or woman, that has worked wickedness in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing his covenant,
Ako se u tvojoj sredini - u bilo kojem tvojem gradu što ti ga dade Jahve, Bog tvoj - nađe čovjek ili žena da učini što je zlo u očima Jahve, Boga tvoga, i krši njegov Savez:
3 And has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
otišavši da iskazuje štovanje drugim bogovima te se pokloni njima, suncu, mjesecu ili bilo čemu od nebeske vojske, a što sam ja zabranio,
4 And it be told you, and you have heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is worked in Israel:
i tebi se to javi i ti to čuješ, onda pomno istraži; i bude li istina i doista se ta grozota učinila u Izraelu,
5 Then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, to your gates, even that man or that woman, and shall stone them with stones, till they die.
onda toga čovjeka ili tu ženu koji učiniše takvu opačinu izvedi na gradska vrata te ih kamenuj da poginu.
6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Na smrt osuđeni neka se pogubi na iskaz dvojice ili trojice svjedoka. Na riječ jednoga svjedoka ne smije se pogubiti.
7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
Neka najprije svjedoci dignu ruku na nj da ga smaknu, a poslije toga neka je digne sav narod. Tako ćeš iskorijeniti zlo iz svoje sredine.
8 If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates: then shall you arise, and get you up into the place which the LORD your God shall choose;
Bude li ti preteško štogod rasuditi: ubojstvo, sukob o pravima, kakvu ozljedu ili svađu u tvome gradu, tada ustani i pođi u mjesto što ga odabere Jahve, Bog tvoj.
9 And you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment:
Obrati se svećenicima, levitima i sucu koji bude za ono vrijeme. Njih pitaj, oni će ti rasuditi.
10 And you shall do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show you; and you shall observe to do according to all that they inform you:
I učini onako kako ti budu kazali u mjestu koje Jahve odabere. Pazi: sve učini kako te upute.
11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do: you shall not decline from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Uradi prema uputi koju ti dadnu i prema presudi koju donesu. Od presude koju ti kažu ne odstupaj ni desno ni lijevo.
12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not listen to the priest that stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel.
Ako bi se tko drsko odupro i ne bi poslušao ni svećenika koji ondje stoji da služi Jahvi, Bogu tvome, ni suca, neka se taj čovjek pogubi. Tako ćeš iskorijeniti zlo iz Izraela,
13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
a sav će se narod, kad sazna, bojati i više se neće drsko odupirati.
14 When you are come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
Kad stigneš u zemlju koju ti Jahve, Bog tvoj, daje; kad je zaposjedneš i u njoj se nastaniš, pa onda kažeš: 'Želim da nad sobom postavim kralja, kako ga imaju svi drugi narodi oko mene' -
15 You shall in any wise set him king over you, whom the LORD your God shall choose: one from among your brothers shall you set king over you: you may not set a stranger over you, which is not your brother.
tada ćeš onoga koga Jahve, Bog tvoj, odabere, sebi postaviti za kralja. Nekoga od svoje braće postavi sebi za kralja, a ne smiješ postavljati nad sobom tuđina koji ti nije brat.
16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: for as much as the LORD has said to you, You shall from now on return no more that way.
Samo neka ne drži mnogo konja i ne šalje naroda u Egipat da poveća broj konja. Jer vam je Jahve rekao: 'Ovim se putem nikada više ne vraćajte!'
17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
I neka nema mnogo žena da mu srce ne pođe stranputicom; i neka sebi ne gomila srebra ni zlata!
18 And it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
A kad sjedne na kraljevsko prijestolje, neka sebi na svitak prepiše ovaj Zakon od svećenika Levijevaca.
19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
Neka ga drži uza se; neka ga čita sve vrijeme svoga života da nauči bojati se Jahve, Boga svoga, držati sve riječi ovoga Zakona i vršiti ove odredbe;
20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brothers, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the middle of Israel.
da se svojim srcem ne uzdigne iznad svoje braće i da ne skrene od ove zapovijedi ni desno ni lijevo, kako bi dugo kraljevao, on i sinovi njegovi, u Izraelu.
