Deuteronomy 21
1 If someone is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him,
Ngati munthu apezeka ataphedwa mʼmunda mʼdziko limene Yehova Mulungu wanu akukupatsani kukhala lanu koma inu osadziwa amene wamupha,
2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.
akuluakulu anu ndi oweruza adzapite ndi kuyeza kutalikirana kuchokera pamene pali mtembowo ndi mizinda yoyandikira.
3 It shall be that the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with and which has not drawn in the yoke.
Kenaka akuluakulu a mzinda wapafupi kwambiri ndi mtembowo adzatenge ngʼombe imene sinagwirepo ntchito kapena kuvalapo goli
4 The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.
ndi kuyikusira ku chigwa chimene sichinalimidwepo ndiponso kumene kuli mtsinje woyenda. Ku chigwa kumeneko ayenera kukayithyola khosi ngʼombeyo.
5 The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the LORD’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and every assault be decided.
Ansembe, ana a Aaroni, adzapite patsogolo pangʼono, popeza ndiwo amene Yehova Mulungu wanu anawasankha kuti azitumikira, kupereka mdalitso mʼdzina la Yehova ndi kugamula milandu yonse yamikangano ndi yovulazana.
6 All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
Kenaka akuluakulu a mzinda wapafupi kwambiri ndi mtembowo adzasamba mʼmanja pamwamba pa ngʼombe yothyoledwa khosi ija,
7 They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
nadzatsimikiza kuti, “Manja athu sanakhetse magazi awa ndipo sitinaonerere kuphedwako.
8 Forgive, LORD, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood among your people Israel.” The blood shall be forgiven them.
Yehova, landirani nsembe yopepesa ya anthu anu Aisraeli amene munawapulumutsa, ndipo muwakhululukire tchimo la kupha munthu wosalakwa.” Mukatero ndiye kuti adzapezeka kuti ndi osalakwa.
9 So you shall put away the innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in the LORD’s eyes.
Kotero mudzadzichotsera nokha tchimo lokhetsa magazi wosalakwa, popeza mwachita zoyenera pamaso pa Yehova.
10 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your hands and you carry them away captive,
Mukapita kukachita nkhondo ndi adani anu, Yehova Mulungu wanu nawapereka adani anuwo mʼmanja mwanu muwagwira ukapolo,
11 and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her, and desire to take her as your wife,
ndiye ngati muona mkazi wokongola pakati pa ogwidwawo nakutengani mtima, mukhoza kumutenga kuti akhale mkazi wanu.
12 then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.
Mumutengere ku nyumba kwanu, kumumeta tsitsi lake, mumuwenge zikhadabo zake
13 She shall take off the clothing of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
ndipo avulidwe zovala zimene anagwidwa nazo. Atakhala mʼnyumba mwanu nalira maliro a abambo ndi amayi ake kwa mwezi wathunthu, ndiye mukhoza kupita kwa iye ndi kukhala mwamuna wake ndipo iyeyo adzakhala mkazi wanu.
14 It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.
Ngati simukukondweretsedwa naye, muloleni kuti apite kumene afuna. Musamugulitse kapena kumuzunza ngati kapolo, popeza mwamuchotsa ulemu.
15 If a man has two wives, the one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is hers who was hated,
Ngati munthu ali ndi akazi awiri, nakonda wina koposa mnzake, onsewa ndikubereka ana aamuna koma woyamba nakhala mwana wa mkazi amene samukondayo,
16 then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the son of the beloved the rights of the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;
akamagawa chuma chake akanali moyo kwa ana akewo, asapereke ufulu wa mwana woyamba kubadwa kwa mwana wamwamuna wa mkazi amene amamukonda mʼmalo mwa mwana wake woyamba kubadwa weniweni amene ndi mwana wamkazi amene samukonda.
17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, 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.
Iye ayenera kuonetsa kuti mwana wake wamwamuna wa mkazi wosakondedwayo ndiye woyamba kubadwa pomupatsa miyeso iwiri ya zonse zimene ali nazo. Mwana wamwamuna ameneyo ndiye chizindikiro cha mphamvu za abambo ake. Ufulu wokhala mwana wamwamuna woyamba ndi wake.
18 If a man has 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,
Ngati munthu ali ndi mwana wamwamuna wosamvera ndi wowukira amene samvera a abambo ake ndi amayi ake akamuweruza,
19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
abambo ndi amayi ake amugwire ndi kupita naye kwa akuluakulu ku chipata cha mzinda wake ndipo
20 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.”
akawawuze akuluakuluwo kuti, “Mwana wathu wamwamunayu ndi wosamva ndi wowukira. Iyeyu satimvera. Ndi mwana wadyera komanso ndi chidakwa.”
21 All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.
Pamenepo anthu onse a mu mzinda wake adzamuphe ndi miyala. Muyenera kuchotsa zoyipa pakati panu. Aisraeli onse adzamva zimenezi ndipo adzachita mantha.
22 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
Ngati munthu wopezeka ndi mlandu wopha mnzake waphedwa ndipo mtembo wake wapachikidwa pamtengo,
23 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.
musasiye mtembowo pa mtengopo usiku wonse. Muonetsetse kuti mwakawukwirira tsiku lomwelo, chifukwa aliyense wopachikidwa pamtengo ndi wotembereredwa ndi Mulungu. Musayipitse dziko limene Yehova Mulungu wanu akupatsani ngati cholowa chanu.
