1 T hou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

«لا تَذْبَحُوا لإلَهِكُمْ ثَوراً أوْ خَرُوفاً فِيهِ مَرَضٌ أوْ تَشّوُّهٌ، لِأنَّ هّذا مَكرُوهٌ لَدَى اللهِ. عُقُوبَةُ عِبادَةِ الأصْنام

2 I f there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

«إنْ وُجِدَ فَي وَسَطِكُمْ، فِي أيِّ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ مُدُنَكُمْ، الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ، شَخْصٌ يَفْعَلُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ إلَهِكُمْ وَيَتَجاوَزُ عَهْدَهُ،

3 a nd hath 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;

وَيَذْهَبُ وَيَعبُدُ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَيَسْجُدُ لَها خِلافاً لِوَصايايَ، أوْ يَعْبُدُ الشَّمسَ أوِ القَمَرَ أوِ النُّجُومَ،

4 a nd it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

وَوَصَلَكُمْ هَذا الخَبَرُ، فَسَمِعْتُمْ وَفَحَصْتُمُ الأمْرَ، وَثَبَتَ أنَّ ذَلِكَ الأمرَ البَغِيضَ قَدْ حَدَثَ فِي إسْرائِيلَ،

5 t hen shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

يَنبَغِي أنْ تُخْرِجُوا مَنْ عَمِلَ ذَلِكَ الشَّرَّ إلَى بَوّاباتِ المَدِينَةِ، – رَجُلاً كانَ أمِ امْرأةً – وَأنْ تَرْجُمُوهُ بِالحِجارَةِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ.

6 A t 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.

لا يَنْبَغِي أنْ يُقتَلَ إلّا بِشَهادَةِ شاهِدَينِ أوْ أكثَرَ، وَلا يَجُوزُ قَتلُهُ بِشَهادَةِ شاهِدٍ واحِدٍ.

7 T he hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.

وَالشُّهُودُ هُمْ أوَّلُ الَّذينَ يَرجُمُونَهُ لِقَتلِهِ. بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُشارِكُ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ. هَكَذا تُخْرِجُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ بَينِكُمْ. القَضايا الصَّعبَة

8 I f there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

«إنْ كانَتْ هُناكَ قَضِيَّةٌ يَصعُبُ أنْ تَحكُمُوا فِيها، كَقَضِيَّةِ قَتلٍ أوْ دَعوَى أوْ إيذاءٍ أوْ سِواها، أوْ أيِّ خِلافٍ يَقَعُ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ، فَيَنبَغِي أنْ تَذْهَبُوا عَلَى الفَورِ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي يَختارُهُ إلَهُكُمْ.

9 a nd thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

اذْهَبُوا إلَى الكَهَنَةِ الَّلاوِيِّينَ وَالقاضِي المَسْؤولِ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، وَاعرِضُوا المُشكِلَةَ عَلَيهِمْ، وَهُمْ سَيُخبِرُونَكُمْ بِالحُكْمِ فِي تِلكَ القَضِيَّةِ.

10 a nd thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:

وَيَنبَغِي أنْ تَعمَلُوا بِحَسَبِ كُلِّ ما يَقُولُونَهُ لَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ المَكانِ الَّذِي سَيَختارُهُ اللهُ ، وَاحرِصُوا عَلَى عَمَلِ كُلِّ ما يُعَلِّمُونَهُ لَكُمْ.

11 a ccording to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

وَاعْمَلُوا بِحَسَبِ التَّعلِيماتِ الَّتِي يُعطُونَها لَكُمْ، وَبِحَسَبِ الحُكْمِ الَّذِي يُخبِرُونَكُمْ بِهِ. وَلا تَحِيدُوا أبَداً عَنْ القَرارِ الَّذِي يُعلِنُونَهُ.

12 A nd the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَتَجَرَّأُ عَلَى عِصِيانِ الكاهِنِ الَّذِي يَقِفُ هُناكَ لِيَخدِمَ إلَهَكُمْ ، أوْ لا يُطِيعُ حُكمَ القاضِي، فَيَنْبَغِي أنْ يَمُوتَ. وَهَكَذا تُزيلُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ إسْرائِيلَ.

13 A nd all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

وَيَسمَعُ كُلُّ الشَّعبِ ذَلِكَ وَيَخافُونَ، وَلَنْ يَتَجَرَّأوا عَلَى العِصْيانِ ثانِيَةً. كَيفِيَّةُ اختِيار المَلِك

14 W hen thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

«وَمَتَى دَخَلْتُمُ الأرْضَ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ، وَامتَلَكْتُمُوها وَسَكَنتُمْ فِيها وَقُلتُمْ: ‹لِنُنَصِّبْ مَلِكاً عَلَينا كَبَقِيَّةِ الأُمَمِ المُحِيطَةِ بِنا،›

15 t hou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

احْرِصُوا عَلَى تَنصيبِ المَلِكِ الَّذِي يَختارُهُ إلَهُكُمْ ، وَأنْ يَكُونَ مِنْ شَعبِكُمْ. فَلا يَجُوزُ أنْ تُنَصِّبُوا أجنَبِياً لَيسَ مِنْ إخْوَتِكُمْ.

16 B ut he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

وَعَلَى هَذا المَلِكِ أنْ لا يَجمَعَ الكَثِيرَ مِنَ الخُيُولِ لِنَفسِهِ، وَألّا يُرسِلَ الشَّعبَ إلَى مِصْرَ لِشِراءِ المَزِيدِ مِنَ الخُيُولِ، لِأنَّ اللهَ قالَ لَكُمْ: ‹لَنْ تَعُودُوا مِنْ هَذِهِ الطَّرِيقِ أبَداً.›

17 N either shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

وَلا يَنبَغِي أنْ يَتَّخِذَ زَوجاتٍ كَثِيراتٍ لِنَفسِهِ حَتَّى لا يَنْحَرِفَ. وَلا يَنبَغِي أنْ يَجمَعَ لِنَفسِهِ الكَثِيرَ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ.

18 A nd it shall be, when he sitteth upon 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:

«وَحِينَ يُصبِحُ مَلِكاً، يَنبَغِي أنْ يَكتُبَ نُسخَةً مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ لِنَفسِهِ فِي كِتابٍ مِنَ النُّسخَةِ المَحفُوظَةِ لَدَى الكَهَنَةِ الَّلاوِيِّينَ،

19 a nd 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:

وَأنْ يَحتَفِظَ بِها مَعَهُ وَأنْ يَقرَأها كُلَّ أيّامِ حَياتِهِ، لِيَتَعَلَّمَ أنْ يَتَّقِيَ إلَهَهُ ، وَأنْ يَحفَظَ كُلَّ المَكتُوبِ فِي هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَهَذِهِ الفَرائِضِ،

20 t hat his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, 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 midst of Israel.

لِئَلّا يَظُنَّ أنَّهُ أفضَلُ مِنْ أيِّ واحِدٍ فِي شَعبِهِ، وَلِئَلّا يَعصَى الوَصايا بِأيَّةِ طَرِيقَةٍ، فَيَحكُمَ المَلِكُ وَنَسلُهُ زَمَناً طَوِيلاً عَلَى مَملَكَةِ إسْرائِيلَ.