1 « حِينَ تَخرُجُونَ لِلحَربِ ضِدَّ أعدائِكُمْ، وَتَرَونَ خُيُولاً وَمَركَباتٍ وَجَيشاً أعظَمَ مِمّا لَدَيكُمْ، لا تَخافُوا مِنهُمْ، لِأنَّ إلَهَكُمُ الَّذِي أخرَجَكُمْ مَنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ مَعَكُمْ.

When you go forth to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than your own, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

2 « وَقَبلَ أنْ تَتَقَدَّمُوا لِلمَعرَكَةِ، يَتَقَدَّمُ الكاهِنُ وَيُخَاطِبُ الجَيْشَ

And when you come near to the battle, the priest shall approach and speak to the men,

3 و َيَقُولُ: ‹استَمِعْ يا إسْرائِيلُ! سَتَذْهَبُونَ اليَومَ لِمُحارَبَةِ أعدائِكُمْ. فَلا تَخُرْ شَجاعَتُكُمْ، وَلا تَخافُوا وَلا تَرهَبُوا وَلا تَرتَعِبُوا مِنْهُمْ،

And shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies. Let not your hearts faint; fear not, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them.

4 ل ِأنَّ إلَهَكُمْ يَذْهَبُ مَعَكُمْ لِيُحارِبَ أعداءَكُمْ عَنكُمْ، وَلِيُساعِدَكُمْ عَلَى تَحقِيقِ النَّصرِ.›

For the Lord your God is He Who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you.

5 « ثُمَّ يَقُولُ القادَةُ لِلجَيشِ: ‹هَلْ هُناكَ مَنْ بَنَى بَيتاً جَدِيداً وَلَمْ يُكَرِّسْهُ بَعْدُ؟ فَلْيَرجِعْ إلَى بَيتِهِ. فَإنَّهُ قَدْ يَمُوتُ فِي المَعرَكَةِ، وَيُكَرِّسُ بَيتَهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ.

And 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 return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.

6 أ وْ هَلْ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ زَرَعَ كَرماً لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَأكُلْ مِنْ ثَمَرِهِ بَعدُ؟ فَليَرجِعْ إلَى بَيتِهِ. فَإنَّهُ قَدْ يَمُوتُ فِي المَعرَكَةِ، وَيَأكُلُ شَخصٌ آخَرُ ثَمَرَهُ.

And what man has planted a vineyard and has not used the fruit of it? Let him also return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man use the fruit of it.

7 أ وْ هَلْ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ خَطَبَ امْرأةً لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَتَزَوَّجها بَعدُ؟ فَليَرجِعْ إلَى بَيتِهِ. فَإنَّهُ قَدْ يَمُوتُ فِي المَعرَكَةِ، وَيَتَزَوَّجُها شَخصٌ آخَرٌ.›

And what man has betrothed a wife and has not taken her? Let him return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.

8 « ثُمَّ عَلَى الرُّؤَساءِ أنْ يَقُولُوا لِلجَيشِ: ‹هَلْ هُناكَ مَنْ هُوَ خائِفٌ أوْ فاقِدٌ لِلشَّجاعَةِ؟ فَليَرجِعْ مَثلُ هَذا إلَى بَيتِهِ كَي لا يَجعَلَ الآخَرِينَ يَفقِدُونَ شَجاعَتَهُمْ.›

And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, What man is fearful and fainthearted? Let him return to his house, lest his brethren’s hearts faint as does his own.

9 و َحِينَ يَنتَهِي الرُّؤَساءُ مِنْ مُخَاطَبَةِ الجَيشِ، يُعَيِّنُونَ قادَةً لِفِرَقِه.

And when the officers finish speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders at the head of the people.

10 « وَحِينَ تَقتَرِبُونَ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ لِتُحارِبُوها، فاعرِضُوا السَّلامَ أوَّلاً.

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

11 ف َإنْ قَبِلُوا عَرضَكُمْ لِلسَّلامِ وَفَتَحُوا بَوّاباتِهِمْ، يَصِيرُ جَميعُ سُكّانِ تِلكَ المَدِينَةِ خُدّاماً وَعُمّالاً لَدَيْكُم.

And if that city makes an answer of peace to you and opens to you, then all the people found in it shall be tributary to you and they shall serve you.

12 و َلَكِنْ إنْ لَمْ تُسالِمكُمْ وَحارَبَتكُمْ، فَحِينَئِذٍ يَنبَغِي أنْ تُحاصِرُوها.

But if it refuses to make peace with you and fights against you, then you shall besiege it.

13 و َعِنْدَما يُعْطِيكُمُ إلَهُكُمْ المَدِينَةَ، اقْتُلُوا كُلَّ ذُكُورِهِمِ الكِبارِ.

And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, you shall smite every male there with the edge of the sword.

14 أ مّا النِّساءُ وَالأطفالُ وَالحَيواناتُ وَكُلُّ ما هُوَ ثَمينٌ فِي المَدِينَةِ، فَخُذُوهُ لِأنفُسِكُمْ، وَاستَخدِمُوا غَنِيمَةَ أعدائِكُمُ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ.

But the women, the little ones, the beasts, and all that is in the city, all the spoil in it, you shall take for yourselves; and you shall use the spoil of your enemies which the Lord your God has given you.

15 ه َكَذا تَفعَلُونَ لِكُلِّ المُدُنِ البَعِيدَةِ عَنكُمْ، الَّتِي هِيَ لَيسَتْ مُدُناً لِلأُمَمِ الَّتِي هُنا.

So shall you treat all the cities that are very far off from you, that do not belong to the cities of these nations.

16 « لا تُبقُوا شَيئاً حَيّاً فِي كُلِّ مُدُنِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ مَلكاً.

But in the cities of these people which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes.

17 ا قْضُوا عَلَيهِمْ تَماماً – الحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأمُورِيِّينَ وَالكَنعانِيِّينَ وَالفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَالحُوِّيِّينَ وَاليَبُوسِيِّينَ – كَما أوصاكُمْ إلَهُكُمْ.

But you shall utterly exterminate them, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as the Lord your God has commanded you,

18 ل ِكَي لا يُعَلِّمُوكُمُ الأشياءَ الكَرِيهَةَ الَّتِي يَعمَلُونَها لِألِهَتِهِمْ، فَتَخطِئُونَ إلَى إلَهِكُمْ.

So that they may not teach you all the abominable practices they have carried on for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the Lord your God.

19 « وَإنْ حاصَرْتُمْ مَدِينَةً لِأيّامٍ كَثِيرَةً، وَحارَبْتُمُوها لِكَي تَمْتَلِكُوها، فَلا تُفسِدُوا أشْجارَها بِالفُؤوسِ. كُلُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِها، وَلا تَقْطَعُوها. فَهَلْ أشْجارُ الحَقلِ بَشَرٌ حَتَّى تُهاجِمُوها؟

When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by using an ax on them, for you can eat their fruit; you must not cut them down, for is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged by you?

20 ل َكِنْ يُمكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَقطَعُوا الأشْجارَ الَّتِي تَعرِفُونَ أنَّها غَيرُ مَثمِرَةٍ، وَتَستَخْدِمُوها فِي حِصارِ المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي تُحارِبُكُمْ إلَى أنْ تَسقُطَ.

Only the trees which you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, that you may build siege works against the city that makes war with you until it falls.