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 out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you.

2 « وَقَبلَ أنْ تَتَقَدَّمُوا لِلمَعرَكَةِ، يَتَقَدَّمُ الكاهِنُ وَيُخَاطِبُ الجَيْشَ

When you are approaching the battle, the priest shall come near and speak to the people.

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

He shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel, you are approaching the battle against your enemies today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble before them,

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

for the Lord your God is the one 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.

The officers also shall speak to the people, saying, ‘Who is the man that has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him depart and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would 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.

Who is the man that has planted a vineyard and has not begun to use its fruit? Let him depart and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would begin to use its fruit.

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

And who is the man that is engaged to a woman and has not married her? Let him depart and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would marry 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.›

Then the officers shall speak further to the people and say, ‘ Who is the man that is afraid and fainthearted? Let him depart and return to his house, so that he might not make his brothers’ hearts melt like his heart.’

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

When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head of the people.

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

“When you approach a city to fight against it, you shall offer it terms of peace.

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

If it agrees to make peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.

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

However, if it does not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it.

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

When the Lord your God gives it into your hand, you shall strike all the men in it 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.

Only the women and the children and the animals and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as booty for yourself; 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.

Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations nearby.

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

Only in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not leave alive anything that breathes.

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

But you shall utterly destroy them, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, 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 to do according to all their detestable things which they have done for their gods, so that you would 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 a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall 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 fruit trees you shall destroy and cut down, that you may construct siegeworks against the city that is making war with you until it falls.