1 « حِينَ يَقَعُ نِزاعٌ بَينَ شَخصَينِ، فَليَذْهَبا إلَى المَحكَمَةِ. وَعَلَى القُضاةِ أنْ يَفصِلُوا بَينَهُما، فَيُحَدِّدُوا مَنِ البَريءُ وَمَنِ المُذْنِبُ.

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

2 ف َإنْ كانَ المُذْنِبُ يَستَحِقُّ الجَلدَ، يأمُرُهُ القاضِي بِأنْ يَستَلْقِي عَلَى بَطنِهِ. وَيُجلَدُ أمامَ القاضِي بِما يَتَناسَبُ مَعَ ذَنبِهِ.

And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

3 ع َلَى ألّا يَزِيدَ عَدَدُ الجَلْداتِ عَنْ أربَعِينَ. فَإنْ جَلَدُوهُ أكثَرَ، يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ إهانَةً عَلَنِيَّةً.

Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

4 « لا تُكَمِّمْ ثَوراً وَهْوَ يَدْرُسُ القَمحَ. وَاجِبُ أخِي الزَّوجِ نَحوَ أرملة أخيه

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

5 « حِينَ يَسكُنُ إخْوَةٌ مَعاً وَيَمُوتُ أحَدُهُمْ دُونَ أنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أنجَبَ ابْناً، فَلا يَنبَغي أنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ أرمَلَةُ المُتَوَفِّى مِنْ رَجُلٍ خارِجَ عائِلَةِ زَوجِها. عَلَى أخِي زَوجِها أنْ يَتَزَوَّجَها وَيُعاشِرَها، وَيَقُومَ بِواجِبِ أخِي الزَّوجِ تُجاهَها.

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

6 و َأوَّلُ وَلَدٍ تَلِدُهُ سَيُعتَبَرُ ابْنَ المُتَوَفَّى. وَهَكَذا لا يُمحَى اسْمُهُ مِنْ إسْرائِيلَ.

And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

7 « فَإنْ رَفَضَ الرَّجُلُ أنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ أرمَلَةِ أخِيهِ، تَذْهَبُ إلَى الشُّيُوخِ عِندَ بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: ‹يَرفُضُ أخُو زَوجِي أنْ يَبقَى اسْمُ أخِيهِ فِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَلا يُريدُ القِيامَ بِواجِبِ أخِي الزَّوجِ مَعِي.›

And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

8 ف َيَستَدْعِيهِ شُيُوخُ مَدِينَتِهِ وَيُكَلِّمُوهُ. فَإنْ أصَرَّ وَقالَ: ‹لا أُرِيدُ الزَّواجَ مِنها.›

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

9 ت َتَقَدَّمُ أرمَلَةُ أخِيهِ إلَيهِ أمامَ الشُّيُوخِ، وَتَنزِعُ حِذاءَهُ مِنْ رِجلِهِ، وَتَبصُقُ فِي وَجهِهِ وَتَقُولُ: ‹هَذا ما يُصْنَعُ بِرَجُلٍ لا يُرِيدُ أنْ يُعطِيَ نَسلاً لِأخِيهِ.›

Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

10 و َعِندَها تُعْرَفُ عائِلَتُهُ فِي إسْرائِيلَ بِاسْمِ ‹عائِلَةِ الحافِي!› تَدَخُّلُ امْرأةٍ فِي شِجار

And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

11 « إذا تَشاجَرَ رَجُلانِ، وَأتَتْ زَوجَةُ أحَدِهِما لِتُنقِذَ زَوجَها مِنَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي كانَ يَضرِبُهُ، وَمَدَّتْ يَدَها وَأمسَكَتْ بِعُضْوِهِ،

When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

12 ف اقطَعُوا يَدَها، وَلا تُظهِرُوا شَفَقَةً عَلَيها. فِي التِّجارَة

Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

13 « لا تَحتَفِظْ فِي كِيسِكَ بِمِعيارٍ ثَقِيلٍ وَآخَرَ خَفِيفٍ.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

14 و َلا يَكُنْ فِي بَيتِكَ مِكيالٌ كَبِيرٌ وَآخَرَ صَغِيرٌ.

Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

15 ب َلْ لِيَكُنْ لَكَ مِعيارٌ سَلِيمٌ وَكامِلٌ، وَمِكيالٌ سَلِيمٌ وَكامِلٌ، لِتَحيا طَوِيلاً فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي سَيُعطِيها إلَهُكَ لَكَ.

But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

16 ل ِأنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَفعَلُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ وَيَغِشُّ بِمَعايِيرَ وَمَكايِيلَ مَغْشُوشَةٍ، مَمْقُوتٌ مِنَ إلَهِكُمْ. عَمالِيق

For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

17 « اذْكُرُوا ما عَمِلَهُ شَعبُ عَمالِيقَ بِكُمْ فِي رِحلَتِكُمْ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ،

Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

18 ك َيفَ أتَوْا عَلَيكُمْ فَجأةً فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَقَضَوْا عَلَى كُلِّ المُتَأخِّرِينَ فِي الخَلفِ؟ فَقَدْ كُنتُمْ ضُعَفاءَ وَمُنهَكِينَ، وَهُمْ لَمْ يَخافُوا اللهَ.

How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

19 ف َحِينَ يُرِيحُكُمْ إلَهُكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ أعدائِكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الجِهاتِ فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ لِتمتَلِكُوها، امحُوا شَعبَ عَمالِيقَ مِنَ الأرْضِ. لا تَنسَوا ذَلِكَ!

Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.