1 “ If anyone is found slain, lying in the field in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

«إنْ وَجَدْتُمْ قَتِيلاً مُلقَى فِي الحَقلِ عَلَى الأرْضِ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ لِتَمتَلِكُوها، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ القاتِلُ مَعرُوفاً،

2 t hen your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance from the slain man to the surrounding cities.

فَإنَّ عَلَى شُيُوخِكَ وَقُضاتِكَ أنْ يَخرُجُوا وَيَقِيسُوا المَسافَةَ إلَى المُدُنِ القَرِيبَةِ مِنَ الجُثَّةِ.

3 A nd it shall be that the elders of the city nearest to the slain man will take a heifer which has not been worked and which has not pulled with a yoke.

ثُمَّ يَأخُذُ شُيُوخُ أقرَبِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنَ الجُثَّةِ عِجلَةً مِنَ البَقَرِ لَمْ تُستَخدَمْ لِلعَمَلِ وَلَمْ يُوضَعْ عَلَيها نِيرٌ.

4 T he elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with flowing water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.

وَيُحْضِرُ شُيُوخُ تِلكَ المَدِينَةِ العِجلَةَ إلَى وَادٍ دائِمِ الجَرَيانِ لَمْ يُحرَثْ وَلَمْ يُزرَعْ قَبلاً. فَيَكسِرُونَ عُنُقَ العِجلَةِ هُناكَ فِي الوادِي.

5 T hen the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name of the Lord; by their word every controversy and every assault shall be settled.

ثُمَّ يَتَقَدَّمُ الكَهَنَةُ الَّلاوِيِّينَ إلَى الأمامِ، لِأنَّ إلَهَكَ اختارَهُمْ لِيَخدِمُوهُ وَيُعلِنُوا البَرَكاتَ بِاسْمِهِ، وَيُقَرِّرُوا كَيفَ تُحَلُّ كُلُّ خُصُومَةٍ أوْ إيذاءٍ.

6 A nd all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.

فَيَغسِلُ شُيُوخُ تِلكَ المَدِينَةِ القَرِيبَةِ لِلجُثَّةِ أيدِيَهُمْ فَوقَ العِجلَةِ الَّتِي كُسِرَ عُنُقُها فِي الوادِي.

7 T hen they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it.

وَيَقُولُونَ: ‹لَمْ نَقتُلْ هَذا الشَّخصَ وَلَمْ نَرَ ما حَدَثَ.

8 P rovide atonement, O Lord, for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not lay innocent blood to the charge of Your people Israel.’ And atonement shall be provided on their behalf for the blood.

طَهِّرنا، نَحنُ شَعبُكَ إسْرائِيلُ الَّذِي اختَرتَهُ يا اللهُ. فَلا تُحاسِبْ شَعبَكَ إسْرائِيلَ عَلَى قَتلِ شَخصٍ بريء.› وَهَكَذا سَتُبَرَّأُونَ مِنْ ذَنبِ القَتلِ.

9 S o you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. Female Captives

هَكَذا تُزِيلُونَ مِنْ وَسَطِكُمْ ذَنْبَ قَتلِ رَجُلٍ بريءٍ، بِأنْ تُنَفِّذُوا ما أوْصاكُمْ بِهِ اللهُ. المَرأةُ الأسِيرَة

10 “ When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God delivers them into your hand, and you take them captive,

«وَحِينَ تَذهَبُونَ لِلحَربِ ضِدَّ أعدائِكُمْ، يُعطِيكُمْ إلَهُكُمُ القُدرَةَ فَتَهزِمُوهُمْ، وَتَأخُذُوا أسرَى مِنهُمْ.

11 a nd you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and desire her and would take her for your wife,

فَإنْ رَأيَتَ بَينَ الأسرَى امْرأةً جَمِيلَةً فانْجَذَبْتَ إلَيها وَأرْدْتَ الزَّواجَ مِنْها،

12 t hen you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails.

أحْضِرْها إلَى بَيتِكَ، حَيثُ تقُصُّ هِيَ شَعْرَها وَأظافِرَها،

13 S he shall put off the clothes of her captivity, remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month; after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

وَتَتَخَلَّصُ مِنْ ثِيابِ الأسرِ. وَلْتَمْكُثْ فِي بَيتِكَ لِشَهرٍ كامِلٍ تَبكِي أبِيها وَأُمِّها. ثُمَّ يُمْكِنُكَ أنْ تَتَزَوَّجَها، وَتَصيرَ هِيَ زَوْجَتَكَ.

14 A nd it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall set her free, but you certainly shall not sell her for money; you shall not treat her brutally, because you have humbled her. Firstborn Inheritance Rights

فَإنْ لَمْ تَعُدْ سَعيداً مَعَها، طَلِّقْها وَلْتَذْهَبْ هِيَ حَيثُ تُرِيدُ. لا يَجُوزُ لَكَ أنْ تَبيعَها بِالمالِ، أوْ أنْ تُعامِلَها كَجارِيَةٍ بَعْدَ كُلِّ ما صَنَعتَهُ بِها. حَقُّ البِكْر

15 “ If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved,

«إنْ كانَ لِرَجُلٍ زَوجَتانِ، وَكانَ يُحِبُّ واحِدَةً وَيَرْفُضُ الأُخرَى. وَأنجَبَتْ كِلتا الزَّوجَتانِ أبْناءً. وَكانَ البِكرُ مِنَ المَرْأةِ الَّتِي يَرْفُضُها،

16 t hen it shall be, on the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in preference to the son of the unloved, the true firstborn.

فَإنَّهُ حِينَ يَأْتِي وَقتُ تَوزِيعِ أملاكِهِ بَينَ بَنِيهِ، لا يَجُوزُ أنْ يُعامِلَ ابْنَ زَوجَتِهِ الَّتِي يُحِبُّها باعتِبارِهِ البِكْرَ، مُفَضِّلاً إيّاهُ عَلَى البِكْرِ الحَقيقِيِّ الَّذِي هُوَ ابْنُ الزَّوجَةِ الَّتِي يَرْفُضُها.

17 B ut he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn 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. The Rebellious Son

يَنبَغِي أنْ يَعْتَرِفَ بابْنِ زَوجَتِهِ الَّتِي يَكْرَهُها باعتِبارِهِ البِكْرَ، وَأنْ يُعطِيَهُ حِصَّةً مُضاعَفَةً مِنْ جَمِيعِ ما يَملِكُ، لِأنَّهُ أوَّلُّ أولادِهِ، وَلَهُ حَقَّ الابْنِ البِكْرِ. الأولادُ المُتَمَرِّدُون

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 who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them,

«إنْ كانَ لِأحَدٍ ابْنٌ عَنِيدٌ وَمُتَمَرِّدٌ لا يُطِيعُ أباهُ وَأُمَّهُ، حَتَّى حِينَ يُعاقِبانِهِ،

19 t hen his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city.

فَإنَّ عَلَى أبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ أنْ يُمسِكاهُ وَيُحضِراهُ إلَى شُيُوخِ مَدَينَتِهِ إلَى بَوّاباتِ المَدِينَةِ،

20 A nd they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’

وَعَلَى الوالِدَينِ أنْ يَقُولا لِلشُّيُوخِ: ‹ابْنُنا هَذا عَنِيدٌ وَمُتَمَرِّدٌ وَلا يُطِيعُنا، وَهُوَ يَأكُلُ كَثِيراً وَيَشرَبُ كَثِيراً حَتَّى السُّكرِ.›

21 T hen all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear. Miscellaneous Laws

حِينَئَذٍ، يَرجُمُهُ رِجالُ مَدِينَتِهِ حَتَّى المَوتِ. وَهَكَذا تُزيلُونَ الشِّرِّيرَ مِنْ وَسَطِكُمْ، فَيَسمَعَ الشَّعبُ كُلُّهُ وَيَخافَ. التَّعلِيقُ عَلَى خَشَبَة

22 “ If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

«فَإنِ ارْتَكَبَ شَخصٌ جَرِيمَةً تَستَوجِبُ عُقُوبَةَ المَوتِ، فَقُتِلَ وَعُلِّقَ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ،

23 h is body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God.

لا تَترُكُوا الجُثَّةَ عَلَى الخَشَبَةِ فِي اللَّيلِ، بَلِ ادْفِنُوهُ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ. لِأنَّ مَنْ يُعَلَّقُ عَلَى خَشَبَةٍ يَكُونُ تَحْتَ لَعْنَةِ اللهِ. فَلا تُنَجِّسُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ مِيراثاً لَكُمْ.