1 “ If you see your brother’s bull or sheep walking away, do not pretend that you do not see them. Be sure to return them to your brother.

«لا يَنبَغِي أنْ تَرَى ثَورَ صاحِبَكَ أوْ خَرُوفَهُ ضالّاً وَتَتَجاهَلهُ، بَلْ يَنْبَغِي أنْ تُعِيدَهُ إلَيهِ.

2 I f your brother is not home, or if you do not know who he is, then bring the animal to your house. Keep it there until your brother looks for it. Then return it to him.

وَإنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ صاحِبُهُ يَسكُنُ قَرِيباً مِنكَ وَأنتَ لا تَعرِفُهُ، فَأحْضِرْهُ إلَى بَيتِكَ وَاحتَفِظْ بِهِ حَتَّى يَأتِيَ صاحِبُهُ باحِثاً عَنهُ. حِينَئِذٍ تُعِيدُهُ إليهِ.

3 D o the same with his donkey, or his coat, or anything lost by your brother. If you find what he has lost, you must help him.

وَهَكَذا تَفعَلُ إنْ وَجَدْتَ حِمارَ صاحِبِكَ أوْ ثِيابَهُ أوْ أيَّ شَيءٍ ضاعَ مِنهُ. فَلا تَتَجاهَلِ الأمرَ.

4 I f you see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down by the road, do not pretend that you do not see them. Be sure to help him lift them up again.

«إذا رَأيتَ حِمارَ صاحِبَكَ أوْ ثَورَهُ راقِداً فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَلا تَتَجاهَلهُ، بَلْ ساعِدْ صاحِبَهُ عَلَى رَفعِهِ.

5 “ A woman must not wear men’s clothing. And a man must not put on women’s clothing. For the Lord your God hates whoever does these things.

«لا يَنبَغِي أنْ تَرتَدِيَ المَرأةُ ثِيابَ رَجُلٍ، وَلا الرَّجُلُ ثِيابَ امْرأةٍ. مَنْ يَفعَلُ هَذا يَمْقُتُهُ إلَهُكَ.

6 “ You might find a bird’s nest by the road, in a tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs. If you find the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young.

«إنْ وَجَدْتَ وَأنتَ تَمشِي عُشَّ طَيرٍ عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ أوْ عَلَى الأرْضِ وَفِيهِ فِراخٌ أوْ بَيضٌ، وَالأُمُّ تَرقُدُ عَلَى صِغارِها أوْ عَلَى البَيضِ، فَلا تَأخُذِ الأُمَّ مَعَ الفِراخِ،

7 B e sure to let the mother go. But you may take the young for yourself. Then it will go well with you, and you will live long.

بَلِ اسْمَحْ لِلأُمَّ بِالذَّهابِ، ثُمَّ خُذِ الفِراخَ، لِكَي يَكُونَ لَكَ خَيرٌ وَتَعِيشَ زَمَناً طَوِيلاً.

8 “ When you build a new house, you should put a short wall around your roof. Then no one will fall from it and bring the guilt of blood upon your house.

«إذا بَنَيتَ بَيتاً جَدِيداً، فابْنِ سُوراً حَولَ سَطحِهِ، فَلا تُحْسَبُ مُذنِباً إنْ سَقَطَ مِنْ عَلَى سَطحِ بَيتِكَ وَماتَ.

9 “ Do not plant among your vines another kind of seed. All that grows from what you have planted will be unclean.

«لا تَزرَعْ كَرْمَ العِنَبِ بِالحُبُوبِ، لِأنَّكَ تَخْسَرُ بَذَلِكَ غَلَّةَ العِنَبِ وَمَحْصُولَ الحُبُوبِ كِلَيهِما.

10 D o not plow with a bull and a donkey together.

«لا تَحرُثْ عَلَى ثَورٍ وَحِمارٍ مَعاً.

11 D o not wear clothing made of both wool and linen together.

«لا تَرتَدِي ثِياباً مِنسُوجَةً مِنَ الصُّوفِ وَالكِتّانِ مَعاً.

12 “ Make tassels to put on the four corners of the clothing you use to cover yourself. Law of Those Who Are Not Faithful in Marriage

«وَضَعْ أهداباً عَلَى الزَّوايا الأربَعَةِ لِثَوبِكَ الَّذِي تَتَغَطَّى بِهِ. شَرائِعُ لَلزَّواج

13 “ If a man takes a wife and goes in to her and decides he does not like her,

«إنْ تَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ امْرأةً وَعاشَرَها، ثُمَّ كَرِهَها،

14 a nd says that she did sinful acts and puts her to shame before others and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I found that she had been with another man,’

وَاتَّهَمَها بِسُوءِ السُّلُوكِ، وَذَمَّها فَقالَ: ‹تَزَوَّجتُ هَذِهِ الفَتاةَ، وَلَكِنْ حِينَ عاشَرْتُها، وَجَدْتُ أنَّها لَيسَتْ عَذراءَ!›

15 t hen the girl’s father and mother should bring what is needed to prove she has not been with another man to the leaders of the city at the gate.

فَإنَّ عَلَى أبِيها وَأُمِّها أنْ يُحضِرا دَلِيلاً عَلَى عُذْريَّتِها إلَى شُيُوخِ المَدِينَةِ عِندَ البَوّابَةِ.

16 T he girl’s father will say to the leaders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man for a wife. But he turned against her.

وَيَقُولُ أبُو الفَتاةِ لِلشُّيُوخِ: ‹أعطَيتُ ابْنَتِي لِهَذا الرَّجُلِ زَوجَةً لَهُ، لَكِنَّهُ كَرِهَها.

17 H e said she has done sinful acts, saying, “I found that your daughter has been with another man.” But I brought what will prove that my daughter has not been with another man.’ And they will spread the clothing in front of the leaders of the city.

وَقَدِ اتَّهَمَها بِسُوءِ السُّلُوكِ فَقالَ: وَجَدتُ أنَّ ابْنَتَكَ لَيسَتْ عَذراءَ. وَلَكِنْ هَذا هُوَ دَلِيلُ عُذْريَّتِها.› ثُمَّ يَبسُطُ الثَّوبَ أمامَ شُيُوخِ المَدِينَةِ.

18 T hen the leaders of that city will take the man and punish him.

حِينَئِذٍ، يَأخُذُ شُيُوخُ تِلكَ المَدِينَةِ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ وَيُؤَدِّبُوهُ.

19 T hey will make him pay a hundred pieces of silver and give it to the girl’s father, because he has put to shame the name of an Israelite girl who has not had a man. She will still be his wife. He cannot divorce her as long as he lives.

وَيَفْرِضُونَ عَلَيهِ غَرامَةً مِقدارُها مِئَةُ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ، يُعطُونَها لِأبِي الفَتاةِ، لِأنَّ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ شَوَّهَ سُمعَةَ عَذراءٍ فِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَسَتَبقَى زَوجَةً لَهُ، وَلَنْ يَستَطِيعَ أنْ يُطَلِّقَها مَدَى حَياتِهِ.

20 B ut if it is true that the girl was found to have had another man,

«وَلَكِنْ إنْ كانَتِ التُّهمَةُ صَحِيحَةً، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى عُذْرِيَّةِ الفَتاةِ،

21 t hen they will bring the girl to the door of her father’s house. There the men of her city will kill her with stones, because she has done a foolish act in Israel by acting in her father’s house like a woman who sells the use of her body. So you will get rid of the sin from among you.

فَليُؤتَ بِها إلَى بابِ بَيتِ أبِيها. حَيثُ يَرجُمُها رِجالُ المَدِينَةِ حَتَّى المَوتِ، لِأنَّها ارتَكَبَتْ عَمَلاً مُشِيناً فِي إسْرائِيلَ، إذْ أقامَتْ عَلاقَةً جِنسيَّةً قَبلَ الزَّواجِ، وَهِيَ فِي بَيتِ أبِيها. وَهَكَذا تُزِيلُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ وَسَطِ شَعبِكُمْ. عقوباتُ الزِّنَى وَالاغتِصاب

22 “ If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both of them must die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you will get rid of the sin from Israel.

«إنْ عاشَرَ رَجُلٌ زَوجَةَ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ، تَقتُلُونَهُما كِلَيهِما: الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي عاشَرَ المَرأةَ، وَالمَرأةَ نَفْسَها. هَكَذا تُزِيلُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ إسْرائِيلَ.

23 “ If a girl who has never had a man is promised in marriage to a man, another man might find her in the city and lie with her.

«إنْ وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ امْرأةً مَخطُوبَةً فِي المَدِينَةِ وَعاشَرَها،

24 T hen you must bring them both to the gate of that city and kill them with stones. Put the girl to death because she did not cry for help in the city, and the man because he has sinned against his neighbor’s wife. So you will get rid of the sin from among you.

يَنبَغِي أنْ تُحضِرُوهُما مَعاً إلَى بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ، وَأنْ تَرجُمُوهُما حَتَّى المَوتِ. تَرجُمُونَ الفَتاةَ لِأنَّها لَمْ تَصْرُخْ لِطَلَبِ المُساعَدَةِ مِنْ أهلِ المَدِينَةِ، وَتَرجُمُونَ الرَّجُلَ لِأنَّهُ أهانَ زَوجَةَ رَجُلٍ آخَرَ. وَهَكَذا تُزِيلُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ وَسَطِكُمْ.

25 B ut if the man finds a girl in the field who is promised in marriage, and makes her lie with him, then only the man who lies with her will die.

«لَكِنْ إنْ وَجَدَ الرَّجُلُ الفَتاةَ المَخطُوبَةَ فِي الخَلاءِ، وَاغتَصَبَها، فَإنَّ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي اضطَجَعَ مَعَها هُوَ وَحْدَهُ الَّذِي يَنبَغي أنْ يَمُوتَ.

26 D o nothing to the girl. There is no sin in the girl bad enough for her to be put to death. It is as if a man goes against his neighbor and kills him.

فَلا تُعاقِبُوا الفَتاةَ لِأنَّها لَمْ تَرتَكِبْ خَطِيَّةً تَستَحِقُّ المَوتَ. فَهَذِهِ الحالَةُ تُشبِهُ حالَةَ رَجُلٍ يُمسِكُ بِآخَرَ وَيَقتُلُهُ،

27 W hen he found her in the field, the girl promised in marriage cried out. But there was no one to save her.

إذْ قَدْ وَجَدَها فِي الخَلاءِ. وَرُبَّما تَكُونُ قَدْ صَرَخَتْ طَلَباً لِلمُساعَدَةِ، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أحَدٌ لِيُساعِدَها.

28 “ If a man finds a girl who has never had a man and is not promised in marriage, and takes her and lies with her, and they are found,

«وَإنْ وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ فَتاةً عَذراءَ غَيرَ مَخطُوبَةٍ، وَأجبَرَها عَلَى مُعاشَرَتِهِ، ثُمَّ اكتُشِفا،

29 t hen the man who lay with her must give fifty pieces of silver to the girl’s father. And she will become his wife, because he has put her to shame. He cannot divorce her as long as he lives.

فَإنَّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي اغْتَصَبَها أنْ يُعطِيَ أبا الفَتاةِ خَمْسِينَ مِثْقالاً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ. وَأمّا هِيَ، فَتُصبِحُ زَوجَةً لَهُ. وَلِأنَّهُ أذَلَّها، لَنْ يَستَطِيعَ أنْ يُطَلِّقَها.

30 “ A man must not take his father’s wife. He must not take the clothes off the woman who belongs to his father.

«لا يَجُوزُ لِأحَدٍ أنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ زَوجَةَ أبِيهِ، لِأنَّ هَذا سَيُعِيبُ أباهُ.