Omatwako wovita
1 “Tji mo twara ovita kovanavita na ove, no kamuna oukambe nomatemba wovita, notjimbumba tjovita tji tja kapita ihi otjoye, nu ove o ve tira; orondu Muhona, Ndjambi woye, ngwe ku pitisa mOengipte, tjinga e ri puna ove. 2 Nu tji mu ri pokuuta otjirwa, omupristeri nga ryame popezu, nu nga hungire notjiwaṋa, 3 a tje nai ku tjo: ‘Purateneye, Vaisrael, eṋe ndino mamu karwa novanavita na eṋe; amu kara nemuma, nu amu zezera, nu amu tira, nu amu urumisiwa i wo! 4 Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu, makaenda puna eṋe okukemurwira novanavita na eṋe, nu me mu pe outoṋi.’
5 “Novahongore ngave tje nai kotjiwaṋa: ‘Owaṋi mokati keṋu ngwa tunga ondjuwo ombe nu ngu hiye i yapura? Eye nga yaruke konganda, tjapo ngaa ṱu movita, nomundu warwe e i yapura. 6 Owaṋi ngwa kuna omuvite nu ngu hiya rya ku wo? Eye nga yaruke konganda, tjapo ngaa ṱu movita, nomundu warwe a karya kovihape mbi. 7 Owaṋi ngwa vareka omukazendu, nu ngu hiya kupa? Eye nga yaruke konganda, tjapo ngaa ṱu movita, nomukazendu a kupwa i omurumendu warwe.’
8 “Tjazumba imba ovahongore ngave tje nai kotjiwaṋa: ‘Owaṋi ngu nomburuma nomutima wemuma? Eye nga yaruke konganda kutja omitima vyovakwao avi ha mumapara otja imbwi owe.’ 9 Novahongore tji va mana okuhungira omambo wawo kotjiwaṋa, ngape zikwe ozohongora zovita okunana otjiwaṋa.
10 “Tji weya popezu notjihuro okutjirwisa, rutenga tji pa oruveze rwokuzuvasana mohange. 11 Ndoovazu otjo matji ku pe eziriro rohange natji ku yezururire omivero, nu ovature avehe, mba vazewa mo, ngave rire ovakarere voye nu ngave ku ungurire oviungura vyoṋiṋikizire. 12 Nungwari tji ve hi nokuvanga okutjita ohange na ove, nave vanga okutjita ovita, ve kovera. 13 Nu Muhona, Ndjambi woye, tje ku pe otjihuro hi mouvara woye, zepa ovarumendu vatjo avehe. 14 Nungwari ovakazendu novanatje, novinamuinyo, noviṋa avihe mbi ri motjihuro, novipundwa vyatjo avihe, mo sokuvihuura. Novihuurwa vyovanavita na ove Muhona, Ndjambi, woye, mbye ku pa, isa po vyoye. 15 Nu wina otji mo tjiti nao novihuro avihe, mbi ri kokure tjinene na ove, nu mbi he ri ovyomihoko mbi.
16 “Nungwari movihuro vyomihoko mbi Muhona, Ndjambi woye, mbi me ku pe otja otjirumatwa tjoye, o hupisa mo ngamwa tji tji nomuinyo. 17 Nyona oviwaṋa avihe mbi okumana, okutja Ovahetite nOvaamori, nOvakanaan, nOvaperesi, nOvahevi, nOvajebusi, otja Muhona, Ndjambi woye, pe ku rakiza; 18 kokutja ovyo avi he mu hongo okutjita oviyaukise vyavyo avihe, mbi vya ungurira oomukuru vavyo vovisenginina, nokutja eṋe amu ha katuka komurungu wa Muhona, Ndjambi weṋu.
19 “Tji wa kovere otjihuro orure mokutjita ovita na tjo okutjitoṋa, o nyono omiti vyatjo okuvika nekuva, ryaa uri ovihape vyavyo, nungwari imbi omiti ovini o ke. Omiti vyokuti ovyo wina ovanavita na ove mbu wa sokukovera are? 20 Nu imbi omiti, mbi mo tjiwa kutja kavi novihape oviriwa, nga rire mbi wa ke porwavyo; nu ove tunga na vyo orumbo ndu maru ku yama kotjihuro tji tji novita na ove, okutjikovera na vyo, nga tji tja kamburwa.
1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; 4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
5 ¶ And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. 7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart. 9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
10 ¶ When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. 16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely , the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: 18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
19 ¶ When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life ) to employ them in the siege: 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
