1 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley: 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: 6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man , shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it . 8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
10 ¶ When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, 11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
15 ¶ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: 16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
18 ¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that , when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
22 ¶ And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Omuzepe omuhatjiukwa
1 “Tji pa munika omundu ngwa ṱire mokuti, mehi Muhona, Ndjambi woye, ndi me ku pe ri rire ouini woye, nape ha tjiukwa kutja owaṋi ngwe mu zepa, 2 ovanane novapangure voye ngave pite okukasaneka omikambo pokati komuṱi novihuro vyopopezu. 3 Novanane votjihuro hi tji tji ri popezu tjinene na ingwi omuṱi, ngave toore ondana ondema ndji hiya ungurisiwa, nu ndji hiya kutirwa. 4 Nowo ngave i tware komukutu mbu nomupupo mbu ha pwire, nu mbu nehi, ndi ha taurirwe nu ndi ha kuninwe, nu imbo nga rire pu ve keiteyera engoti. 5 Ovapristeri, imba ovazandu va Levi, nga ve yende ngo, owo tjinga ave pangura otjiposa ngamwa atjihe tjotjitandi tjokuzepa. Muhona, Ndjambi woye, we ve toorora okumukarera nokusera ondaya mena re. 6 Novanane avehe votjihuro hi tji tji ri popezu tjinene na ingwi omuṱi, ngave kohere omake wawo kombanda yondana ndji ondema, yengoti nda teyerwa momukutu; 7 nowo ngave hungire amave tja nai: ‘Kaweṱe mbu twa zepa omundu ngwi, nu katu nokutjiwa kutja wa ṱu i aṋi. 8 Muhona, isira otjiwaṋa tjoye Israel tji wa kutura mOengipte. Tu isira, nu o tu vara otja ovanandjo konḓiro yomundu omuhinandjo ngwi.’ 9 Tji mo tjiti ihi tji tji ri osemba momeho wa Muhona, ko nakuvarwa otja omuzepe.
Ovakazendu mba huurwa movita
10 “Muhona, Ndjambi woye, tje ku pe outoṋi movita, nove tji wa huura ovandu vawo, 11 ngahino mokati kawo mo munu mo omukazendu ngu nomuhapo omuwa, ngu wa suvere nu ngu movanga okukupa. 12 Mu twara konganda yoye; nu nge rihore ozondjise motjiuru, ne rikonde ozonyara. 13 Nozombanda, nḓa ri na zo morutu tja za kouhuura, nge ze hukure, nu nga kare mondjuwo yoye ama riri ooihe na ina oure womueze umwe; tjazumba otji mo yenene okumukupa. 14 Nu kombunda, tji u hi nokuuhara amo mu vanga komurungu, mo sokumuesa a yende ku ma vanga; nungwari ko nakusokumurandisa kovimariva nokumutatumisa, ove tjinga awa rara pu ye.
Ousemba wotjiveri
15 “Nu tji pe nomurumendu worive ngu novakazendu vevari, umwe ngwa suvera na umwe ngwe ha suverere, nu aveyevari ave mu pandukire ovanatje ovazandu, nu ingwi otjiveri a rire womukazendu ngwi eye ngwe ha suverere, 16 tji ma tye otjirumatwa tje kovazandu ve, ke nakusokuyandja ousemba wotjiveri komuzandu womukazendu ngwi ngwa suvera kutja a ha kaerisa omuzandu womukazendu ngwi ngwe ha suverere, ngu ri otjiveri katjotjiri. 17 Nungwari ma sokurizemburuka nomuzandu womukazendu ngwi ngwe ha suverere kutja onguri otjiveri, e mu pe otukondwa tuvari okuisa mouini auhe, eye tjinga e ri everi romasa we, nousemba wouveri e ri owe.
Omuzandu otjirangaranga
18 “Tji pe nomundu ngu nomuatje omuzandu, ngu notjiuru otjikukutu notjirangaranga, nu ngu ha zuu kooihe na ina tji mave mu vere, 19 ovanene ve ngave mu tware kovanane votjihuro ho, a rire mbe ke mu pangura. 20 Nowo ngave katje nai kovanane: ‘Omuatje wetu ngwi u notjiuru otjikukutu notjirangaranga, nu ka zuu ku eṱe; eye omunwe womanuwa omazeu, nu omunyandise wotjimariva.’ 21 Tjazumba imba ovarumendu avehe votjihuro ho ngave mu zepe nomawe. Komuhingo mbwi otji mamu isa mo ouvi mbwi mokati keṋu; nOvaisrael avehe mave zuu otjiṋa hi, nave tira.
Omatwako pekepeke
22 “Tji pe nomundu ngwa pangurwa kokuṱa mena rourunde we, na ṱu, norutu rwe aru turikwa komuti, 23 nu orurova rwe aru rekareka komuti mbo ouṱuku auhe. Orwo ngaru pakwe meyuva tjingero, orondu omundu ngwa turikwa komuti, eye omusengwa komurungu wa Ndjambi. Paka orurova ndwi, kokutja o ha zunḓa ehi Muhona, Ndjambi woye, nde ku pa ri rire otjirumatwa tjoye.
