¹战争的条例

¹`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot — a people more numerous than thou — thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God [is] with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt;

²你们快要上战场的时候，祭司要上前来，对人民说话，

²and it hath been, in your drawing near unto the battle, that the priest hath come nigh, and spoken unto the people,

³对他们说：‘以色列人哪，你们要听，你们今日快要和仇敌作战，你们不要胆怯，不要惧怕，不要惊慌，不要因他们的缘故战兢；

³and said unto them, Hear, Israel, ye are drawing near to-day to battle against your enemies, let not your hearts be tender, fear not, nor make haste, nor be terrified at their presence,

⁴因为耶和华你们的　神和你们同去，要为你们攻打你们的仇敌，要拯救你们。’

⁴for Jehovah your God [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies — to save you.

⁵官长也要对人民宣告：‘谁建造了新房屋，还没有行过奉献礼的，他可以回家去，恐怕他死在战场上，别人去为他的房屋行奉献礼。

⁵`And the authorities have spoken unto the people, saying, Who [is] the man that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? — let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man dedicate it.

⁶谁栽种了葡萄园，还没有享用过它的果子的，他可以回家去，恐怕他死在战场上，别人去享用它的果子。

⁶`And who [is] the man that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not made it common? — let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common.

⁷谁与女子订了婚，还没有迎娶的，他可以回家去，恐怕他死在战场上，别人去娶了她。’

⁷`And who [is] the man that hath betrothed a woman, and hath not taken her? — let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man take her.

⁸官长又要对人民宣告：‘谁是惧怕、胆怯的，他可以回家去，恐怕他使他兄弟的心融化，像他的心一样。’

⁸`And the authorities have added to speak unto the people, and said, Who [is] the man that is afraid and tender of heart? — let him go and turn back to his house, and the heart of his brethren doth not melt like his heart;

⁹官长对人民讲完了话，就要指派军官统率他们。

⁹and it hath come to pass as the authorities finish to speak unto the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people.

¹⁰攻城的策略“你临近一座城，要攻打那城的时候，要先向那城提和议。

¹⁰`When thou drawest near unto a city to fight against it, then thou hast called unto it for Peace,

¹¹如果那城以和平的话回答你，给你开门，城里所有的人都要给你作苦工，服事你。

¹¹and it hath been, if Peace it answer thee, and hath opened to thee, then it hath come to pass — all the people who are found in it are to thee for tributaries, and have served thee.

¹²如果那城不肯与你言和，却要与你作战，你就要围困那城。

¹²`And if it doth not make peace with thee, and hath made with thee war, then thou hast laid siege against it,

¹³耶和华你的　神把城交在你手里的时候，你要用利刃杀尽城里所有的男丁。

¹³and Jehovah thy God hath given it into thy hand, and thou hast smitten every male of it by the mouth of the sword.

¹⁴只有妇人、小孩子、牲畜和城里所有的一切，就是一切战利品，你都可以据为己有，你的仇敌的战利品，你都可以吃用，因为这是耶和华你的　神赐给你的。

¹⁴Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee.

¹⁵离开你很远的各城，不是属于这些国民的城，你都要这样对待他们。

¹⁵So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

¹⁶只是在耶和华你的　神赐给你作产业的这些国民的城市里，凡有气息的，连一个你也不可让他活着；

¹⁶`Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee [for] an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing;

¹⁷只要照着耶和华你的　神吩咐你的，把赫人、亚摩利人、迦南人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人，完全灭绝；

¹⁷for thou dost certainly devote the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee,

¹⁸免得他们教导你们学习一切可憎的事，就是他们对自己的神所行的事，以致他们得罪耶和华你们的　神。

¹⁸so that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations which they have done to their gods, and ye have sinned against Jehovah your God.

¹⁹“如果你围困一座城，很久才能攻取占领它，你就不可挥斧破坏那里的树木；因为你可以吃树上的果子，却不可以砍伐树木。难道田间的树木是人，可以被你围困的吗？

¹⁹`When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down — for man`s [is] the tree of the field — to go in at thy presence in the siege.

²⁰只有你知道不结果子的树木，你才可以毁坏砍伐，用来建造围城的设备，攻击那与你作战的城，直到把它攻下为止。”

²⁰Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it [is] not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it.