¹If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

¹Kui meeste vahel on riid ja nad astuvad kohtu ette ja neile mõistetakse kohut, õige õigeks ja süüdlane süüdi,

²And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

²ja kui süüdlane on peksu väärt, siis käskigu kohtumõistja teda maha heita ja enese juuresolekul teda peksta, lugedes vastavalt tema süüle:

³Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

³temale antagu nelikümmend hoopi, mitte rohkem, et su venda su silma ees ei häbistataks, kui temale antakse veel rohkem hoope kui need.

⁴Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

⁴Ära seo kinni härja suud, kui ta pahmast tallab!

⁵If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

⁵Kui vennad elavad üheskoos, aga üks neist sureb ja tal ei ole poega, siis ei tohi surnu naine saada väljapoole võõrale mehele; ta küdi heitku tema juurde ja võtku tema enesele naiseks ning täitku mehevenna kohustust!

⁶And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

⁶Ja esimest poega, kelle naine sünnitab, peetagu surnud venna pojaks, et ta nime ei kustutataks Iisraelist.

⁷And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.

⁷Aga kui see mees ei nõustu võtma oma venna naist, siis mingu ta vennanaine väravasse vanemate ette ja öelgu: 'Mu küdi keeldub oma venna nime säilitamisest Iisraelis, ta ei taha täita mehevenna kohustust.'

⁸Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

⁸Siis linna vanemad kutsugu tema ja rääkigu temaga. Aga kui ta jääb kindlaks ja ütleb: 'Ma ei ole nõus teda võtma',

⁹Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

⁹siis astugu ta vennanaine vanemate silma all tema juurde, võtku tal sandaal jalast, sülitagu temale näkku ja tunnistagu ning öelgu: 'Nõnda tehtagu mehega, kes ei taha jätkata oma venna sugu!'

¹⁰And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

¹⁰Ja temale pandagu Iisraelis nimeks 'paljasjalgne pere'!

¹¹When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

¹¹Kui mehed kisklevad üksteisega ja ühe naine astub ligi, et päästa oma meest selle käest, kes teda peksab, sirutab oma käe välja ja haarab kinni selle häbemest,

¹²Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

¹²siis raiu temal käsi ära, su silm ärgu andku armu!

¹³Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

¹³Sul ärgu olgu kukrus kahesugust vaenaela, üks suurem ja teine väiksem!

¹⁴Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

¹⁴Sul ärgu olgu kojas kahesugust vakka, üks suurem ja teine väiksem!

¹⁵But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

¹⁵Sul olgu täis ja õige vaenael, täis ja õige vakk, et su päevi pikendataks maal, mille Issand, su Jumal, sulle annab!

¹⁶For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

¹⁶Sest igaüks, kes teeb seda, on jäle Issandale, sinu Jumalale, igaüks, kes teeb kõverust.

¹⁷Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

¹⁷Tuleta meelde, mida Amalek tegi sulle teekonnal, kui sa lahkusid Egiptusest,

¹⁸How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

¹⁸kuidas ta tuli sulle tee peal vastu ja hävitas su järelväe, kõik väsinud su järelt, kui sa olid jõuetu ja roidunud, sest ta ei kartnud Jumalat!

¹⁹Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

¹⁹Ja kui Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle rahu kõigist su vaenlasist ümberkaudu maal, mille Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle pärisosaks pärida, siis kustuta Amaleki mälestus taeva alt! Ära seda unusta!