¹`When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

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

²then it hath come to pass, if the wrong-doer is to be smitten, that the judge hath caused him to fall down, and [one] hath smitten him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing, by number;

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

³forty [times] he doth smite him — he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these — many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes.

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

⁴`Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.

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

⁵`When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband`s brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband`s brother;

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 hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.

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

⁷`And if the man doth not delight to take his brother`s wife, then hath his brother`s wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband`s brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to 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.'

⁸and the elders of his city have called for him, and spoken unto him, and he hath stood and said, I have no desire to take her;

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

⁹`Then hath his brother`s wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother;

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 hath been called in Israel — The house of him whose shoe is drawn off.

¹⁰Ja temale pandagu Iisraelis nimeks 'paljasjalgne pere'!

¹¹`When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his 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 hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.

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

¹³`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.

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

¹⁴Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small.

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

¹⁵Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;

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

¹⁶for the abomination of Jehovah thy God [is] any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.

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

¹⁷`Remember that which Amalek hath done to thee in the way, in your going out from Egypt,

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

¹⁸that he hath met thee in the way, and smiteth in all those feeble behind thee (and thou wearied and fatigued), and is not fearing 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!

¹⁹And it hath been, in Jehovah thy God`s giving rest to thee, from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — an inheritance to possess it — thou dost blot out the rememberance of Amalek from under the heavens — thou dost not forget.

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!