¹Kui sellel maal, mille Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle pärida, leitakse üks tapetu väljal lamamas, ilma et teataks, kes tema on tapnud,

¹If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath smitten him,

²siis peavad su vanemad ja kohtumõistjad välja minema ja mõõtma kauguse linnadeni, mis on ümber selle tapetu.

²then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;

³Linnas, mis on tapetule ligemal, võtku linna vanemad mullikas, kellega ei ole tööd tehtud, kes ei ole ikkes vedanud,

³and the city that is nearest unto him that is slain, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer that hath not been wrought with, that hath not drawn in the yoke;

⁴ja selle linna vanemad viigu mullikas alaliselt voolava veega orgu, mida ei harita ega külvata, ja nad murdku seal orus mullika kael!

⁴and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto an ever-flowing watercourse, which is not tilled, nor is it sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the watercourse;

⁵Ja preestrid, Leevi pojad, astugu ette, sest Issand, su Jumal, on valinud nemad, et nad teeniksid teda ja õnnistaksid Issanda nimel: nende sõna kohaselt lahendatagu iga riid ja vägivald!

⁵and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to do service unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall be every controversy and every stroke.

⁶Ja kõik tapetule ligemal oleva linna vanemad pesku oma käsi mullika kohal, kelle kael orus murti.

⁶And all the elders of that city, that are nearest unto him that is slain, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck is broken in the watercourse,

⁷Ja nad tunnistagu ning öelgu: 'Meie käed ei ole valanud seda verd ja meie silmad ei ole seda näinud.

⁷and shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

⁸Anna andeks oma rahvale Iisraelile, kelle sa oled lunastanud, Issand! Ära pane süütut verd oma Iisraeli rahva keskele!' Siis lepitatakse neile see veresüü.

⁸Forgive thy people Israel, whom thou, Jehovah, hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to the charge of thy people Israel; and the blood shall be expiated for them.

⁹Nõnda kõrvalda sina süüta veri enese keskelt, sest sa pead tegema, mis õige on Issanda silmis!

⁹So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

¹⁰Kui sa lähed sõtta oma vaenlaste vastu ja Issand, su Jumal, annab nad sinu kätte ja sina võtad neist vange

¹⁰When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou hast taken captives of them,

¹¹ja näed vangide hulgas ühte ilusa välimusega naist, armud temasse ja tahad teda võtta enesele naiseks,

¹¹and thou seest among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife;

¹²siis vii ta oma kotta; ta ajagu oma pea paljaks ja lõigaku sõrmeküüned!

¹²then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

¹³Ta võtku vangirüü seljast ja jäägu su kotta; ta nutku oma isa ja ema ühe kuu päevad ja pärast seda võid sa minna tema juurde ja teda naida, ja ta saagu su naiseks!

¹³and she shall put the clothes of her captivity from off her, and shall abide in thy house, and bewail her father and mother a full month, and afterwards thou mayest go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

¹⁴Aga kui ta sulle enam ei meeldi, siis lase ta minna, kuhu ta tahab; aga sa ei tohi teda raha eest müüa ega orjastada, sest sa oled teda häbistanud.

¹⁴And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go according to her desire; but thou shalt in no wise sell her for money; thou shalt not treat her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.

¹⁵Kui mehel on kaks naist, ühte ta armastab, aga teist ta vihkab, ja nad sünnitavad temale pojad, niihästi see, keda ta armastab, kui ka see, keda ta vihkab, ja esmasündinud poeg on vihatu oma,

¹⁵If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated;

¹⁶siis ei tohi ta päeval, mil ta jaotab oma poegadele pärisosaks seda, mis tal on, pidada esmasündinuks armastatu poega vihatu poja asemel, kes on ju esmasündinu,

¹⁶then it shall be, in the day that he maketh his sons to inherit what he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;

¹⁷vaid ta peab vihatu poja tunnistama esmasündinuks, andes temale kaks osa kõigest, mis tal on olemas, sest too on tema mehejõu esimene vili; tolle päralt on esmasünniõigus.

¹⁷but he shall acknowledge as firstborn the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that is found with him; for he is the firstfruits of his vigour: the right of the firstborn is his.

¹⁸Kui kellelgi on kangekaelne ja tõrges poeg, kes ei kuula oma isa ja ema sõna, ja kuigi nad teda karistavad, ei kuula ta neid ometi,

¹⁸If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;

¹⁹siis võtku ta isa ja ema ning viigu tema ta linna vanemate juurde ta asukoha väravasse

¹⁹then 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;

²⁰ja nad öelgu tema linna vanemaile: 'See meie poeg on kangekaelne ja tõrges, ta ei kuula meie sõna, ta on kõlvatu ja joodik!'

²⁰and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profligate and a drunkard.

²¹Siis visaku kõik ta linna mehed ta kividega surnuks. Nõnda kõrvalda kurjus enese keskelt, ja kogu Iisrael kuulgu seda ning kartku!

²¹And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear.

²²Ja kui kellegi peal on surma väärt patt ja ta surmatakse ning sa pood ta puusse,

²²And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,

²³siis ei tohi ta laip jääda ööseks puusse, vaid sa pead ta selsamal päeval kindlasti maha matma, sest poodu on Jumalast neetud; ära roojasta oma maad, mille Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle pärisosaks!

²³his 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 a curse of God); and thou shalt not defile thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.