¹"Apabila kamu pergi berperang melawan musuh-musuhmu, jangan takut melihat kereta perang dan kuda mereka yang banyak serta tentara mereka yang jumlahnya melebihi jumlahmu. TUHAN Allahmu yang membebaskan kamu dari Mesir, juga akan menolong kamu.

¹When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

²Sebelum mulai berperang, seorang imam harus maju dan berbicara kepadamu begini,

²It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

³'Saudara-saudara, dengarlah! Hari ini kamu maju berperang. Jangan takut atau berkecil hati atau bingung.

³and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: don’t let your heart faint; don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;

⁴TUHAN Allahmu akan ikut untuk menolong kamu, dan Ia akan memberi kemenangan kepadamu.'

⁴for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

⁵Kemudian para perwira harus menyampaikan kata-kata ini kepadamu, 'Adakah di antara kamu orang yang baru saja membangun rumah, tetapi belum mengadakan upacara peresmiannya? Kalau ada, ia boleh pulang. Sebab kalau ia terbunuh dalam peperangan, orang lain akan menempati rumahnya.

⁵The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

⁶Adakah di antara kamu orang yang baru saja menanami kebun anggurnya dan belum sempat memetik buah-buah anggurnya? Kalau ada, ia boleh pulang. Sebab kalau ia terbunuh dalam peperangan, orang lain akan menikmati air anggurnya.

⁶What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.

⁷Adakah di antara kamu orang yang bertunangan dan hendak kawin? Kalau ada, ia boleh pulang. Sebab kalau ia terbunuh dalam peperangan, orang lain akan kawin dengan tunangannya.'

⁷What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”

⁸Para perwira juga harus mengatakan ini kepadamu, 'Adakah di antara kamu orang gugup dan takut? Kalau ada, ia boleh pulang, supaya ia jangan merusak semangat orang lain.'

⁸The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”

⁹Sesudah para perwira berbicara kepada tentara, harus ditunjuk pemimpin-pemimpin untuk setiap kesatuan.

⁹It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

¹⁰Apabila kamu pergi untuk menyerang sebuah kota, berilah dahulu kesempatan kepada penduduknya untuk menyerah.

¹⁰When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

¹¹Kalau mereka membuka pintu-pintu gerbang dan menyerah, mereka semua harus menjadi hamba-hambamu dan melakukan kerja paksa untukmu.

¹¹It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.

¹²Tetapi kalau penduduk kota itu tidak mau menyerah dan lebih suka berperang, kamu harus mengepung kota itu.

¹²If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:

¹³Kemudian, apabila TUHAN Allahmu memungkinkan kamu merebut kota itu, kamu harus membunuh seluruh penduduknya yang laki-laki.

¹³and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:

¹⁴Tetapi kamu boleh mengambil kaum wanita, anak-anak, ternak dan apa saja yang ada di kota itu. Segala harta benda musuh-musuhmu itu boleh kamu pakai. TUHAN Allahmu menyerahkan itu kepadamu.

¹⁴but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.

¹⁵Begitulah harus kamu perlakukan kota-kota yang jauh dari negeri kediamanmu.

¹⁵Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

¹⁶Tetapi kalau kota itu ada di dalam wilayah yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu, seluruh penduduknya harus dibunuh.

¹⁶But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

¹⁷Seperti yang diperintahkan TUHAN Allahmu, kamu harus membinasakan orang-orang Het, Amori, Kanaan, Feris, Hewi dan Yebus.

¹⁷but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Yahweh your God has commanded you;

¹⁸Bunuhlah mereka, supaya mereka tidak membuat kamu berdosa terhadap TUHAN Allahmu dengan mengajar kamu melakukan perbuatan-perbuatan menjijikkan bagi ilah-ilah mereka.

¹⁸that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.

¹⁹Apabila kamu memerangi sebuah kota dan mengepungnya untuk waktu yang lama, janganlah menebang pohon buah-buahan di situ. Makanlah buah-buahnya, tetapi jangan rusakkan pohonnya, sebab pohon-pohon itu bukan musuhmu.

¹⁹When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you?

²⁰Pohon-pohon lain boleh kamu tebang untuk dijadikan pagar pengepungan sampai kota itu sudah jatuh."

²⁰Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.