¹[Ny amin'ny fanesoran-keloka, raha misy faty hita, nefa tsy fantatra izay nahafaty azy] Raha tahìny misy maty novonoin'olona hita miampatra any an-tsaha amin'ny tany izay omen'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao holovana, ary tsy fantatra izay nahafaty azy,

¹`When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it — fallen in a field — it is not known who hath smitten him,

²dia hivoaka ny loholonao sy ny mpitsaranao ka horefesiny hatreo amin'ny faty ka hatramin'izay tanàna manodidina azy.

²then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which [are] round about the slain one,

³Ary ny loholona amin'ny tanàna izay akaikin'ny faty indrindra dia haka ombivavy kely izay tsy mbola nampiasaina na nasiana zioga hitarihany.

³and it hath been, the city which [is] near unto the slain one, even the elders of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in the yoke,

⁴Ary ilay ombivavy kely dia ho entin'ny loholona amin'izany tanàna izany midina any amin'izay lohasaha tsy voasa na voafafy sady misy renirano tsy mety ritra, dia hofolahiny any an-dohasaha ny vozony.

⁴and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley.

⁵Ary ireo mpisorona, taranak'i Levy, dia hanatona, fa izy no nofidin'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao hanao fanompoam-pivavahana aminy sy hitso-drano amin'ny anaran'i Jehovah; koa araka ny teniny no hanefana ny ady rehetra sy ny vonoana rehetra;

⁵`And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh — for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke —

⁶ary ny loholona rehetra amin'izany tanàna akaikin'ny faty izany dia hanasa ny tànany eo ambonin'ilay ombivavy kely izay efa voafolaka tany an-dohasaha ny vozony;

⁶and all the elders of that city, who are near unto the slain one, do wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,

⁷dia hiloa-bava ireo ka hanao hoe: Tsy ny tananay no nandatsaka ity rà ity, sady tsy nahita izany ny masonay.

⁷and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen —

⁸Jehovah ô, mamelà ny heloky ny Isiraely olonao izay navotanao ka aza atao ho heloky ny Isiraely olonao ny rà marina! Dia ho afa-keloka ny amin'izany rà izany izy.

⁸receive atonement for Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast ransomed, O Jehovah, and suffer not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people Israel; and the blood hath been pardoned to them,

⁹Ka dia hesorinao ho afaka aminao ny rà marina, raha hanao izay mahitsy eo imason'i Jehovah ianao.

⁹and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah.

¹⁰[Ny amin'ny vehivavy babo hovadin'izay nahazo azy] Raha mivoaka hanafika ny fahavalonao ianao, ary atolotr'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao eo an-tananao izy ka voababonao,

¹⁰`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God hath given them into thy hand, and thou hast taken captive its captivity,

¹¹ary misy vehivavy tsara tarehy hitanao eo amin'ny babo ka tianao hovadina,

¹¹and hast seen in the captivity a woman of fair form, and hast delighted in her, and hast taken to thee for a wife,

¹²dia ento ho ao an-tranonao izy, ka asaovy haratany ny lohany sy alàny ny hohony,

¹²then thou hast brought her in unto the midst of thy household, and she hath shaved her head, and prepared her nails,

¹³ary asaovy esoriny koa ny fitafiany tamin'ny nahababo azy, dia aoka hitoetra ao an-tranonao andro iray volana izy hitomany ny ray aman-dreniny; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia vao mahazo mandry aminy ianao ka ho tompom-bady azy, ary ho vadinao izy.

¹³and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and hath dwelt in thy house, and bewailed her father and her mother a month of days, and afterwards thou dost go in unto her and hast married her, and she hath been to thee for a wife:

¹⁴Fa raha tsy tianao intsony ravehivavy, dia alefaso handeha araka izay sitrapony izy: fa aza mivarotra azy hatao vola aman-karena na manandevo azy, satria efa nampietry azy ianao.

¹⁴`And it hath been — if thou hast not delighted in her, that thou hast sent her away at her desire, and thou dost not at all sell her for money; thou dost not tyrannize over her, because that thou hast humbled her.

¹⁵[Ny amin'ny lovan'ny lahimatoa] Raha misy lehilahy mamporafy, ka ny anankiray tiany, fa ny anankiray kosa tsy tiany, ary samy miteraka zaza aminy izy roa vavy, na ny tiany na ny tsy tiany, ary zanak'ilay tsy tiany no lahimatoa:

¹⁵`When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one;

¹⁶amin'ny andro handidiany fananana ho an'ny zananilahy dia tsy azo hatao lahimatoa ny zanaky ny tiany, raha mbola eo ihany ny zanaky ny tsy tiany, izay tena lahimatoany;

¹⁶then it hath been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he hath, he is not able to declare first-born the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one — the first-born.

¹⁷fa ny lahimatoa, zanak'ilay tsy tiany ihany, no hekeny ka homeny anjaran-droa amin'izay rehetra ananany; fa voalohan'ainy izy, ka azy ny fizokiana.

¹⁷But the first-born, son of the hated one, he doth acknowledge, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he [is] the beginning of his strength; to him [is] the right of the first-born.

¹⁸[Ny fanao amin'ny zanaka maditra tsy zaka anarina] Raha misy olona manana zanakalahy maditra sy manohitra ka tsy mety mihaino ny feon'ny rainy, na ny feon'ny reniny, ka tsy zakany anarina,

¹⁸`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious — he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them —

¹⁹dia hosamborin'ny rainy sy ny reniny izy ka ho entiny amin'ny loholona amin'ny tanànany, eo amin'ny vavahadin'ny tanàna onenany,

¹⁹then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place,

²⁰dia hiteny amin'ny loholona amin'ny tanànany izy mivady hoe: Ity zanakay ity dia maditra sy manohitra ka tsy mihaino ny feonay, fa mpandany sy fileony.

²⁰and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son — this one — is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice — a glutton and drunkard;

²¹Dia hitora-bato azy ho faty ny mponina rehetra ao an-tanànany; ka dia hofongoranao tsy ho eo aminao ny fanao ratsy; ary ny Isiraely rehetra dia handre izany ka hatahotra.

²¹and all the men of his city have stoned him with stones, and he hath died, and thou hast put away the evil out of thy midst, and all Israel do hear and fear.

²²[Ny amin'ny fandevenana ny fatin'ny meloka izay efa nahantona tamin'ny hazo] Ary raha misy olona manao fahotana izay tokony hahafaty azy ka atao maty ary ahantona amin'ny hazo.dia tsy havela hiloaka alina eo amin'ny hazo ny fatiny, fa tsy maintsy halevinao androtr'iny ihany izy (fa voaozon'Andriamanitra ny mihantona amin'ny hazo); koa aza lotoina ny taninao, izay omen'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao ho lovanao.

²²`And when there is in a man a sin — a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree,

²³dia tsy havela hiloaka alina eo amin'ny hazo ny fatiny, fa tsy maintsy halevinao androtr'iny ihany izy (fa voaozon'Andriamanitra ny mihantona amin'ny hazo); koa aza lotoina ny taninao, izay omen'i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao ho lovanao.

²³his corpse doth not remain on the tree, for thou dost certainly bury him in that day — for a thing lightly esteemed of God [is] the hanged one — and thou dost not defile thy ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — an inheritance.