¹Keby povstal spor medzi niektorými ľuďmi, prijdú k súdu, a budú ich súdiť a vyhlásia toho, kto je spravedlivý, za spravedlivého, a vinného vyhlásia za vinného.

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,

²A keby vinník zaslúžil bitku, vtedy rozkáže sudca ho položiť a dá ho biť pred sebou, podľa veľkosti jeho viny, istým počtom úderov.

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;

³Štyridsať ráz ho dá uderiť; nepridá, aby snáď, keby ho dal biť nad to, primnohými údermi, nebol potupený tvoj brat pred tvojimi očima.

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.

⁴Nezaviažeš volu úst, keď mláti.

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

⁵Keby bývali bratia spolu, a jeden z nich by zomrel, a nemal by syna, žena toho mŕtveho sa nevydá von za cudzieho; jej švagor vojde k nej a vezme si ju za ženu švagrovským právom.

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;

⁶A bude, že prvorodený, ktorého porodí, bude stáť na mene jeho brata, toho zomrelého, aby nebolo vytreté jeho meno z Izraela.

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.

⁷Ale keby nechcel človek vziať si svoju švagrinú-vdovu za ženu, vtedy odíde jeho švagriná hore ku bráne ku starším a povie: Brat môjho zomrelého muža nechce vzbudiť svojmu bratovi meno v Izraelovi, nechce si ma vziať za ženu podľa švagrovského práva.

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;

⁸Vtedy ho zavolajú starší jeho mesta a budú s ním hovoriť. A keby stojac povedal: Nechcem si ju vziať,

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;

⁹pristúpi k nemu jeho švagriná-vdova pred očami starších, sozuje jeho obuv s jeho nohy a napľuje mu do tvári, odpovie a riekne: Tak sa urobí mužovi, ktorý nebuduje domu svojho brata.

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;

¹⁰A bude sa volať v Izraelovi: Dom vyzutého z obuvi.

¹⁰and his name hath been called in Israel — The house of him whose shoe is drawn off.

¹¹Keby sa vadili mužovia spolu, druh s druhom, a keby pristúpila žena toho jedného, aby vytrhla svojho muža z ruky toho, ktorý by ho bil, a vystrela by svoju ruku a pochytila ho za jeho úd hanby,

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,

¹²vtedy utneš jej ruku; nezľutuje sa tvoje oko.

¹²then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.

¹³Nebudeš mať vo svojom miešku rôzneho závažia, väčšieho a menšieho.

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

¹⁴Nebudeš mať vo svojom dome rôznej efy, väčšej a menšej.

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

¹⁵Závažie budeš mať úplné a spravedlivé, aj efu budeš mať úplnú a spravedlivú, aby sa predĺžily tvoje dni na zemi, ktorú ti dá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh.

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;

¹⁶Lebo ohavnosťou Hospodina, tvojho Boha, je každý, kto to robí, každý, kto robí neprávosť.

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

¹⁷Pamätať budeš na to, čo ti urobil Amalech na ceste, keď ste išli z Egypta,

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

¹⁸že vyšiel proti tebe na ceste a pobil všetkých zadných v tvojom tábore utrmácaných, idúcich za tebou, kým si ty bol ustatý a zomdlený, a nebál sa Boha.

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.

¹⁹A preto bude, keď ti dá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, odpočinutie od všetkých tvojich nepriateľov dookola v zemi, ktorú ti dá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, do dedičstva, aby si ju zaujal dedične, vyhladíš pamiatku Amalecha zpod nebies. Nezabudneš!

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.