¹Keby sa našiel zabitý v zemi, ktorú ti dá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, aby si ju zaujal do dedičstva, ležiaci na poli, a nevedelo by sa, kto ho zabil,

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

²vtedy vyjdú tvoji starší a tvoji sudcovia a odmerajú vzdialenosť k mestám, ktoré sú vôkol zabitého,

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

³a keď sa zistí mesto, ktoré je najbližšie zabitému, vezmú starší toho mesta jalovicu, na ktorej sa ešte nerobilo, ktorá ešte neťahala v jarme.

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

⁴A starší toho mesta zavedú jalovicu dolu do doliny trvale tečúcej vody, do doliny, ktorá sa neobrába ani neposieva, a tam v doline zotnú jalovici šiju.

⁴and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.

⁵Potom pristúpia kňazi, synovia Léviho, lebo ich si vyvolil Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, aby mu svätoslúžili a aby dávali požehnanie v mene Hospodinovom, a na ich výroku bude stáť každý spor a každá rana.

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

⁶A všetci starší toho mesta, najbližší zabitému, umyjú svoje ruky nad jalovicou, sťatou v doline.

⁶And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

⁷A osvedčia a povedia: Naše ruky nevylialy tejto krvi, ani naše oči nevidely vraha.

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

⁸Pokry hriech svojho ľudu Izraela, ktorý si vykúpil, Hospodine, a nedaj nevinnej krvi doprostred svojho ľudu Izraela, a bude im prikrytá a tak odpustená tá krv.

⁸Forgive, O Jehovah, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood [to remain] in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

⁹A ty odpraceš nevinnú krv zo svojho stredu, keď budeš činiť to, čo je spravedlivé v očiach Hospodinových.

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

¹⁰Keď vyjdeš do vojny proti svojim nepriateľom, a Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, ho dá do tvojej ruky, a zajmeš z nich do zajatia,

¹⁰When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive,

¹¹a keď by si videl medzi zajatými ženu pekného vzozrenia a zamiloval by si si ju a vzal by si si ju za ženu,

¹¹and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;

¹²vtedy ju dovedieš do stredu svojho domu, kde oholí svoju hlavu a obreže svoje nehty.

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

¹³A složiac so seba rúcho, v ktorom bola zajatá, bude bývať v tvojom dome a bude oplakávať svojho otca a svoju matku za celý mesiac, a potom vojdeš k nej, a vezmeš si ju za manželku, a bude ti ženou.

¹³and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

¹⁴Ale keby sa ti potom zneľúbila, prepustíš ju, aby išla, kam chce; ale predať jej nepredáš za peniaze ani s ňou nebudeš zaobchodiť krute, za to, že si ju ponížil.

¹⁴And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.

¹⁵Keby mal niektorý muž dve ženy, z ktorých by jednu miloval a druhú nenávidel a keby mu porodily synov, obe, milovaná i nenávidená, a keby bol prvorodený syn synom nenávidenej,

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

¹⁶stane sa v deň, v ktorý bude do dedičstva dávať svojim synom to, čo má, že nebude môcť dať práva prvorodenstva synovi milovanej pred prvorodeným synom nenávidenej.

¹⁶then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born:

¹⁷Ale vyznačí prvorodeného, syna nenávidenej, tým, že mu dá po dve čiastky zo všetkého, čo sa najde u neho, pretože on je prvotinou jeho sily, jeho je právo prvorodenstva.

¹⁷but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

¹⁸Keby mal niekto nezdarného syna spúrneho a nepoddajného, ktorý by nepočúval na hlas svojho otca a na hlas svojej matere, a hoci by ho káznili, predsa by ich len neposlúchal,

¹⁸If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

¹⁹vtedy ho pochytia jeho otec a jeho mať a vyvedú ho von ku starším jeho mesta a ku bráne jeho miesta

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;

²⁰a povedia starším jeho mesta: Tento náš syn je spúrny a nepoddajný, nepočúva na náš hlas, je žráč a pijan.

²⁰and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

²¹Vtedy ho ukameňujú všetci mužovia jeho mesta, a zomrie. A odpraceš také zlo zo svojho stredu. A počujú to, celý Izrael, a budú sa báť.

²¹And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

²²A keby bol na niekom hriech, pre ktorý by bol hoden súdu smrti, a súc popravený zomrel by, a povesil by si ho na drevo,

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

²³nezostane jeho mŕtve telo cez noc na dreve, ale ho doista pochováš toho istého dňa, lebo povesený je zlorečenstvom od Boha. A preto nezanečistíš svojej zeme, ktorú ti dá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, do dedičstva.

²³his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.