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.

¹Kui sa lähed sõtta oma vaenlaste vastu ja näed hobuseid ja sõjavankreid, rahvast, keda on rohkem kui sind, siis ära karda neid, sest sinuga on Issand, su Jumal, kes tõi sind ära Egiptusemaalt.

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

²Ja kui te olete taplusesse minemas, siis astugu preester ette ja rääkigu rahvaga

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;

³ning öelgu neile: 'Kuule, Iisrael! Te lähete nüüd taplusesse oma vaenlaste vastu. Teie südamed ärgu mingu araks, ärge kartke, ärge olge rahutud ja ärge tundke hirmu nende ees!

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

⁴Sest Issand, teie Jumal, käib koos teiega, et sõdida teie eest teie vaenlaste vastu, et teid aidata.'

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.

⁵Ja värbamispealikud rääkigu rahvaga ning öelgu: 'Mees, kes on ehitanud uue koja, aga ei ole veel saanud selles elada, mingu ja pöördugu koju, et ta ei sureks sõjas ja keegi teine ei hakkaks selles elama!

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.

⁶Ja mees, kes on istutanud viinamäe, aga ei ole veel saanud seda kasutada, mingu ja pöördugu koju, et ta ei sureks sõjas ja keegi teine ei hakkaks seda kasutama!

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.”

⁷Ja mees, kes on kihlanud naise, aga ei ole veel teda võtnud, mingu ja pöördugu koju, et ta ei sureks sõjas ja keegi teine ei võtaks naist enesele!'

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.”

⁸Ja värbamispealikud rääkigu veel rahvaga ning öelgu: 'Mees, kes kardab ja on ara südamega, mingu ja pöördugu koju, et tema vendadegi süda ei kaotaks julgust nagu tema süda!'

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.

⁹Ja kui värbamispealikud on lõpetanud rahvaga kõnelemise, siis seadku nad väepealikud rahva etteotsa!

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

¹⁰Kui sa jõuad mõne linna ligi, et sõdida selle vastu, siis paku sellele rahu!

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.

¹¹Ja kui ta sinult rahu vastu võtab ja avab sulle väravad, siis olgu kogu rahvas, kes seal leidub, sulle töökohustuslik ja teenigu sind!

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

¹²Aga kui ta ei tee sinuga rahu, vaid valmistub sõjaks su vastu, siis piira teda!

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

¹³Ja kui Issand, su Jumal, annab ta sinu kätte, siis löö mõõgateraga maha kõik ta meesterahvad!

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.

¹⁴Aga naised, lapsed, loomad ja kõik, mis linnas on, kõik sellest saadav saak riisu enesele ja söö oma vaenlastelt saadud saaki, mida Issand, su Jumal, sulle annab!

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

¹⁵Nõnda tee kõigi nende linnadega, mis on sinust väga kaugel, mis ei ole nende siinsete rahvaste linnade hulgast!

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

¹⁶Aga nende rahvaste linnades, keda Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle pärisosaks, ära jäta elama ühtegi hingelist,

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;

¹⁷vaid hävita sootuks hetid, emorlased, kaananlased, perislased, hiivlased ja jebuuslased, nõnda nagu Issand, su Jumal, sind on käskinud,

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.

¹⁸et nad ei õpetaks teid tegema kõiki nende jäledusi, mis nad tegid oma jumalatele, ja et teie ei teeks pattu Issanda, oma Jumala vastu!

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?

¹⁹Kui sa piirad mingit linna kaua aega ja sõdid selle vastu, et seda vallutada, siis ära hävita selle puid kirvest nende külge pannes, sest neist sa võid süüa! Ära raiu neid maha, sest kas puud väljal on inimesed, et sa ka neid peaksid piirama?

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.

²⁰Aga puud, millest sa tead, et neist puudest ei saa süüa, need hävita ja raiu maha ning ehita piiramisseadmed sinuga sõdiva linna vastu, kuni see langeb!