¹You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a blemish, or anything evil; for that is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

¹Jangan persembahkan sapi atau domba yang cacat kepada TUHAN Allahmu, karena Ia membencinya.

²If there is found in the midst of you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his covenant,

²Apabila kamu mendengar bahwa di salah satu kotamu ada orang yang berdosa terhadap TUHAN Allahmu karena melanggar perjanjian

³and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the army of the sky, which I have not commanded;

³dan perintah-Nya dengan menyembah dan mengabdi kepada ilah-ilah lain atau kepada matahari, bulan atau bintang-bintang,

⁴and it be told you, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently; and behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,

⁴maka kamu harus menyelidikinya dengan teliti. Sekiranya kejahatan itu benar-benar telah terjadi di Israel,

⁵then you shall bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to your gates, even the man or the woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones.

⁵orang yang bersalah harus dibawa ke luar kota dan dilempari batu sampai mati.

⁶At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

⁶Tetapi ia hanya boleh dihukum mati kalau ada dua orang saksi atau lebih; seseorang tak boleh dihukum mati berdasarkan keterangan satu orang saksi saja.

⁷The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

⁷Para saksi harus lemparkan batu yang pertama kepada orang itu, diikuti seluruh rakyat. Dengan demikian kamu berantas kejahatan itu.

⁸If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose;

⁸Apabila ada perkara yang tak dapat diputuskan oleh hakim-hakim setempat karena terlalu sulit, misalnya perkara pembunuhan yang disengaja atau tidak disengaja, perselisihan tentang hak milik atau luka-melukai badan, kamu harus pergi ke tempat yang dipilih TUHAN Allahmu.

⁹and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.

⁹Ajukanlah perkaramu itu kepada imam-imam Lewi dan kepada hakim yang sedang bertugas, lalu biarkan mereka memutuskannya.

¹⁰You shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show you from that place which Yahweh shall choose; and you shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you:

¹⁰Merekalah yang memberi keputusan, dan kamu harus melakukan dengan teliti apa yang mereka katakan kepadamu.

¹¹according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.

¹¹Terimalah keputusan mereka dan laksanakanlah apa yang mereka tetapkan sampai hal yang sekecil-kecilnya.

¹²The man who does presumptuously, in not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before Yahweh your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel.

¹²Siapa saja yang berani melawan hakim atau imam yang sedang bertugas, harus dihukum mati; dengan demikian kamu memberantas kejahatan itu di Israel.

¹³All the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

¹³Semua orang akan mendengar tentang kejadian itu dan menjadi takut, sehingga tak ada lagi yang berani berbuat begitu."

¹⁴When you have come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me”;

¹⁴"Apabila tanah yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu sudah menjadi milikmu, dan kamu sudah berdiam di situ, mungkin kamu menginginkan seorang raja seperti bangsa-bangsa yang tinggal di sekelilingmu.

¹⁵you shall surely set him king over yourselves, whom Yahweh your God shall choose: one from among your brothers you shall set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

¹⁵Perhatikanlah baik-baik supaya orang yang kamu angkat menjadi rajamu adalah orang yang dipilih TUHAN Allahmu. Ia harus seorang dari bangsamu sendiri; jangan mengangkat seorang asing menjadi rajamu.

¹⁶Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”

¹⁶Raja tak boleh memiliki banyak kuda untuk tentaranya dan tak boleh menyuruh bangsa ini kembali ke Mesir untuk membeli kuda, karena TUHAN telah berkata bahwa umat-Nya tak boleh kembali ke negeri itu.

¹⁷Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

¹⁷Raja tak boleh punya banyak istri, supaya ia jangan membelakangi TUHAN. Ia juga tak boleh memperkaya diri dengan perak dan emas.

¹⁸It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:

¹⁸Kalau seorang dinobatkan menjadi raja, ia harus diberi sebuah buku berisi hukum-hukum Allah yang disalin dari buku asli yang disimpan oleh imam-imam Lewi.

¹⁹and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

¹⁹Buku itu harus selalu ada di dekatnya, dan seumur hidup ia harus membacanya supaya belajar menghormati TUHAN Allahnya dan dengan setia mentaati segala perintah yang tertulis di dalamnya.

²⁰that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

²⁰Kalau ia membacanya dengan tekun, ia tak akan menganggap dirinya lebih baik dari orang-orang sebangsanya, dan tak akan melanggar perintah TUHAN dengan cara bagaimanapun. Lalu ia dan keturunannya akan memerintah bangsanya sampai turun-temurun."