¹If one be found slain in the land which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him;

¹¶ E kitea te tangata i whakamatea ki te whenua i homai e Ihowa, e tou Atua, hei kainga mou, e takoto ana i te parae, a kahore e mohiotia na wai i patu:

²then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain:

²Na me puta mai ou kaumatua me ou kaiwhakawa, ka whanganga atu ki nga pa i tetahi taha o te tupapaku, i tetahi taha:

³and it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn’t been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;

³Na ko te pa e tata ana ki te tupapaku, me tiki e nga kaumatua o taua pa tetahi kuao kau, hei te uha, hei te mea kahore ano i whakamahia, kahore nei i to ioka:

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

⁴Me kawe ano hoki e nga kaumatua o taua pa te kuao kau ki raro, ki tetahi awaawa wai, kahore nei i ngakia, i whakatokia ranei, ka whawhati ai i te kaki o te kau ki reira, ki te awaawa:

⁵The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.

⁵Na ka whakatata nga tohunga, nga tama a Riwai; ko ratou hoki ta Ihowa, ta tou Atua, i whiriwhiri ai hei minita ki a ia, hei manaaki ano hoki i runga i te ingoa o Ihowa; a ma ratou te kupu mo nga tautohe katoa, mo nga patu katoa:

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

⁶Na me horoi e nga kaumatua katoa o taua pa, e tata ana ki te tupapaku, o ratou ringa ki runga ki te kuao kau i whatiia nei te kaki ki te awaawa:

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

⁷Na ka korero ratou, ka mea, Kihai i whakahekea tenei toto e o matou ringa, kihai ano o matou kanohi i kite.

⁸Forgive, Yahweh, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and don’t allow innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.” The blood shall be forgiven them.

⁸Kia maria ki tou iwi ki a Iharaira, e Ihowa, i hokona nei e koe, kaua ano hoki e whakairia he toto harakore ki runga ki tau iwi, ki a Iharaira. Na ka whai whakamarie ratou mo aua toto.

⁹So you shall put away the innocent blood from the midst of you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

⁹Penei ka whakakorea te toto harakore i roto i a koe, ina mea koe i te mea e tika ana ki ta Ihowa titiro.

¹⁰When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,

¹⁰¶ Ka haere koe ki te whawhai ki ou hoariri, a ka homai ratou e Ihowa, e tou Atua, ki ou ringa, a ka whakaraua ratou e koe hei whakarau;

¹¹and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife;

¹¹A ka kite koe i tetahi wahine ataahua i roto i nga whakarau, a ka hiahia koe ki a ia, ka mea ki te tango i a ia hei wahine mau;

¹²then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

¹²Na me kawe ia e koe ki tou whare; a me heu e ia tona matenga, ka whakapai i ona maikuku;

¹³and she shall put the clothing of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

¹³Na me whakarere e ia te kakahu o tona whakaraunga, a ka noho ki tou whare, ka tangi ki tona papa, ki tona whaea, kia kotahi tino marama; a muri iho ka haere atu koe ki a ia, a ka meinga hei tahu ki a ia, ko ia hoki hei wahine mau.

¹⁴It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.

¹⁴A, ki te kahore koe whakaahuareka ki a ia, me tuku atu ia e koe ki tana wahi e pai ai, kaua rawa e hokona ki te moni, kaua hoki e waiho hei mea pononga; he mea hoki kua whakaititia nei ia e koe.

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 firstborn son be hers who was hated;

¹⁵¶ Ki te tokorua nga wahine a tetahi tangata, kotahi e arohaina ana, kotahi e kinongia ana, a kua whanau he tamariki mana i te mea e arohaina ana, i te mea hoki e kinongia ana; a na te mea e kinongia ana te tama matamua:

¹⁶then it shall be, in the day that he causes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn:

¹⁶A, ka tae ki te ra e whakarerea iho ai e ia ana mea ma ana tamariki, e kore e ahei kia meinga hei matamua te tama a te mea e arohaina ana, ara hei kauaemua mo te tino matamua, mo te tama e te wahine e kinongia ana:

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

¹⁷Engari me whakaae ia ki te tama a te mea e kinongia ana, ko ia te matamua, me hoatu ki a ia nga wahi e rua o ana mea katoa: no te mea ko ia te timatanga o tona kaha; mena nga tikanga o te matamua.

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

¹⁸¶ Ki te mea he whakakeke, he whakatoi, te tama a tetahi tangata, a kahore e rongo ki te reo o tona papa, ki te reo ranei o tona whaea, a ahakoa ka whiua e raua, kahore e rongo ki a raua:

¹⁹then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;

¹⁹Na me mau tona papa raua ko tona whaea ki a ia, ka kawe i a ia ki nga kaumatua o tona pa, ki te kuwaha o tona wahi;

²⁰and they shall tell 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.”

²⁰A ka mea ki nga kaumatua o tona pa, Ko tenei tama a maua he whakakeke, he whakatoi, a e kore e rongo ki o maua reo; he tangata haututu, he poro haurangi.

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

²¹Katahi nga tangata katoa o tona pa ka aki i a ia ki te kohatu, kia mate; a ka whakakorea atu e koe te kino i roto i a koe, a ka rongo a Iharaira katoa, ka wehi.

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

²²Ki te mea ano he hara to te tangata e tika ai te mate mona, a ka whakamatea, a ka taronatia e koe ki runga ki te rakau:

²³his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don’t defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.

²³Kaua e waiho tona tinana i runga i te rakau i te po, engari me tino tanu i taua rangi ano; he mea kainga hoki na te Atua te tangata i taronatia; kei poke tou oneone, e hoatu nei e Ihowa, e tou Atua, ki a koe hei kainga tupu.