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.

¹Ko pojdeš v boj zoper svoje sovražnike in boš videl konje in bojne vozove in ljudstvo, številnejše od tebe, ne boj se jih; zakaj GOSPOD, tvoj Bog, je s teboj, ki te je gori pripeljal iz dežele Egiptovske.

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

²In preden začnete bitko, naj pristopi duhovnik in ogovori ljudstvo

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;

³ter mu reče: Čuj, o Izrael, danes se spopadete v boju s svojimi sovražniki: naj vam ne kopni srce, ne bojte se in ne trepetajte, tudi se jih ne plašite!

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

⁴Zakaj GOSPOD, vaš Bog, vas spremlja, da se za vas bojuje zoper vaše sovražnike in vas reši.

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.

⁵Oblastniki pa naj ogovore ljudstvo takole: Kdo je tu, ki je sezidal novo hišo in je še ni posvetil? pojdi in vrni se v hišo svojo, da ne bi umrl v boju in bi jo kdo drugi posvetil.

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.

⁶Kdo je, ki je zasadil vinograd in ga še ni začel uživati? vrni se in ostani doma, da ne bi umrl v boju in bi ga kdo drugi užival.

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.”

⁷In kdo je, ki si je zaročil mladenko, a je še ni domov peljal? vrni se in ostani doma, da ne bi umrl v boju in bi jo kdo drugi vzel.

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.”

⁸In dalje naj govore oblastniki ljudstvu, rekoč: Kdo je boječ in plahega srca? pojdi in ostani v hiši svoji, da ne oplaši srca svojim bratom, kakor je njegovo.

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.

⁹In ko nehajo oblastniki govoriti ljudstvu, postavijo vojvode trum ljudstvu na čelo.

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

¹⁰Ko se približaš mestu, da se ž njim bojuješ, ponudi mu najprej mir.

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.

¹¹Ako ti odgovori z mirom in ti odpre vrata, bodi ti vse ljudstvo, ki ga najdeš v njem, davku podvrženo in naj ti služi.

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

¹²Ako pa noče miru skleniti, temuč začne boj s teboj, oblezi ga z vojsko;

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

¹³in ko ti ga v roko da GOSPOD, tvoj Bog, pobij vse moške v njem z ostrino meča,

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.

¹⁴toda žene, otroke, živino in vse, kar je v mestu: ves plen vzemi kot rop zase in uživaj sovražnikov svojih plen, ki ti ga je dal GOSPOD, tvoj Bog.

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

¹⁵Tako stori z vsemi mesti, ki so bolj daleč od tebe in niso iz mest tehle narodov.

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

¹⁶Ali v mestih teh narodov, ki ti jih GOSPOD, tvoj Bog, daje v dediščino, ne pusti živega ničesar, kar diha,

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;

¹⁷ampak s prokletjem jih uniči: Hetejce, Amorejce, Kanaance, Ferizejce, Hevejce in Jebusejce, kakor ti je zapovedal GOSPOD, tvoj Bog;

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.

¹⁸da vas ne bodo učili delati vseh tistih gnusob, ki so jih delali svojim bogovom, da se ne pregrešite zoper GOSPODA, Boga svojega.

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?

¹⁹Ko boš dalj časa oblegoval mesto, bojevaje se ž njim, da ga dobiš, ne pokvari mu dreves s sekiro; ker lahko ješ njih sad, zato jih ne posekaj. Je li mar les na polju človek, da bi ga tudi oblegal?Samo drevje, ki ne rodi sadja za užitek, smeš pokvariti in iztrebiti ter oblegovalne naprave iz njega zgraditi zoper mesto, ki se s teboj bojuje, dokler ne pade.

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.

²⁰Samo drevje, ki ne rodi sadja za užitek, smeš pokvariti in iztrebiti ter oblegovalne naprave iz njega zgraditi zoper mesto, ki se s teboj bojuje, dokler ne pade.