Deuteronomy 17

1 You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.

1 لَا تَذْبَحُوا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ ثَوْراً أَوْ حَمَلاً فِيهِ عَيْبٌ أَوْ شَيْءٌ رَدِيءٌ، لأَنَّ ذَلِكَ رِجْسٌ لَدَى الرَّبِّ.

2 If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant

2 إِذَا ارْتَكَبَ بَيْنَكُمْ، رَجُلٌ أَوِ امْرَأَةٌ، مُقِيمٌ فِي إِحْدَى مُدُنِكُمُ الَّتِي يُوَرِّثُكُمْ إِيَّاهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمُ، الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ مُتَعَدِّياً عَهْدَهُ،

3 and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

3 فَغَوَى وَعَبَدَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَسَجَدَ لَهَا أَوْ لِلشَّمْسِ أَوْ لِلْقَمَرِ أَوْ لأَيٍّ مِنْ كَوَاكِبِ السَّمَاءِ مِمَّا حَظَرْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ،

4 and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,

4 وَشَاعَ خَبَرُهُ، فَسَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ، وَتَحَقَّقْتُمْ بَعْدَ فَحْصٍ دَقِيقٍ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الرِّجْسَ اقْتُرِفَ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

5 you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.

5 فَأَخْرِجُوا ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ أَوْ تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةَ، الَّذِي ارْتَكَبَ ذَلِكَ الإِثْمَ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَارْجُمُوهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ.

6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.

6 لَا تَقْتُلْهُ إِلّا بَعْدَ أَنْ تَقُومَ عَلَيْهِ شَهَادَةُ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٍ وَيُحْظَرُ أَنْ تَقْتُلَ بِمُوْجِبِ شَهَادَةِ وَاحِدٍ فَقَطْ.

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.

7 وَيَكُونُ الشُّهُودُ هُمْ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَرْجُمُونَهُ، ثُمَّ يَتَعَاقَبُ عَلَيْهِ الشَّعْبُ. فَتَسْتَأْصِلُونَ عِنْدَئِذٍ الشَّرَّ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ.

8 If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

8 إِذَا تَعَذَّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِصْدَارُ حُكْمٍ فِي قَضِيَّةِ سَفْكِ دَمٍ أَوْ دَعْوَى حَقٍّ أَوِ اعْتِدَاءَ بِالضَّرْبِ، مِمَّا يَجْرِي مِنْ أُمُورِ الْخُصُومَاتِ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ، فَقُومُوا وَامْضُوا إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ،

9 You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

9 وَاحْضُرُوا أَمَامَ الْكَهَنَةِ اللّاوِيِّينَ وَالْقَاضِي الْقَائِمِ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ، وَاسْأَلُوا، فَيُخْبِرُوكُمْ بِحُكْمِ الْقَضَاءِ.

10 You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,

10 فَتُنَفِّذُوا مَا يُصْدِرُونَ مِنْ قَرَارَاتٍ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ. وَاحْرِصُوا عَلَى الْعَمَلِ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا يُعَلِّمُونَكُمْ

11 according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.

11 وَاعْمَلُوا بِمُوْجِبِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي يُعَلِّمُونَكُمْ إِيَّاهَا، وَالْقَضَاءِ الَّذِي يُصْدِرُونَهُ. وَلا تَحِيدُوا عَمَّا يَنُصُّونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ حُكْمٍ لَا يَمِيناً وَلا شِمَالاً.

12 But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.

12 وَمَنْ يَرْفُضُ مُتَمَرِّداً تَنْفِيذَ حُكْمِ الْكَاهِنِ الْمَاثِلِ هُنَاكَ لِخِدْمَةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، أَوِ الْقَاضِي، فَإِنَّهُ يُقْتَلُ. وَبِذَلِكَ يُسْتَأْصَلُ الشَّرُّ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

13 Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.

13 فَيَشِيعُ الْخَبَرُ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ فَيَخَافُونَ وَلا يَتَمَرَّدُونَ بَعْدُ.

14 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”

14 وَمَتَى بَلَغْتُمُ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي يُوَرِّثُهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ وَامْتَلَكْتُمُوهَا وَاسْتَوْطَنْتُمْ فِيهَا وَقُلْتُمْ: لِنُتَوِّجْ عَلَيْنَا مَلِكاً كَبَقِيَّةِ الأُمَمِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِنَا

15 you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.

15 فَإِنَّكُمْ تُقِيمُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَلِكاً يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، شَرِيطَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَاحِداً مِنْ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ. يُحَظَرُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُقِيمُوا مَلِكاً أَجْنَبِيًّا لَا يَنْتَمِي إِلَى أَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ.

16 But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

16 وَلَكِنْ إِيَّاهُ أَنْ يُكَثِّرَ مِنْ عَدَدِ خُيُولِهِ، أَوْ يُعِيدَ الشَّعْبَ إِلَى مِصْرَ لِيَحْصُلَ عَلَى مَزِيدٍ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَالَ لَكُمْ: لَا تَرْتَدُّوا لِلرُّجُوعِ فِي هَذِهِ الطَّرِيقِ أَيْضاً.

17 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

17 وَلْيَحْذَرْ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِزْوَاجاً لِئَلّا يَزِيغَ قَلْبُهُ، وَلا يُكَثِّرُ لِنَفْسِهِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ.

18 When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

18 وَحِينَ يَتَبَوَّأُ عَرْشَ مَمْلَكَتِهِ فَلْيَنْسُخْ لِنَفْسِهِ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةَ فِي كِتَابٍ وَيَنْقُلْهَا عَنِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ،

19 It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

19 فَتَكُونَ مَعَهُ لِيُطَالِعَهَا كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ لِيَتَعَلَّمَ أَنْ يَتَّقِيَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُ وَيُطِيعَ جَمِيعَ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ وَهَذِهِ الْفَرَائِضِ لِيَعْمَلَ بِها،

20 Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

20 لِئَلّا يَتَكَبَّرَ عَلَى إِخْوَتِهِ وَيَحِيدَ عَنِ الْوَصِيَّةِ يَمِيناً أَوْ شِمَالاً. فَإِنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ يَمْلِكُونَ طَوِيلاً فِي وَسَطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.