Deuteronomy 20

1 When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

1 إِذَا ذَهَبْتُمْ لِمُحَارَبَةِ عَدُوِّكُمْ، وَوَجَدْتُمْ أَنَّ عَدُوَّكُمْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْكُمْ عَدَداً وخَيْلاً وَمَرْكَبَاتٍ، فَلا تَخَافُوا مِنْهُ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمُ الَّذِي حَرَّرَكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ يَقِفُ مَعَكُمْ.

2 When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,

2 وَعِنْدَمَا تَكُونُونَ عَلَى وَشْكِ خَوْضِ الْمَعْرَكَةِ يَتَقَدَّمُ الْكَاهِنُ وَيُخَاطِبُ الْجَيْشَ:

3 saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.

3 اسْمَعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ: أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ مُوشِكُونَ عَلَى مُحَارَبَةِ أَعْدَائِكُمْ، فَلا تَهِنْ قُلُوبُكُمْ، لَا تَخَافُوا مِنْهُمْ وَلا تَرْتَعِدُوا وَلا تَرْهَبُوهُمْ،

4 For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

4 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ سَائِرٌ مَعَكُمْ لِمُحَارَبَةِ أَعْدَائِكُمْ عَنْكُمْ، وَلِيُخَلِّصَكُمْ.

5 Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.

5 ثُمَّ يَقُولُ الْقَادَةُ لِلْجَيْشِ: هَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ مَنْ بَنَى بَيْتاً جَدِيداً وَلَمْ يُدَشِّنْهُ بَعْدُ؟ فَلْيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، لِئَلّا يُقْتَلَ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ فَيُدَشِّنَهُ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ.

6 Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.

6 هَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ مَنْ غَرَسَ كَرْماً وَلَمْ يَجْنِ أَوَّلَ ثِمَارِهِ بَعْدُ؟ فَلْيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلّا يُقْتَلَ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ فَيَجْنِيَ أَوَّلَ ثِمَارِ كَرْمِهِ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ.

7 Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”

7 هَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ رَجُلٌ خَطَبَ امْرَأَةً وَلَمْ يَتَزَوَّجْهَا بَعْدُ؟ لِيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلّا يُقْتَلَ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ فَيَتَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ آخَرُ.

8 Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”

8 ثُمَّ يَسْتَطْرِدُ قَادَةُ الْجَيْشِ قَائِلِينَ: هَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ رَجُلٌ خَائِفٌ وَاهِنُ الْقَلْبِ؟ لِيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلّا يَعْتَرِيَ الْخَوْفُ قُلُوبَ إِخْوَتِهِ مِثْلَهُ.

9 When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.

9 وَعِنْدَمَا يَفْرُغُ الْقَادَةُ مِنْ مُخَاطَبَةِ الْجَيْشِ، يُعَيِّنُونَ ضُبَّاطاً عَلَى الْجُنُودِ.

10 When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.

10 وَحِينَ تَتَقَدَّمُونَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ مَدِينَةٍ فَادْعُوهَا لِلصُّلْحِ أَوَّلاً.

11 If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

11 فَإِنْ أَجَابَتْكُمْ إِلَى الصُّلْحِ وَاسْتَسْلَمَتْ لَكُمْ، فَكُلُّ الشَّعْبِ السَّاكِنِ فِيهَا يُصْبِحُ عَبِيداً لَكُمْ.

12 But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.

12 وَإِنْ أَبَتِ الصُّلْحَ وَحَارَبَتْكُمْ فَحَاصِرُوهَا

13 When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.

13 فَإِذَا أَسْقَطَهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ، فَاقْتُلُوا جَمِيعَ ذُكُورِهَا بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ.

14 But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.

14 وَأَمَّا النِّسَاءُ وَالأَطْفَالُ وَالْبَهَائِمُ، وَكُلُّ مَا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ أَسْلابٍ، فَاغْنَمُوهَا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ، وَتَمَتَّعُوا بِغَنَائِمِ أَعْدَائِكُمُ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ.

15 This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.

15 هَكَذَا تَفْعَلُونَ بِكُلِّ الْمُدُنِ النَّائِيَةِ عَنْكُمُ الَّتِي لَيْسَتْ مِنْ مُدُنِ الأُمَمِ الْقَاطِنَةِ هُنَا.

16 However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

16 أَمَّا مُدُنُ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ مِيرَاثاً فَلا تَسْتَبْقُوا فِيهَا نَسَمَةً حَيَّةً،

17 For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,

17 بَلْ دَمِّرُوهَا عَنْ بِكْرَةِ أَبِيهَا، كَمُدُنِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ كَمَا أَمَرَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ،

18 so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.

18 لِكَيْ لَا يُعَلِّمُوكُمْ رَجَاسَاتِهِمِ الَّتِي مَارَسُوهَا فِي عِبَادَةِ آلِهَتِهِمْ، فَتَغْوُوا وَرَاءَهُمْ وَتُخْطِئُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

19 When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?

19 وَإذَا حَاصَرْتُمْ مَدِينَةً حِقْبَةً طَوِيلَةً مُعْلِنِينَ الْحَرْبَ عَلَيْهَا لاِفْتِتَاحِهَا، فَلا تَقْطَعُوا أَشْجَارَهَا بِحَدِّ الْفَأْسِ وَتُتْلِفُوهَا لأَنَّكُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا. هَلْ شَجَرَةُ الْحَقْلِ إِنْسَانٌ حَتَّى تَهْرُبَ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ فِي الْحِصَارِ؟

20 But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.

20 أَمَّا الأَشْجَارُ الَّتِي لَا يُؤْكَلُ ثَمَرُهَا فَأَتْلِفُوهَا وَاقْطَعُوهَا، لاِسْتِخْدَامِهَا فِي بِنَاءِ حُصُونٍ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ الْمُحَاصَرَةِ الْمُتَحَارِبَةِ مَعَكُمْ، إِلَى أَنْ يَتِمَّ سُقُوطُهَا.