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 خَرَجْتَ لِلْحَرْبِ عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ وَرَأَيْتَ خَيْلًا وَمَرَاكِبَ، قَوْمًا أَكْثَرَ مِنْكَ، فَلَا تَخَفْ مِنْهُمْ، لِأَنَّ مَعَكَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ ٱلَّذِي أَصْعَدَكَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.

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

2 وَعِنْدَمَا تَقْرُبُونَ مِنَ ٱلْحَرْبِ يَتَقَدَّمُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ وَيُخَاطِبُ ٱلشَّعْبَ

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 وَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: ٱسْمَعْ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ: أَنْتُمْ قَرُبْتُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنَ ٱلْحَرْبِ عَلَى أَعْدَائِكُمْ. لَا تَضْعُفْ قُلُوبُكُمْ. لَا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَرْتَعِدُوا وَلَا تَرْهَبُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ،

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

4 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ سَائِرٌ مَعَكُمْ لِكَيْ يُحَارِبَ عَنْكُمْ أَعْدَاءَكُمْ لِيُخَلِّصَكُمْ.

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 يُخَاطِبُ ٱلْعُرَفَاءُ ٱلشَّعْبَ قَائِلِينَ: مَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي بَنَى بَيْتًا جَدِيدًا وَلَمْ يُدَشِّنْهُ؟ لِيَذْهَبْ وَيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلَّا يَمُوتَ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ 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 وَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي غَرَسَ كَرْمًا وَلَمْ يَبْتَكِرْهُ؟ لِيَذْهَبْ وَيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلَّا يَمُوتَ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ فَيَبْتَكِرَهُ 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 وَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلَّذِي خَطَبَ ٱمْرَأَةً وَلَمْ يَأْخُذْهَا؟ لِيَذْهَبْ وَيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلَّا يَمُوتَ فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ فَيَأْخُذَهَا 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 يَعُودُ ٱلْعُرَفَاءُ يُخَاطِبُونَ ٱلشَّعْبَ وَيَقُولُونَ: مَنْ هُوَ ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلْخَائِفُ وَٱلضَّعِيفُ ٱلْقَلْبِ؟ لِيَذْهَبْ وَيَرْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ لِئَلَّا تَذُوبَ قُلُوبُ إِخْوَتِهِ مِثْلَ قَلْبِهِ.

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

9 وَعِنْدَ فَرَاغِ ٱلْعُرَفَاءِ مِنْ مُخَاطَبَةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ يُقِيمُونَ رُؤَسَاءَ جُنُودٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ ٱلشَّعْبِ.

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

10 «حِينَ تَقْرُبُ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ لِكَيْ تُحَارِبَهَا ٱسْتَدْعِهَا إِلَى ٱلصُّلْحِ،

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 أَجَابَتْكَ إِلَى ٱلصُّلْحِ وَفَتَحَتْ لَكَ، فَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱلْمَوْجُودِ فِيهَا يَكُونُ لَكَ لِلتَّسْخِيرِ وَيُسْتَعْبَدُ لَكَ.

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

12 وَإِنْ لَمْ تُسَالِمْكَ، بَلْ عَمِلَتْ مَعَكَ حَرْبًا، فَحَاصِرْهَا.

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

13 وَإِذَا دَفَعَهَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ إِلَى يَدِكَ فَٱضْرِبْ جَمِيعَ ذُكُورِهَا بِحَدِّ ٱلسَّيْفِ.

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 ٱلنِّسَاءُ وَٱلْأَطْفَالُ وَٱلْبَهَائِمُ وَكُلُّ مَا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، كُلُّ غَنِيمَتِهَا، فَتَغْتَنِمُهَا لِنَفْسِكَ، وَتَأْكُلُ غَنِيمَةَ أَعْدَائِكَ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ.

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 تَفْعَلُ بِجَمِيعِ ٱلْمُدُنِ ٱلْبَعِيدَةِ مِنْكَ جِدًّا ٱلَّتِي لَيْسَتْ مِنْ مُدُنِ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْأُمَمِ 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 وَأَمَّا مُدُنُ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ نَصِيبًا فَلَا تَسْتَبْقِ مِنْهَا نَسَمَةً مَّا،

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 تُحَرِّمُهَا تَحْرِيمًا: ٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ وَٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْفِرِزِّيِّينَ وَٱلْحِوِّيِّينَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ، كَمَا أَمَرَكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ،

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 أَنْ تَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاسِهِمِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلُوا لِآلِهَتِهِمْ، فَتُخْطِئُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ 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 «إِذَا حَاصَرْتَ مَدِينَةً أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً مُحَارِبًا إِيَّاهَا لِكَيْ تَأْخُذَهَا، فَلَا تُتْلِفْ شَجَرَهَا بِوَضْعِ فَأْسٍ عَلَيْهِ. إِنَّكَ مِنْهُ تَأْكُلُ. فَلَا تَقْطَعْهُ. لِأَنَّهُ هَلْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلْحَقْلِ إِنْسَانٌ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ قُدَّامَكَ فِي ٱلْحِصَارِ؟

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 وَأَمَّا ٱلشَّجَرُ ٱلَّذِي تَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَجَرًا يُؤْكَلُ مِنْهُ، فَإِيَّاهُ تُتْلِفُ وَتَقْطَعُ وَتَبْنِي حِصْنًا عَلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي تَعْمَلُ مَعَكَ حَرْبًا حَتَّى تَسْقُطَ.