Deuteronomy 22

1 If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.

1 إِنْ رَأَيْتَ ثَوْرَ جَارِكَ أَوْ خَرُوفَهُ شَارِداً، فَلا تَتَغَاضَ عَنْهُ. بَلْ أَعِدْهُ حَتْماً إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ.

2 If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.

2 وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ صَاحِبُهُ مُقِيماً قَرِيباً مِنْكَ، أَوْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْهُ، فَاحْتَفِظْ بِهِ فِي بَيْتِكَ حَتَّى يَطْلُبَهُ صَاحِبُهُ فَتَرُدَّهُ إِلَيْهِ.

3 And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.

3 وَهَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ إِذَا عَثَرْتَ عَلَى حِمَارِ جَارِكَ أَوْ ثِيَابِهِ، أَوْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ مَفْقُودٍ تَجِدُهُ. لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَتَغَاضَى عَنْهُ.

4 If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.

4 لَا تَتَغَافَلْ عَنْ إِعَانَةِ جَارِكَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ حِمَارَهُ أَوْ ثَوْرَهُ وَاقِعاً فِي الطَّرِيقِ بَلْ هُبَّ لِتُعَاوِنَهُ وَلِتُقِيمَهُ مَعَهُ.

5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

5 يُحْظَرُ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ ارْتِدَاءُ ثِيَابِ الرِّجَالِ، كَمَا يُحْظَرُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ ارْتِدَاءُ ثِيَابِ النِّسَاءِ، لأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ يُصْبِحُ مَكْرُوهاً لَدَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

6 If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

6 إِنِ اتَّفَقَ أَنْ رَأَيْتَ عُشَّ طَائِرٍ عَلَى جَانِبِ الأَرْضِ أَوْ عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ مَا أَوْ مُلْقىً عَلَى الأَرْضِ فِيهِ أُمٌّ تَحْتَضِنُ فِرَاخاً، أَوْ تَرْقُدُ عَلَى بَيْضٍ، فَلا تَأْخُذِ الأُمَّ مَعَ الأَوْلادِ.

7 You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

7 أَطْلِقِ الأُمَّ وَخُذِ الْفِرَاخَ لِنَفْسِكَ، فَيَكُونَ لَكَ خَيْرٌ وَتُطِيلَ أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِكَ.

8 If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

8 إِذَا بَنَيْتَ بَيْتاً جَدِيداً، فَابْنِ سِيَاجاً حَوْلَ بَيْتِكَ، لِئَلّا يَسْقُطَ مِنْهُ أَحَدٌ فَتَتَحَمَّلَ ذَنْبَ دَمِهِ.

9 Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.

9 لَا تَزْرَعْ حَقْلَكَ صِنْفَيْنِ مِنَ الْبُذُورِ، لأَنَّكَ إِنْ فَعَلْتَ يُصْبِحُ مَحْصُولُ نَوْعَيِ الزَّرْعِ مُقَدَّساً مِنْ نَصِيبِ الْكَهَنَةِ.

10 Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.

10 لَا تَحْرُثْ عَلَى ثَوْرٍ وَحِمَارٍ مَعاً،

11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.

11 وَلا تَلْبَسْ ثَوْباً مَصْنُوعاً مِنْ كَتَّانٍ وَصُوفٍ مَعاً.

12 You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

12 اصْنَعُوا أَهْدَاباً مَجْدُولَةً عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَطْرَافِ الأَثْوَابِ الَّتِي تَتَغَطَّوْنَ بِها.

13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,

13 إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ فَتَاةٍ، ثُمَّ بَعْدَ أَنْ عَاشَرَهَا أَبْغَضَهَا،

14 and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”

14 وَاتَّهَمَهَا بِمَا يَشِينُهَا، وأَشَاعَ عَنْهَا مَا يُسِيءُ إِلَى سُمْعَتِهَا قَائِلاً: لَقَدْ تَزَوَّجْتُ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةَ، وَلَمَّا عَاشَرْتُهَا، اكْتَشَفْتُ أَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ عَذْرَاءَ.

15 Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

15 يَأْخُذُهَا وَالِدَاهَا إِلَى شُيُوخِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْمُجْتَمِعِينَ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَيَعْرِضَانِ دَلِيلَ عَذْرَاوِيَّتِهَا.

16 and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.

16 وَيَقُولُ وَالِدُ الْفَتَاةِ لِلشُّيُوخِ: لَقَدْ زَوَّجْتُ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ مِنِ ابْنَتِي فَأَبْغَضَهَا.

17 And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

17 وَهَا هُوَ يُرَوِّجُ عَنْهَا أَخْبَاراً قَائِلاً: لَمْ تَكُنِ ابْنَتُكَ عَذْرَاءَ عِنْدَمَا عَاشَرْتُهَا. وَلَكِنْ هَذَا هُوَ دَلِيلُ عَذْرَاوِيَّةِ ابْنَتِي. وَيَبْسُطَانِ الثَّوْبَ أَمَامَ شُيُوخِ الْمَدِينَةِ.

18 Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

18 فَيَأْخُذُ شُيُوخُ تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ الرَّجُلَ وَيُؤَدِّبُونَهُ،

19 They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

19 وَيَفْرِضُونَ عَلَيْهِ غَرَامَةً مِقْدَارُهَا مِئَةُ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، يُعْطُونَهَا لأَبِي الْفَتَاةِ. لأَنَّهُ أَسَاءَ إِلَى سُمْعَةِ عَذْرَاءَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَتَكُونُ لَهُ زَوْجَةً مَدَى حَيَاتِهِ، لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا.

20 If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,

20 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ ثَبَتَتْ صِحَّةُ التُّهْمَةِ، وَلَمْ تَكُنِ الْفَتَاةُ عَذْرَاءَ حَقّاً،

21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

21 يُؤْتَى بِالْفَتَاةِ إِلَى بَابِ بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا وَيَرْجُمُهَا رِجَالُ مَدِينَتِهَا بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى تَمُوتَ، لأَنَّهَا ارْتَكَبَتْ قَبَاحَةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَزَنَتْ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا. وَبِذَلِكَ تَسْتَأْصِلُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ.

22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

22 وَإذَا ضَبَطْتُمْ رَجُلاً مُضْطَجِعاً مَعَ امْرَأَةٍ مُتَزَوِّجَةٍ تَقْتُلُونَهُمَا كِلَيْهِمَا، فَتَنْزِعُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ وَسَطِكُمْ.

23 If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

23 وَإذَا الْتَقَى رَجُلٌ بِفَتَاةٍ مَخْطُوبَةٍ لِرَجُلٍ آخَرَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَضَاجَعَهَا،

24 you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.

24 فَأَخْرِجُوهُمَا كِلَيْهِمَا إِلَى سَاحَةِ بَوَّابَةِ تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَارْجُمُوهُمَا بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَا، لأَنَّ الْفَتَاةَ لَمْ تَسْتَغِثْ وَهِيَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، وَالرَّجُلَ لأَنَّهُ اعْتَدَى عَلَى خَطِيبَةِ الرَّجُلِ الآخَرِ، فَتَسْتَأْصِلُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ وَسَطِكُمْ.

25 But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.

25 وَلَكِنْ إِنِ الْتَقَى ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ بِالْفَتَاةِ الْمَخْطُوبَةِ فِي الْحَقْلِ، وَأَمْسَكَهَا وَضَاجَعَهَا، يُرْجَمُ الرَّجُلُ وَحْدَهُ وَيَمُوتُ،

26 Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

26 وَأَمَّا الْفَتَاةُ فَلا تُرْجَمُ، لأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَرْتَكِبْ خَطِيئَةً جَزَاؤُهَا الْمَوْتُ، بَلْ تَكُونُ كَرَجُلٍ هَاجَمَهُ آخَرُ وَقَتَلَهُ،

27 When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

27 لأَنَّهُ لابُدَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْفَتَاةُ الْمَخْطُوبَةُ قَدِ اسْتَغَاثَتْ فِي الْخَلاءِ حَيْثُ وَجَدَهَا الرَّجُلُ، فَلَمْ يَأْتِ مَنْ يُنْقِذُهَا.

28 If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

28 وَإذَا وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ فَتَاةً عَذْرَاءَ غَيْرَ مَخْطُوبَةٍ فَأَمْسَكَهَا وَضَاجَعَهَا وَضُبِطَا مَعاً،

29 then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

29 يَدْفَعُ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي ضَاجَعَ الْفَتَاةَ خَمْسِينَ قِطْعَةً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَيَتَزَوَّجُهَا، لأَنَّهُ قَدِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْهَا. وَلا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا مَدَى حَيَاتِهِ.

30 A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.

30 لَا يَتَزَوَّجْ أَحَدٌ أَرْمَلَةَ أَبِيهِ لأَنَّ هَذَا عَارٌ وَإِهَانَةٌ لأَبِيهِ.