Deuteronomy 25

1 If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

1 إِذَا نَشَبَتْ خُصُومَةٌ بَيْنَ قَوْمٍ وَرَفَعُوا دَعْوَاهُمْ إِلَى الْقَضَاءِ لِيَحْكُمَ الْقُضَاةُ بَيْنَهُمْ، فَلْيُبَرِّئُوا الْبَرِيءَ وَيَحْكُمُوا عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِ.

2 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.

2 فَإِنْ كَانَ الْمُذْنِبُ يَسْتَحِقُّ عِقَابَ الْجَلْدِ، يَطْرَحُهُ الْقَاضِي، وَيَجْلِدُونَهُ أَمَامَهُ بِعَدَدِ الْجَلْدَاتِ الَّتِي يَسْتَحِقُّهَا ذَنْبُهُ،

3 He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.

3 عَلَى أَلّا يَزِيدَ عَدَدُ الْجَلْدَاتِ عَنْ أَرْبَعِينَ جَلْدَةً، لِئَلّا يُصْبِحَ الْمُعَاقَبُ مُحْتَقَراً.

4 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

4 لَا تَكُمُّوا فَمَ الثَّوْرِ الدَّارِسِ لِلْغِلالِ.

5 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

5 إِذَا سَكَنَ إِخْوَةٌ مَعاً وَمَاتَ أَحَدُهُمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُنْجِبَ ابْناً، فَلا يَجِبُ أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَتُهُ رَجُلاً مِنْ غَيْرِ أَفْرَادِ عَائِلَةِ زَوْجِهَا. بَلْ لِيَتَزَوَّجْهَا أَخُو زَوْجِهَا وَيُعَاشِرْهَا، وَلْيَقُمْ نَحْوَهَا بِوَاجِبِ أَخِي الزَّوْجِ،

6 The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

6 وَيَحْمِلُ الْبِكْرُ الَّذِي تُنْجِبُهُ اسْمَ الأَخِ الْمَيْتِ، فَلا يَنْقَرِضُ اسْمُهُ مِنْ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

7 But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”

7 وَإِنْ أَبَى الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةَ أَخِيهِ، تَمْضِي الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى بَوَّابَةِ شُيُوخِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَتَقُولُ: قَدْ رَفَضَ أَخُو زَوْجِي أَنْ يُخَلِّدَ اسْماً لأَخِيهِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلَمْ يَشَأْ أَنْ يَقُومَ نَحْوِي بِوَاجِبِ أَخِي الزَّوْجِ.

8 Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

8 فَيَدْعُوهُ شُيُوخُ الْمَدِينَةِ وَيَتَدَاوَلُونَ مَعَهُ فِي الأَمْرِ. فَإِنْ أَصَرَّ عَلَى الرَّفْضِ وَقَالَ: لَا أَرْضَى أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَهَا.

9 his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

9 تَتَقَدَّمُ امْرَأَةُ أَخِيهِ إِلَيْهِ عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنَ الشُّيُوخِ، وَتَخْلَعُ حِذَاءَهُ مِنْ رِجْلَيْهِ وَتَتْفُلُ فِي وَجْهِهِ قَائِلَةً: هَذَا مَا يَحْدُثُ لِمَنْ يَأْبَى أَنْ يَبْنِيَ بَيْتَ أَخِيهِ.

10 And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”

10 فَيُدْعَى فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بَيْتَ مَخْلُوعِ النَّعْلِ.

11 If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,

11 إِذَا تَعَارَكَ رَجُلانِ فَتَدَخَّلَتْ زَوْجَةُ أَحَدِهِمَا لِتُنْقِذَ زَوْجَهَا مِنْ قَبْضَةِ يَدِ ضَارِبِهِ وَمَدَّتْ يَدَهَا وَأَمْسَكَتْ بِخِصْيَتِهِ،

12 you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.

12 فَاقْطَعُوا يَدَهَا وَلا تُشْفِقُوا عَلَيْهَا.

13 You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

13 لَا تَحْتَفِظْ فِي كِيسِكَ بِمِعْيَارَيْنِ مُخْتَلِفَيْنِ كَبِيرٍ وَصَغِيرٍ،

14 You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.

14 وَلا يَكُنْ لَكَ فِي بَيْتِكَ مِكْيَالانِ مُخْتَلِفَانِ كَبِيرٌ وَصَغِيرٌ،

15 You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

15 بَلْ لِتَكُنْ أَوْزَانُكَ وَمَكَايِيلُكَ صَحِيحَةً لَا غِشَّ فِيهَا، لِتَطُولَ أَيَّامُكَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا لَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ،

16 For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

16 لأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ غَشَّ فِي الْمَكَايِيلِ أَوِ الأَوْزَانِ يُصْبِحُ مَكْرُوهاً لَدَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

17 Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,

17 تَذَكَّرُوا مَا صَنَعَهُ بِكُمْ شَعْبُ عَمَالِيقَ لَدَى خُرُوجِكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ،

18 how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.

18 كَيْفَ تَعَرَّضُوا لَكُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَقَضَوْا عَلَى الْمُسْتَضْعِفِينَ الْمُرْتَحِلِينَ فِي مُؤَخَّرَةِ الشَّعْبِ وَأَنْتُمْ مُرْهَقُونَ تَعَابَى، وَلَمْ يَخَافُوا اللهَ.

19 When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

19 فَمَتَى أَرَاحَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكُمُ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا لَكُمْ مِيرَاثاً، امْحُوا ذِكْرَ شَعْبِ عَمَالِيقَ مِنْ تَحْتِ السَّمَاءِ. لَا تَنْسَوْا هَذَا.