Deuteronômio 20

Tikanga ina Whawhai

1 E haere koe ki te whawhai ki ōu hoariri, ā, ka kite i ngā hōiho me ngā hāriata, i te iwi hoki he tokomaha ake i a koe, kei wehi i a rātou; kei a koe hoki a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i kawea mai ai koe i te whenua o Īhipa. 2 Ā, ka whakatata koutou ki te whawhai, nā, me haere mai te tohunga, me kōrero ki te iwi, 3 ka mea ki a rātou: "Whakarongo, e Īharaira! E whakatata atu ana koutou āianei ki te whawhai ki ō koutou hoariri. Kei hopī ō koutou ngākau; kaua e wehi. Kaua e pōtatutatu, kaua anō hoki e pāwera i tō rātou aroaro; 4 ko Ihowā hoki, ko tō koutou Atua, ko ia te haere tahi ana i a koutou, māna tā koutou whawhai ki ō koutou hoariri, māna koutou e whakaora."

5 Me kōrero anō hoki ngā kaiwhakahauhau ki te iwi, me kī atu: "Tēnei rānei tētahi kua hangā e ia he whare hou, ā, kāhore anō i tāia te kawa? Me haere ia, me hoki atu ki tōna whare, kei mate ki te whawhaitanga, ka riro mā te tangata kē e tā te kawa. 6 Tēnei rānei tētahi kua whakatōkia e ia he māra wāina, ā, kāhore anō i kainga ngā hua? Me haere ia, me hoki atu ki tōna whare, kei mate ki te whawhaitanga, ka riro mā te tangata kē e kai. 7 Tēnei rānei tētahi kua oti tētahi wahine te taumau māna, ā, kāhore anō i tangohia e ia? Me haere ia, me hoki atu ki tōna whare, kei mate ki te whawhaitanga, ka riro mā te tangata kē e tango." 8 Ā, me kōrero anō ngā kaiwhakahauhau ki te iwi, me kī atu, "Tēnei rānei tētahi e wehi ana, e hopī ana te ngākau? Me haere ia, me hoki atu ki tōna whare, kei ngohe ngā ngākau o ōna tēina, kei rite ki tōna ngākau." 9 Nā, ka mutu te kōrero a ngā kaiwhakahauhau ki te iwi, me whakarite e rātou ētahi rangatira ope hei upoko mō te iwi.

10 Ka whakatata atu koe ki te tatau ki tētahi pā, nā, me karanga atu e koe te rangimārie ki reira. 11 Ā, ki te mea he rangimārie tāna e whakahoki mai ai ki a koe, ā, ka whakapuaretia ki a koe, kātahi ka waiho ngā tāngata katoa e kitea e koe ki reira hei kaihōmai takoha ki a koe, hei apa anō rātou māu. 12 Ā, ki te kore e mau tā reira rongo ki a koe, ā, ka anga ki te whawhai ki a koe, kātahi ka whakapaea e koe; 13 ā, ki te hoatu e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki ōu ringa, nā, me patu e koe ngā tāne katoa o reira ki te mata o te hoari. 14 Ko ngā wāhine ia me ngā tamariki, ko ngā kararehe me ngā mea katoa i roto i te pā, ko ngā taonga katoa o reira, me tango e koe māu; ā, ka pau i a koe ngā mea a ōu hoariri, e hoatu ana e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe. 15 Ko tēnei tāu e mea ai ki ngā pā katoa e mamao rawa atu ana i a koe, ehara nei i te pā nō ēnei iwi.

16 Ko ngā pā ia o ēnei iwi, e hoatu nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe hei kāinga tupu, kaua e whakaorangia tētahi mea e whai manawa ana. 17 Engari, me whakangaro rawa rātou e koe – ngā Hiti, ngā Amori, ngā Kanaani, ngā Perihi, ngā Hiwi, ngā Iepuhi – kia rite ki tā Ihowā, ki tā tōu Atua, i whakahau ai ki a koe. 18 Kei whakaakona koutou e rātou ki te mahi i ā rātou mahi whakarihariha katoa e mahia nei e rātou ki ō rātou atua; ā, ka hara koutou ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua.

19 Ki te maha ngā rā e whakapaea ai e koe he pā, e tauria ai kia horo, kei whakakorea e koe ngā rākau o reira, kei ākina atu ki te toki. Nō te mea hei kai ēnā māu, ā, kaua e tuaina e koe; he tangata koia te rākau o te pārae kia whakapaea e koe? 20 Ko ngā rākau anake e mōhio ai koe ehara i te rākau kai, ko ēnā āu e whakakore, ka tua ki raro; ā, ka hangā he taiepa whakapae mō te pā e whawhai ana ki a koe, ā horo noa.

1 When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 3 and shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint; fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye affrighted at them; 4 for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6 And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not used the fruit thereof? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit thereof. 7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart melt as his heart. 9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.

10 When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 13 and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: 14 but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee. 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. 16 But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth; 17 but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; 18 that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God.

19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee? 20 Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.