Deuteronômio 21

Kōhuru Kīhai i Mōhiotia nā Wai

1 E kitea te tangata i whakamatea ki te whenua i hōmai e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, hei kāinga mōu, e takoto ana i te pārae, ā, kāhore e mōhiotia nā wai i patu. 2 Nā, me puta mai ōu kaumātua me ōu kaiwhakawā, ka whanganga atu ki ngā pā i tētahi taha o te tūpāpaku, i tētahi taha. 3 Nā, ko te pā e tata ana ki te tūpāpaku, me tiki e ngā kaumātua o taua pā tētahi kūao kau, hei te uha, hei te mea kāhore anō i whakamahia, kāhore nei i tō ioka. 4 Me kawe anō hoki e ngā kaumātua o taua pā te kūao kau ki raro, ki tētahi awaawa wai, kāhore nei i ngakia, i whakatōkia rānei, ka whawhati ai i te kakī o te kau ki reira, ki te awaawa. 5 Nā, ka whakatata ngā tohunga, ngā tama a Rīwai; ko rātou hoki tā Ihowā, tā tōu Atua, i whiriwhiri ai hei minita ki a ia, hei manaaki anō hoki i runga i te ingoa o Ihowā; ā, mā rātou te kupu mō ngā tautohe katoa, mō ngā patu katoa. 6 Nā, me horoi e ngā kaumātua katoa o taua pā, e tata ana ki te tūpāpaku, ō rātou ringa ki runga ki te kūao kau i whatia nei te kakī ki te awaawa; 7 nā, ka kōrero rātou, ka mea: "Kīhai i whakahekea tēnei toto e ō mātou ringa, kīhai anō ō mātou kanohi i kite. 8 Kia mārie ki tōu iwi ki a Īharaira, e Ihowā, i hokona nei e koe, kaua anō hoki e whakairia he toto harakore ki runga ki tāu iwi, ki a Īharaira." Nā, ka whai whakamārie rātou mō aua toto. 9 Pēnei ka whakakorea te toto harakore i roto i a koe, ina mea koe i te mea e tika ana ki tā Ihowā titiro.

Ngā Wāhine Whakarau

10 Ka haere koe ki te whawhai ki ōu hoariri, ā, ka hōmai rātou e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki ōu ringa, ā, ka whakaraua rātou e koe hei whakarau; 11 ā, ka kite koe i tētahi wahine ātaahua i roto i ngā whakarau, ā, ka hiahia koe ki a ia, ka mea ki te tango i a ia hei wahine māu. 12 Nā, me kawe ia e koe ki tōu whare; ā, me heu e ia tōna mātenga, ka whakapai i ōna maikuku; 13 nā, me whakarere e ia te kākahu o tōna whakaraunga, ā, ka noho ki tōu whare, ka tangi ki tōna pāpā, ki tōna whaea, kia kotahi tino marama; ā muri iho ka haere atu koe ki a ia, ā, ka meinga hei tahu ki a ia, ko ia hoki hei wahine māu. 14 Ā, ki te kāhore koe e whakaahuareka ki a ia, me tuku atu ia e koe ki tāna wāhi e pai ai, kaua rawa e hokona ki te moni, kaua hoki e waiho hei mea pononga; he mea hoki kua whakaititia nei ia e koe.

Ngā Tikanga mō te Mātāmua

15 Ki te tokorua ngā wāhine a tētahi tangata, kotahi e arohaina ana, kotahi e kinongia ana, ā, kua whānau he tamariki māna i te mea e arohaina ana, i te mea hoki e kinongia ana; ā, nā te mea e kinongia ana te tama mātāmua. 16 Ā, ka tae ki te rā e whakarērea iho ai e ia āna mea mā āna tamariki, e kore e āhei kia meinga hei mātāmua te tama a te mea e arohaina ana, arā hei kauaemua mō te tino mātāmua, mō te tama a te wahine e kinongia ana. 17 Engari, me whakaae ia ki te tama a te mea e kinongia ana, ko ia te mātāmua, me hoatu ki a ia ngā wāhi e rua o āna mea katoa. Nō te mea ko ia te tīmatanga o tōna kaha; māna ngā tikanga o te mātāmua.

Ngā Tama Tutū

18 Ki te mea he whakakeke, he whakatoi, te tama a tētahi tangata, ā, kāhore e rongo ki te reo o tōna pāpā, ki te reo rānei o tōna whaea, ā, ahakoa ka whiua e rāua, kāhore e rongo ki a rāua, 19 nā, me mau tōna pāpā rāua ko tōna whaea ki a ia, ka kawe i a ia ki ngā kaumātua o tōna pā, ki te kūwaha o tōna wāhi. 20 Ā, ka mea ki ngā kaumātua o tōna pā, "Ko tēnei tama a māua he whakakeke, he whakatoi, ā, e kore e rongo ki ō māua reo; he tangata haututū, he poro haurangi." 21 Kātahi ngā tāngata katoa o tōna pā ka āki i a ia ki te kōhatu, kia mate; ā, ka whakakorea atu e koe te kino i roto i a koe, ā, ka rongo a Īharaira katoa, ka wehi.

He Ture Momo Kē

22 Ki te mea anō he hara tō te tangata e tika ai te mate mōna, ā, ka whakamatea, ā, ka tāronatia e koe ki runga ki te rākau; 23 kaua e waiho tōna tinana runga i te rākau i te pō, engari, me tino tanu i taua rangi anō; he mea kanga hoki nā te Atua te tangata i tāronatia; kei poke tōu oneone, e hoatu nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe hei kāinga tupu.

1 If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him; 2 then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: 3 and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 4 and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be. 6 And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley; 7 and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8 Forgive, O Jehovah, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood to remain in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

10 When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive, 11 and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife; 12 then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; 13 and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.

15 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; 16 then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born: 17 but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; 19 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree; 23 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.