Deuteronomy, 20

1. “If you go out to battle against your enemies, and you see horsemen and chariots, and that the multitude of your adversary’s army is greater than your own, you shall not fear them. For the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, is with you.

1. Ako poðeš u rat na svoje neprijatelje te vidiš konje, kola i narod brojniji od sebe, ne boj ih se! TÓa s tobom je Jahve, Bog tvoj, koji te izveo iz zemlje egipatske.

2. Then, as the battle now draws near, the priest shall stand before the front ranks, and he shall speak to the people in this manner:

2. Prije boja neka sveæenik istupi i govori narodu.

3. ‘Listen, O Israel! Today you engage in a battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear. Do not be apprehensive. Do not yield. You should have no dread of them.

3. Neka im kaže: 'Èuj, Izraele! Danas polazite u boj na neprijatelje svoje. Neka vam srca ne klonu! Ne plašite se! Ne bojte se! Ne dršæite pred njima!

4. For the Lord your God is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.’

4. TÓa Jahve, Bog vaš, ide s vama da se bori za vas protiv vaših neprijatelja i da vas spasi.'

5. Likewise, the officers shall proclaim, throughout every company, in the hearing of the soldiers: ‘What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may dedicate it.

5. Potom neka narodu progovore nadglednici: 'Ima li koga da je sagradio novu kuæu a nije se u nju uselio? Neka se vrati kuæi svojoj da ne pogine u boju pa da se tko drugi u nju ne useli.

6. What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not yet caused it to be common, so that all may eat from it? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may carry out his office.

6. Ima li koga da je zasadio vinograd a još ga nije brao? Neka se vrati domu svome da u boju ne pogine te da mu drugi roda ne obere.

7. What man is there, who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in battle, and another man may take her.’

7. Ima li koga da se zaruèio a nije se oženio? Neka se vrati domu svome da u boju ne pogine te da mu tko drugi zaruènice ne odvede.'

8. After these things have been declared, they shall add the remainder, and shall say to the people: ‘What man is there who is overwhelmed by fear and is fainthearted? Let him go, and return to his house, lest he cause the hearts of his brothers to fear, just as he himself has been thoroughly stricken with fear.’

8. Neka nadglednici nastave te narodu kažu: 'Tko se boji i kome srce trne, neka se vrati domu svome da ne trne srce njegovoj braæi kao njemu.'

9. And when the officers of the army have become silent, and have completed their speech, each one shall prepare his unit to wage war.

9. Kad nadglednici završe govor narodu, neka vojni zapovjednici stanu na èelo naroda.

10. When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.

10. Kada doðeš pod koji grad da na nj navališ, najprije mu ponudi mir.

11. If they receive it, and open the gates to you, then all the people who are in it shall be saved, and they shall serve you by paying tribute.

11. Ako ti odgovori mirom i otvori ti vrata svoja, sav narod što se naðe u njemu podvrgni tlaki neka za te radi.

12. But if they are not willing to enter into an agreement, and they begin to act against you in warfare, then you shall besiege it.

12. Ali ako odbije tvoj mir i zarati s tobom, opsjedni ga.

13. And when the Lord your God will have delivered it into your hands, you shall strike down anyone who is in it, of the male gender, with the edge of the sword,

13. Kad ti ga Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u ruke, sve njegove muškarce pobij oštrim maèem!

14. but not the women and young children, nor the cattle and the other things that are within the city. And you shall divide all the plunder to the soldiers, and you shall eat the spoils from your enemies, which the Lord your God will give to you.

14. A žene, djecu, stoku, sve što bude u gradu - sav plijen - uzmi sebi i uživaj plijen od svojih neprijatelja što ti ga daje Jahve, Bog tvoj.

15. So shall you do to all the cities which are at a great distance from you, those which are not among the cities that you shall receive as a possession.

15. Tako èini sa svim gradovima koji budu vrlo daleko od tebe, koji ne budu gradovi ovih naroda odavde.

16. But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.

16. U gradovima onih naroda koje ti Jahve, Bog tvoj, preda u baštinu ništa ne ostavljaj na životu

17. Instead, you shall put them to death with the edge of the sword, specifically: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.

17. nego ih udari 'heremom' - kletim uništenjem: Hetite i Amorejce, Kanaance i Perižane, Hivijce i Jebusejce, kako ti je Jahve, Bog tvoj, naredio,

18. Otherwise, they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods. And then you would sin against the Lord your God.

18. tako da vas ne nauèe èiniti sve one odvratnosti što ih èine svojim bogovima te da ne sagriješite protiv Jahve, Boga svoga.

19. When you will have besieged a city for a long time, and you will have encircled it with fortifications, so that you may fight against it, you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat, neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region. For it is a tree, and not a man. It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.

19. Kad navališ na kakav grad pa ga moradneš dugo opsjedati da ga osvojiš, nemoj uništavati njegovih stabala zasijecajuæi u njih sjekirom. Možeš im jesti plod, a nemoj ih sjeæi. Jer poljska stabla nisu ljudi da bi ispred tebe mogla bježati u utvrdu.

20. But if there are any trees which are not fruitful, but are wild, and if these are fit for other uses, then cut them down, and make machines, until you have captured the city that is contending against you.”

20. Jedino stabla za koja znaš da nisu voæke možeš ništiti; njih možeš sjeæi i od njih praviti naprave za opsadu grada koji je u ratu protiv tebe dok ne padne.