Deuteronomy, 22

1. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

1. If you find the lost ox or sheep of your brother, do not pretend that you did not see it, but bring it back to its owner.

2. And if thy brother [be] not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

2. If your brother does not live near you, or you do not know to whom the animal belongs, you shall keep it in your house until its owner comes looking for it. Then you shall return it to him.

3. In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.

3. Do the same with his ass, his clothes, or with anything lost by your brother that you happen to find. Do not pretend not to notice them.

4. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift [them] up again.

4. If you see the ass of your brother or his ox fall down by the way, do not pretend not to notice it, but help your brother lift the animal up.

5. The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

5. A woman must not wear a man's clothing, nor a man the clothing of a woman, because whoever does such a thing deserves the reprobation of Yahweh.

6. If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, [whether they be] young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

6. If you find along your way a bird's nest in a tree or on the ground, and the mother-bird is sitting upon the birdlings or upon the eggs, you shall not bring with you the mother-bird together with the young,

7. [But] thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and [that] thou mayest prolong [thy] days.

7. but you shall let the mother go and take only the young. Then you shall prosper and live long.

8. When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

8. When you build a new house, you shall construct a small wall around the roof, lest someone should fall from it, and your house become stained with blood.

9. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.

9. Do not sow any other seed in your vineyard because when you do this, you can neither eat from the produce of the grapes nor from the produce of the other plants.

10. Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

10. Do not plow with an ox and an ass together.

11. Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together.

11. Do not wear a garment woven from wool and linen together.

12. Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest [thyself].

12. Make for yourself tassels on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover yourself.

13. If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

13. It may happen that a man takes a wife and afterwards does not like her,

14. And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

14. so he reproaches her for her behavior, and defames her by saying: "I married this woman, but when I went to bed with her, I found out that she was not a virgin."

15. Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth [the tokens of] the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

15. In this case, the father and mother of the young woman shall take the sheet of the wedding night which proves that she was a virgin, and will show this to the judges of the city.

16. And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

16. The father of the young woman shall then say to the judges: "I have given my daughter as wife to this man, but now that he no longer likes her,

17. And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech [against her], saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these [are the tokens of] my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

17. he pretends that when he married her she was not a virgin. And yet, see, here is the proof of my daughter's virginity."

18. And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

18. They shall spread the sheet before the judges of the city. If the man is guilty, the judges shall arrest him and have him whipped.

19. And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

19. They shall also fine him a hundred silver coins which they shall give to the father of the young woman because the man publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. The husband shall have her as his wife and cannot repudiate her as long as he lives.

20. But if this thing be true, [and the tokens of] virginity be not found for the damsel:

20. But if what the man says is true, and the proof of her virginity is not found,

21. Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

21. then you shall bring her to the door of her father's house and the people shall stone her to death for having committed an evil deed in Israel - becoming a prostitute while still in her father's house. So shall you banish evil from your midst.

22. If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, [both] the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

22. If a man is caught lying with a married woman, the two shall die: the adulterer and the adulteress. So shall you banish evil from Israel.

23. If a damsel [that is] a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

23. If a young woman has been promised in marriage to a man, and another man meets her in the city and lies with her,

24. Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

24. they shall bring the two and stone them to death: the young woman because she did not cry for help when she was in the city, and the man because he dishonored the future wife of his neighbor. So shall you banish evil from your midst.

25. But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

25. But if in the fields, a man meets a young woman promised in marriage, and violates her by force, then only the man shall die.

26. But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; [there is] in the damsel no sin [worthy] of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so [is] this matter:

26. The young woman shall not suffer punishment. She does not deserve death, for this case is similar to a highwayman who falls upon a man and murders him; in the same manner, the young woman was assaulted.

27. For he found her in the field, [and] the betrothed damsel cried, and [there was] none to save her.

27. She was alone in the fields, she cried but no one came to help her.

28. If a man find a damsel [that is] a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

28. If a man meets a young virgin who is not promised in marriage to another man, and that man violates her by force, and they are caught by surprise,

29. Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

29. the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty pieces of silver, and take her as his wife, because he has dishonored her, and he cannot send her away all his life.

30. A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

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