Deuteronomy 25
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1If 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“Kapau ʻe ai ha fakakikihi ʻi he kau tangata, pea nau omi ki he fakamaau, ke fakamaauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he kau fakamaau: pea kenau fakatonuhia ʻae māʻoniʻoni, mo fakahalaia ʻae angahala.
2If 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.
2Pea ʻe pehē, kapau ʻoku totonu ke taaʻi ʻae angakovi, ʻe fekau ʻe he fakamaau ke fakatokoto ia ki lalo, pea ke taaʻi ia ʻi hono ʻao ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene kovi, mo e tā ʻoku lau.
3He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
3ʻE ngofua ke ʻai ke fāngofulu ʻae tā, ka ʻe ʻikai fakalahi ia: telia, ʻi heʻene fakalahi ia, ʻo taaʻi ʻaki ʻae tā lahi hake ʻi he ngaahi tā ni, ʻe hoko ai ho tokoua ko e kovi lahi ʻi ho ʻao.
4Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
4¶ “ʻOua naʻa ke nonoʻo ʻae ngutu ʻoe pulu ʻi heʻene malaki ʻae uite.
5When 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¶ “Kapau ʻoku nofo fakataha ʻae kāinga, pea pekia hanau tokotaha, pea ʻikai ha fānau, ʻoua naʻa fakamaʻu ʻae uaifi ʻo ia kuo pekia mo ha taha mamaʻo: kae ʻalu kiate ia ʻae tokoua ʻo hono husepāniti, ʻo ʻomi kiate ia ko hono uaifi, pea fai ai ʻae ngāue ʻoe tokoua ʻoe husepāniti kiate ia.
6The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
6Pea ʻe pehē, ko e ʻuluaki tama ʻoku fanauʻi ʻe hoko ia ki he hingoa ʻo hono tokoua ʻaia kuo pekia, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa tāmateʻi hono hingoa mei ʻIsileli.
7But 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.”
7Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai lelei ki he tangata ke ʻomi kiate ia ʻae uaifi ʻo hono tokoua, tuku ke ʻalu ʻae uaifi ʻo hono tokoua ki he kau mātuʻa, ʻo lea pehē, ‘ʻOku taʻeloto ʻae tokoua ʻo hoku husepāniti, ke fakatupu ʻae hingoa ki hono tokoua ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻoku ʻikai fie fai ʻe ia ʻae ngāue ʻae tokoua ʻo hoku husepāniti.’
8Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
8Pea ʻe toki fekau kiate ia ʻe he kau mātuʻa ʻo ʻene kolo, ʻonau lea kiate ia: pea kapau ʻoku maʻu pe hono loto, ʻo ne pehē, ʻOku ʻikai lelei kiate au ke maʻu ia;
9his 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.”
9ʻE toki haʻu kiate ia ʻae uaifi ʻo hono tokoua ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau mātuʻa, ʻo ne vete hono topuvaʻe mei hono vaʻe, pea ʻaʻanu ki hono mata, pea ne lea ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE pehē pe hono fai ki he tangata ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai loto ke langa hake ʻae fale ʻo hono tokoua.’
10And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”
10Pea ʻe ui hono hingoa ʻi ʻIsileli, ‘Ko e fale ʻo ia kuo vete hono topuvaʻe.’
11If two men are fighting, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
11¶ “Kapau ʻe kē ha ongo tangata ʻo fefaʻuhi ʻo fai, pea haʻu ʻae uaifi ʻoe tokotaha ke fakamoʻui hono husepāniti mei he nima ʻo ia ʻoku ne taaʻi ia, pea mafao atu hono nima, ke puke ia ʻi he potu fufū:
12you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
12Te ke tutuʻu hono nima, ʻoua naʻa ʻofa ho mata kiate ia.
13You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
13¶ “ʻOua naʻa ke ʻai ʻi hoʻo kato ʻae ngaahi maka fakamamafa kehekehe, ʻae lahi mo e siʻi.
14You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
14ʻOua naʻa ke maʻu ʻi ho fale ʻae puha fua kehekehe, ʻae lahi mo e siʻi.
15You 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.
15Ka ke maʻu ʻe koe ʻae maka haohaoa mo totonu, mo e puha fua haohaoa mo totonu ko ia te ke maʻu: koeʻuhi ke fakalōloa ai ho ngaahi ʻaho ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe.
16For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
16He ko kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku fai meʻa pehē, mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku fai taʻemāʻoniʻoni, ko e meʻa kovi lahi ia kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.
17Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
17¶ “Manatu ki he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe ʻAmaleki kiate koe ʻi he hala, hili hoʻomou haʻu mei ʻIsipite;
18how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
18ʻA ʻene fakafetaulaki kiate koe ʻi he hala, ʻo ne teʻia ʻa homou mui fononga, ʻio ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe muimui vaivai ʻiate koe, ʻi hoʻo vaivai mo hoʻo ongosia pea naʻe ʻikai manavahē ia ki he ʻOtua.
19When 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!
19Ko ia ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻoka tuku kiate koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻae mālōlō mei ho ngaahi fili kotoa pē ʻoku tuʻu takatakai, ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe ko ho tofiʻa, te ke tāmateʻi ʻae manatu ki ʻAmaleki mei he lalo langi; ʻoua naʻa ke fakangaloʻi eni.
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