Deuteronômio 20

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1 Quando saíres à guerra contra teus inimigos e vires cavalos, carros e um exército mais numeroso que o teu, não tenhas medo, porque o Senhor, teu Deus, que te tirou do Egito, está contigo.	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.
2 Quando se aproximar o momento do combate, o sacerdote se adiantará para falar ao povo: Ouve, Israel! lhe dirá ele.	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:
3 Ides hoje combater contra os vossos inimigos: que vossa coragem não desfaleça! Não temais, nem vos perturbeis, nem vos deixeis amedrontar por eles.	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.
4 Porque o Senhor, vosso Deus, marcha convosco para combater contra os vossos inimigos e para vos dar a vitória.	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.’
5 Os oficiais dirão em seguida ao povo: há alguém entre vós que tenha edificado uma casa e não a tenha ainda inaugurado? Que esse volte para a sua casa; não suceda que morra no combate e um outro venha a habitar primeiro do que ele em sua casa.	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.
6 Há alguém entre vós que tenha plantado uma vinha e não tenha ainda desfrutado dela? Que esse volte para a sua casa; não suceda que pereça no combate e outro venha a colher os primeiros frutos.	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.
7 Há alguém que tenha desposado uma mulher e não a tenha ainda recebido? Que esse volte para a sua casa; não suceda que morra no combate e outro a despose.	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.’
8 Os oficiais dirão ainda ao povo: há alguém medroso e de coração tímido? Que esse volte para a sua casa; não suceda que o coração de seus irmãos desfaleça como o seu.	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.’
9 Quando os oficiais tiverem acabado de falar ao povo, serão colocados os chefes das tropas à testa do povo.	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.
10 Quando te aproximares para combater uma cidade, oferecer-lhe-ás primeiramente a paz.	10 When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.
11 Se ela concordar e te abrir suas portas, toda a população te pagará tributo e te servirá.	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.
12 Se te recusar a paz e começar a guerra contra ti, tu a cercarás,	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.
13 e quando o Senhor, teu Deus, ta houver entregue nas mãos, passarás a fio de espada todos os varões que nela houver.	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,
14 Só tomarás para ti as mulheres, as crianças, os rebanhos e tudo o que se encontrar na cidade, e viverás dos despojos dos teus inimigos que o Senhor, teu Deus, e tiver dado.	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.
15 Farás assim a todas as cidades muito afastadas, que não são do número das cidades dessas nações.	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.
16 Quanto às cidades daqueles povos cuja possessão te dá o Senhor, teu Deus, não deixarás nelas alma viva.	16 But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.
17 Segundo a ordem do Senhor, teu Deus, votarás ao interdito os hiteus, os amorreus, os cananeus, os ferezeus, os heveus e os jebuseus,	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.
18 para que não suceda que eles vos ensinem a imitar as abominações que praticam em honra de seus deuses, e venhais a pecar contra o Senhor, vosso Deus.	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.
19 Quando sitiares uma cidade durante longo tempo e tiveres de lutar para apoderar-te dela, não cortarás as árvores a golpe de machado; comerás os seus frutos, mas não derrubarás as árvores. A árvore do campo seria porventura um homem para que a ataques?	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.
20 Somente aquelas árvores que souberes não serem frutíferas poderás destruí-las e abatê-las para os trabalhos do cerco contra a cidade inimiga, ate que ela sucumba.	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.”