1Suppose a man marries a woman. But later he decides he doesn’t like her. He finds something shameful about her. So he gives her a letter of divorce and sends her away from his house. 2Then after she leaves his house she becomes another man’s wife. 3But her second husband doesn’t like her either. So he gives her a letter of divorce and sends her away from his house. Or perhaps he dies. 4Then her first husband isn’t allowed to marry her again. The Lord would hate that. When her first husband divorced her, she became “unclean.” Don’t bring sin on the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own.
5Suppose a man has just married his wife. Then don’t send him into battle. Don’t give him any other duty either. He’s free to stay home for one year. He needs time to make his new wife happy.
6Someone might borrow money from you and give you two millstones to keep until you are paid back. Don’t keep them. Don’t even keep the upper one. That person needs both millstones to make a living.
7Suppose someone is caught kidnapping another Israelite. And they sell or treat that person as a slave. Then the kidnapper must die. Get rid of that evil person.
8What about skin diseases? Be very careful to do exactly what the priests, who are Levites, tell you to do. You must be careful to obey the commands I’ve given them. 9Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam on your way out of Egypt.
10Suppose your neighbor borrows something from you. And he offers you something to keep until you get paid back. Then don’t go into their house to get it. 11Stay outside. Let the neighbor bring it out to you. 12The neighbor might be poor. You might be given their coat to keep until you get paid back. Don’t go to sleep while you still have it. 13Return it before the sun goes down. They need it to sleep in and will thank you for returning it. The Lord your God will see it and know that you have done the right thing.
14Don’t take advantage of any hired worker who is poor and needy. That applies to your own people. It also applies to outsiders living in one of your towns. 15Give them their pay every day. They are poor and are counting on it. If you don’t pay them, they might cry out to the Lord against you. Then you will be guilty of committing a sin.
16Parents must not be put to death because of what their children do. And children must not be put to death because of what their parents do. People must die because of their own sins.
17Do what is right and fair for outsiders and for children whose fathers have died. Suppose a widow borrows something from you. And she offers to give you her coat until she pays you back. Don’t take it. 18Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. Remember that the Lord your God set you free from there. That’s why I’m commanding you to do those things.
19When you are gathering crops in your field, you might leave some grain behind by mistake. Don’t go back to get it. Leave it behind for outsiders and widows. Leave it for children whose fathers have died. Then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do. 20When you knock olives off your trees, don’t go back over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for outsiders and widows. Leave it for children whose fathers have died. 21When you pick grapes in your vineyard, don’t go back over the vines a second time. Leave what remains for outsiders and widows. Leave it for children whose fathers have died. 22Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That’s why I’m commanding you to do these things.
124.1: Mt 5.31; 19.7; Mk 10.4.Bí ọkùnrin kan bá fẹ́ obìnrin kan, tí ó sì gbe ní ìyàwó, yóò sì ṣe, bí obìnrin náà kò bá rí ojúrere ní ojú ọkùnrin náà, nítorí ó rí ohun àìtọ́ kan lára rẹ̀, ǹjẹ́ kí ó kọ ìwé ìkọ̀sílẹ̀ fún obìnrin náà, kí ó sì fi lé e lọ́wọ́, kí ó sì ran jáde kúrò nínú ilé rẹ̀, 2tí ó bá di ìyàwó ọkùnrin mìíràn lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí ó kúrò nílé rẹ, 3àti tí ọkọ rẹ̀ kejì kò bá fẹ́ràn rẹ̀ tí ó sì kọ ìwé-ẹ̀rí ìkọ̀sílẹ̀ sí i, kí ó fi fún un kí ó sì lé e kúrò nílé e rẹ̀, tàbí tí ọkọ rẹ̀ kejì bá kú, 4nígbà náà ni ọkọ, tí ó ti kọ̀ ọ́ sílẹ̀, kò gbọdọ̀ fẹ́ ẹ mọ́ lẹ́yìn tí ó ti di àìmọ́. Nítorí èyí ni ìríra níwájú Olúwa. Má ṣe mú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wá sórí ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ yóò fi fún ọ bí ogún.
5Bí ọkùnrin kan bá ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ gbéyàwó, o kò gbọdọ̀ ran lọ sí ogun tàbí kí ó ní iṣẹ́ kan láti ṣe. Ó ní láti ní òmìnira fún ọdún kan kí ó dúró sílé kí ó sì mú inú dídùn bá ìyàwó rẹ̀ tí ó fẹ́.
624.6,10-13: El 22.26,27.Ẹnikẹ́ni kò gbọdọ̀ gba ìyá ọlọ tàbí ọmọ ọlọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ohun ìdúró fún gbèsè, nítorí pé ẹ̀mí ènìyàn ni ó gbà ní pàṣípàrọ̀ n nì.
724.7: Ek 21.16; 1Kọ 5.13.Bí a bá mú ọkùnrin kan tí ó jí ọ̀kan nínú arákùnrin rẹ̀ ní Israẹli gbé àti tí ó jí ọ̀kan nínú ẹrú tàbí kí ó tà á, ẹni tí ó jí ènìyàn gbé ní láti kú. Ẹ ní láti wẹ búburú kúrò láàrín yín.
824.8,9: Le 13–14.Ní ti ààrùn ẹ̀tẹ̀ kíyèsára láti máa ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn àlùfáà tí wọ́n jẹ́ ọmọ Lefi ti pàṣẹ fún ọ. O ní láti máa fi ìṣọ́ra tẹ̀lé ohun tí mo ti pàṣẹ fún wọn. 9Rántí ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ ṣe sí Miriamu lójú ọ̀nà lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí o jáde kúrò ní Ejibiti.
10Nígbà tí o bá wín arákùnrin rẹ ní ohunkóhun, má ṣe lọ sí ilé rẹ̀ láti gba ohun tí ó bá mú wá bí ẹ̀rí. 11Dúró síta gbangba kí o sì jẹ́ kí ọkùnrin tí o wín mú ògo rẹ jáde wá fún ọ. 12Bí ọkùnrin náà bá jẹ́ tálákà má ṣe lọ sùn ti ìwọ ti ògo rẹ. 13Dá aṣọ ìlekè rẹ padà ní àṣálẹ́ kí ó bá à le sùn lórí i rẹ̀. Nígbà náà ni yóò dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ rẹ, ó sì máa jásí ìwà òdodo níwájú Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ.
1424.14,15: Le 19.13; Jk 5.4.Má ṣe ni alágbàṣe kan lára tí ó jẹ́ tálákà àti aláìní, bóyá ó jẹ́ arákùnrin Israẹli tàbí àlejò tí ó ń gbé ní ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìlú rẹ. 15San owó iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ ní ọjọ́ kan náà kí ó tó di àṣálẹ́, nítorí ó jẹ́ tálákà, ó sì gbẹ́kẹ̀lé e bí kò ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ ó lè ké pe Olúwa sí ọ, o sì máa gba ìdálẹ́bi ẹ̀ṣẹ̀.
16Baba kò gbọdọ̀ kú fún àwọn ọmọ wọn tàbí kí àwọn ọmọ kú fún baba wọ́n; olúkúlùkù ní láti kú fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ òun tìkára rẹ̀.
1724.17,18: Ek 22.21-24; 23.9; Le 19.33,34.Má ṣe yí ìdájọ́ po fún àlejò tàbí aláìní baba, tàbí gba aṣọ ìlekè opó bí ẹ̀rí. 18Rántí pé o jẹ́ ẹrú ní Ejibiti tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ sì gbà ọ́ níbẹ̀. Ìdí nìyí tí mo fi pa á láṣẹ fún ọ láti ṣe èyí.
1924.19-22: Le 19.9,10; 23.22.Nígbà tí o bá ń kórè oko rẹ tí o sì fojú fo ìtí kan, má ṣe padà lọ mú u. Fi í kalẹ̀ fún àwọn àlejò, aláìní baba àti opó, kí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ lè bùkún fún gbogbo iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ ọ̀ rẹ. 20Nígbà tí o bá ń gun igi olifi lára àwọn igi i rẹ, má ṣe padà lọ sí ẹ̀ka náà ní ìgbà kejì. Fi èyí tí ó kù fún àlejò, aláìní baba àti opó. 21Nígbà tí ìwọ bá kórè èso àjàrà nínú ọgbà àjàrà rẹ, má ṣe lọ sí ọgbà náà mọ́. Fi èyí tí ó kù fún àlejò, aláìní baba àti opó. 22Rántí pé ìwọ ti jẹ́ àlejò ní Ejibiti. Ìdí nìyí tí mo fi pa á láṣẹ fún ọ láti ṣe èyí.
