Deuteronomio 21
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Pagpapasya tungkol sa Di-malutas na Krimen
21 “Kapag naroon na kayo sa lupaing ibibigay sa inyo ng Diyos ninyong si Yahweh at may nakita kayong bangkay sa parang at hindi ninyo alam kung sino ang pumatay, 2 ipagbigay-alam ninyo iyon sa matatandang pinuno at mga hukom upang sukatin nila ang distansya ng mga lunsod sa lugar na pinangyarihan ng krimen. 3 Pagkatapos, ang pinuno ng pinakamalapit na lunsod ay kukuha ng isang dumalagang baka na hindi pa napapagtrabaho. 4 Dadalhin nila ito sa isang batis na may umaagos na tubig, sa isang lugar na hindi pa nabubungkal ni natatamnan. Pagdating doon, babaliin ang leeg ng baka. 5 Pagkatapos, lalapit ang mga paring Levita sapagkat sila ang pinili ni Yahweh upang maglingkod sa kanya at upang magbigay ng basbas sa pamamagitan ng kanyang pangalan. Sila ay magpapasya sa bawat usapin. 6 Ang mga pinuno ng lunsod na malapit sa pinangyarihan ng krimen ay maghuhugas ng kanilang mga kamay sa ibabaw ng dumalagang baka. 7 Sasabihin nila, ‘Hindi kami ang pumatay. Hindi rin namin alam kung sino ang gumawa nito. 8 Patawarin mo po, Yahweh, ang iyong bayang Israel na iyong iniligtas. Huwag mo po kaming panagutin sa pagkamatay ng taong ito.’ 9 Hindi kayo mananagot sa mga ganitong pangyayari kung gagawin ninyo ang naaayon sa kagustuhan ni Yahweh.
Mga Tuntunin tungkol sa mga Bihag na Babae
10 “Kung pagtagumpayin kayo ng Diyos ninyong si Yahweh sa pakikipagdigma sa inyong mga kaaway at sila'y mabihag ninyo, 11 at kung sakaling may makita kayong magandang babae mula sa mga bihag at nais ninyo itong maging asawa, 12 dalhin ninyo siya sa inyong bahay, ipaahit ninyo ang kanyang buhok, ipaputol ang mga kuko, 13 at pagbihisin. Mananatili siya sa inyong bahay sa loob ng isang buwan upang ipagluksa ang kanyang mga magulang. Pagkatapos, maaari na siyang pakasalan at sipingan. 14 Subalit kung ang lalaki'y hindi na nasisiyahan sa kanya, dapat na niya itong palayain. Hindi siya maaaring ipagbili at gawing alipin sapagkat nadungisan na ang kanyang puri.
Tuntunin tungkol sa Karapatan ng Panganay
15 “Kung ang isang lalaki ay may dalawang asawa, at mas mahal niya ang isa, ngunit kapwa may anak at ang panganay niyang lalaki ay ipinanganak doon sa hindi niya gaanong mahal, 16 huwag aalisin sa kanya ang karapatan bilang panganay upang ilipat sa anak ng asawa na kanyang minamahal. 17 Ang kikilalaning panganay ay ang una niyang anak at dito ibibigay ang dalawang bahagi ng kanyang ari-arian, kahit siya'y anak ng hindi gaanong mahal.
Tuntunin tungkol sa Anak na Matigas ang Ulo
18 “Kung matigas ang ulo at suwail ang isang anak, at ayaw makinig sa kanyang mga magulang sa kabila ng kanilang pagdisiplina, 19 siya ay dadalhin ng kanyang mga magulang sa pintuang-bayan at ihaharap sa pinuno ng bayan. 20 Ang sasabihin nila, ‘Matigas ang ulo at suwail ang anak naming ito; at ayaw makinig sa amin. Siya ay lasenggo at nilulustay ang aming kayamanan.’ 21 Pagkatapos, babatuhin siya ng taong-bayan hanggang sa mamatay. Ganyan ang inyong gagawin sa masasamang tulad niya. Mapapabalita ito sa buong Israel at matatakot silang tumulad doon.
Iba't ibang Tuntunin
22 “Kapag ibinitin ninyo sa punongkahoy ang bangkay ng isang taong pinatay bilang parusa sa nagawang kasalanan, 23 hindi(A) dapat abutan ng gabi ang bangkay na iyon sa ganoong kalagayan. Kailangan siyang ilibing sa araw ding iyon, sapagkat ang ibinitin sa punongkahoy ay isinumpa ng Diyos. Kapag hindi ninyo inilibing agad, madadamay sa sumpa ang lupaing ibinigay sa inyo ng Diyos ninyong si Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 21
English Standard Version
Atonement for Unsolved Murders
21 “If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, 2 then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities. 3 And the elders of the city that is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer (A)that has never been worked and that has not pulled in a yoke. 4 And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. 5 Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen (B)them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and (C)by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled. 6 And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man (D)shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7 and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. 8 Accept atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and (E)do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’ 9 So (F)you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.
Marrying Female Captives
10 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive, 11 and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your wife, 12 and you bring her home to your house, she shall shave her head and pare her nails. 13 And she shall take off the clothes in which she was captured and shall remain in your house and (G)lament her father and her mother a full month. After that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. 14 But if you no longer delight in her, you shall (H)let her go where she wants. But you shall not sell her for money, nor shall you (I)treat her as a slave, since you have humiliated her.
Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn
15 “If a man has two wives, (J)the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,[a] 16 then on the day when (K)he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, 17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is (L)the firstfruits of his strength. (M)The right of the firstborn is his.
A Rebellious Son
18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, 20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 (N)Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. (O)So you shall purge the evil from your midst, (P)and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
A Man Hanged on a Tree Is Cursed
22 “And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 (Q)his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for (R)a hanged man is cursed by God. (S)You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 21:15 Or hated; also verses 16, 17
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
