战争的条例
“你出去与仇敌作战，若看见马匹、战车，以及比你更多的士兵，不要怕他们，因为领你出埃及地的耶和华－你的神与你同在。
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2你们将要上阵的时候，祭司要来，向士兵宣告，And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
3对他们说：‘以色列啊，要听！你们今日将要与仇敌作战，不要心惊胆战，不要惧怕战兢，也不要因他们惊慌，And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
4因为与你们同去的是耶和华－你们的神，他要为你们与仇敌作战，拯救你们。’For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
5官长也要向士兵宣告说：‘谁建了新的房屋尚未奉献，他可以回家去，免得他阵亡，别人去奉献。And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
6谁栽植了葡萄园尚未享用所结的果子，他可以回家去，免得他阵亡，别人去享用。And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
7谁与女子订了婚尚未迎娶，他可以回家去，免得他阵亡，别人去娶。’And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
8官长要继续对士兵说：‘谁惧怕，心惊胆战，可以回家去，免得他弟兄的心像他的心一样消沉。’And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
9官长向士兵宣告完毕，军官就率领士兵去了。And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
10“你来到一座城，要攻城之前，先向它宣告和平。When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
11那城若愿意以和平回应，给你开城，城里所有的人就要为你做苦工，服事你。And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
12若那城拒绝和平，却要与你打仗，你就要围困那城。And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
13耶和华－你的神把那城交在你手里时，你就要用刀杀尽城里的男丁。And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
14至于妇女、孩童、牲畜和城里所有的，你都可以取为自己的掠物。从仇敌所掠夺的，就是耶和华－你神所赐给你的，你都可以享用。But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
15离你很远的各城，就是不属于这些国家的城镇，你都要这样对待他们。Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16但是这些民族的城镇，就是耶和华－你神所赐给你的产业，其中凡有气息的，一个都不可存留。But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
17你要照耶和华－你神所吩咐的，将这些赫人、亚摩利人、迦南人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人全都灭绝，But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
18免得他们教导你们去行一切可憎恶的事，就是他们向自己神明所行的，使你们得罪耶和华－你们的神。That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
19“你若围困一座城，需要攻打许多日子才能夺取，就不可用斧头砍坏树木。你可以吃树上的果子，却不可把树砍下来。田间的树木岂是人，让你去围攻的吗？When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
20只有那些你知道不能生产食物的树才可以毁坏；你可以把它们砍下来造攻城的工具，攻打那与你打仗的城，直到把城攻下。”Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.