Deuteronomio 20
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Mga Tuntunin tungkol sa Pakikidigma
20 “Kung kayo'y makikipagdigma, huwag kayong matatakot kahit na mas malaki ang hukbong kalaban ninyo at mas marami ang kanilang kabayo at karwahe, sapagkat kasama ninyo si Yahweh, ang Diyos na naglabas sa inyo sa Egipto. 2 Bago kayo makipaglaban, tatayo ang isang pari sa unahan ng hukbo at sasabihin niya 3 ang ganito: ‘Pakinggan mo, Israel! Sa araw na ito ay makikipagdigma ka. Lakasan mo ang iyong loob at huwag kang matakot 4 sapagkat kasama mo ang Diyos mong si Yahweh; siya ang makikipaglaban para sa iyo at pagtatagumpayin ka niya.’ 5 Ganito naman ang sasabihin ng mga pinunong kawal: ‘Sinuman ang may bagong bahay subalit hindi pa ito naitatalaga ay maaari nang umuwi; baka siya'y mamatay sa labanan at iba pa ang tumira sa bahay niya. 6 Sinuman ang may bagong ubasan subalit hindi pa nakakatikim ng bunga niyon ay maaari nang umuwi; baka siya'y mamatay sa labanan at iba pa ang makinabang sa kanyang ubasan. 7 Sinuman sa inyo ang nakatakdang ikasal subalit hindi pa nagsasama ay maaari nang umuwi; baka siya'y mamatay sa labanan at iba pa ang magpakasal sa kanyang minamahal. 8 Sinuman sa inyo ang natatakot o naduduwag ay maaari nang umuwi; baka maduwag ding kagaya niya ang iba.’ 9 Matapos itong sabihin ng mga pinunong kawal, maglalagay sila ng mga mangunguna sa bawat pangkat.
10 “Bago ninyo salakayin ang isang lunsod, alamin muna ninyo kung gusto nilang sumuko. 11 Kapag binuksan nila ang pintuan ng kanilang lunsod at sumuko sa inyo, magiging alipin ninyo sila at magtatrabaho para sa inyo. 12 Kung ayaw nilang sumuko at sa halip ay gustong lumaban, kubkubin ninyo sila. 13 Kapag sila'y nalupig na ninyo sa tulong ng Diyos ninyong si Yahweh, patayin ninyo ang lahat ng kalalakihan roon. 14 Bihagin ninyo ang mga babae at ang mga bata, at samsamin ang mga hayop at lahat ng maaari ninyong makuha. Para sa inyo ang mga iyon, at maaari ninyong kunin sapagkat ipinagkaloob sa inyo ni Yahweh. 15 Ganyan ang gagawin ninyo sa mga lunsod na malayo sa inyo. 16 Ngunit sa mga lunsod sa lupaing ibibigay sa inyo ni Yahweh ay wala kayong ititirang buháy. 17 Lipulin ninyo ang mga Heteo, Amoreo, Cananeo, Perezeo, Hivita at Jebuseo, tulad ng utos sa inyo ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos. 18 Kailangang gawin ninyo ito upang hindi nila kayo maakit sa kasuklam-suklam nilang pagsamba sa kanilang mga diyus-diyosan. Sa ganito'y makakaiwas kayo sa paggawa ng isang bagay na kasuklam-suklam kay Yahweh.
19 “Kapag kinubkob ninyo ang isang lunsod, huwag ninyong putulin ang mga punongkahoy doon kahit matagal na ninyong kinukubkob ang lugar na iyon. Ang mga puno ay hindi ninyo kaaway, bagkus makakapagbigay pa ito sa inyo ng pagkain, kaya huwag ninyo itong puputulin. 20 Ang mga puno na hindi makakain ang bunga ang siya ninyong puputulin kung kailangan ninyo sa pagkubkob.
Deuteronomy 20
English Standard Version
Laws Concerning Warfare
20 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and see (A)horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is (B)with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And when you draw near to the battle, (C)the priest shall come forward and speak to the people 3 and shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel, today you are drawing near for battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint. Do not fear or panic or be in dread of them, 4 for the Lord your God is he who goes with you (D)to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.’ 5 Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying, ‘Is there any man who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it. 6 And is there any man who has planted a vineyard and has not (E)enjoyed its fruit? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man enjoy its fruit. 7 (F)And is there any man who has betrothed a wife and has not taken her? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.’ 8 And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, (G)‘Is there any man who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, lest he make the heart of his fellows melt like his own.’ 9 And when the officers have finished speaking to the people, then commanders shall be appointed at the head of the people.
10 “When you draw near to a city to fight against it, (H)offer terms of peace to it. 11 And if it responds to you peaceably and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall serve you. 12 But if it makes no peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it. 13 And when the Lord your God gives it into your hand, (I)you shall put all its males to the sword, 14 (J)but the women and the little ones, the livestock, and everything else in the city, all its spoil, you (K)shall take as plunder for yourselves. And (L)you shall enjoy the spoil of your enemies, which the Lord your God has given you. 15 Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not cities of the nations here. 16 But (M)in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes, 17 but (N)you shall devote them to complete destruction,[a] the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as the Lord your God has commanded, 18 that (O)they may not teach you to do according to all their abominable practices that they have done for their gods, and so you (P)sin against the Lord your God.
19 “When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, (Q)you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them. You may eat from them, but you shall not cut them down. Are the trees in the field human, that they should be besieged by you? 20 Only the trees that you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, that you may build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 20:17 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
