1 Neupurē Kungam, savam Dievam, vērsi vai avi, kam ir kāda vaina vai trūkums, – Kungam, tavam Dievam, tā ir preteklība!
2 Ja kādā vietā, ko Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev devis un kur tu mīti, uzrodas kāds vīrs vai sieva un dara to, kas Kungam, tavam Dievam, šķiet ļauns, un pārkāpj viņa derību, 3 ja iet un kalpo citiem dieviem un zemojas tiem vai saulei, vai mēnesim, vai kādam no debesu pulka, ko es neesmu pavēlējis, 4 un tas tiek tev pastāstīts, un tu to esi dzirdējis, tad izmeklē labi, un, redzi, ja patiešām ir skaidrs, ka šāda riebeklība Israēlā ir darīta, 5 tad ved to vīru vai sievu, kas šo ļaunumu darījis, pie saviem vārtiem un nomētājiet to vīru vai sievu akmeņiem! 6 Tie var tikt nonāvēti pēc divu vai trīs liecinieku liecības; pēc viena liecinieka liecības tie nedrīkst tikt nonāvēti! 7 Liecinieks lai pirmais paceļ pret tiem roku, lai nonāvētu, un visa tauta pēc tam. Izsvel ļaunumu no sava vidus!
Tiesnešu un priesteru spriedums
8 Ja kāda no daudzajām tiesu lietām, kas tev radīsies tur, kur tu dzīvosi, būs par grūtu tavam spriedumam – par asinsizliešanu, prasību vai nodarījumu –, tad celies un ej uz vietu, ko izvēlēsies Kungs, tavs Dievs. 9 Ej pie levītiem priesteriem un pie tiesneša, kurš būs tajā laikā, un prasi, lai tie tev saka, kāds ir spriedums! 10 Dari tieši tā, kā viņi tev teiks tajā vietā, ko Kungs būs izvēlējies; piesargies, ka tu izdari visu, kā viņi norādīs! 11 Rīkojies pēc tās bauslības un tiesas, ko viņi tev norādīs, nenovērsies no tā, ko viņi tev teiks, ne pa labi, ne pa kreisi! 12 Ja kāds savā pārdrošībā neklausīs priesteri, kurš iecelts, lai kalpotu Kungam, tavam Dievam, vai tiesnesi, tas lai mirst! Izsvel ļaunumu no Israēla! 13 Visa tauta lai klausās, bīstas un nekad vairs neuzdrošinās tā darīt!
Ķēniņa varas ierobežojumi
14 Kad tu nonāksi zemē, ko Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dod, un iemantosi to un mitīsi tur, un tad teiksi: es iecelšu sev ķēniņu kā citas tautas, kas ap mani! – 15 tad iecel sev ķēniņu, ko izraudzīsies Kungs, tavs Dievs. Iecel sev ķēniņu no saviem brāļiem; tu nedrīksti iecelt svešzemnieku, kas nav no taviem brāļiem! 16 Tikai lai viņš negādā sev vairāk zirgu un neved tautu atpakaļ uz Ēģipti, lai gādātu vēl vairāk zirgu, jo Kungs ir jums teicis: nekad vairs negriezieties pa šo ceļu atpakaļ! 17 Lai viņš negādā sev vairāk sievu, ka tās nenovērš viņa sirdi, un lai nekrāj pārāk daudz sudraba un zelta. 18 Kad viņš sēdīsies savas valsts tronī, tad lai ņem no levītiem priesteriem un raksta grāmatā šīs bauslības norakstu. 19 Lai tā ir pie viņa, lai viņš to lasa visas savas dzīves dienas, lai mācās bīties Kunga, sava Dieva, lai ievēro visas šīs bauslības vārdus un pilda šos likumus. 20 Lai nepaaugstinās pār saviem brāļiem, lai nenovēršas no baušļiem ne pa labi, ne pa kreisi, tad viņš paildzinās savas valdīšanas dienas, viņš un viņa dēli Israēlā.
1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
2 ¶ If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it , and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
8 ¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee: 11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. 13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
14 ¶ When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
