Cebuano Ang Bible (Bugna Version)

1Dili ka maghalad kang Jehova nga imong Dios ug vaca kun carnero, nga adunay ikasaway, kun bisan unsa nga dautan, kay kana butang nga dulumtanan kang Jehova nga imong Dios. 2Kong may hikaplagan sa taliwala mo sa sulod sa bisan unsa sa imong mga ganghaan nga ginahatag kanimo ni Jehova nga imong Dios, lalake kun babaye, nga nagabuhat sa dautan sa mga mata ni Jehova nga imong Dios, sa paglapas sa iyang tugon, 3Ug miadto ug mialagad sa laing mga dios, ug misimba kanila, kun sa adlaw kun sa bulan, kun sa bisan unsa sa panon sa langit, nga wala ko isugo, 4Ug igapahibalo kanimo, ug ikaw nakadungog niini; unya, magasusi ikaw nga masingkamuton, ug, ania karon, kong kini matuod, ug ang butang tinuod, nga ang maong dulumtanan ginabuhat diha sa Israel, 5Unya pagadad-on mo kanang lalake kun kanang babaye, nga nagbuhat niining dautan nga butang, ngadto sa imong mga ganghaan, ang lalake kun ang babaye, ug pagabun-on mo sila sa mga bato hangtud nga mamatay. 6Tungod sa pulong sa duruha ka mga saksi, kun sa totolo ka mga saksi, pagapatyon ang kinahanglan mamatay; dili siya mamatay tungod sa pulong sa usa lamang ka saksi. 7Ang mga kamot sa mga saksi mao ang una nga idapat kaniya sa pagpatay kaniya, ug sa human niini, ang mga kamot sa tanan nga katawohan. Busa pagakuhaon mo ang dautan sa taliwala mo. 8Kong may moabut nga butang nga malisud kanimo sa paghukom, sa taliwala sa dugo ug dugo, sa taliwala sa hangyo ug hangyo, ug sa taliwala sa bunal ug bunal, sa mga butang sa pagkalalis sa sulod sa imong mga ganghaan, unya motindog ka, ug moadto ka sa dapit nga pagapilion ni Jehova nga imong Dios; 9Ug moadto ka sa mga sacerdote nga Levihanon, ug sa maghuhukom niadtong mga adlawa, ug magapangutana ka; ug ilang igatudlo kanimo ang sentencia sa paghukom. 10Ug pagabuhaton mo sumala sa hukom nga igatudlo nila kanimo nga gikan niadtong dapit nga pagapilion ni Jehova; ug pagamatngonan mo ang pagbuhat sumala sa tanan nga ilang igatudlo kanimo: 11Ingon sa kahulogan sa Kasugoan nga ilang igatudlo kanimo, ug ingon sa paghukom nga ilang igaingon kaninyo, pagabuhaton mo; dili ka motipas gikan sa hukom nga ilang igapahayag kanimo, bisan sa too, bisan sa wala. 12Ug ang tawo nga palabilabihon, nga dili magatuman sa sacerdote nga anaa sa pag-alagad didto sa atubangan ni Jehova nga imong Dios, kun sa maghuhukom, bisan pa ang maong tawo mamatay: ug pagakuhaon mo ang dautan sa Israel. 13Ug ang tibook nga katawohan magapatalinghug, ug mahadlok ug dili na magapalabilabi. 14Kong mahiabut ka na sa yuta nga gihatag kanimo ni Jehova nga imong Dios, ug magatag-iya niini ug magapuyo niini, ug moingon: Magabutang ako ug hari sa ibabaw nako, sama sa tanan nga mga nasud nga nagalibut kanako; 15Sa walay duhaduha igabutang mo nga hari sa ibabaw mo ang pagapilion ni Jehova nga imong Dios; usa gikan sa imong mga igsoon nga lalake maoy imong ibutang nga hari sa ibabaw mo: dili ka magbutang sa ibabaw mo ug tawo nga dumuloong, nga dili imong igsoon nga lalake.  16Apan dili siya magapadaghan ug mga kabayo alang kaniya, ni pabalikon niya ang katawohan ngadto sa Egipto aron sa pagpadaghan ug mga kabayo; kay si Jehova nag-ingon kaninyo; Dili na kamo mobalik pag-usab nianang dalana. 17Ni magadaghan siya ug mga asawa aron ang iyang kasingkasing dili mobulag: dili usab siya magapadaghan pag-ayo alang kaniya sa salapi ug bulawan. 18Ug mahatabo, nga kong magalingkod siya sa trono sa iyang gingharian, nga magasulat siya alang kaniya ug usa ka hulad niini nga Kasugoan sa basahon, gikan sa nahimutangan sa atubangan sa mga sacerdote nga Levihanon: 19Ug kini magauban kaniya ug magabasa siya niini sa tanan nga adlaw sa iyang kinabuhi; aron mahibalo siya sa pagkahadlok kang Jehova nga iyang Dios, aron sa pagbantay sa tanan nga mga pulong niining Kasugoan, ug niining kabalaoran aron sa pagbuhat kanila. 20Aron dili niya pagbayawon ang iyang kasingkasing sa ibabaw sa iyang mga igsoon, ug nga dili siya motipas sa sugo, ngadto sa too, bisan sa wala, sa tuyo nga pagapakahataason ang iyang mga adlaw sa iyang gingharian, siya ug iyang mga anak, sa taliwala sa Israel.


Jamieson Fausset Brown Bible Commentary
 1   THINGS SACRIFICED MUST BE SOUND. (Deut 17:1)
Thou shalt not sacrifice . . . any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish--Under the name of bullock were comprehended bulls, cows, and calves; under that of sheep, rams, lambs, kids, he- and she-goats. An ox, from mutilation, was inadmissible. The qualifications required in animals destined for sacrifice are described (Exod 12:5; Lev 1:3).

 2   IDOLATERS MUST BE SLAIN. (Deut 17:2-Deut 17:7)
If there be found among you . . . man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness--The grand object contemplated in choosing Israel was to preserve the knowledge and worship of the one true God; and hence idolatry of any kind, whether of the heavenly bodies or in some grosser form, is called "a transgression of His covenant." No rank or sex could palliate this crime. Every reported case, even a flying rumor of the perpetration of so heinous an offense, was to be judicially examined; and if proved by the testimony of competent witnesses, the offender was to be taken without the gates and stoned to death, the witnesses casting the first stone at him. The object of this special arrangement was partly to deter the witnesses from making a rash accusation by the prominent part they had to act as executioners, and partly to give a public assurance that the crime had met its due punishment.

 8   THE PRIESTS AND JUDGES TO DETERMINE CONTROVERSIES. (Deut 17:8-Deut 17:13)
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment--In all civil or criminal cases, where there was any doubt or difficulty in giving a decision, the local magistrates were to submit them by reference to the tribunal of the Sanhedrim--the supreme council, which was composed partly of civil and partly of ecclesiastical persons. "The priests and Levites," should rather be "the priests--the Levites"; that is, the Levitical priests, including the high priest, who were members of the legislative assembly; and who, as forming one body, are called "the judge." Their sittings were held in the neighborhood of the sanctuary because in great emergencies the high priest had to consult God by Urim (Num 27:21). From their judgment there was no appeal; and if a person were so perverse and refractory as to refuse obedience to their sentences, his conduct, as inconsistent with the maintenance of order and good government, was then to be regarded and punished as a capital crime.

 14   THE ELECTION AND DUTY OF A KING. (Deut 17:14-Deut 17:20)
When thou . . . shalt say, I will set a king over me--In the following passage Moses prophetically announces a revolution which should occur at a later period in the national history of Israel. No sanction or recommendation was indicated; on the contrary, when the popular clamor had effected that constitutional change on the theocracy by the appointment of a king, the divine disapproval was expressed in the most unequivocal terms (1Sam 8:7). Permission at length was granted, God reserving to Himself the nomination of the family and the person who should be elevated to the regal dignity (1Sam 9:15; 1Sam 10:24; 1Sam 16:12; 1Chr 28:4). In short, Moses foreseeing that his ignorant and fickle countrymen, insensible to their advantages as a peculiar people, would soon wish to change their constitution and be like other nations, provides to a certain extent for such an emergency and lays down the principles on which a king in Israel must act. He was to possess certain indispensable requisites. He was to be an Israelite, of the same race and religion, to preserve the purity of the established worship, as well as be a type of Christ, a spiritual king, one of their brethren.

 15   thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother--that is, by their free and voluntary choice. But God, in the retributions of His providence, did allow foreign princes to usurp the dominion (Jer 38:17; Matt 22:17).

 16   he shall not multiply horses to himself--The use of these animals was not absolutely prohibited, nor is there any reason to conclude that they might not be employed as part of the state equipage. But the multiplication of horses would inevitably lead to many evils, to increased intercourse with foreign nations, especially with Egypt, to the importation of an animal to which the character of the country was not suited, to the establishment of an Oriental military despotism, to proud and pompous parade in peace, to a dependence upon Egypt in time of war, and a consequent withdrawal of trust and confidence in God. (2Sam 8:4; 1Kgs 10:26; 2Chr 1:16; 2Chr 9:28; Isa 31:3).

 17   Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away--There were the strongest reasons for recording an express prohibition on this point, founded on the practice of neighboring countries in which polygamy prevailed, and whose kings had numerous harems; besides, the monarch of Israel was to be absolutely independent of the people and had nothing but the divine law to restrain his passions. The mischievous effects resulting from the breach of this condition were exemplified in the history of Solomon and other princes, who, by trampling on the restrictive law, corrupted themselves as well as the nation.
neither shall he greatly multiply . . . silver and gold--that is, the kings were forbidden to accumulate money for private purposes.

 18   he shall write him a copy of this law in a book--The original scroll of the ancient Scriptures was deposited in the sanctuary under the strict custody of the priests (see on Deut 31:26; 2Kgs 22:8). Each monarch, on his accession, was to be furnished with a true and faithful copy, which he was to keep constantly beside him, and daily peruse it, that his character and sentiments being cast into its sanctifying mould, he might discharge his royal functions in the spirit of faith and piety, of humility and a love or righteousness.

 20   that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children--From this it appears that the crown in Israel was to be hereditary, unless forfeited by personal crime.