Devarim (Deuteronomy) 20:19 "When you lay siege to a city for many days to capture it by making war against it, you shall not destroy its tree, wielding an axe against it; for you shall eat of it but not cut it down; for MAN IS A TREE OF THE FIELD..."
19 "Loko wo tshuka u sivelela muti masiku yo tala ku lwa na wona leswaku u wu teka, u nga tshuki u onha mirhi ya wona hi ku yi tsema hi xihloka; hikuva u ta dya eka yona, u nga tshuki u yi tsema,+ hikuva, xana murhi wa le nhoveni wo va munhu leswi u wu sivelelaka?