Numeri 35

1 Ku zigwa za Mowabu pafupi ndi Yorodani ku Yeriko, Yehova anawuza Mose kuti,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,

2 “Lamula Aisraeli kuti apereke kwa Alevi midzi yoti azikhalamo kuchokera pa cholowa chomwe adzalandira. Muwapatsenso malo oweteramo ziweto kuzungulira midziyo.

Command the children of Israel, that of the inheritance of their possession they give unto the Levites cities to dwell in; and a suburb for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.

3 Midziyo idzakhala yawo ndipo azidzakhala mʼmenemo. Malo a msipu adzakhala a ngʼombe, nkhosa ndi zoweta zawo zina zonse.

And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

4 “Malo a msipu a mudziwo amene mudzawapatse Aleviwo, adzayambire ku khoma la mudzi ndipo adzatuluke kunja mamita 450, kuzungulira mudziwo.

And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.

5 Kunja kwa mudzi yezani mamita 900 kummawa, mamita 900 kumpoto ndipo mudziwo ukhale pakati. Adzakhala ndi dera limeneli ngati malo a midziyo, owetera ziweto zawo.

And ye shall measure, without the city, the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand cubits, and the west side two thousand cubits, and the north side two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: they shall have this as suburbs of the cities.

6 “Isanu ndi umodzi mwa midzi imene mudzapereke kwa Alevi idzakhala mizinda yopulumukirako, kumene munthu wopha mnzake adzathawireko. Ndipo mudzawapatsenso midzi ina 42.

And [among] the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites [shall be] the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither, — and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities:

7 Midzi yonse imene mudzapereke kwa Alevi idzakhale 48, pamodzi ndi malo oweterako ziweto.

all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs.

8 Pamene mukupatula midzi imeneyi pa cholowa cha Aisraeli, muchotsepo midzi yambiri pa mafuko aakulu, ndipo midzi pangʼono pa mafuko aangʼono. Fuko lililonse lidzapereka kwa Alevi molingana ndi kukula kwa cholowa chimene lalandira.”

And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have much ye shall take much, and from them that have little ye shall take little; each one according to his inheritance which he will inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites.

9 Ndipo Yehova anawuza Mose kuti,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

10 “Yankhula ndi Aisraeli kuti, ‘Pamene muwoloka Yorodani kulowa mu Kanaani,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

11 sankhani midzi ina kuti ikhale mizinda yanu yopulumukirako, kumene munthu wopha munthu wina mwangozi angathawireko.

then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.

12 Adzakhala malo obisalako pothawa munthu wofuna kulipsira, kuti munthu wopha mnzake mwangozi asaphedwe mpaka akayime pamaso pa gulu la anthu kuti akaweruzidwe.

And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.

13 Midzi isanu ndi umodzi imene muyiperekeyi idzakhala mizinda yopulumukirako.

And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you.

14 Mupereke itatu mbali ino ya Yorodani ndi itatu ina mu Kanaani kuti ikhale mizinda yopulumukirako.

Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

15 Midzi isanu ndi umodzi idzakhala malo opulumukirako Aisraeli, alendo ndi anthu ena onse okhala pakati pawo kuti wina aliyense wopha mnzake mwangozi adzathawireko.

For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge, that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither.

16 “‘Ngati munthu amenya mnzake ndi chitsulo, munthuyo nʼkufa, ndiye kuti iyeyo ndi wakupha ndipo wakuphayo aphedwe.

And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

17 Kapenanso ngati wina wake ali ndi mwala mʼdzanja mwake womwe ungaphe munthu, ndipo agenda nawo wina, munthu winayo nʼkufa, ndiye kuti iyeyo ndi wakupha ndipo wakuphayo adzayenera kuphedwa.

And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

18 Kapenanso ngati wina ali ndi chibonga mʼdzanja mwake choti nʼkupha nacho munthu, namenya nacho munthu, munthuyo nʼkufa, ndiye kuti iyeyo ndi wakupha, wakuphayo ayenera kuphedwa.

Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death;

19 Wolipsira adzamuphanso wakuphayo. Pamene akumana naye adzayenera kumupha ndithu.

the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

20 Ndipo ngati wina wake, chifukwa cha udani, aganiza zokankha munthu wina kapena kumuponyera chinthu china mwadala munthuyo nʼkufa,

And if he thrust at him out of hatred, or hurl at him intentionally, so that he die,

21 kapena ngati, chifukwa cha udani, amenya mnzake ndi nkhonya, mnzakeyo ndi kufa, munthuyo ayenera kuphedwa. Iyeyo ndi wakupha. Wolipsira adzamuphe wakuphayo pamene akumana naye.

or from enmity smite him with his hand, so that he die, he that smote him shall certainly be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. —

22 “‘Koma ngati popanda udani wina uliwonse, mwadzidzidzi akankha wina kapena kumuponyera chinthu osati mwadala,

But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally,

23 kapena mosamuona nʼkumuponyera mwala womwe utha kumupha, munthuyo nʼkufa, tsono pakuti sanali mdani wake ndipo sanaganizire zomupweteka,

or [have smitten him] with any stone wherewith one may die, without seeing him, and have cast it upon him so that he die, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

24 gulu liweruze pakati pa iye ndi wolipsira monga mwa malamulo ake.

then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments;

25 Gulu lidzapulumutsa munthu wakuphayo mʼmanja mwa wolipsira uja ndi kumubwezera ku mzinda wopulumukirako kumene anathawira. Ayenera kukhala kumeneko kufikira imfa ya mkulu wa ansembe, amene anadzozedwa ndi mafuta oyera.

and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

26 “‘Koma ngati wolakwayo atuluka kunja kwa malire a mzinda wopulumukirako kumene anathawira

But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled,

27 ndipo wobwezera choyipa nʼkumupeza kunja kwa mzindawo, wolipsirayo atha kumupha wolakwayo popanda kugamula mlandu wakupha.

and the avenger of blood find him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer, there shall be no blood-guiltiness upon him;

28 Wolakwayo ayenera kukhala mu mzinda wopulumukiramowo mpaka imfa ya mkulu wa ansembe ndipo pamenepo atha kubwerera kwawo. Pokhapokha atafa mkulu wa ansembe ndi pamene angathe kubwerera ku malo ake.

for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession.

29 “‘Amenewa akhale malamulo ndi malangizo kwa inu nthawi zonse ndi ku mibado ya mʼtsogolo, kulikonse kumene mudzakhalako.

And this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

30 “‘Aliyense wopha munthu ayeneranso kuphedwa ngati pali umboni okwanira. Koma wina asaphedwe ngati pali mboni imodzi yokha.

Whoever shall smite a person mortally, at the mouth of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die.

31 “‘Osalola kulandira dipo lowombolera munthu wakupha yemwe ayenera kuphedwa. Wakupha ayenera kuphedwa.

And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.

32 “‘Simuyeneranso kulandira dipo kwa munthu amene wathawira ku mzinda wopulumikirako kuti wothawayo abwerere kwawo, pokhapokha ngati mkulu wa ansembe wamwalira.

And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that hath fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

33 “‘Musayipitse dziko limene mukukhalamolo. Magazi amayipitsa dziko ndipo nʼkosatheka kulipirira dziko chifukwa cha magazi amene akhetsedwa mʼmenemo, kupatula pokhetsa magazi a munthu amene anakhetsa magaziyo.

And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

34 Choncho musadetse dziko limene mukukhalamo, dziko limene Inenso ndimakhalamo, pakuti Ine Yehova, ndimakhala pakati pa Aisraeli.’”

And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.