Lampahnah 35
1 BOEIPA loh Moses te Jerikho Jordan kah Moab kolken aha voek tih,
Yahweh told this to Moses/me [while the Israeli people were] on the plain in the Moab region near the Jordan [River], across from Jericho:
2 Israel carhoek te uen lamtah amih kah khohut rho lamloh Levi te pae uh saeh. Khosa ham khopueirhoek neh a kaepvaiah khopuei kah khocaakte Levi ham pae uh saeh.
“Tell the Israeli people that from the land that they will receive, they must give to the descendants of Levi some cities in which they can live. They must also give them some land around these cities.
3 Te daengah ni amih khosarhoek ham khaw khopuei om vetih a rhamsa ham neh a khuehtawn ham khaw, a mulhing cungkuem ham khaw a khocaaka om eh.
Those will be for the descendants of Levi to live in, and around the cities will be land for their cattle and flocks of sheep and goats and other animals.
4 Khopuei kah khocaakte khopuei pangbueng lamloh vongvoel kaepvai dong thawngkhat hil tah Levi taengah pae uh.
“The land that you give them for their animals must extend out for (1,500 feet/450 meters) from the walls of the cities.
5 Te dongah khopuei kah vongvoel lamloh khothoeng ben te dong thawng hnih, tuithim ben te dong thawng hnih, khotlak ben te dong thawng hnih, tlangpuei ben te dong thawng hnih suem pah. A laklung kah khopuei tah amih ham khopuei kah khocaak la om saeh.
Also measure (3,000 feet/900 meters) in each direction out from the walls of each city. That additional land will be land for their animals outside the walls of the cities.”
6 Khopuei khuiah khaw hlipyingnah khopuei parhuk te Levi taengah pae uh. Te te hlang aka ngawn tah te la rhaelrham sak ham pae uh. Amih te khopuei sawmli panit pae uh.
“Six of the cities that you give to the descendants of Levi will be cities to which people [can run] to be safe. If someone [accidentally] kills someone else, the one who killed that person may run to one of those cities to be safe.
7 Levi taengahna paek uh khopuei boeih amih kah khocaak nen tah kho sawmli parhet lo saeh.
You must also give to the descendants of Levi 42 other cities and the land around those cities, for their animals,
8 Khopueite Israel ca kah khohutkhui lamloh pae uh. A yet taeng lamkah tah kum sak uh lamtaha sii taeng lamkah tah sih pauh. Hlang long he amah rho dongkah olka tarhing aha pang vanbangla a khopueikhui lamkahte Levi taengah pae saeh,” a ti nah.
The Israeli tribes that have the most people must give them more cities than the tribes that have fewer people give. Each tribe must give some of its cities to the descendants of Levi, but the tribes that have more land must give more cities, and the tribes that have less land will give fewer cities.”
9 BOEIPA loh Moses tea voek tih,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
10 “Israel carhoek te voek lamtah amih te thui pah. Nangmihte Kanaan kho khuila Jordanna kat uh vaengah,
“Tell this to the Israeli people: When you cross the Jordan [River] and enter the Canaan [region],
11 Namamih ham khopuei kang uh lamtah nangmih ham hlipyingnah khopuei la om saeh. Te daengah ni tohtamaeh ah hinglua boh tih aka ngawn loh te lama rhaelrham eh.
you must choose some cities to which people can run to be safe/protected. If someone kills another person (accidentally/without planning to do that), the one who killed that person may run to one of those cities and be safe.
12 Te vaengah khopuei rhoek te nangmih taengah hinglu aka suk taeng lamloh hlipyingnah la om saeh. Te daengah ni laitloeknah dongah rhaengpuei mikhmuh laa pai hlan hilah hlang aka ngawn te a duek pawt eh.
One of the relatives of the person who was killed may think he must avenge his relative’s death [by killing the murderer]. But in that city, the killer will be safe [because the people in that city would kill those relatives if they tried to get revenge there]. The man who killed someone accidentally [must] be put on trial in a court.
13 Khopuei parhukna paek uh te nangmih ham hlipyingnah khopuei la om saeh.
You must set apart six cities to be cities to which someone who killed another person accidentally may run and be safe.
14 Khopuei pathum te Jordan kah rhalvangan ah pae uh lamtah khopuei pathum te Kanaan khohmuen ah pae uh.
There must be three of those cities on the east side of the Jordan [River] and three that will be [on the west side], in the Canaan region.
15 Israel carhoek ham neh yinlai ham khaw, amih lakli kah lampah ham khaw hlipyingnah khopuei la om saeh. Khopuei parhuk he tah tohtamaeh ah hinglu aka ngawn boeihloh a rhaelrham vaengah hlipyingnah la om saeh.
Those six cities will be cities where Israeli people may run to and be safe, and where foreigners and other people who are living among you can also run to and be safe. Any of those people who accidentally kills someone may run to one of those cities [and be safe/protected there].
16 Tedae aka ngawn long khaw anihte thi hnopai neha boh tiha duek sak atah hlang aka ngawn te duek rhoe duek saeh.
“But [you must consider that] anyone who kills another person with an iron weapon or with a big rock or with a piece of wood, is a murderer, and the one who killed the other person must be executed.
17 Aka ngawnloh a kut dongkah lungto neha duek laa thuk tiha duek atah hlang aka ngawn amahte duek rhoe duek saeh.
18 Hlang aka ngawnloh a kut kah thing hnopai nen khaw a duek la a boh tiha duek atah hlang aka ngawn amahte duek rhoe duek saeh.
19 Thii aka suk amah loh hlang aka ngawn te duek sak saeh. Anihte amah neha hum uh vaengah amah loh anihte duek sak saeh.
A relative of the person who was murdered must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him.
20 Hmuhuetnah neha thaek, rhongngolnah neh anih tea dae tiha duek atah,
If someone shoves another person [over a cliff] or throws something at another person
21 thunkha thunhling la anihte a kut neha thoek tiha duek atah aka thoekte duek rhoe duek saeh. Hlang aka ngawn thii aka suk amah neh a hum uh vaengah hlang aka ngawn te duek sak saeh.
or hits that person with his hand/fist and causes that person to die, if he did it because he hated that person, then you must consider that he is a murderer, and must be executed. A relative of the person who was killed must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him.
22 Tedae thunkha thunhling pawt ah buengrhuet laa thaek akhaw, rhongngolnah om pawt ah khaw, hnopai khat khat neh anih tea dae khaming,
“But someone might accidentally shove someone else, or accidentally throw something at another person and hit him, not because he hates that person.
23 lungto nen khawa duek sak khaming. A hmuh pawt vaengah anih te a tlak thil tiha duek oeh atah anihte thunkha aih pawt tih a boethaea tlap aih moenih.
Or he might drop a rock on someone that he did not see. If the one who does that does not plan to hurt anyone and does not hate the person that was killed,
24 Te dongah rhaengpuei loh hlang aka ngawn neh thii phu aka suk lakloah he kah laitloeknah bangla laitloek uh saeh.
the people of that city must decide whether the relative of the dead person [has the right to get revenge], or whether the one who killed the other person [truly did it (accidentally/without planning to do it)].
25 Te vaengah rhaengpuei loh hlang aka ngawn te thii phu aka suk kut lamloh huul saeh. Rhaengpuei loh anih te a hlipyingnah khopuei la thak uh saeh lamtah rhaelrham saeh. Tedae Hmuencim kah situi neha koelh khosoih hama dueknah rhi hil tah te ahte khosa saeh.
[If they decide that the killer planned to kill the other person, they must not allow him to stay in their city. But if they decide that it was done accidentally], they must protect the killer from being killed by the dead person’s relative. They must send the killer to one of the cities where he will be safe/protected, and allow him to stay there until the Supreme Priest dies. [After that, the killer may go back to his home, because the dead person’s relative no longer has the right to get revenge].
26 Tedae hlang aka ngawnte a hlipyingnah khopuei la rhaelrhamtih khorhi tea poe khaw a poe khaming.
“But [while the Supreme Priest is still living], the person who is in that safe city must not leave that city.
27 Te vaengah anih te thii aka suk loh a hlipyingnah khopuei rhi kah vongvoel aha hmuh tih thii aka sukloh a ngawn atah aka ngawn te a taengah thii long boel saeh.
If he goes outside the city, and if a relative of the dead person finds him, that relative is permitted to kill that person, [and people will not consider that the relative is guilty of murder.]
28 Khosoih hama dueknah rhi hil tah a hlipyingnah khopuei ah khosa saeh. Tedae khosoih hama dueknah hnukah tah hlang aka ngawnte amah kah khohut khohmuen la mael saeh.
The killer must stay in that city where he will be safe/protected until the Supreme Priest dies. [He will be safe from revenge after that, because the death of the Supreme Priest will be considered to be a sacrifice to atone for that murder]. After that, the killer may return to his home.
29 He rhoek he nangmih ham neh na cadilcahma ham khaw na tolrhum boeih ah laitloeknah khosing la om saeh.
“You must always obey those regulations, wherever you live.
30 Hinglu aka ngawn boeih tah laipai olka kah bangla hlang aka ngawn te ngawn saeh. Tedae laipai pakhat bueng neh hinglu te duek sak ham doo boel saeh.
“If someone [is accused of] killing another person, the one who is accused may be executed only if there are people who saw him do it. There must be more than one witness; no one is permitted to be executed if there was only one (witness/person who saw him do it).
31 Hlang aka ngawn kah hinglu ham tlansumte doe uh boeh. Amaha duek hamla aka halang te tah duek rhoe duek saeh.
“If there is a murderer who truly should be executed, do not [spare his life by] accepting (a ransom/money for him not to be killed). He must be executed.
32 Khosoiha dueknah rhi hil tah a hlipyingnah khopuei la rhaelrham ham neh khohmuen kah khosa la mael sak ham tlansumte lo boeh.
“If someone has run to a city where he will be safe/protected, do not allow him to give you money in order that you will permit him to return to his home before the Supreme Priest dies.
33 Thii loh khohmuen tea poeih coeng dongah a khuiah nangmih loh khohmuen te poeih uh boeh. A soah thii tea long coeng dongah thii aka long sak kah thii nen pawt atah khohmuen hama dawth thai moenih.
“You must execute people who truly murder others. If you did not do that, you would be causing the people who live in the land to become unacceptable to me. Anyone who deliberately kills an innocent person must be executed.
34 A khuiah kho aka sa nangmih loh te kah khohmuen te poeih uh boeh. Kai he a khui ah kho ka sak. Kai Yahweh he Israel ca rhoek a laklung ah kho ka sak.
I am Yahweh, and I live among you Israelis, so do not spoil/pollute the land by allowing people to murder others without being punished.”
