申命記 19
1 當上主你天主消滅了那些異民，上主你的天主將他們的土地賜給了你，而你佔領了那地，住在他們的城鎮和房屋裏以後，
After the Lord your God has destroyed the nations whose land he's giving you, and after you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,
2 應在上主你的天主賜給你作產業的地方，劃出三座城，
then you are to choose three sanctuary towns in the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own.
3 修好到那裏去的道路，將上主你的天主給你作產業的地方，分為三個區域，這樣使殺了人的，可逃到那裏去。
You are build roads to these towns. Divide the country the Lord is giving you into three sections. This way anyone who kills someone else can easily run to these towns for protection.
4 殺人犯逃到那裏得保全性命的案件應是這樣：假使有人無意殺了鄰人，彼此又素無仇怨：
This is what is to happen when a person accidentally kills someone else without meaning to, and runs to one of these sanctuary towns to save their life.
5 比如他與鄰人同去林中伐樹，當他手揮斧子伐樹時，斧頭脫了柄，落在鄰人身上，以致斃命，他就可逃到這些城中的一座城去，為保全性命，
For example, if a man goes to cut wood in the forest with his friend and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the head flies off the handle and hits and kills his friend, he may run to one of these towns to save his life.
6 以免報血仇者心中發火追趕殺人者，因路途遙遠，而能趕上他，將他殺死；其實他與那人素無仇怨，罪不該死。
Otherwise the avenger in his anger might chase after the man and catch up with him and kill him, if it's a long distance. The man would be killed even though he didn't deserve to die, because he hadn't meant to cause any harm.
7 為此我吩咐你：應劃出三座城。
This is the reason why I'm giving this order to choose three sanctuary towns.
8 當上主你的天主，照他向你的祖先誓許的，擴展了你的疆域，將許下要給你祖先的整個土地賜給你時，──
Should the Lord your God expand your territory, as he promised your forefathers, and give you all the land he said he would,
9 倘若你謹守遵行我今日吩咐你的這一切誡命，愛上主你的天主，日日履行他的道路，──你應在這三座城以外，另設三座城，
and if you are careful to keep all these commandments I'm giving you today, loving the Lord your God and always following his ways, then you are to choose three additional three sanctuary towns.
10 免得無罪者的血，流在上主你的天主賜給你作產業的土地上，血債歸在你身上。
In this way the blood of innocent people won't not be shed in the country the Lord your God is giving you to own and you won't be responsible for the death of innocent people who aren't guilty of losing their lives.
11 但是，如果有人懷恨自己的鄰人，埋伏突擊他，而將他殺死，然後逃到這些城中的一座，
On the other hand, if a man hates someone, hides in wait, and attacks and kills them, and then the killer runs to one of the sanctuary towns,
12 他本城的長老應派人去，將他從那裏逮回，交於報血仇者手中，將他處死；
the elders of his home town must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger to be killed.
13 你不可憐視他，而應由以色列中洗除無辜的血：如此你纔能平安無事。
Show him no mercy. You are to eliminate from Israel the guilt of shedding the blood of the innocent, and then all will be well.
14 在上主你的天主賜給你作產業所分得的土地上，不可移動你鄰人的地界，因為是先人所劃定的。
Don't move your neighbor's boundary marker. It was placed there by your ancestors to mark the land allotment you will receive in the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own.
15 人無論犯了什麼不義，什麼罪惡，或什麼過錯，只憑一個見證，罪名不得成立；須憑兩個或三個見證的口供，纔可定案。
The evidence given by a single witness is not enough to prove a sin or a crime against someone, never mind what offense they are alleged to have committed. The facts must be confirmed by the evidence given by two or three witnesses.
16 若有人懷有惡意，起來作證控告某人犯法，
If someone falsely accuses another person of a crime,
17 二人應一同站在上主面前，和值班的司祭及判官面前。
both those involved must come to be judged in the presence of the Lord by the priests and judges who are then in office.
18 判官應仔細考問。若那作證的是一個假證人，誣告自己的兄弟，
The judges shall conduct a full investigation, and if the accuser proves to be a liar who has made false accusations
19 你就應對付他，如同他想對付自己的兄弟一樣：這樣你便由你中間剷除了這邪惡，
then you must punish the accuser in the same way they wanted to punish their victim. You must eliminate this evil from among you.
20 其餘的人聽了，必然害怕，在你中間再不致有這樣的惡事發生。
Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you. Then everyone else will hear about it and be afraid, and won't ever do anything so evil.
21 你不可發慈悲，要以命償命，以眼還眼，以牙還牙，以手還手，以腳還腳。
Don't show any mercy. The rule is life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
