民數記 35

1 上主在耶里哥對面，約但河邊，摩阿布曠野內，訓示梅瑟說：「

And the Lord spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

2 你命令以色列子民，應由他們分得的產業內，指定一些城給肋未人居住，將城四周的牧場，也分給肋未人。

Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and an open space for the cities round about them shall ye give [also] unto the Levites.

3 這些城歸他們居住，城郊的牧場為牧放他們所有的牛羊和一切牲畜。

And the cities shall serve them to dwell in; and their open spaces shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their requirements.

4 你們劃給肋未城郊的牧場，應由城牆起，周圍向外伸展至二千肘，

And the open spaces of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

5 即由城外向東方量二千肘，向南方量二千肘，向西方量二千肘，向北方量二千肘，城在中央；這些土地為作他們城郊的牧場。

And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the midst: this shall be to them the open spaces of the cities.

6 分給肋未人的城中，應指定六座為避難城，殺人者可逃入城中。此外還應給他們四十二座城。

And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint that the manslayer may flee thither; and in addition to them shall ye give forty and two cities.

7 這樣，劃給肋未人的城，共計四十八座，連城郊的牧場在內。

All the cities which ye shall [thus] give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities, they with their open spaces.

8 當你們由以色列子民的產業中，劃分給肋未人城邑時，由大支派應多取，由小支派應少取；每支派應依照自己分得的產業，將城邑劃給肋未人。」

And the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the tribe that hath many shall ye give many; but from the one that hath few shall ye give few: every one according to its inheritance which it may inherit shall give of its cities unto the Levites.

9 上主訓示梅瑟說：「

And the Lord spoke unto Moses. saying,

10 你告訴以色列子民說：幾時你們過約但河進入了客納罕地，

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

11 應選定幾座城作你們的避難城，凡誤殺人的，可逃到那裡。

Then ye shall appoint unto yourselves proper cities, that they be cities of refuge for you; and thither shall flee the manslayer who killeth any person at unawares.

12 這些城可作為你們脫免復仇者的避難所，好使殺人者不致在未立於會眾前受審判以前，便遭人殺害。

And these cities shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the congregation for trial.

13 你們應指定六座城作為你們的避難城。

And the cities which ye shall give, shall be six cities of refuge unto you;

14 在約但河東指定三座，在客納罕地指定三座，作為避難城。

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

15 這六座城為以色列子民和外方人，以及住在你們中間的人，作為避難所；凡誤殺人的，都可逃到那裡去。

For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for a refuge: that every one may flee thither that killeth any person at unawares.

16 人若用鐵器打人，將人打死，他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。

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

17 人若用手中可砸死人的石頭打人，將人砸死；他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。

And if he have smitten him with a stone which one can take in the hand, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

18 或者人若用手中可打死人的木器打人，將人打死，他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。

Or if he have smitten him with an article of wood, which one can take in the hand, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

19 報血仇的，可將兇手殺死；幾時遇見他，可將他殺死。

The avenger of the blood himself shall slay the murderer; when he meeteth him, shall he slay him.

20 人若因懷恨撞倒了人，或故意拋物打人，致使那人死了；

And if he push against him out of hatred, or he have hurled at him [any thing] by lying in wait, that he die;

21 或者因仇恨用手打人，將人打死；打人的應處死刑，因他是兇手；報血仇的人，幾時遇著兇手，可將他殺死。

Or if in enmity he have smitten him with his hand, that he died, he that smote him shall surely be put to death; [for] he is a murderer: the avenger of the blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth with him.

22 但是，若人並無怨仇，偶然撞倒人，或無意中拋物傷人，

But if he have pushed against him accidentally without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without lying in wait,

23 或因沒有看見，使任何能打死人的石頭落在人身上，致使那人死了，彼此並沒有仇恨，也沒有意思害人，

Or with any stone wherewith a man may die, without seeing him, and he have let it fall upon him that he died; whereas he was not his enemy, and did not seek his harm:

24 對這樣的案件，應在打死人的和要報血仇者之間進行裁判。

Then shall the congregation judge between the slayer and the avenger of the blood according to these institutions;

25 會眾要把殺人者由報血仇者手內救出，使他回到他曾逃入的避難城內，叫他住在那裡，直到傅過聖油的大司祭去逝。

And the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of the blood, and the congregation 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 hath been anointed with the holy oil.

26 但殺人者如果離開他逃入避難城的邊界以外，

But if the manslayer should at any time pass the boundary of the city of his refuge, whither he may have fled;

27 報血仇者在避難城邊界以外遇見了他，將死殺人者殺死，他並不犯流向的罪，

And the avenger of the blood should find him beyond the boundary of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of the blood should kill the manslayer: he shall not be guilty of blood;

28 因為那該留在避難城內，直到大司祭去世；大司祭死後，殺人者方可回到屬自己產業的地方：

Because in the city of his refuge shall be remain until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest the manslayer may return unto the land of his possession.

29 這是你們世世代代，在你們任何住處，應遵守的法令。

And these things shall be unto you for a statute of justice throughout your generations, in all your dwellings.

30 凡殺人的案件，應依據幾個證人的口供，才可以處決殺人犯；惟獨一人作證，不足以以人宣判死刑。

Whoever it be that killeth a person, according to the testimony of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death; but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

31 對於被判死刑的殺人犯，你們不可取贖命金，，因為他應該死

Moreover ye shall take no redemption money for the person of a murderer, who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

32 同樣，你們對逃入避難城的人，亦不可取贖金，准他在大司祭死以前回到本鄉居住。

And ye shall take no redemption money 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 你們不可玷污你們所居之地，因為血能玷污地；在那裏流了血，除非那殺人者的血，為那地沒有其他取潔的方法。

And ye shall not defile the land wherein ye are; for the blood it is which defileth the land: and no atonement can be made unto the land for the blood which hath been shed therein, except through the blood of him that hath shed it.

34 你們不可褻瀆你們所居之地，這地也是我居留之地，因為我上主是住在以色列子民中間」。

And ye shall not render unclean the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.