申命记 19
1 “耶和华—你 神将列国之民剪除的时候，耶和华—你 神也将他们的地赐给你，你接着住他们的城邑并他们的房屋，
When the Lord thy God shall have cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou hast driven them out, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses:
2 就要在耶和华—你 神所赐你为业的地上分定三座城。
Then shalt thou set apart three cities for thyself, in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
3 要将耶和华—你 神使你承受为业的地分为三段；又要预备道路，使误杀人的，都可以逃到那里去。
Thou shalt put in order for thyself the [way to them], and divide into three parts the territory of thy land, which the Lord thy God will give thee to inherit, and it shall serve, that every man-slayer may flee thither.
4 “误杀人的逃到那里可以存活，定例乃是这样：凡素无仇恨，无心杀了人的，
And this is the case of the man-slayer, who shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso smiteth his neighbor without knowledge, when he hath not been an enemy to him in time past;
5 就如人与邻舍同入树林砍伐树木，手拿斧子一砍，本想砍下树木，不料，斧头脱了把，飞落在邻舍身上，以致于死，这人逃到那些城的一座城，就可以存活，
And he that goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron slippeth from the helve, and striketh his neighbor, that he die: this one shall flee unto one of these cities, and live;
6 免得报血仇的，心中火热追赶他，因路远就追上，将他杀死；其实他不该死，因为他与被杀的素无仇恨。
That the avenger of the blood pursue not the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him dead; whereas he deserveth not a judgment of death, inasmuch as he was not an enemy to him in time past.
7 所以我吩咐你说，要分定三座城。
Therefore do I command thee, saying, Three cities shalt thou set apart for thyself.
8 耶和华—你 神若照他向你列祖所起的誓扩张你的境界，将所应许赐你列祖的地全然给你，
And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy boundary, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he hath spoken to give unto thy fathers;
9 你若谨守遵行我今日所吩咐的这一切诫命，爱耶和华—你的 神，常常遵行他的道，就要在这三座城之外，再添三座城，
Because thou dost keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk in his ways all the days: then shalt thou add for thyself three cities more, unto these three;
10 免得无辜之人的血流在耶和华—你 神所赐你为业的地上，流血的罪就归于你。
That innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and blood-guiltiness be brought upon thee.
11 “若有人恨他的邻舍，埋伏着起来击杀他，以致于死，便逃到这些城的一座城，
But if any man be an enemy to his neighbor, and he lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he die, and he flee unto one of these cities:
12 本城的长老就要打发人去，从那里带出他来，交在报血仇的手中，将他治死。
Then shall the elders of his city send and fetch him thence, and they shall deliver him into the hand of the avenger of the blood, that he may die.
13 你眼不可顾惜他，却要从以色列中除掉流无辜血的罪，使你可以得福。”
Thy eye shall not look with pity on him; but thou shalt put away the [shedding of] innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
14 “在耶和华—你 神所赐你承受为业之地，不可挪移你邻舍的地界，那是先人所定的。”
Thou shalt not remove the landmark of thy neighbor, which they of old time have set, in thy inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
15 “人无论犯什么罪，作什么恶，不可凭一个人的口作见证，总要凭两三个人的口作见证才可定案。
There shall not rise up one single witness against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: upon the evidence of two witnesses, or upon the evidence of three witnesses, must a case be established.
16 若有凶恶的见证人起来，见证某人作恶，
If a witness of violence rise up against any man to testify against him for any wrong:
17 这两个争讼的人就要站在耶和华面前，和当时的祭司，并审判官面前，
Then shall both the men, who have the controversy, stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, who shall be in those days;
18 审判官要细细地查究，若见证人果然是作假见证的，以假见证陷害弟兄，
And the judges shall inquire diligently; and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, he hath testified a falsehood against his brother:
19 你们就要待他如同他想要待的弟兄。这样，就把那恶从你们中间除掉。
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had purposed to do unto his brother; and thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.
20 别人听见都要害怕，就不敢在你们中间再行这样的恶了。
And those who remain shall hear, and be afraid, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil thing in the midst of thee.
21 你眼不可顾惜，要以命偿命，以眼还眼，以牙还牙，以手还手，以脚还脚。”
And thy eye shall have no pity; but life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
