申命記 19
1 「耶和華－你上帝將列國之民剪除的時候，耶和華－你上帝也將他們的地賜給你，你接着住他們的城邑並他們的房屋，
'When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses,
2 就要在耶和華－你上帝所賜你為業的地上分定三座城。
three cities thou dost separate for thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
3 要將耶和華－你上帝使你承受為業的地分為三段；又要預備道路，使誤殺人的，都可以逃到那裏去。
Thou dost prepare for thee the way, and hast divided into three parts the border of thy land which Jehovah thy God doth cause thee to inherit, and it hath been for the fleeing thither of every man-slayer.
4 「誤殺人的逃到那裏可以存活，定例乃是這樣：凡素無仇恨，無心殺了人的，
'And this [is] the matter of the man-slayer who fleeth thither, and hath lived: He who smiteth his neighbour unknowingly, and is not hating him heretofore,
5 就如人與鄰舍同入樹林砍伐樹木，手拿斧子一砍，本想砍下樹木，不料，斧頭脫了把，飛落在鄰舍身上，以致於死，這人逃到那些城的一座城，就可以存活，
even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died — he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived,
6 免得報血仇的，心中火熱追趕他，因路遠就追上，將他殺死；其實他不該死，因為他與被殺的素無仇恨。
lest the redeemer of blood pursue after the man-slayer when his heart is hot, and hath overtaken him (because the way is great), and hath smitten him — the life, and he hath no sentence of death, for he is not hating him heretofore;
7 所以我吩咐你說，要分定三座城。
therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee.
8 耶和華－你上帝若照他向你列祖所起的誓擴張你的境界，將所應許賜你列祖的地全然給你，
'And if Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn to thy fathers, and hath given to thee all the land which He hath spoken to give to thy fathers —
9 你若謹守遵行我今日所吩咐的這一切誡命，愛耶和華－你的上帝，常常遵行他的道，就要在這三座城之外，再添三座城，
when thou keepest all this command to do it, which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in His ways all the days — then thou hast added to thee yet three cities to these three;
10 免得無辜之人的血流在耶和華－你上帝所賜你為業的地上，流血的罪就歸於你。
and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.
11 「若有人恨他的鄰舍，埋伏着起來擊殺他，以致於死，便逃到這些城的一座城，
'And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him — the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,
12 本城的長老就要打發人去，從那裏帶出他來，交在報血仇的手中，將他治死。
then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;
13 你眼不可顧惜他，卻要從以色列中除掉流無辜血的罪，使你可以得福。」
thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.
14 「在耶和華－你上帝所賜你承受為業之地，不可挪移你鄰舍的地界，那是先人所定的。」
'Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
15 「人無論犯甚麼罪，作甚麼惡，不可憑一個人的口作見證，總要憑兩三個人的口作見證才可定案。
'One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.
16 若有凶惡的見證人起來，見證某人作惡，
'When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy,
17 這兩個爭訟的人就要站在耶和華面前，和當時的祭司，並審判官面前，
then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,
18 審判官要細細地查究，若見證人果然是作假見證的，以假見證陷害弟兄，
and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness [is] a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:
19 你們就要待他如同他想要待的弟兄。這樣，就把那惡從你們中間除掉。
'Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,
20 別人聽見都要害怕，就不敢在你們中間再行這樣的惡了。
and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst;
21 你眼不可顧惜，要以命償命，以眼還眼，以牙還牙，以手還手，以腳還腳。」
and thine eye doth not pity — life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
