5 Mojžišova 19
1 Když by vyhladil Hospodin Bůh tvůj národy, jejichžto zemi Hospodin Bůh tvůj dává tobě, a opanoval bys je dědičně, a bydlil bys v městech jejich i v domích jejich:
After Yahweh our God has gotten rid of the people-groups from the land that he is giving to you, and after you have expelled them from their cities and you start to live in their houses,
2 Oddělíš sobě tři města u prostřed země své, kterouž Hospodin Bůh tvůj dává tobě, abys ji dědičně obdržel.
you must divide into three parts the land that he is giving to you. Then choose a city in each part. You must make good roads [in order that people can get to those cities easily]. Someone who kills another person can escape to one of those cities [to be safe/protected].
3 Spravíš sobě cesty, a rozdělíš na tři díly všecku krajinu země své, kterouž v dědictví dá tobě Hospodin Bůh tvůj, i bude utíkati tam každý vražedlník:
4 (Totoť pak bude právo vražedlníka, kterýž by tam utekl, aby živ byl: Kdož by zabil bližního svého nechtě, aniž by ho nenáviděl prvé.
“This is the rule about someone who has killed another person. If someone (accidentally/without planning to) kills another person who was not his enemy, he may escape to one of those cities and be safe/protected there.
5 Jako vejda někdo s bližním svým do lesa sekati dříví, rozvedl by rukou svou sekeru, aby uťal dřevo, a ona by spadla s topořiště, a trefila by bližního jeho, tak že by umřel, ten uteče do některého z měst těchto, a živ bude.)
For example, if two men go into the forest to cut some wood, if the axe head comes off the handle while one of them is chopping down a tree and the axe head strikes and kills the other man, the man [who was using the axe] will be allowed to run to one of those cities and be safe there, [because the people of that city will protect him].
6 Aby přítel zabitého, stihaje vražedlníka toho, když by se rozpálilo srdce jeho, nedohonil ho na daleké cestě, a ranil smrtedlně, ješto by nebyl hoden smrti, poněvadž ho prvé neměl v nenávisti.
Because he accidentally killed someone, and because the man was not his enemy, he can try to run to one of those cities. If there were only one city, it may be a long distance to that city. Then if the relative of the man who was killed [MTY], the man who is supposed/expected to get revenge, is very angry, he may be able to catch the other person before he arrives at that city.
7 Protož já přikazuji tobě, řka: Tři města oddělíš sobě.
[To prevent that from happening], you must choose three cities, not only one, [in order that someone can get to one of those cities quickly].
8 Pakli by rozšířil Hospodin Bůh tvůj končiny tvé, jakož s přísahou zaslíbil otcům tvým, a dal by tobě všecku tu zemi, kterouž řekl dáti otcům tvým:
“If you do everything that I am today commanding you to do, and if you love Yahweh our God, and if you conduct your lives as he wants you to do, Yahweh our God will give you much more land than you will have when you first occupy it, which is what he promised to do. He will give you all the land which he promised your ancestors that he would give to you. When he gives you that land, you must select three more cities [to which people may escape].
9 (Když bys ostříhal všech přikázaní těchto, čině je, kteráž já dnes přikazuji tobě, abys miloval Hospodina Boha svého, a chodil po cestách jeho po všecky dny), tedy přidáš sobě ještě tři města mimo tři onano,
10 Aby nebyla vylita krev nevinná u prostřed země tvé, kterouž Hospodin Bůh tvůj dá tobě v dědictví, a aby nebyla na tobě krev.
Do this in order that people who (are innocent/have killed someone else without planning to) will not die, and you will not be guilty for [allowing] them to be executed, in the land that Yahweh is giving to you.
11 Ale byl-li by kdo, maje v nenávisti bližního svého, a činil by úklady jemu, a povstana proti němu, ranil by ho smrtedlně, tak že by umřel, a utekl by do některého z těch měst:
“But suppose someone hates his enemy and hides and waits for that person [to come along the road]. Then [when he passes by, suddenly] he attacks him and murders him. If the attacker flees to one of those cities [to be protected there],
12 Tedy pošlí starší města toho, a vezmou jej odtud, a dají v ruce přítele toho zabitého, aby umřel.
the elders of the city [where the murdered man lived must not protect the attacker. They]. must send someone to the city to which the other man escaped, and bring him to [MTY] the relative who is supposed/expected to get revenge, so that he may execute that man.
13 Neodpustí jemu oko tvé, ale svedeš krev nevinnou z Izraele, i bude dobře tobě.
You must not pity those who murder other people! Instead, you must execute them, in order that the people in the land of Israel will not murder [MTY] innocent people, and in order that things will go well for you.”
14 Nepřeneseš meze bližního svého, kterouž vymezili předkové v dědictví tvém, kteréž obdržíš v zemi, jižto Hospodin Bůh tvůj dává tobě, abys ji dědičně obdržel.
“[When you are living] in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, do not move the markers of your neighbors’ property boundaries which were placed there long ago.”
15 Nepovstane svědek jeden proti někomu z příčiny jakékoli nepravosti, a jakéhokoli hříchu ze všech hříchů, kterýmiž by kdo hřešil; v ústech dvou svědků aneb v ústech tří svědků stane slovo.
“If someone is accused of committing a crime, one (witness/person who says, ‘I saw him do it’) is not enough. There must be at least two (witnesses/people who say, ‘We saw him do it’). [If there is only one witness], the judge must not believe that what he says is true.
16 Povstal-li by svědek falešný proti někomu, aby svědčil proti němu, že odstoupil od Boha,
“If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
17 Tedy postaví se ti dva muži, kteříž tu rozepři mají před Hospodinem, před kněžími aneb před soudci, kteříž by za dnů těch byli.
both of them must go to the place where the people worship, to [talk to] the priests and judges who are serving at that time.
18 A když se pilně vyptají soudcové, poznají-li, že svědek ten jest svědek lživý, mluvě falešné svědectví proti bližnímu svému,
The judges must (investigate the case carefully/try to find out which one is telling the truth). If [the judges determine that] one of them has accused the other falsely,
19 Tak jemu učiňte, jakž on myslil učiniti bratru svému. I odejmeš zlé z prostředku svého.
that person must be punished in the same way that the other one would have been punished [if the judge decided that he (was guilty/had done what is wrong)]. By punishing such people, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
20 A kteříž zůstanou, slyšíce to, báti se budou, a nikoli více nedopustí se takových zlých věcí u prostřed tebe.
And/Because when that person is punished, everyone will hear what has happened, and they will be afraid, and no one will dare to act that way any more.
21 A neslituje se oko tvé; život za život, oko za oko, zub za zub, ruka za ruku, noha za nohu bude.
You must not pity people who are punished like that. The rule should be that a person who has murdered someone else must be executed; one of a person’s eyes must be gouged out if he has gouged out someone else’s eye, one tooth of a person who has knocked out the tooth of another person must be knocked out; one hand of a person who has cut off the hand of another person must likewise be cut off; one foot of a person who has cut off the foot of another person must also be cut off.”
