5 Mosebog 19
1 Naar Herren din Gud har udryddet Hedningerne, hvis Land Herren din Gud giver dig, og du ejer dem og bor i deres Stæder og i deres Huse:
And when the Lord your God shall have destroyed the nations, which God gives you, [even] the land, and you shall inherit them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,
2 Da skal du udskille dig tre Stæder midt udi dit Land, hvilket Herren din Gud giver dig til Eje.
you shall separate for yourself three cities in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you.
3 Du skal berede dig Vej til dem, og i tre Dele skal du dele dit Landemærke, som Herren din Gud lader dig arve; og det skal være saaledes, at hver Manddraber kan fly hen til den.
Take a survey of your way, and you shall divide the coasts of your land, which the Lord your God apportions to you, into three parts, and there shall be there a refuge for every manslayer.
4 Og saaledes skal der forholdes med den Manddraber, som tør fly derhen og blive ved Live: Den, som slaar sin Næste af Vanvare og har ikke hadet ham tilforn;
And this shall be the ordinance of the manslayer, who shall flee there, and shall live, whoever shall have struck his neighbor ignorantly, whereas he hated him not in times past.
5 og den, som gaar ud med sin Næste i Skoven for at hugge Træer, og hans Haand slaar til med Øksen for at afhugge Træet, og Jernet farer af Skaftet og rammer hans Næste, saa at denne dør: Han kan fly til en af disse Stæder, at han maa leve,
And whoever shall enter with his neighbor into the thicket, to gather wood, if the hand of him that cuts wood with the axe should be violently shaken, and the axe head falling off from the handle should light on his neighbor, and he should die, he shall flee to one of these cities, and live.
6 saa at Blodhævneren ikke skal forfølge Manddraberen, medens hans Hjerte er ophidset, og naa ham, naar Vejen er lang, og slaa ham ihjel, skønt ingen Dødsdom er over ham; efterdi han ikke havde hadet ham tilforn.
Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and kill him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past.
7 Derfor byder jeg dig og siger: Du skal udskille dig tre Stæder.
Therefore I charge you, saying, You shall separate for your self three cities.
8 Og dersom Herren din Gud gør dit Landemærke videre, saaledes som han har tilsvoret dine Fædre, og giver dig alt det Land, som han sagde at ville give dine Fædre;
And if the Lord shall enlarge your borders, as he sware to your fathers, and the Lord shall give to you all the land which he said he would give to your fathers;
9 naar du holder alle disse Bud, saa du gør det, hvilket jeg befaler dig i Dag, at elske Herren din Gud og at vandre i hans Veje alle Dage: Da skal du endnu lægge dig tre Stæder til disse tre,
if you shall listen to do all these commands, which I charge you this day, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways continually; you shall add for yourself yet three cities to these three.
10 at der ikke skal udøses uskyldigt Blod midt i dit Land, som Herren din Gud giver dig til Arv, og der skulde være Blodskyld paa dig.
So innocent blood shall not be spilt in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and there shall not be in you one guilty of blood.
11 Men naar der er en Mand, som hader sin Næste og lurer paa ham og rejser sig imod ham og slaar ham ihjel, at han dør, og han flyr til en af disse Stæder:
But if there should be in you a man hating his neighbor, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and strike him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities,
12 Da skulle de Ældste af hans Stad sende hen og hente ham derfra og give ham i Blodhævnerens Haand, og han skal dø.
then shall the elders of his city send, and take him thence, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the avengers of blood, and he shall die.
13 Dit Øje skal ikke spare ham, og du skal borttage det uskyldige Blod af Israel, at det maa gaa dig vel.
Your eye shall not spare him; so shall you purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with you.
14 Du skal ikke flytte din Næstes Markskel, som Forfædrene satte til Skel i din Arv, som du arver i dit Land, hvilket Herren din Gud giver dig at eje.
You shall not move the landmarks of your neighbor, which your fathers set in the inheritance, in which you have obtained a share in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit.
15 Eet Vidne skal ikke staa frem imod nogen for nogen Misgerning eller for nogen Synd, i hvad Haande Synd nogen har syndet; efter to Vidners Mund eller efter tre Vidners Mund skal en Sag stadfæstes.
One witness shall not stand to testify against a man for any iniquity, or for any fault, or for any sin which he may commit; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.
16 Naar et uretfærdigt Vidne staar frem imod nogen, at vidne imod ham om en Overtrædelse:
And if an unjust witness rise up against a man, alleging iniquity against him;
17 Da skulle de to Mænd, som have Trætte, staa frem for Herrens Ansigt, for Præsternes og Dommernes Ansigt, dem som ere i de Dage,
then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.
18 og Dommerne skulle ransage; og se, er det Vidne et falsk Vidne, som har vidnet falskeligen imod sin Broder,
And the judges shall make diligent inquiry, and, behold, [if] and unjust witness has borne unjust testimony; [and] has stood up against his brother;
19 da skulle I gøre ved ham, saaledes som han havde tænkt at gøre ved sin Broder; og du skal borttage den onde af din Midte,
then shall you do to him as he wickedly devised to do against his brother, and you shall remove the evil from yourselves.
20 at de øvrige maa høre det og frygte og ikke blive ved at gøre ydermere efter denne onde Handel iblandt eder.
And the rest shall hear and fear, and do no more according to this evil thing in the midst of you.
21 Og dit Øje skal ikke spare: Liv for Liv, Øje for Øje, Tand for Tand, Haand for Haand, Fod for Fod.
Your eye shall not spare him: [you shall exact] life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
