4 Mosebog 35

1 Og Herren talede til Mose paa Moabiternes slette Marker, ved Jordanen over for Jeriko, og sagde:

Yahweh spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho and said,

2 Byd Israels Børn, at de give Leviterne af deres Ejendoms Arv Stæder at bo udi; dertil skulle I give Leviterne Mark til Stæderne trindt omkring dem.

“Command the people of Israel to give some of their own shares of land to the Levites. They must give them cities to live in and pastureland surrounding those cities.

3 Og de skulle have Stæderne til at bo udi, og deres Marker skulle være for deres Kvæg og for deres Gods og for alle deres Dyr.

The Levites will have these cities to live in. The pastureland will be for their cattle, their flocks, and all their animals.

4 Og Stædernes Marker, som I skulle give Leviterne, skulle være fra Stadsmuren og udefter tusinde Alen trindt omkring.

The pasturelands around the cities that you will give to the Levites must extend from the city walls for one thousand cubits in every direction.

5 Saa skulle I maale uden for Staden, den østre Side to Tusinde Alen, og den søndre Side to Tusinde Alen, og den vestre Side to Tusinde Alen, og den nordre Side to Tusinde Alen, og Staden skal være i Midten; dette skal være dem Stædernes Marker.

You must measure two thousand cubits from outside the city on the east side, and two thousand cubits to the south side, two thousand cubits to the west side, and two thousand cubits to the north side. This will be the pasturelands for their cities. The cities will be in the center.

6 Og af Stæderne, som I skulle give Leviterne, skulle seks være Tilflugtsstæder, som I skulle give, at en Manddraber kan fly derhen; og foruden dem skulle I give dem to og fyrretyve Stæder.

Six of the cities that you will give to Levites must serve as cities of refuge. You must provide these as places to which a person who has killed someone can flee. Also provide forty-two other cities.

7 Alle Stæderne, som I skulle give Leviterne, skulle være otte og fyrretyve Stæder, de og deres Marker.

The cities that you give to the Levites will total forty-eight. You must give their pasturelands with them.

8 Og hvad de Stæder angaar, som I skulle give af Israels Børns Ejendom, da skulle I tage flere fra den, som har mange, og tage færre fra den, som har faa; hver efter sin Arvs Beskaffenhed, som de skulle arve, skal give Leviterne af sine Stæder.

The larger tribes of the people of Israel, the tribes that have more land, must provide more cities. The smaller tribes will provide fewer cities. Each tribe must provide for the Levites according to the share that it has received.”

9 Og Herren talede til Mose og sagde:

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,

10 Tal til Israels Børn, og du skal sige til dem: Naar I komme over Jordanen ind i Kanaans Land,

“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

11 da skulle I udvælge eder Stæder, som skulle være Tilflugtsstæder for eder, at en Manddraber, som slaar en Person ihjel af en Forseelse, kan fly derhen.

then you must choose cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, a place to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.

12 Og de skulle være eder Stæder til en Tilflugt for Blodhævneren, at Manddraberen ikke skal dø, førend han har staaet for Menighedens Ansigt, for Dommen.

These cities must be your refuge from the avenger, so that the accused man will not be killed without first standing trial before the community.

13 Og de Stæder, som I skulle afgive, skulle være seks Tilflugtsstæder for eder.

You must choose six cities as cities of refuge.

14 De tre Stæder skulle I give paa denne Side Jordanen, og de tre Stæder skulle I give i Kanaans Land; de skulle være Tilflugtsstæder.

You must provide three cities beyond the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan. They will be cities of refuge.

15 For Israels Børn og for den fremmede og for den, som er Gæst midt iblandt dem, skulle disse seks Stæder være til en Tilflugt, at hver den, som slaar en Person ihjel af en Forseelse, kan fly derhen.

For the people of Israel, for the foreigners, for anyone living among you, these six cities will serve as a refuge to which anyone who kills someone unintentionally can flee.

16 Men dersom en slaar en anden med et Stykke Jern, saa han dør, han er en Manddraber; den Manddraber skal dødes.

But if an accused man has struck his victim with an instrument of iron, and if his victim dies, then the accused is indeed a murderer. He must certainly be put to death.

17 Og dersom han slaar ham med en Sten i Haand, hvormed nogen kan dræbes, og han dør, da er han en Manddraber; den Manddraber skal dødes.

If an accused man has struck his victim with a stone in his hand that might kill the victim, and if his victim dies, then the accused is indeed a murderer. He must certainly be put to death.

18 Eller han slaar ham med et Stykke Træ i Haand, hvormed nogen kan dræbes, og han dør, da er han en Manddraber; den Manddraber skal dødes.

If an accused man has struck his victim with a wooden weapon that might kill the victim, and if the victim dies, then the accused is indeed a murderer. He must certainly be put to death.

19 Blodhævneren, han maa dræbe Manddraberen; naar han møder ham, maa han dræbe ham.

The avenger of blood may put the murderer to death. When he meets him, the avenger of blood must put him to death.

20 Og dersom en af Had giver en anden et Stød, eller kaster noget paa ham med frit Forsæt, saa at han dør,

If he strikes another in hatred or throws something at him, while hiding to ambush him, so that the victim dies,

21 eller han slaar ham af Fjendskab med sin Haand, saa at han dør, da skal den, som slog, dødes, han er en Manddraber; Blodhævneren maa dræbe Manddraberen, naar han møder ham.

or if he strikes him down in hatred with his hand so that the victim dies, then the accused who struck him must surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood may put the murderer to death when he meets him.

22 Men dersom han giver ham et Stød i en Hast, uden Fjendskab, eller kaster nogen Ting paa ham uden frit Forsæt,

But if an accused man suddenly hits a victim without premeditated hate or throws something that hits the victim without lying in wait

23 eller det sker med en Sten, hvormed man kan dræbes, og han ikke saa ham, da han lod den falde paa ham, saa han døde, og han var ikke hans Fjende og søgte ikke hans Ulykke:

or if he throws a stone that could kill a victim without seeing the victim, then the accused was not the victim's enemy; he was not trying to hurt the victim. But this is what to do if the victim dies anyway.

24 Da skulle de i Menigheden dømme imellem den, som slog, og imellem Blodhævneren efter disse Love.

In that case, the community must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood on the basis of these rules.

25 Og de i Menigheden skulle udfri Manddraberen af Blodhævnerens Haand, og de i Menigheden skulle lade ham komme tilbage til hans Tilflugtsstad, som han flyede til; og han skal blive der, indtil Ypperstepræsten, som man har salvet med den hellige Olie, dør.

The community must rescue the accused from the power of the avenger of blood. The community must return the accused to the city of refuge to which he had originally fled. He must live there until the death of the current high priest, the one who was anointed with the holy oil.

26 Men om Manddraberen gaar uden for den Tilflugtsstads Markeskel, som han flyede til,

But if the accused man at any time goes beyond the border of the city of refuge to which he fled,

27 og Blodhævneren finder ham uden for hans Tilflugtsstads Markeskel, og Blodhævneren slaar Manddraberen ihjel, da har hin ingen Blodskyld.

and if the avenger of blood finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and if he kills the accused man, the avenger of blood will not be guilty of murder.

28 Thi han skulde være bleven i sin Tilflugtsstad, indtil Ypperstepræsten døde; men efter Ypperstepræstens Død maa Manddraberen vende tilbage til sit Ejendoms Land.

This is because the accused man should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. After the death of the high priest, the accused may return to the land where he has his own property.

29 Og dette skal være eder en beskikket Ret hos eders Efterkommere i alle eders Boliger.

These laws must be statutes for you through all your people's generations in all the places where you live.

30 Naar nogen ihjelslaar en Person, da skal man efter Vidners Mund slaa denne Manddraber ihjel; men eet Vidne skal ikke vidne imod en Person i Livssag.

Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be killed, as testified to by the words of witnesses. But one witness' word alone may not cause any person to be put to death.

31 Og I skulle ikke tage Sonepenge for en Manddrabers Person, naar han er skyldig til at dø; thi han skal dødes.

Also, you must not accept ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of murder. He must certainly be put to death.

32 Og I skulle ingen Sonepenge tage for at lade nogen fly til sin Tilflugtsstad eller at lade nogen komme tilbage at bo i Landet, førend Præsten dør.

You must not accept ransom for the one who has fled to a city of refuge. You must not in this way allow him to reside on his own property until the high priest dies.

33 Og I skulle ikke besmitte Landet, som I bo udi; thi Blodet besmitter Landet; og for Landet kan ikke ske Forsoning for det Blod, som udøses deri, uden ved hans Blod, som udøste det.

Do not pollute in this way the land where you live, because blood from murder pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land when blood has been shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

34 Og du skal ikke gøre Landet urent, hvilket I bo udi, hvilket jeg bor midt udi; thi jeg Herren bor midt iblandt Israels Børn.

So you must not defile the land in which you live because I am living in it. I, Yahweh, live among the people of Israel.'”