4 Mosebog 35
1 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses paa Moabs Sletter ved Jordan over for Jeriko og sagde:
And the Lord said to Moses in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho,
2 byd Israeliterne, at de af de Besiddelser, de faar i Arv, skal give Leviterne nogle Byer at bo i; I skal ogsaa give Leviterne Græsmarker rundt om disse Byer,
Give orders to the children of Israel to give to the Levites, from the heritage which is theirs, towns for themselves, with land on the outskirts of the towns.
3 Disse Byer skal de have at bo i, og deres Græsmarker skal de have til deres Kvæg, deres Hjorde og andre Dyr.
These towns are to be their living-places, with land round them for their cattle and their food and all their beasts,
4 Græsmarkerne om Byerne, som I skal give Leviterne, skal strække sig 1000 Alen fra Bymuren ud til alle Sider;
Stretching from the wall of the towns a distance of a thousand cubits all round.
5 og uden for Byen skal I til Østside opmaale 2000 Alen, til Sydside 2000, til Vestside 2000 og til Nordside 2000, med Byen i Midten. Det skal tilfalde dem som Græsgange til Byerne.
The measure of this space of land is to be two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, and two thousand cubits on the south and on the west and on the north, the town being in the middle. This space will be the outskirts of their towns.
6 Hvad de Byer angaar, som I skal give Leviterne, saa skal I give dem de seks Tilflugtsbyer, som Manddrabere kan ty ind i, og desuden to og fyrretyve Byer.
And the towns which you give the Levites are to be the six safe places to which the taker of life may go in flight; and in addition you are to give them forty-two towns.
7 De Byer, I skal give Leviterne, bliver saaledes i alt otte og fyrretyve Byer med tilhørende Græsmarker.
Forty-eight towns are to be given to the Levites, all with land round them.
8 Og af de Byer, I skal give dem af Israeliternes Besiddelser, skal I lade de større Stammer give flere, de mindre færre; hver Stamme skal give Leviterne saa mange af sine Byer, som svarer til den Arvelod, der tildeles den.
And these towns are to be given out of the heritage of the children of Israel, taking the greater number from those who have much, and a smaller number from those who have little: everyone, in the measure of his heritage, is to give of his property to the Levites.
9 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
And the Lord said to Moses,
10 Tal til Israeliterne og sig til dem: Naar I kommer over Jordan til Kana'ans Land,
Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
11 skal I udse eder nogle Byer, I kan have som Tilflugtsbyer, saa at en Manddraber, der begaar et Drab af Vanvare, kan ty derhen.
Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.
12 I disse Byer skal I have Ret til at søge Tilflugt for Blodhævneren, for at ikke Manddraberen skal dø, før han er blevet stillet for Menighedens Domstol.
In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.
13 Det skal være seks Byer, I skal afstaa til Tilflugtsbyer;
Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;
14 de tre skal I afstaa hinsides Jordan og de tre andre i Kana'ans Land; de skal være Tilflugtsbyer.
Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight.
15 Israeliterne, de fremmede og de indvandrede iblandt dem skal have Ret til at søge Tilflugt i de seks Byer, saa at enhver, der begaar et Drab af Vanvare, kan ty derhen.
For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight.
16 Men slaar han ham ihjel med et Jernredskab, saa er han en Manddraber, og Manddraberen skal lide Døden;
But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
17 og slaar han ham ihjel med en Sten, som han har i Haanden, og som kan slaa en Mand ihjel, saa er han en Manddraber, og Manddraberen skal lide Døden;
Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
18 og slaar han ham ihjel med et Træredskab, som han har i Haanden, og som kan slaa en Mand ihjel, saa er han en Manddraber, og Manddraberen skal lide Døden.
Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
19 Blodhævneren skal dræbe Manddraberen; naar han træffer ham, skal han dræbe ham.
He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
20 Og støder han til ham af Had eller kaster noget paa ham i ond Hensigt, saa han dør deraf,
If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death;
21 eller slaar han ham med Haanden i Fjendskab, saa han dør deraf, skal Drabsmanden lide Døden, thi han er en Manddraber; Blodhævneren skal dræbe Manddraberen, naar han træffer ham.
Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
22 Støder han derimod til ham af Vanvare, ikke i Fjendskab, eller kaster han et Redskab paa ham, uden at det er i ond Hensigt,
But if a man has given a wound to another suddenly and not in hate, or without design has sent something against him,
23 eller rammer han ham uden at se ham med en Sten, som kan slaa en Mand ihjel, saa han dør deraf, og han ikke er hans Uven eller har pønset paa ondt imod ham,
Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil:
24 saa skal Menigheden dømme Drabsmanden og Blodhævneren imellem paa Grundlag af disse Lovbud;
Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:
25 og Menigheden skal værne Manddraberen mod Blodhævneren, og Menigheden skal føre ham tilbage til hans Tilflugtsby, hvorhen han var tyet, og der skal han blive boende, indtil den med hellig Olie salvede Ypperstepræst dør.
And let the people keep the man responsible for the death safe from the hands of him who has the right of punishment for blood, and send him back to his safe town where he had gone in flight: there let him be till the death of the high priest who was marked with the holy oil.
26 Men hvis Manddraberen for lader sin Tilflugtsbys Omraade, hvorhen han er tyet,
But if ever he goes outside the walls of the safe town where he had gone in flight,
27 og Blodhævneren træffer ham uden for hans Tilflugtsbys Omraade, saa kan Blodhævneren dræbe Manddraberen uden at paadrage sig Blodskyld;
And the giver of punishment, meeting him outside the walls of the town, puts him to death, he will not be responsible for his blood:
28 thi han skal blive i sin Tilflugtsby indtil Ypperstepræstens Død; først efter Ypperstepræstens Død kan Manddraberen vende tilbage til den Jord, han ejer.
Because he had been ordered to keep inside the safe town till the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the taker of life may come back to the place of his heritage.
29 Det skal være eder en retsgyldig Anordning fra Slægt til Slægt, hvor I end bor.
These rules are to be your guide in judging through all your generations wherever you may be living.
30 Naar nogen slaar et Menneske ihjel, maa man kun dræbe Manddraberen efter flere Vidners Udsagn. Et enkelt Vidnes Udsagn er ikke nok til en Dødsdom.
Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.
31 I maa ikke tage mod Sonebøde for en Manddraber, naar han har forbrudt sit Liv; han skal lide Døden,
Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.
32 Heller ikke maa I tage mod Sonebøde, saaledes at den, der er tyet til sin Tilflugtsby, før Ypperstepræstens Død kan vende tilbage og bosætte sig i Landet.
And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest.
33 Vanhelliger ikke det Land, I er i, thi Blodet vanhelliger Landet, og Landet faar kun Soning for det Blod, der er udgydt deri, ved dens Blod, der har udgydt det.
So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.
34 Gør ikke det Land urent, I er bosat i, og i hvis Midte jeg bor; thi jeg HERREN bor midt iblandt Israels Børn.
Do not make unclean the land where you are living and in which is my House: for I the Lord am present among the children of Israel.
