4 Mosebog 35
1 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses paa Moabs Sletter ved Jordan over for Jeriko og sagde:
Yahweh spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho and said,
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,
“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 Disse Byer skal de have at bo i, og deres Græsmarker skal de have til deres Kvæg, deres Hjorde og andre Dyr.
The Levites will have these cities to live in. The pastureland will be for their cattle, their flocks, and all their animals.
4 Græsmarkerne om Byerne, som I skal give Leviterne, skal strække sig 1000 Alen fra Bymuren ud til alle Sider;
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 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.
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 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.
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 De Byer, I skal give Leviterne, bliver saaledes i alt otte og fyrretyve Byer med tilhørende Græsmarker.
The cities that you give to the Levites will total forty-eight. You must give their pasturelands with 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.
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 HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
10 Tal til Israeliterne og sig til dem: Naar I kommer over Jordan til Kana'ans Land,
“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the 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 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 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.
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 Det skal være seks Byer, I skal afstaa til Tilflugtsbyer;
You must choose six cities as cities of refuge.
14 de tre skal I afstaa hinsides Jordan og de tre andre i Kana'ans Land; de skal være Tilflugtsbyer.
You must provide three cities beyond the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan. They will be cities of refuge.
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 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 slaar han ham ihjel med et Jernredskab, saa er han en Manddraber, og Manddraberen skal lide Døden;
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 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;
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 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.
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 skal dræbe Manddraberen; naar han træffer ham, skal 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 støder han til ham af Had eller kaster noget paa ham i ond Hensigt, saa han dør deraf,
If he strikes another in hatred or throws something at him, while hiding to ambush him, so that the victim dies,
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 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 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 an accused man suddenly hits a victim without premeditated hate or throws something that hits the victim without lying in wait
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 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 saa skal Menigheden dømme Drabsmanden og Blodhævneren imellem paa Grundlag af disse Lovbud;
In that case, the community must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood on the basis of 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.
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 hvis Manddraberen for lader sin Tilflugtsbys Omraade, hvorhen han er tyet,
But if the accused man at any time goes beyond the border of the city of refuge to which he fled,
27 og Blodhævneren træffer ham uden for hans Tilflugtsbys Omraade, saa kan Blodhævneren dræbe Manddraberen uden at paadrage sig 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 skal blive i sin Tilflugtsby indtil Ypperstepræstens Død; først efter Ypperstepræstens Død kan Manddraberen vende tilbage til den Jord, han ejer.
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 Det skal være eder en retsgyldig Anordning fra Slægt til Slægt, hvor I end bor.
These laws must be statutes for you through all your people's generations in all the places where you live.
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.
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 I maa ikke tage mod Sonebøde for en Manddraber, naar han har forbrudt sit Liv; han skal lide Døden,
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 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.
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 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.
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 Gør ikke det Land urent, I er bosat i, og i hvis Midte jeg bor; 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.'”
