5 Mosebog 19
1 Når HERREN din Gud får udryddet de Folk, hvis Land HERREN din Gud vil give dig, og du får dem drevet bort og har bosat dig i deres Byer og Huse,
“When your God YHWH cuts off the nations whose land your God YHWH is giving to you, and you have dispossessed them, and dwelt in their cities and in their houses,
2 da skal du udtage dig tre Byer midt i dit Land, som HERREN din Gud giver dig i Eje.
you separate three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it.
3 Du skal sætte Vejen til dem i Stand og dele dit Landområde, som HERREN din Gud tildeler dig, i tre Dele, for at enhver Manddraber kan ty derhen.
You prepare the way for yourself, and have divided into three parts the border of your land which your God YHWH causes you to inherit, and it has been for the fleeing there of every manslayer.
4 Men om de Manddrabere, der har Ret til at ty derhen for at redde Livet, gælder følgende: Når nogen af Vanvare slår sin Næste ihjel, uden at han i Forvejen har båret Nag til ham,
And this [is] the matter of the manslayer who flees there, and has lived: he who strikes his neighbor unknowingly, and is not hating him before—
5 når således en går med sin Næste ud i Skoven for at fælde Træer, og hans Hånd svinger Øksen for at fælde et Træ, og Jernet farer ud af Skaftet og rammer hans Næste, så han dør, da må han ty til en af disse Byer og redde Livet,
even he who comes into a forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand has driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron has slipped from the wood, and has met his neighbor, and he has died—he flees to one of these cities, and has lived,
6 for at ikke Blodhævneren i Ophidselse skal sætte efter Manddraberen og, fordi Vejen er for lang, indhente ham og slå ham ihjel, skønt han ikke havde fortjent Døden, eftersom. han ikke i Forvejen havde båret Nag til ham.
lest the redeemer of blood pursue after the manslayer when his heart is hot and has overtaken him, because the way is great, and has struck his life, and he has no sentence of death, for he is not hating him before;
7 Derfor giver jeg dig dette Bud: Tre Byer skal du udtage dig!
therefore I am commanding you, saying, You separate three cities for yourself.
8 Og dersom HERREN din Gud udvider dine Landemærker, som han tilsvor dine Fædre, og giver dig hele det Land, han lovede at give dine Fædre,
And if your God YHWH enlarges your border, as He has sworn to your fathers, and has given to you all the land which He has spoken to give to your fathers—
9 fordi du omhyggeligt overholder alle disse Bud, som jeg i Dag pålægger dig, idet du elsker HERREN din Gud og vandrer på hans Veje alle Dage, så skal du føje endnu tre Byer til disse tre,
when you keep all this command to do it, which I am commanding you today, to love your God YHWH and to walk in His ways [for] all the days—then you have added three more cities for yourself to these three;
10 for at der ikke skal udgydes uskyldigt Blod i dit Land, som HERREN din Gud giver dig i Eje, så du pådrager dig Blodskyld.
and [do this] lest innocent blood is shed in the midst of your land which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance, and there has been blood on you.
11 Men når en Mand, som bærer Nag til sin Næste, lægger sig på Lur efter ham, overfalder ham og slår ham ihjel, og han så flygter til en af disse Byer,
And when a man is hating his neighbor, and has lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and struck his life, and he has died, then he has fled to one of these cities,
12 skal hans Bys Ældste sende Bud og lade ham hente hjem derfra og overgive ham i Blodhævnerens Hånd, og han skal lade sit Liv.
and [the] elderly of his city have sent and taken him from there, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he has died;
13 Skån ham ikke, men rens Israel for den uskyldiges Blod, at det må gå dig vel.
your eye has no pity on him, and you have put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with you.
14 Du må ikke flytte din Næstes Markskel, som tidligere Slægter har sat, ved den Arvelod, du får tildelt i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig i Eje.
You do not remove a border of your neighbor, which they of former times have made, in your inheritance, which you inherit in the land which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it.
15 En enkelt kan ikke optræde som Vidne mod en Mand, når det angår Misgerning eller Synd, hvad Synd det end er, han begår; kun på to eller tre Vidners Udsagn kan en Sag afgøres.
One witness does not rise against a man for any iniquity and for any sin, in any sin which he sins; by the mouth of two witnesses or by the mouth of three witnesses is a thing established.
16 Når et ondsindet Vidne optræder mod nogen og beskylder ham for Lovbrud,
When a violent witness rises against a man to testify against him apostasy,
17 skal begge de stridende fremstille sig for HERRENs Åsyn, for de Præster og Dommere, der er til den Tid,
then both of the men who have the strife have stood before YHWH, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,
18 og Dommerne skal undersøge Sagen grundigt, og hvis det viser sig, at Vidnet er et falsk Vidne, der har aflagt falsk Vidnesbyrd mod sin Broder,
and the judges have searched diligently, and behold, the witness [is] a false witness who has testified a falsehood against his brother,
19 så skal I gøre med ham, som han havde til Hensigt at gøre med sin Broder; du skal udrydde det onde af din Midte.
then you have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and you have put away evil out of your midst,
20 Når da de andre hører det, vil de gribes af Frygt og ikke mere øve en sådan Udåd i din Midte.
and those who are left hear and fear, and do not add to do according to this evil thing in your midst anymore.
21 Du må ikke vise Skånsel: Liv for Liv, Øje for Øje, Tand for Tand, Hånd for Hånd, Fod for Fod!
And your eye does not pity—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
