Numbers 35

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses paa Moabs Sletter ved Jordan over for Jeriko og sagde:

2 Command the sons of Israel, that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in. And ye shall give suburbs for the cities round about them to the Levites.

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,

3 And they shall have the cities to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

Disse Byer skal de have at bo i, og deres Græsmarker skal de have til deres Kvæg, deres Hjorde og andre Dyr.

4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

Græsmarkerne om Byerne, som I skal give Leviterne, skal strække sig 1000 Alen fra Bymuren ud til alle Sider;

5 And ye shall measure outside the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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.

6 And of the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, there shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee to. And besides them ye shall give forty-two cities.

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.

7 All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, them with their suburbs.

De Byer, I skal give Leviterne, bliver saaledes i alt otte og fyrretyve Byer med tilhørende Græsmarker.

8 And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few. Everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites.

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.

9 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

HERREN talede fremdeles til Moses og sagde:

10 Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Tal til Israeliterne og sig til dem: Naar I kommer over Jordan til Kana'ans Land,

11 then ye shall appoint cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

skal I udse eder nogle Byer, I kan have som Tilflugtsbyer, saa at en Manddraber, der begaar et Drab af Vanvare, kan ty derhen.

12 And the cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

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.

13 And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Det skal være seks Byer, I skal afstaa til Tilflugtsbyer;

14 Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities ye shall give in the land of Canaan. They shall be cities of refuge.

de tre skal I afstaa hinsides Jordan og de tre andre i Kana'ans Land; de skal være Tilflugtsbyer.

15 For the sons of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, these six cities shall be for refuge, that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

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.

16 But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.

Men slaar han ham ihjel med et Jernredskab, saa er han en Manddraber, og Manddraberen skal lide Døden;

17 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.

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;

18 Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.

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.

19 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death.

Blodhævneren skal dræbe Manddraberen; naar han træffer ham, skal han dræbe ham.

20 And if he thrust him from hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

Og støder han til ham af Had eller kaster noget paa ham i ond Hensigt, saa han dør deraf,

21 or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died, he who smote him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him.

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.

22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,

Støder han derimod til ham af Vanvare, ikke i Fjendskab, eller kaster han et Redskab paa ham, uden at det er i ond Hensigt,

23 or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, nor sought his harm,

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,

24 then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

saa skal Menigheden dømme Drabsmanden og Blodhævneren imellem paa Grundlag af disse Lovbud;

25 And the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge where he fled. And he shall dwell in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

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.

26 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge where he flees,

Men hvis Manddraberen for lader sin Tilflugtsbys Omraade, hvorhen han er tyet,

27 and the avenger of blood find him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood,

og Blodhævneren træffer ham uden for hans Tilflugtsbys Omraade, saa kan Blodhævneren dræbe Manddraberen uden at paadrage sig Blodskyld;

28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.

thi han skal blive i sin Tilflugtsby indtil Ypperstepræstens Død; først efter Ypperstepræstens Død kan Manddraberen vende tilbage til den Jord, han ejer.

29 And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Det skal være eder en retsgyldig Anordning fra Slægt til Slægt, hvor I end bor.

30 Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses, but one witness shall not testify against any person so that he dies.

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.

31 Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.

I maa ikke tage mod Sonebøde for en Manddraber, naar han har forbrudt sit Liv; han skal lide Døden,

32 And ye shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

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.

33 So ye shall not pollute the land in which ye are, for blood, it pollutes the land. And no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

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.

34 And thou shall not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell, for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel.

Gør ikke det Land urent, I er bosat i, og i hvis Midte jeg bor; thi jeg HERREN bor midt iblandt Israels Børn.