Deuteronomy 19
1 When the nations, whose land the Lord your God is giving you, have been cut off by him, and you have taken their place and are living in their towns and in their houses;
"Sesudah bangsa-bangsa itu dibinasakan TUHAN Allahmu dan negerinya diberikan kepadamu, dan sesudah kamu mengambil kota-kota dan rumah-rumah mereka dan diam di situ,
2 You are to have three towns marked out in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
wilayah itu harus kamu bagi menjadi tiga bagian, masing-masing dengan sebuah kota suaka yang mudah dicapai supaya setiap pembunuh dapat melarikan diri ke sana.
3 You are to make ready a way, and see that the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, is marked out into three parts, to which any taker of life may go in flight.
4 This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate;
Kalau seseorang dengan tidak sengaja telah membunuh orang lain yang bukan musuhnya, ia dapat melarikan diri ke salah satu kota itu dan boleh tinggal hidup.
5 For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:
Misalnya dua orang bersama-sama masuk hutan untuk menebang kayu. Sementara yang seorang menebang pohon, kepala kapaknya terlepas dari gagangnya dan kena temannya sehingga tewas. Maka orang yang telah membunuh tanpa sengaja itu tidak bersalah dan boleh lari ke salah satu dari tiga kota suaka itu supaya selamat. Sekiranya ada satu kota suaka saja, mungkin jaraknya ke sana terlalu jauh, dan anggota keluarga yang bertanggung jawab untuk membalas pembunuhan itu dapat mengejar dia dan dalam kemarahannya membunuh orang yang tak bersalah.
6 For if not, he who has the right of punishment may go running after the taker of life in the heat of his wrath, and overtake him because the way is long, and give him a death-blow; though it is not right for him to be put to death because he was not moved by hate.
7 And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose.
Sebab itu aku memerintahkan kamu untuk menyediakan tiga kota.
8 And if the Lord your God makes wide the limits of your land, as he said in his oath to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he undertook to give to your fathers;
Apabila TUHAN Allahmu sudah memperluas wilayahmu seperti yang dijanjikan-Nya kepada leluhurmu, dan seluruh negeri itu sudah diberikan kepadamu,
9 If you keep and do all these orders which I give you today, loving the Lord your God and walking ever in his ways; then let three more towns, in addition to these three, be marked out for you:
kamu harus memilih tiga kota suaka lagi. (Negeri itu akan diberikan kepadamu kalau kamu melakukan segala sesuatu yang saya perintahkan kepadamu hari ini, dan kalau kamu mencintai TUHAN Allahmu dan hidup menurut ajaran-Nya.)
10 So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.
Lakukanlah itu supaya kamu jangan berdosa karena membiarkan orang yang tak bersalah dibunuh di negeri yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu."
11 But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;
"Tetapi lain halnya kalau seseorang menghadang musuhnya dan dengan sengaja dan rasa benci membunuh dia, lalu melarikan diri ke salah satu kota suaka untuk mendapat perlindungan.
12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.
Dalam hal itu para pemimpin kotanya harus memanggil orang itu lalu menyerahkan dia kepada anggota keluarga yang bertanggung jawab untuk membalas pembunuhan itu, supaya ia dapat dibunuh.
13 Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.
Jangan menaruh kasihan kepadanya. Bebaskanlah Israel dari pembunuh itu, supaya kamu sejahtera."
14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
"Apabila kamu sudah sampai di negeri yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu, janganlah menggeser batas tanah tetanggamu yang ditentukan di zaman dahulu."
15 One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.
"Seorang saksi saja tidak cukup untuk menyatakan seorang tertuduh bersalah; sekurang-kurangnya dua saksi diperlukan untuk hal itu.
16 If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,
Kalau seseorang mau menjatuhkan orang lain dengan tuduhan palsu di pengadilan, maka
17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;
kedua-duanya harus pergi ke tempat ibadat yang ditentukan TUHAN supaya diadili oleh para imam dan hakim yang sedang bertugas.
18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,
Para hakim harus menyelidiki perkara itu dengan teliti, dan kalau ternyata orang itu memfitnah sesamanya orang Israel,
19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.
ia harus menjalani hukuman yang dimaksudkan untuk lawannya itu. Dengan demikian kamu memberantas kejahatan itu.
20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.
Semua orang akan mendengar tentang hal itu dan menjadi takut, sehingga tak ada lagi yang berbuat sejahat itu.
21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Jangan kasihan dalam perkara-perkara semacam itu. Hukumannya berupa: Nyawa ganti nyawa, mata ganti mata, gigi ganti gigi, tangan ganti tangan dan kaki ganti kaki."
