Deuteronomy 19

1 And when the Lord thy God shall have destroyed the nations, which God gives thee, [even] the land, and ye shall inherit them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,

١ «مَتَى قَرَضَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ ٱلْأُمَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ يُعْطِيكَ أَرْضَهُمْ، وَوَرِثْتَهُمْ وَسَكَنْتَ مُدُنَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ،

2 thou shalt separate for thyself three cities in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God gives thee.

٢ تَفْرِزُ لِنَفْسِكَ ثَلَاثَ مُدُنٍ فِي وَسَطِ أَرْضِكَ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ لِتَمْتَلِكَهَا.

3 Take a survey of thy way, and thou shalt divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God apportions to thee, into three parts, and there shall be there a refuge for every manslayer.

٣ تُصْلِحُ ٱلطَّرِيقَ وَتُثَلِّثُ تُخُومَ أَرْضِكَ ٱلَّتِي يَقْسِمُ لَكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ، فَتَكُونُ لِكَيْ يَهْرُبَ إِلَيْهَا كُلُّ قَاتِلٍ.

4 And this shall be the ordinance of the manslayer, who shall flee thither, and shall live, whosoever shall have smitten his neighbour ignorantly, whereas he hated him not in times past.

٤ وَهَذَا هُوَ حُكْمُ ٱلْقَاتِلِ ٱلَّذِي يَهْرُبُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ فَيَحْيَا: مَنْ ضَرَبَ صَاحِبَهُ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مُبْغِضٍ لَهُ مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ.

5 And whosoever shall enter with his neighbour into the thicket, to gather wood, if the hand of him that cuts wood with the axe should be violently shaken, and the axe head falling off from the handle should light on his neighbour, and he should die, he shall flee to one of these cities, and live.

٥ وَمَنْ ذَهَبَ مَعَ صَاحِبِهِ فِي ٱلْوَعْرِ لِيَحْتَطِبَ حَطَبًا، فَٱنْدَفَعَتْ يَدُهُ بِٱلْفَأْسِ لِيَقْطَعَ ٱلْحَطَبَ، وَأَفْلَتَ ٱلْحَدِيدُ مِنَ ٱلْخَشَبِ وَأَصَابَ صَاحِبَهُ فَمَاتَ، فَهُوَ يَهْرُبُ إِلَى إِحْدَى تِلْكَ ٱلْمُدُنِ فَيَحْيَا.

6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and slay him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past.

٦ لِئَلَّا يَسْعَى وَلِيُّ ٱلدَّمِ وَرَاءَ ٱلْقَاتِلِ حِينَ يَحْمَى قَلْبُهُ، وَيُدْرِكَهُ إِذَا طَالَ ٱلطَّرِيقُ وَيَقْتُلَهُ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ حُكْمُ ٱلْمَوْتِ، لِأَنَّهُ غَيْرُ مُبْغِضٍ لَهُ مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ.

7 Therefore I charge thee, saying, Thou shalt separate for thy self three cities.

٧ لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَنَا آمُرُكَ قَائِلًا: ثَلَاثَ مُدُنٍ تَفْرِزُ لِنَفْسِكَ.

8 And if the Lord shall enlarge thy borders, as he sware to thy fathers, and the Lord shall give to thee all the land which he said he would give to thy fathers;

٨ وَإِنْ وَسَّعَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ تُخُومَكَ كَمَا حَلَفَ لِآبَائِكَ، وَأَعْطَاكَ جَمِيعَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي قَالَ إِنَّهُ يُعْطِي لِآبَائِكَ،

9 if thou shalt hearken to do all these commands, which I charge thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways continually; thou shalt add for thyself yet three cities to these three.

٩ إِذْ حَفِظْتَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْوَصَايَا لِتَعْمَلَهَا، كَمَا أَنَا أُوصِيكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ لِتُحِبَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ وَتَسْلُكَ فِي طُرُقِهِ كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، فَزِدْ لِنَفْسِكَ أَيْضًا ثَلَاثَ مُدُنٍ عَلَى هَذِهِ ٱلثَّلَاثِ،

10 So innocent blood shall not be spilt in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, and there shall not be in thee one guilty of blood.

١٠ حَتَّى لَا يُسْفَكَ دَمُ بَرِيءٍ فِي وَسَطِ أَرْضِكَ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ نَصِيبًا، فَيَكُونَ عَلَيْكَ دَمٌ.

11 But if there should be in thee a man hating his neighbour, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities,

١١ «وَلَكِنْ إِذَا كَانَ إِنْسَانٌ مُبْغِضًا لِصَاحِبِهِ، فَكَمَنَ لَهُ وَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ وَضَرَبَهُ ضَرْبَةً قَاتِلَةً فَمَاتَ، ثُمَّ هَرَبَ إِلَى إِحْدَى تِلْكَ ٱلْمُدُنِ،

12 then shall the elders of his city send, and take him thence, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the avengers of blood, and he shall die.

١٢ يُرْسِلُ شُيُوخُ مَدِينَتِهِ وَيَأْخُذُونَهُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَيَدْفَعُونَهُ إِلَى يَدِ وَلِيِّ ٱلدَّمِ فَيَمُوتُ.

13 Thine eye shall not spare him; so shalt thou purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with thee.

١٣ لَا تُشْفِقْ عَيْنُكَ عَلَيْهِ. فَتَنْزِعَ دَمَ ٱلْبَرِيءِ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيَكُونَ لَكَ خَيْرٌ.

14 Thou shalt not move the landmarks of thy neighbour, which thy fathers set in the inheritance, in which thou hast obtained a share in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.

١٤ لَا تَنْقُلْ تُخْمَ صَاحِبِكَ ٱلَّذِي نَصَبَهُ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ فِي نَصِيبِكَ ٱلَّذِي تَنَالُهُ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطِيكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ لِكَيْ تَمْتَلِكَهَا.

15 One witness shall not stand to testify against a man for any iniquity, or for any fault, or for any sin which he may commit; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.

١٥ «لَا يَقُومُ شَاهِدٌ وَاحِدٌ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ فِي ذَنْبٍ مَّا أَوْ خَطِيَّةٍ مَّا مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلْخَطَايَا ٱلَّتِي يُخْطِئُ بِهَا. عَلَى فَمِ شَاهِدَيْنِ أَوْ عَلَى فَمِ ثَلَاثَةِ شُهُودٍ يَقُومُ ٱلْأَمْرُ.

16 And if an unjust witness rise up against a man, alleging iniquity against him;

١٦ إِذَا قَامَ شَاهِدُ زُورٍ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ لِيَشْهَدَ عَلَيْهِ بِزَيْغٍ،

17 then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.

١٧ يَقِفُ ٱلرَّجُلَانِ ٱللَّذَانِ بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْخُصُومَةُ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، أَمَامَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلْقُضَاةِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكُونُونَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ.

18 And the judges shall make diligent inquiry, and, behold, [if] and unjust witness has borne unjust testimony; [and] has stood up against his brother;

١٨ فَإِنْ فَحَصَ ٱلْقُضَاةُ جَيِّدًا، وَإِذَا ٱلشَّاهِدُ شَاهِدٌ كَاذِبٌ، قَدْ شَهِدَ بِٱلْكَذِبِ عَلَى أَخِيهِ،

19 then shall ye do to him as he wickedly devised to do against his brother, and thou shalt remove the evil from yourselves.

١٩ فَٱفْعَلُوا بِهِ كَمَا نَوَى أَنْ يَفْعَلَ بِأَخِيهِ. فَتَنْزِعُونَ ٱلشَّرَّ مِنْ وَسْطِكُمْ.

20 And the rest shall hear and fear, and do no more according to this evil thing in the midst of you.

٢٠ وَيَسْمَعُ ٱلْبَاقُونَ فَيَخَافُونَ، وَلَا يَعُودُونَ يَفْعَلُونَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرِ ٱلْخَبِيثِ فِي وَسَطِكَ.

21 Thine eye shall not spare him: [thou shalt exact] life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

٢١ لَا تُشْفِقْ عَيْنُكَ. نَفْسٌ بِنَفْسٍ. عَيْنٌ بِعَيْنٍ. سِنٌّ بِسِنٍّ. يَدٌ بِيَدٍ. رِجْلٌ بِرِجْلٍ.