Deuteronomy 19
1 “When the Lord your God will have destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to you, and when you possess it and live in its cities and buildings,
“耶和华—你 神将列国之民剪除的时候，耶和华—你 神也将他们的地赐给你，你接着住他们的城邑并他们的房屋，
2 you shall separate for yourselves three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give to you as a possession,
就要在耶和华—你 神所赐你为业的地上分定三座城。
3 paving the road carefully. And you shall divide the entire province of your land equally into three parts, so that he who is forced to flee because of manslaughter may have a place nearby to which he may be able to escape.
要将耶和华—你 神使你承受为业的地分为三段；又要预备道路，使误杀人的，都可以逃到那里去。
4 This shall be the law of the killer who flees, whose life is to be saved. Whoever strikes down his neighbor unwillingly, and who has been proven to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before,
“误杀人的逃到那里可以存活，定例乃是这样：凡素无仇恨，无心杀了人的，
5 such that he had gone with him into the forest simply to cut wood, and in cutting down the tree, the axe slipped from his hand, or the iron slipped from the handle, and it struck his friend and killed him: he shall flee to one of the cities stated above, and he shall live.
就如人与邻舍同入树林砍伐树木，手拿斧子一砍，本想砍下树木，不料，斧头脱了把，飞落在邻舍身上，以致于死，这人逃到那些城的一座城，就可以存活，
6 Otherwise, perhaps the near relative of him whose blood was shed, impelled by his grief, might pursue and apprehend him, unless the way is too long, and he might strike down the life of him who is not guilty unto death, since he had demonstrated that he had no prior hatred against him who was slain.
免得报血仇的，心中火热追赶他，因路远就追上，将他杀死；其实他不该死，因为他与被杀的素无仇恨。
7 For this reason, I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.
所以我吩咐你说，要分定三座城。
8 And when the Lord your God will have enlarged your borders, just as he swore to your fathers, and when he will have given to you all the land that he has promised to them,
耶和华—你 神若照他向你列祖所起的誓扩张你的境界，将所应许赐你列祖的地全然给你，
9 (but this is only so if you will keep his commandments and do the things which I instruct to you this day, so that you love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways at all times) you shall add for yourselves three other cities, and so you shall double the number of the three cities stated above.
你若谨守遵行我今日所吩咐的这一切诫命，爱耶和华—你的 神，常常遵行他的道，就要在这三座城之外，再添三座城，
10 So may innocent blood not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord your God will give you to possess, lest you be guilty of blood.
免得无辜之人的血流在耶和华—你 神所赐你为业的地上，流血的罪就归于你。
11 But if anyone, having hatred for his neighbor, will have lain in ambush for his life, and, rising up, will have struck him, and he will have died, and if he will have fled to one of the cities stated above,
“若有人恨他的邻舍，埋伏着起来击杀他，以致于死，便逃到这些城的一座城，
12 the elders of his city shall send, and they shall take him from the place of refuge, and they shall deliver him into the hand of the relative of him whose blood was shed, and he shall die.
本城的长老就要打发人去，从那里带出他来，交在报血仇的手中，将他治死。
13 You shall not take pity on him, and so shall you take away the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may be well with you.
你眼不可顾惜他，却要从以色列中除掉流无辜血的罪，使你可以得福。”
14 You shall not take up or move the landmark of your neighbor, which those before you have placed, in your possession that the Lord your God will give to you, in the land you will receive to possess.
“在耶和华—你 神所赐你承受为业之地，不可挪移你邻舍的地界，那是先人所定的。”
15 One witness shall not stand against another, no matter what the sin or outrage may be. For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.
“人无论犯什么罪，作什么恶，不可凭一个人的口作见证，总要凭两三个人的口作见证才可定案。
16 If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a transgression,
若有凶恶的见证人起来，见证某人作恶，
17 both of those whose case it is shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges who shall be in those days.
这两个争讼的人就要站在耶和华面前，和当时的祭司，并审判官面前，
18 And when, after a very diligent examination, they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,
审判官要细细地查究，若见证人果然是作假见证的，以假见证陷害弟兄，
19 they shall render to him just as he intended to do to his brother. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.
你们就要待他如同他想要待的弟兄。这样，就把那恶从你们中间除掉。
20 Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid, and they will by no means dare to do such things.
别人听见都要害怕，就不敢在你们中间再行这样的恶了。
21 You shall not take pity on him. Instead, you shall require a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.”
你眼不可顾惜，要以命偿命，以眼还眼，以牙还牙，以手还手，以脚还脚。”
