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,
Kad Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, izdeldēs tās tautas, kuru zemi Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dos, un tu tās iemantosi un dzīvosi viņu pilsētās un viņu namos.
2 you shall separate for yourselves three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give to you as a possession,
Tad trīs pilsētas tev būs atšķirt savā zemē, ko Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dos iemantot.
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.
Sataisi ceļu uz turieni, un iedali trīs daļās savas zemes robežas, ko Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev liks iemantot, ka uz turieni var bēgt ikviens, kas kādu nokāvis.
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,
Un tā lai notiek ar to, kas kādu nokāvis: kas uz turieni bēgs, tas dzīvos, ja savu tuvāko netīši nositis un ar to iepriekš nav bijis ienaidā.
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.
Ja kas ar savu tuvāko mežā ietu, malku cirst, un viņš paceltu savu roku ar cirvi, malku cirst, un cirvis nomuktu no kāta un aizķertu viņa tuvāko, ka tas mirtu, tas lai bēg uz vienu no šīm pilsētām, ka paliek dzīvs,
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.
Lai asiņu atriebējs nedzenās pakaļ nokāvējam, kad viņa sirds iekarsusi, un to nepanāk, kad tas ceļš būtu tālu, un viņam neņem dzīvību, jebšu viņš nāvi nav pelnījis, jo viņš ar to iepriekš nebija ienaidā.
7 For this reason, I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.
Tāpēc es tev pavēlu un saku: tev būs sev atšķirt trīs pilsētas.
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,
Un kad Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, izplatīs tavas robežas, kā Viņš taviem tēviem ir zvērējis, un tev dos visu zemi, ko Viņš solījis dot taviem tēviem,
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.
(Kad tu visu šo likumu turēsi, un darīsi, ko es tev šodien pavēlu, ka tu mīļo To Kungu, savu Dievu, un visu mūžu staigā Viņa ceļos): tad tev vēl sev būs pielikt trīs pilsētas pie šīm trim;
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.
Lai nenoziedzīgas asinis netop izlietas tavā zemē, ko Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dos par īpašumu, un lai nepaliek asins vainas uz tevis.
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,
Bet ja kāds būs, kas savu tuvāko ienīst un uz viņu glūn un pret viņu ceļas un viņu sit, ka mirst, un bēg uz vienu no šīm pilsētām,
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.
Tad viņa pilsētas vecajiem būs sūtīt un viņu no turienes paņemt, un nodot asiņu atriebējam rokā, lai mirst.
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.
Lai tava acs viņu nežēlo, bet tev būs atņemt tā nenoziedzīgā asinis no Israēla, lai tev labi klājās. -
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.
Tev nebūs pārcelt sava tuvākā ežas (robežas), ko tie tēvi likuši tavā daļā, ko tu iemantosi tai zemē, ko tev Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, dos iemantot.
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.
Vienam vienīgam lieciniekam nebūs celties pret nevienu par kādu noziegumu jeb par kādu grēku, ko tas būtu darījis; uz divu vai treju liecinieku vārda lai tā lieta pastāv.
16 If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a transgression,
Kad blēdīgs liecinieks ceļas pret kādu, pret viņu apliecināt pārkāpumu,
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.
Tad tiem diviem vīriem, kam tā ķilda, būs stāties Tā Kunga priekšā, priekš tiem priesteriem un tiem soģiem, kas to brīdi būs,
18 And when, after a very diligent examination, they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,
Un tiem soģiem būs labi izvaicāt, un redzi, ja tas liecinieks ir viltīgs liecinieks un devis nepatiesu liecību pret savu brāli,
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.
Tad jums būs viņam darīt, itin kā viņš nodomāja darīt savam brālim, un tev to ļaunumu no sevis būs izdeldēt,
20 Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid, and they will by no means dare to do such things.
Lai tie citi to dzird un bīstas, un vairs nedara tādu ļaunu darbu tavā vidū.
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.”
Tad nu lai tava acs nežēlo: dzīvība pret dzīvību, acs pret aci, zobs pret zobu, roka pret roku, kāja pret kāju.
