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,
Кад Господ Бог твој потре народе којих земљу даје теби Господ Бог твој, и кад их наследиш и настаниш се по градовима њиховим и по кућама њиховим,
2 you shall separate for yourselves three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give to you as a possession,
Одвој три града усред земље своје коју ти даје Господ Бог твој да је наследиш,
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.
Начини пут, и раздели на троје крајеве земље своје коју ти да Господ Бог твој у наследство, па нека бежи онамо сваки крвник.
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,
А овако нека буде с крвником који утече онамо, да би остао жив: ко убије ближњег свог нехотице, не мрзевши пре на њ,
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.
Као кад би ко отишао с ближњим својим у шуму да сече дрва, па би замахнуо секиром у руци својој да посече дрво, а она би спала с држалице и погодила би ближњег његова тако да умре он нека утече у који од тих градова да остане жив,
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.
Да не би осветник потерао крвника док му је срце распаљено и да га не би стигао на далеком путу и убио га, премда није заслужио смрт, јер није пре мрзео на њ.
7 For this reason, I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.
Зато ти заповедам и велим: три града одвој.
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,
А кад рашири Господ Бог твој међе твоје као што се заклео оцима твојим, и да ти сву земљу коју је рекао дати оцима твојим,
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.
Ако уздржиш и уствориш све ове заповести, које ти ја данас заповедам, да љубиш Господа Бога свог и ходиш путевима Његовим свагда, онда додај још три града осим она три,
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.
Да се не пролива крв права у земљи твојој, коју ти Господ Бог твој даје у наследство, и да не буде на теби крв.
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,
Али ако ко мрзи на ближњег свог и вреба га, и скочи на њ, и удари га тако да умре, а он утече у који од тих градова,
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.
Онда старешине места његова нека пошаљу и узму га оданде, и предаду га у руке осветнику да се погуби.
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.
Нека га не жали око твоје него скини крв праву с Израиља, да би ти добро било.
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.
Не помичи међе ближњег свог коју поставе стари у наследству твом које добијеш у земљи коју ти Господ Бог твој даје да је наследиш.
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.
Нека не устаје један сведок на човека ни за како зло и ни за какав грех између свих греха који се чине, него на речима два или три сведока да остаје ствар.
16 If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a transgression,
Ако би устао лажан сведок на кога да сведочи на њега да се одмеће Бога,
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.
Онда нека стану та два човека, који имају ту распру, пред Господа, пред свештенике и пред судије које буду у то време;
18 And when, after a very diligent examination, they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,
И нека добро испитају судије, ако сведок онај буде лажан сведок и лажно сведочи на брата свог,
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.
Учините му онако како је он мислио учинити брату свом и извади зло из себе,
20 Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid, and they will by no means dare to do such things.
Да се остали чувши то боје, и унапред више не чине тако зло усред тебе.
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.”
Нека не жали око твоје: живот за живот, око за око, зуб за зуб, руку за руку, ногу за ногу.
