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,
Nígbà tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ bá ti pa àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí yóò fi ilẹ̀ wọn fún ọ run, àti nígbà tí ìwọ bá ti lé wọn jáde tí o sì dó sí àwọn ilẹ̀ àti ilé wọn gbogbo.
2 you shall separate for yourselves three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give to you as a possession,
Ìwọ yóò ya ìlú mẹ́ta sọ́tọ̀ fún ara à rẹ láàrín ilẹ̀ rẹ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run fún ọ láti ni.
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.
Ṣe àwọn ọ̀nà sí wọn àti kí o pín ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run fún ọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún sí ọ̀nà mẹ́ta nítorí kí apànìyàn lè sá níbẹ̀.
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,
Èyí ni òfin nípa apànìyàn, tí ó sì sá síbẹ̀ láti pa ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ mọ́. Ẹni tí ó pa aládùúgbò láìmọ̀ọ́mọ̀ṣeé láìjẹ́ pé ó ti ní àrankàn pẹ̀lú u rẹ̀ láti ọjọ́ pípẹ́.
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.
Bí àpẹẹrẹ, ọkùnrin kan lè lọ sínú igbó pẹ̀lú aládùúgbò rẹ̀ láti gé igi, bí ó sì ti gbé àáké e rẹ̀ láti gé igi náà lulẹ̀, bí àáké náà bá yọ tí ó sì bà aládùúgbò rẹ̀, tí òun sì kú. Ọkùnrin yìí lè sálọ sí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìlú yìí láti gba ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ là.
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.
Bí kò ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, agbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ lè máa lépa rẹ̀ nínú ìbínú, kí ó sì lé e bá nítorí pé ọ̀nà jì, kí ó sì pa á bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé kò yẹ sí ikú, nígbà tí ó ṣe é sí aládùúgbò rẹ̀ láìjẹ́ pé ó ti ní àrankàn pẹ̀lú u rẹ̀ láti ọjọ́ pípẹ́.
7 For this reason, I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.
Ìdí nìyìí tí mo fi pa á láṣẹ fún ọ láti ya ìlú mẹ́ta sọ́tọ̀ fún ara rẹ.
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,
Tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ bá sì fẹ́ agbègbè rẹ, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti ṣe ìbúra fún àwọn baba ńlá a yín, tí ó sì fún ọ ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ tí ó ti ṣe ìlérí fún wọn,
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.
nítorí tí ìwọ fi pẹ̀lẹ́pẹ̀lẹ́ tẹ̀lé gbogbo òfin yìí tí mo pàṣẹ fún ọ lónìí yìí, kí o fẹ́ Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ, kí o sì rìn ní ọ̀nà an rẹ̀ ní gbogbo ìgbà náà, kí o ya ìlú mẹ́ta sọ́tọ̀.
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.
Ṣe èyí kí a má ṣe ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀ ni ilẹ̀ rẹ, èyí tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ yóò fún ọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún, kí ìwọ kí ó má bá a jẹ̀bi ẹ̀jẹ̀ títa.
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,
Ṣùgbọ́n tí ọkùnrin kan bá kórìíra arákùnrin rẹ̀, tí ó sì lúgọ dè é, tí ó mú u tí o lù ú pa, tí ọkùnrin náà sì sálọ sí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìlú wọ̀nyí,
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.
àwọn àgbàgbà ìlú rẹ yóò sì ránṣẹ́ pè é ìwọ, yóò sì mú un padà láti ìlú náà, wọn yóò sì fi í lé àwọn agbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ kí ó lè kú.
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.
Má ṣe ṣàánú fún un. O ní láti fọ ẹ̀bi ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ kúrò ni Israẹli, kí ó bá à lè dára fún ọ.
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.
Má ṣe pa òkúta ààlà aládùúgbò rẹ dà tí aṣíwájú rẹ fi lélẹ̀ nínú ogún tí ó gbà nínú ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ fi fún ọ láti ni ní ìní.
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.
Ẹlẹ́rìí kan ṣoṣo kò tó láti dájọ́ ọkùnrin kan tí o fi ẹ̀bi ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yóò wù kí ó lè ṣẹ̀ lẹ́bi. A ó fi ìdí ọ̀rọ̀ múlẹ̀ láti orí ẹ̀rí ẹni méjì tàbí mẹ́ta.
16 If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a transgression,
Tí alárankàn ẹlẹ́rìí èké bá dúró láti fi ẹ̀sùn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kan ọkùnrin kan,
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.
àwọn méjèèjì tí àríyànjiyàn wà láàrín wọn gbọdọ̀ dúró níwájú Olúwa níwájú àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn adájọ́ tí ó wà ní ibi iṣẹ́ ní ìgbà náà.
18 And when, after a very diligent examination, they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,
Àwọn adájọ́ gbọdọ̀ ṣe ìwádìí fínní fínní bí ẹ̀rí bá sì jẹ́ irọ́, tí ó fi ẹ̀rí èké sun arákùnrin rẹ̀,
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.
nígbà náà ni kí ó ṣe sí i gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ṣe fẹ́ ṣe sí arákùnrin rẹ̀. O ní láti wẹ búburú kúrò láàrín rẹ.
20 Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid, and they will by no means dare to do such things.
Àwọn ènìyàn tókù yóò gbọ́ nípa èyí, wọn yóò sì bẹ̀rù, kí irú nǹkan búburú bẹ́ẹ̀ máa tún sẹ̀ mọ́ láàrín yín.
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.”
Má ṣe fi àánú hàn, ẹ̀mí fún ẹ̀mí, ojú fún ojú, eyín fún eyín, apá fún apá, ẹsẹ̀ fún ẹsẹ̀.
