< Numbers 35 >

1 And the Lord also spoke these things to Moses in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho:
ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى فِي سُهُولِ مُوآبَ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ مُقَابِلَ أَرِيحَا١
2 “Instruct the sons of Israel, so that they may give to the Levites, from their possessions,
«أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يُعْطُوا اللّاوِيِّينَ مِمَّا يَرِثُونَ مُدُناً يَسْكُنُونَهَا، وَمَا حَوْلَهَا مِنْ مَرَاعٍ٢
3 cities as dwelling places, with their surrounding suburbs, so that they may lodge in the towns, and so that the suburbs may be for cattle and beasts of burden.
فَتَكُونُ الْمُدُنُ لإِقَامَتِهِمْ فِيهَا، وَأَرَاضِيهَا الْمُحِيطَةُ مَرَاعِيَ لِبَهَائِمِهِمْ وَمَوَاشِيهِمْ وَسَائِرِ حَيَوَانَاتِهِمْ.٣
4 The suburbs shall extend from the outer walls of the cities, all around, for the space of one thousand steps.
وَتَمْتَدُّ أَرْضُ الْمَرَاعِي الَّتِي تُعْطُونَهَا لِلّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ سُورِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى الْخَارِجِ، أَلْفَ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسِ مِئَةِ مِتْرٍ) فِي كُلِّ اتِّجَاهٍ.٤
5 Facing the east, there shall be two thousand cubits, and facing the south, similarly, there shall be two thousand cubits. Toward the sea, also, which looks out toward the west, there shall be the same measure, and the northern region shall be bounded by equal limits. And the cities shall be in the center, and the suburbs shall be outside.
فَقِيسُوا مِنْ خَارِجِ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي الْجَانِبِ الشَّرْقِيِّ أَلْفَيْ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ أَلْفِ مِتْرٍ). وَفِي الْجَانِبِ الْجَنُوبِيِّ أَلْفَيْ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ أَلْفِ مِتْرٍ). وَفِي الْجَانِبِ الْغَرْبِيِّ أَلْفَيْ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ أَلْفِ مِتْرٍ)، وَفِي الْجَانِبِ الشِّمَالِيِّ أَلْفَيْ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ أَلْفِ مِتْرٍ)، وَتَكُونُ الْمَدِينَةُ فِي الْوَسَطِ.٥
6 Now, from the towns which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for the assistance of fugitives, so that he who has shed blood may flee to them. And, aside from these, there shall be forty-two other towns,
وَتُعْطُونَ اللّاوِيِّينَ سِتَّ مُدُنٍ لِلْمَلْجَأِ يَهْرُبُ إِلَيْهَا الْقَاتِلُ، وَأَيْضاً اثْنَتَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعِينَ مَدِينَةً.٦
7 that is, all together forty-eight with their suburbs.
وَهَكَذَا تَكُونُ جُمْلَةُ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي تُعْطُونَهَا لِلّاوِيِّينَ ثَمَانِيَ وَأَرْبَعِينَ مَدِينَةً مَعَ مَرَاعِيهَا.٧
8 And concerning these cities, which shall be given from the possessions of the sons of Israel: from those who have more, more shall be taken, and from those who have less, less shall be taken. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the measure of their inheritance.”
وَالْمُدُنُ الَّتِي تُعْطُونَهَا لِلّاوِيِّينَ مِمَّا يَمْلِكُهُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ، تُعْطُونَهَا بِمَا يَتَنَاسَبُ مَعَ مِيرَاثِ كُلِّ سِبْطٍ: خُذُوا مُدُناً أَكْثَرَ مِنَ السِّبْطِ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ عَدَداً أَكْبَرَ، وَخُذُوا مُدُناً أَقَلَّ مِنَ السِّبْطِ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ الْقَلِيلَ، فَيُعْطِيَ كُلُّ سِبْطٍ مِنْ مُدُنِهِ بِمَا يَتَنَاسَبُ مَعَ مِيرَاثِهِ».٨
9 The Lord said to Moses:
وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:٩
10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
«أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنَّكُمْ لابُدَّ عَابِرُونَ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ،١٠
11 discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly.
فَعَيِّنُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ مُدُناً تَكُونُ مَلْجَأً لَكُمْ يَلُوذُ بِها مَنْ يَقْتُلُ أَحَداً عَنْ غَيْرِ عَمْدٍ،١١
12 And when a fugitive is in these, the kinsman of the deceased shall not be able to kill him, until he stands in the sight of the multitude and his case is judged.
فَتَكُونَ لَكُمُ الْمُدُنُ مَلْجَأً يَلُوذُ بِها الْقَاتِلُ مِنْ وَلِيِّ الْقَتِيلِ، لِئَلّا يَمُوتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمْثُلَ أَمَامَ الْقَضَاءِ.١٢
13 Then, among those cities which are separated for relief to fugitives,
أَمَّا الْمُدُنُ الَّتِي تُعَيِّنُونَهَا لِتَكُونَ لَكُمْ مَلاجِئَ فَهِيَ سِتُّ مُدُنٍ:١٣
14 three shall be across the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan,
ثَلاثٌ مِنْهَا فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَثَلاثٌ أُخْرَى فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، وَجَمِيعُهَا تَكُونُ مُدُنَ مَلْجَإٍ،١٤
15 as much for the sons of Israel as for newcomers and sojourners, so that anyone who has shed blood unwillingly may flee to these places.
يَلُوذُ بِها كُلُّ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً عَنْ غَيْرِ عَمْدٍ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَ الْقَاتِلُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمْ مِنَ الْغُرَبَاءِ أَوِ الْمُسْتَوْطِنِينَ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ. فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ الْمُدُنُ السِّتُّ لِلْمَلْجَإِ.١٥
16 If anyone will have struck someone with iron, and he who was struck will have died, then he shall be guilty of homicide, and he himself shall die.
إِنْ ضَرَبَ أَحَدٌ إِنْسَاناً بِأَدَاةٍ حَدِيدِيَّةٍ وَمَاتَ الْمَضْرُوبُ فَهُوَ قَاتِلٌ، وَالْقَاتِلُ يُقْتَلُ.١٦
17 If he will have thrown a stone, and he who has been struck lies dead, then he shall be punished similarly.
وَإِنْ ضَرَبَهُ بِحَجَرٍ فِي يَدِهِ أَدَّى إِلَى مَوْتِهِ فَهُوَ قَاتِلٌ، وَالْقَاتِلُ يُقْتَلُ.١٧
18 If he who has been struck with wood passes away, he shall be avenged by the blood of the one who struck him.
أَوْ ضَرَبَهُ بِقِطْعَةِ خَشَبٍ قَاتِلَةٍ فَهُوَ قَاتِلٌ، وَالْقَاتِلُ يُقْتَلُ.١٨
19 The close relative of the deceased shall put to death the murderer; as soon as he apprehends him, he shall put him to death.
وَمِنْ حَقِّ وَلِيِّ الدَّمِ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ الْقَاتِلَ إِذَا صَادَفَهُ.١٩
20 If, out of hatred, anyone assaults a man, or throws anything at him with ill intent,
إِنْ دَفَعَ أَحَدٌ شَخْصاً مِنْ فَرْطِ كَرَاهِيَّتِهِ لَهُ أَوْ أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْئاً عَمْداً أَفْضَى إِلَى مَوْتِهِ،٢٠
21 or, while being his enemy, strikes him with his hand, and so he has died, the attacker shall be guilty of murder. The kinsman of the deceased, as soon as he finds him, shall cut his throat.
أَوْ ضَرَبَهُ بِيَدِهِ بِفِعْلِ عَدَاوَتِهِ لَهُ فَمَاتَ، فَالضَّارِبُ يُقْتَلُ لأَنَّهُ قَاتِلٌ. وَمِنْ حَقِّ وَلِيِّ الدَّمِ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ الْقَاتِلَ إِذَا صَادَفَهُ.٢١
22 But if by chance, and without hatred
وَلَكِنْ إِنْ دَفَعَ أَحَدٌ شَخْصاً، لَا يَكِنُّ لَهُ عَدَاوَةً، أَوْ أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ أَدَاةً مَا مِنْ غَيْرِ عَمْدٍ،٢٢
23 or animosity, he will have done any of these things,
أَوْ أَسْقَطَ عَلَيْهِ حَجَراً قَاتِلاً مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَرَاهُ، فَمَاتَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُضْمِرُ لَهُ عَدَاوَةً أَوْ يَسْعَى إِلَى أَذِيَّتِهِ،٢٣
24 and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative,
يَفْصِلُ آنَئِذٍ الْقَضَاءُ بَيْنَ الْقَاتِلِ وَطَالِبِ الثَّأْرِ، بِمُقْتَضَى هَذِهِ الأَحْكَامِ.٢٤
25 then the innocent one shall be freed from the hand of the revenger, and he shall be returned by this judgment into the city to which he had fled, and he shall stay there until the high priest, who has been anointed with the holy oil, dies.
وَتُنْقِذُ الْجَمَاعَةُ الْقَاتِلَ مِنْ يَدِ وَلِيِّ الدَّمِ، وَتَرُدُّهُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ الْمَلْجَإِ الَّتِي لاذَ بِها، فَيُقِيمُ فِيهَا إِلَى أَنْ يَمُوتَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ الْمَمْسُوحُ بِالدُّهْنِ الْمُقَدَّسِ.٢٥
26 If the one who has killed has been found beyond the limits of the cities which have been assigned to the exiled,
وَلَكِنْ إِنْ تَخَطَّى الْقَاتِلُ حُدُودَ مَدِينَةِ مَلْجَئِهِ الَّتِي لاذَ بِها،٢٦
27 and he has been struck by him who is avenging blood, he who killed him shall not be harmed.
وَالْتَقَاهُ وَلِيُّ الدَّمِ خَارِجَ حُدُودِ مَدِينَةِ مَلْجَئِهِ وَقَتَلَهُ، فَلا يُطَالَبُ بِدَمِهِ.٢٧
28 For the fugitive ought to have resided in the city, until the death of the high priest. Then, after he is dead, the one who has killed shall be returned to his own land.
لأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَظَلَّ مُقِيماً فِي مَدِينَةِ مَلْجَئِهِ إِلَى أَنْ يَمُوتَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَبَعْدَهَا يَرْجِعُ الْقَاتِلُ إِلَى أَرْضِ مِيرَاثِهِ.٢٨
29 These things shall be a perpetual ordinance in all your habitations.
فَتَكُونُ لَكُمْ هَذِهِ فَرِيضَةَ قَضَاءٍ، جِيلاً بَعْدَ جِيلٍ، حَيْثُ تُقِيمُونَ.٢٩
30 The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person.
كُلُّ مَنْ يَقْتُلُ نَفْساً يُحْكَمُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْمَوْتِ بِشَهَادَةِ شُهُودٍ، وَلَكِنْ لَا يُحْكَمُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ بِالْمَوْتِ بِشَهَادَةِ شَاهِدٍ وَاحِدٍ فَقَطْ.٣٠
31 You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly.
لَا تَقْبَلُوا فِدْيَةً عَنْ نَفْسِ الْقَاتِلِ الَّذِي وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْحُكْمُ بِالْمَوْتِ، بَلْ يَجِبُ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ.٣١
32 Exiles and fugitives, prior to the death of the high priest, are by no means able to be returned to their own cities.
وَلا تَقْبَلُوا فِدْيَةً مِنَ الْقَاتِلِ غَيْرِ الْمُتَعَمِّدِ الَّذِي لاذَ بِمَدِينَةِ مَلْجَئِهِ لِيَرْجِعَ لِلإِقَامَةِ فِي أَرْضِهِ قَبْلَ وَفَاةِ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ.٣٢
33 Do not pollute the land of your habitation, so as to stain it with the blood of the innocent; neither is it able to be expiated in any way other than by the blood of him who has shed the blood of another.
لَا تُدَنِّسُوا الأَرْضَ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ فِيهَا، لأَنَّ سَفْكَ الدَّمِ يُدَنِّسُ الأَرْضَ، وَلا يُكَفَّرُ عَنِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي سُفِكَ عَلَيْهَا الدَّمُ إِلا بِدَمِ السَّافِكِ.٣٣
34 And so shall your possession be cleansed, while I myself am abiding with you. For I am the Lord, who lives among the sons of Israel.”
لَا تُنَجِّسُوا الأَرْضَ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ مُقِيمُونَ فِيهَا وَحَيْثُ أَنَا سَاكِنٌ فِي وَسَطِهَا، لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ سَاكِنٌ فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».٣٤

< Numbers 35 >