Numbers 35

1 And the Lord spoke these things also to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, over against Jericho:

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese ʻi he fonua tafangafanga ʻo Moape ʻoku ofi ki Sioatani [pea ofi ki ]Seliko, ʻo pehē,

2 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites out of their possessions,

“Fekau ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ke nau foaki ʻae ngaahi kolo ki he kau Livai ke nau nofo ai, mei he ngaahi tofiʻa ʻoku nau maʻu; pea mou foaki foki ki he kau Livai ʻae ngaahi potu fonua ke takatakai ʻae ngaahi kolo.

3 Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs round about: that they may abide in the towns, and the suburbs may be for their cattle and beasts:

Pea te nau maʻu ʻae ngaahi kolo ke nau nofo ai; pea mo e ngaahi potu fonua ʻoku takatakai ai, ki heʻenau fanga manu, mo ʻenau koloa, mo ʻenau fanga manu kotoa pē.

4 Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities outward, a thousand paces on every side:

Pea ko e ngaahi potu fonua ʻoe ngaahi kolo, ʻaia te mou foaki ki he kau Livai, ʻe aʻu atu ia mei he ʻā maka ʻoe kolo ʻi he hanga ʻe ua afe ʻo takatakai ia.

5 Toward the east shall be two thousand cubits: and toward the south in like manner shall be two thousand cubits: toward the sea also, which looketh to the west, shall be the same extent: and the north side shall be bounded with the like limits. And the cities shall be in the midst, and the suburbs without.

Pea te mou fuofua mei he tuʻa kolo ki he potu hahake ko e hanga ʻe fā afe, pea mo e potu tonga ʻae hanga ʻe fā afe, pea mo e potu hihifo ʻae hanga ʻe fā afe, pea mo e potu tokelau ʻae hanga ʻe fā afe; ka ʻe tuʻu loto ʻae kolo: pea ʻe tuku ia kiate kinautolu ko e ngaahi potu fonua ʻoe kolo.

6 And among the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for refuge to fugitives, that he who hath shed blood may flee to them: and besides these there shall be other forty-two cities,

Pea ʻi he ngaahi kolo te mou foaki ki he kau Livai, ʻe ʻi ai ʻae kolo hūfanga ʻe ono, ʻaia te mou tuʻutuʻuni ki he tangata kuo faainoa ha tāmate, koeʻuhi ke hola ia ki ai: pea te mou lau foki mo ia ʻae kolo ʻe fāngofulu ma ua.

7 That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.

Pea ko e ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻaia te mou foaki ki he kau Livai ko e kolo ʻe fāngofulu ma valu: te mou foaki ia mo hono ngaahi potu fonua.

8 And of these cities which shall be given out of the possessions of the children of Israel, from them that have more, more shall be taken: and from them that have less, fewer. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the extent of their inheritance.

Pea te mou foaki ʻae ngaahi kolo mei he tofiʻa ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli: ko kinautolu ʻoku maʻu ʻo lahi ke mou foaki lahi mei ai; ka ko kinautolu ʻoku maʻu ʻo siʻi ke mou foaki siʻi mei ai: ʻe taki taha foaki mei hono ngaahi kolo ki he kau Livai ʻo fakatatau mo e tofiʻa kuo ne maʻu.”

9 The Lord said to Moses:

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,

10 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan into the land of Chanaan,

Lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, mo ke pehē kiate kinautolu, ‘ʻOka mou ka aʻa ʻi Sioatani ki he fonua ko Kēnani;

11 Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will.

Te mou toki fakatapui ʻae ngaahi kolo, ko e ngaahi kolo hūfanga moʻomoutolu; koeʻuhi ke hola ki ai ʻae tangata kuo fai ha tāmate, ʻaia ʻoku ne tāmateʻi ha tokotaha ʻi heʻene palalīvale.

12 And when the fugitive shall be in them, the kinsman of him that is slain may not have power to kill him, until he stand before the multitude, and his cause be judged.

Pea ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ia ko e ngaahi kolo hūfanga mei he tangata totongi; ke ʻoua naʻa mate ʻae tangata ʻoku faainoa ha tāmate, kaeʻoua ke tuʻu ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai ʻi he fakamaau.

13 And of those cities, that are separated for the refuge of fugitives,

Pea ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻaia te mou foaki ʻe vahe mei ai ʻae kolo ʻe ono ke hūfanga ʻaki

14 Three shall be beyond the Jordan, and three in the land of Chanaan,

Te mou foaki ʻae kolo ʻe tolu ʻi he kauvai mai ki heni ʻo Sioatani, pea mo e kolo ʻe tolu ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, ko e ngaahi kolo hūfanga.

15 As well for the children of Israel as for strangers and sojourners, that he may flee to them, who hath shed blood against his will.

Ko e ngaahi kolo ʻe ono ni ʻe hūfanga ʻaki ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, mo e muli mo e ʻāunofo ʻiate kinautolu: koeʻuhi ke hola kotoa pē ki ai ʻaia kuo tāmate ha tokotaha ʻi heʻene faainoa.

16 If any man strike with iron, and he die that was struck: he shall be guilty of murder, and he himself shall die.

Pea kapau ʻe taaʻi ia ʻaki ha meʻa ukamea ke mate ai ia, ko e tangata fakapō ia: ko e moʻoni ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae fakapō.

17 If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner.

Pea kapau ʻe taaʻi ia ʻi heʻene lisingi ha maka, ke mate ai ia, pea mate ia, ko e tangata fakapō ia: ko e moʻoni ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae fakapō.

18 If he that is struck with wood die: he shall be revenged by the blood of him that struck him.

Pea kapau te ne taaʻi ʻaki ia ʻae ʻakau, ke mate ai ia, pea mate ia, ko e tangata fakapō ia: ko e moʻoni ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae fakapō.

19 The kinsman of him that was slain, shall kill the murderer: as soon as he apprehendeth him, he shall kill him.

Ko e [tangata ʻoku fai ʻae ]totongi toto ʻe taaʻi ʻe ia ʻae fakapō: ʻi heʻena fetaulaki mo ia, te ne taaʻi ia.

20 If through hatred any one push a man, or fling any thing at him with ill design:

Pea kapau ʻe hokaʻi ia ʻi he ʻita, pe lisi kiate ia ʻi heʻene toitoi, ke mate ai ia;

21 Or being his enemy, strike; him with his hand, and he die: the striker shall be guilty of murder: the kinsman of him that was slain as soon as he findeth him, shall kill him.

Pe taaʻi ʻaki ia ʻa hono nima ʻi heʻene taufehiʻa, ke mate ai ia: ko e moʻoni ko ia naʻa ne taaʻi ia ʻe tāmateʻi ia; he ko e fakapō ia: pea ʻe taaʻi ʻae fakapō ʻe he [tangata ʻoku fai ʻae ]totongi toto, ʻi heʻena fetaulaki mo ia.

22 But if by chance medley, and without hatred,

Pea kapau ʻe hokaʻi fakafokifā ia ka ʻoku ʻikai taufehiʻa, pe lisi ha meʻa ʻe taha kiate ia ka ʻoku ʻikai toitoi,

23 And enmity, he do any of these things,

Pe ha maka, ke mate ai ia, ka ʻoku ʻikai mamata kiate ia, kae lisi ia kiate ia pea ne mate ai ia, ka naʻe ʻikai ko hono fili, pea naʻe ʻikai kumi ia ke fai ha meʻa kovi kiate ia:

24 And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:

Pea ʻe toki fakamaau ʻe he kakai ki he tangata fakapō mo e [tangata ʻoku fai ʻae ]totongi toto ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi fono ni:

25 The innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the city, to which he had fled, and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the holy oil.

Pea ʻe fakamoʻui ʻe he kakai ʻaia kuo faainoa ʻae tāmate mei he nima ʻoe tangata ʻoku fai ʻae totongi toto, pea tenau toe ʻave ia ki hono kolo hūfanga, ʻaia naʻe hola ki ai: pea ʻe nofo ai ia ʻo aʻu ki he pekia ʻae fungani taulaʻeiki, ʻaia naʻe fakanofo ʻaki ʻoe lolo tapu.

26 If the murderer be found without the limits of the cities that are appointed for the banished,

Pea kapau ʻe haʻu ʻae tangata kuo faainoa ha tāmate kituaʻā ʻi he veʻe kolo ʻo hono hūfanga, ʻaia naʻe hola ia ki ai;

27 And be struck by him that is the avenger of blood: he shall not be guilty that killed him.

Pea ka ʻilo ia ʻe he tangata ʻoku fai ʻae totongi toto, ʻi heʻene ʻi tuaʻā ʻi he veʻe kolo ʻo hono hūfanga, pea kapau ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae tāmate faainoa ʻe he totongi toto; ʻe ʻikai halaia ia ʻi hono toto:

28 For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest: and after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country.

He naʻe totonu ʻa ʻene nofo ia ʻi he kolo ʻo hono hūfanga ʻo aʻu ki he pekia ʻae fungani taulaʻeiki: pea ka hili ʻae pekia ʻae fungani taulaʻeiki ʻe foki ʻae tangata naʻe faainoa ha tāmate ki he fonua ʻo hono tofiʻa.

29 These things shall be perpetual, and for an ordinance in all your dwellings.

Pea ko e ngaahi meʻa ni ko e fono ʻoe fakamaau kiate kimoutolu ʻi homou ngaahi toʻutangata mo homou ngaahi tofiʻa kotoa pē.

30 The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.

Ko ia ʻoku ne tāmateʻi ha tokotaha, ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae fakapō ko ia ʻi he fakamoʻoni ʻoe kau fakamoʻoni: ka ʻe ʻikai tāmateʻi ha tokotaha ʻi he fakaʻilo ʻe he fakamoʻoni ʻo ha tokotaha pe.

31 You shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood, but he shall die forthwith.

Pea ʻe ʻikai foki te mou maʻu ha totongi kae moʻui ʻae fakapō, ʻaia ʻoku halaia ʻi heʻene tāmate: ka ko e moʻoni ʻe tāmateʻi ia.

32 The banished and fugitives before the death of the high priest may by no means return into their own cities.

Pea ʻe ʻikai te mou maʻu ʻae totongi koeʻuhi ko ia kuo hola ki he kolo ko hono hūfanga, ke toe ʻomi ia ke nofo ʻi he fonua, kaeʻoua ke pekia ʻae taulaʻeiki.

33 Defile not the land of your habitation, which is stained with the blood of the innocent: neither can it otherwise be expiated, but by his blood that hath shed the blood of another.

Pea ko ia, ʻe ʻikai te mou fakaʻuli ʻae fonua ʻoku mou ʻi ai: he ʻoku fakaʻuli ʻe he toto ʻae fonua: pea ʻe ʻikai fakamaʻa ʻae fonua ʻi he toto kuo lilingi ʻi ai, ka ʻi he toto ʻo ia naʻa ne lilingi ia.

34 And thus shall your possession he cleansed, myself abiding with you. For I am the Lord that dwell among the children of Israel.

Ko ia ʻoua naʻa mou fakaʻuli ʻae fonua ʻaia te mou nofo ai, he ʻoku ou nofo ai: he ko au ko Sihova ʻoku ou nofo mo e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.”