Deuteronomy 19
1 “When your God YHWH cuts off the nations whose land your God YHWH is giving to you, and you have dispossessed them, and dwelt in their cities and in their houses,
Når Herren, din Gud, hev rudt ut alle folk i det landet han gjev deg, og du hev eigna det til deg, og bur i byarne og husi deira,
2 you separate three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it.
so skal du skifta heile det riket Herren, din Gud, hev gjeve deg, i tri luter, og so skal du skilja ut tri byar i landet,
3 You prepare the way for yourself, and have divided into three parts the border of your land which your God YHWH causes you to inherit, and it has been for the fleeing there of every manslayer.
og halda vegen dit godt i stand, so dei fredlause kann få røma dit.
4 And this [is] the matter of the manslayer who flees there, and has lived: he who strikes his neighbor unknowingly, and is not hating him before—
Det er den som uviljande hev drepe nokon, og ikkje bar hat til honom frå fyrr, som skal få røma dit, og då vera trygg for livet sitt -
5 even he who comes into a forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand has driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron has slipped from the wood, and has met his neighbor, and he has died—he flees to one of these cities, and has lived,
som når ein gjeng med grannen sin ut i skogen og skal hogga timber, og han svingar øksi og vil fella eit tre, men øksi fer av skaftet og råkar grannen so han døyr, då kann han røma til ein av desse byarne og vera trygg for livet.
6 lest the redeemer of blood pursue after the manslayer when his heart is hot and has overtaken him, because the way is great, and has struck his life, and he has no sentence of death, for he is not hating him before;
For blodhemnaren kunde i sin heite harm setja etter dråpsmannen, og var vegen lang, kunde han nå honom att og slå honom i hel, endå han ikkje var skuldig til å døy, sidan han ikkje hadde bore hat til den han drap.
7 therefore I am commanding you, saying, You separate three cities for yourself.
Difor er det eg segjer med deg at du skal skilja ut tri byar.
8 And if your God YHWH enlarges your border, as He has sworn to your fathers, and has given to you all the land which He has spoken to give to your fathers—
Og når Herren, din Gud, aukar riket ditt, som han lova federne dine, og gjev deg heile det landet han tala um å gjeva deim -
9 when you keep all this command to do it, which I am commanding you today, to love your God YHWH and to walk in His ways [for] all the days—then you have added three more cities for yourself to these three;
so framt du då agtar vel på alle desse bodi og liver etter deim, soleis som eg segjer med deg i dag, so du elskar Herren, din Gud, og alle dagar gjeng på hans vegar - då skal du leggja endå tri byar attåt desse tri;
10 and [do this] lest innocent blood is shed in the midst of your land which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance, and there has been blood on you.
for det må ikkje renna uskuldigt blod i det landet Herren, din Gud, gjev deg til odel og eiga, so du fær blodskuld yver deg.
11 And when a man is hating his neighbor, and has lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and struck his life, and he has died, then he has fled to one of these cities,
Men når ein hev lagt hat til grannen sin, og lurer seg innpå honom, og slær honom til ulivs, og so rømer til ein av desse byarne,
12 and [the] elderly of his city have sent and taken him from there, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he has died;
då skal styresmennerne i heimbygdi hans senda folk, og henta honom heim att, og gjeva honom i henderne på blodhemnaren, og han skal lata livet.
13 your eye has no pity on him, and you have put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with you.
Du skal ikkje spara honom, men reinsa Israel for blodskuldi, so sant du vil det skal ganga deg vel.
14 You do not remove a border of your neighbor, which they of former times have made, in your inheritance, which you inherit in the land which your God YHWH is giving to you to possess it.
Du skal ikkje flytja merkesteinarne millom deg og grannen din, deim som dei gamle hev sett kring garden du fær til odel og eiga i det landet Herren, din Gud, vil gjeva dykk.
15 One witness does not rise against a man for any iniquity and for any sin, in any sin which he sins; by the mouth of two witnesses or by the mouth of three witnesses is a thing established.
Eitt vitne er ikkje nok til å fella ein mann som er skulda for eit brot eller ei misgjerning, kva det so er for ei misgjerning han kann hava gjort. Tvo eller tri manns vitnemål skal det til fyrr det kann dømast i ei sak.
16 When a violent witness rises against a man to testify against him apostasy,
Når det kjem fram eit vondkynt vitne og skuldar ein mann for lovbrot,
17 then both of the men who have the strife have stood before YHWH, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,
so skal båe tvo møtast for Herrens åsyn, for dei prestarne og domarane som då er;
18 and the judges have searched diligently, and behold, the witness [is] a false witness who has testified a falsehood against his brother,
og domarane skal granska saki vel. Syner det seg då at vitnet er ein ljugar og hev vitna rangt mot den andre,
19 then you have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and you have put away evil out of your midst,
so skal de gjera det same med honom som han hadde tenkt å gjera med hin. Soleis skal de rydja ut det vonde ut or lyden.
20 and those who are left hear and fear, and do not add to do according to this evil thing in your midst anymore.
Og dei andre skal høyra det og ræddast, so det aldri meir vert gjort slik ei ugjerning millom dykk.
21 And your eye does not pity—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
Du skal ingen spara, men krevja liv for liv, auga for auga, tonn for tonn, hand for hand, fot for fot.
