Numbers 35
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying,
上主在耶里哥對面，約但河邊，摩阿布曠野內，訓示梅瑟說：「
2 “Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites cities to inhabit from the inheritance of their possession; you also give [the] outskirt around them, of the cities, to the Levites.
你命令以色列子民，應由他們分得的產業內，指定一些城給肋未人居住，將城四周的牧場，也分給肋未人。
3 And the cities have been for them to inhabit, and their outskirts are for their livestock, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
這些城歸他們居住，城郊的牧場為牧放他們所有的牛羊和一切牲畜。
4 And the outskirts of the cities which you give to the Levites [are], from the wall of the city and outside, one thousand cubits around.
你們劃給肋未城郊的牧場，應由城牆起，周圍向外伸展至二千肘，
5 And you have measured from the outside of the city: the east quarter—two thousand by the cubit, and the south quarter—two thousand by the cubit, and the west quarter—two thousand by the cubit, and the north quarter—two thousand by the cubit; and the city [is] in the midst; this is the outskirts of the cities to them.
即由城外向東方量二千肘，向南方量二千肘，向西方量二千肘，向北方量二千肘，城在中央；這些土地為作他們城郊的牧場。
6 And the cities which you give to the Levites [are] the six cities of refuge, which you give for the fleeing there of the manslayer, and besides them you give forty-two cities;
分給肋未人的城中，應指定六座為避難城，殺人者可逃入城中。此外還應給他們四十二座城。
7 all the cities which you give to the Levites [are] forty-eight cities, them and their outskirts.
這樣，劃給肋未人的城，共計四十八座，連城郊的牧場在內。
8 And the cities which you give [are] from the possession of the sons of Israel; from the many you multiply, and from the few you diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, gives to the Levites from his cities.”
當你們由以色列子民的產業中，劃分給肋未人城邑時，由大支派應多取，由小支派應少取；每支派應依照自己分得的產業，將城邑劃給肋未人。」
9 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
上主訓示梅瑟說：「
10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When you are passing over the Jordan to the land of Canaan,
你告訴以色列子民說：幾時你們過約但河進入了客納罕地，
11 and have prepared cities for yourselves—they are cities of refuge to you—then a manslayer, striking a person through ignorance, has fled there,
應選定幾座城作你們的避難城，凡誤殺人的，可逃到那裡。
12 and the cities have been for a refuge to you from the redeemer, and the manslayer does not die until his standing before the congregation for judgment.
這些城可作為你們脫免復仇者的避難所，好使殺人者不致在未立於會眾前受審判以前，便遭人殺害。
13 As for the cities which you give, six [are] cities of refuge to you;
你們應指定六座城作為你們的避難城。
14 three of the cities you give from beyond the Jordan, and three of the cities you give in the land of Canaan; they are cities of refuge.
在約但河東指定三座，在客納罕地指定三座，作為避難城。
15 For sons of Israel, and for a sojourner, and for a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing there of anyone striking a person through ignorance.
這六座城為以色列子民和外方人，以及住在你們中間的人，作為避難所；凡誤殺人的，都可逃到那裡去。
16 And if he has struck him with an instrument of iron, and he dies, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
人若用鐵器打人，將人打死，他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。
17 And if he has struck him with a stone [in] the hand, with which he could die, and he dies, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
人若用手中可砸死人的石頭打人，將人砸死；他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。
18 Or [if] he has struck him with a wooden instrument [in] the hand, with which he could die, and he dies, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
或者人若用手中可打死人的木器打人，將人打死，他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。
19 The redeemer of blood puts the murderer to death himself; in his coming against him he puts him to death.
報血仇的，可將兇手殺死；幾時遇見他，可將他殺死。
20 And if he pushes him in hatred, or has cast [anything] at him by lying in wait, and he dies,
人若因懷恨撞倒了人，或故意拋物打人，致使那人死了；
21 or he has struck him with his hand in enmity, and he dies, the striker is certainly put to death; he [is] a murderer; the redeemer of blood puts the murderer to death in his coming against him.
或者因仇恨用手打人，將人打死；打人的應處死刑，因他是兇手；報血仇的人，幾時遇著兇手，可將他殺死。
22 And if, in an instant, without enmity, he has pushed him, or has cast any instrument at him without lying in wait,
但是，若人並無怨仇，偶然撞倒人，或無意中拋物傷人，
23 or with any stone with which he could die, without seeing, indeed, causes [it] to fall on him, and he dies, and he [is] not his enemy, nor seeking his evil,
或因沒有看見，使任何能打死人的石頭落在人身上，致使那人死了，彼此並沒有仇恨，也沒有意思害人，
24 then the congregation has judged between the striker and the redeemer of blood by these judgments.
對這樣的案件，應在打死人的和要報血仇者之間進行裁判。
25 And the congregation has delivered the manslayer out of the hand of the redeemer of blood, and the congregation has caused him to return to the city of his refuge, to where he has fled, and he has dwelt in it until the death of the chief priest who has been anointed with the holy oil.
會眾要把殺人者由報血仇者手內救出，使他回到他曾逃入的避難城內，叫他住在那裡，直到傅過聖油的大司祭去逝。
26 And if the manslayer indeed goes out [from] the border of the city of his refuge to where he flees,
但殺人者如果離開他逃入避難城的邊界以外，
27 and the redeemer of blood has found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood has slain the manslayer, blood [is] not [reckoned] to him;
報血仇者在避難城邊界以外遇見了他，將死殺人者殺死，他並不犯流向的罪，
28 for he dwells in the city of his refuge until the death of the chief priest; and after the death of the chief priest the manslayer turns back to the city of his possession.
因為那該留在避難城內，直到大司祭去世；大司祭死後，殺人者方可回到屬自己產業的地方：
29 And these things have been for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations, in all your dwellings.
這是你們世世代代，在你們任何住處，應遵守的法令。
30 Whoever strikes a person, by the mouth of witnesses [one] slays the murderer; and one witness does not testify against a person to cause [him] to die.
凡殺人的案件，應依據幾個證人的口供，才可以處決殺人犯；惟獨一人作證，不足以以人宣判死刑。
31 And you take no atonement for the life of a murderer who [is] condemned to die, for he is certainly put to death;
對於被判死刑的殺人犯，你們不可取贖命金，，因為他應該死
32 and you take no atonement for him [who had] to flee to the city of his refuge, to return to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
同樣，你們對逃入避難城的人，亦不可取贖金，准他在大司祭死以前回到本鄉居住。
33 And you do not profane the land which you [are] in, for blood profanes the land; as for the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheds it;
你們不可玷污你們所居之地，因為血能玷污地；在那裏流了血，除非那殺人者的血，為那地沒有其他取潔的方法。
34 and you do not defile the land in which you are dwelling, in the midst of which I dwell, for I, YHWH, dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel.”
你們不可褻瀆你們所居之地，這地也是我居留之地，因為我上主是住在以色列子民中間」。
