Numbers 35
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying,
耶和華在摩押平原－約旦河邊、耶利哥對面曉諭摩西說：
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.
「你吩咐以色列人，要從所得為業的地中把些城給利未人居住，也要把這城四圍的郊野給利未人。
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.
這城邑要歸他們居住，城邑的郊野可以牧養他們的牛羊和各樣的牲畜，又可以安置他們的財物。
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.
你們給利未人的郊野，要從城根起，四圍往外量一千肘。
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.
另外東量二千肘，南量二千肘，西量二千肘，北量二千肘，為邊界，城在當中；這要歸他們作城邑的郊野。
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;
你們給利未人的城邑，其中當有六座逃城，使誤殺人的可以逃到那裏。此外還要給他們四十二座城。
7 all the cities which you give to the Levites [are] forty-eight cities, them and their outskirts.
你們要給利未人的城，共有四十八座，連城帶郊野都要給他們。
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.”
以色列人所得的地業從中要把些城邑給利未 人；人多的就多給，人少的就少給；各支派要按所承受為業之地把城邑給利未人。」
9 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
耶和華曉諭摩西說：
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,
「你吩咐以色列人說：你們過約旦河，進了迦南地，
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,
就要分出幾座城，為你們作逃城，使誤殺人的可以逃到那裏。
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.
這些城可以作逃避報仇人的城，使誤殺人的不至於死，等他站在會眾面前聽審判。
13 As for the cities which you give, six [are] cities of refuge to you;
你們所分出來的城，要作六座逃城。
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.
在約旦河東要分出三座城，在迦南地也要分出三座城，都作逃城。
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.
這六座城要給以色列人和他們中間的外人，並寄居的，作為逃城，使誤殺人的都可以逃到那裏。
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.
「倘若人用鐵器打人，以致打死，他就是故殺人的；故殺人的必被治死。
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.
若用可以打死人的石頭打死了人，他就是故殺人的；故殺人的必被治死。
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.
若用可以打死人的木器打死了人，他就是故殺人的；故殺人的必被治死。
19 The redeemer of blood puts the murderer to death himself; in his coming against him he puts him to death.
報血仇的必親自殺那故殺人的，一遇見就殺他。
20 And if he pushes him in hatred, or has cast [anything] at him by lying in wait, and he dies,
人若因怨恨把人推倒，或是埋伏往人身上扔物，以致於死，
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.
或是因仇恨用手打人，以致於死，那打人的必被治死。他是故殺人的；報血仇的一遇見就殺他。
22 And if, in an instant, without enmity, he has pushed him, or has cast any instrument at him without lying in wait,
「倘若人沒有仇恨，忽然將人推倒，或是沒有埋伏把物扔在人身上，
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,
或是沒有看見的時候用可以打死人的石頭扔在人身上，以致於死，本來與他無仇，也無意害他。
24 then the congregation has judged between the striker and the redeemer of blood by these judgments.
會眾就要照典章，在打死人的和報血仇的中間審判。
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.
會眾要救這誤殺人的脫離報血仇人的手，也要使他歸入逃城。他要住在其中，直等到受聖膏的大祭司死了。
26 And if the manslayer indeed goes out [from] the border of the city of his refuge to where he flees,
但誤殺人的，無論甚麼時候，若出了逃城的境外，
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;
報血仇的在逃城境外遇見他，將他殺了，報血仇的就沒有流血之罪。
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.
因為誤殺人的該住在逃城裏，等到大祭司死了。大祭司死了以後，誤殺人的才可以回到他所得為業之地。
29 And these things have been for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations, in all your dwellings.
這在你們一切的住處，要作你們世世代代的律例典章。
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.
「無論誰故殺人，要憑幾個見證人的口把那故殺人的殺了，只是不可憑一個見證的口叫人死。
31 And you take no atonement for the life of a murderer who [is] condemned to die, for he is certainly put to death;
故殺人、犯死罪的，你們不可收贖價代替他的命；他必被治死。
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.
那逃到逃城的人，你們不可為他收贖價，使他在大祭司未死以先再來住在本地。
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;
這樣，你們就不污穢所住之地，因為血是污穢地的；若有在地上流人血的，非流那殺人者的血，那地就不得潔淨。
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.”
你們不可玷污所住之地，就是我住在其中之地，因為我－耶和華住在以色列人中間。」
