< Deuteronomy 19 >
1 When the LORD your God shall cut off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;
Mukama Katonda wo bw’alimala okuzikiriza amawanga kaakano agali mu nsi gy’akuwa, n’ogyefunira, ne weetwalira ebibuga byabwe, n’amaka gaabwe n’obeera omwo,
2 you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
weeyawulirangako ebibuga bisatu nga biri wakati mu nsi Mukama Katonda wo gy’akuwa okugirya.
3 You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land, which the LORD your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there.
Okolanga enguudo eziraga mu bibuga ebyo; ensi Mukama Katonda wo gy’akuwa okubeera obusika bwo obw’enkalakkalira, ogyawulangamu ebitundu bisatu, kale buli anattanga omuntu anaddukiranga mu kimu ku bibuga eby’omu bitundu ebyo.
4 This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and did not hate him in time past;
Etteeka lino likwata ku muntu anattanga munne nga tagenderedde kubanga anaabanga tamulinaako kiruyi kyonna, oyo eyasse anaddukiranga mu kimu ku bibuga ebyo awonye obulamu bwe.
5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:
Ekyokulabirako kiikino: Singa omuntu agenda ne munne okutema omuti mu kibira n’embazzi, naye ng’abadde agiwuuba ateme omuti, embazzi n’ewanguka mu kiti kyayo, n’etema munne n’afa, eyasse anaayinzanga okuddukira mu kimu ku bibuga ebyo, n’atattibwa.
6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he did not hate him in time past.
Ebibuga ebyo tebisaanira kuba wala nnyo, kubanga oli ayagala okuwalanira omufu eggwanga bw’anaafubanga okugoba eyasse embiro okutuusa ng’amukutte, aleme kusobola kumukwata, naye n’amutta, songa eyasse oli yali tagenderedde kutta munne, kubanga ku bombi tekwaliko mulabe wa munne.
7 Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourselves.
Kyenva nkulagira okweyawulirangako ebibuga bisatu.
8 If the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers;
Mukama Katonda wo bw’anaakugaziyirizanga amatwale go, nga bwe yalayirira bajjajjaabo, n’akuwa ettaka lyonna lye yasuubiza bajjajjaabo,
9 if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, besides these three:
kasita onookwatanga amateeka gonna ge nkulagira leero, kwe kwagalanga Mukama Katonda wo, n’okutambuliranga mu makubo ge, kale ku bibuga bino ebisatu onooyongerangako ebirala bisatu.
10 that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.
Ekyo onookikolanga okuziyiza omusaayi gw’omuntu ataliiko musango okuyiikira obwereere mu nsi yo Mukama Katonda wo gy’akuwa okubeera obusika bwo obw’enkalakkalira, omusaayi oguyiise gulemenga kubeera ku ggwe.
11 But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;
Naye omuntu bw’anaabanga n’ekiruyi ku munne, n’amwekwekerera n’amutta, n’alyoka addukira mu kimu ku bibuga ebyo,
12 then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
abakulembeze abakulu ab’omu kibuga ky’omutemu, banaamutumyangayo ne bamuggyayo, ne bamukwasa anaabanga agenda okuwoolera eggwanga ery’omusaayi gw’omufu, omutemu n’alyoka attibwa.
13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
Tomusaasiranga. Kikugwanira okumalirawo ddala mu Isirayiri okuyiwa omusaayi ogutaliiko musango, olyoke obeerenga bulungi n’emirembe.
14 You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
Tosimbulanga bituuti ebiri mu mpenda eziraga ensalo ya buli muntu ne muliraanwa we, ebyasimbibwawo ab’omu mirembe egyasooka, ebiraga ettaka ly’onoogabana mu nsi Mukama Katonda wo gy’akuwa okugirya.
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.
Omujulizi omu taamalenga, okusinzisa omuntu omusango gw’anaabanga azzizza, oba olw’ekikolwa ekibi ky’anaabanga akoze nga kyekuusa ku musango gw’anaabanga azzizza. Wanaamalanga kubeerawo obujulizi bw’abantu babiri oba basatu, olwo nno ekivunaanwa omuntu oyo ne kiryoka kinywezebwa.
16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
Omujulizi ow’obulimba bw’aneesowolangayo n’avunaana omuntu nti musobya,
17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the cohanim and the judges who shall be in those days;
abantu bombi abawozaŋŋanya banajjanga mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda awali bakabona n’abalamuzi abanaabanga ku mulimu mu kiseera ekyo.
18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, look, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;
Abalamuzi kinaabagwaniranga okubuulirizanga ennyo n’obwegendereza. Omujulizi oyo bw’anaakakasibwanga nga mulimba, ng’obujulizi bw’awadde ku munne bugingirire,
19 then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
munaamukolangako nga naye bw’abadde ayagala munne akolweko. Bw’atyo n’omalirawo ddala ebikolwa ebibi ebiri wakati mu mmwe.
20 Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall hereafter commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.
Abalala bwe banaakiwuliranga banaatyanga, ng’olwo mu mmwe temukyali baddayo kuzzanga musango gufaanana ng’ogwo.
21 Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Tobasaasiranga; obulamu busasulwenga na bulamu, eriiso olw’eriiso, erinnyo olw’erinnyo, omukono olw’omukono n’ekigere olw’ekigere.