Deuteronomy 19
1 After Yahweh our God has gotten rid of the people-groups from the land that he is giving to you, and after you have expelled them from their cities and you start to live in their houses,
Когато Господ твоят Бог погуби народите, чиято земя Господ твоят Бог ти дава, и ти ги наследиш и се заселиш в градовете им и в къщите им.
2 you must divide into three parts the land that he is giving to you. Then choose a city in each part. You must make good roads [in order that people can get to those cities easily]. Someone who kills another person can escape to one of those cities [to be safe/protected].
тогава да отделиш три града всред земята, която Господ твоят Бог ти дава да притежаваш.
Да си приготвиш пътя за тях, и да разделиш на три части земите на страната, която Господ твоят Бог те прави да наследиш, за да прибягва там всеки убиец.
4 “This is the rule about someone who has killed another person. If someone (accidentally/without planning to) kills another person who was not his enemy, he may escape to one of those cities and be safe/protected there.
И ето правилото за убиеца, който може да побегне там и да остане жив: оня, който без намерение удари ближния си, когото по-напред не е мразел,
5 For example, if two men go into the forest to cut some wood, if the axe head comes off the handle while one of them is chopping down a tree and the axe head strikes and kills the other man, the man [who was using the axe] will be allowed to run to one of those cities and be safe there, [because the people of that city will protect him].
както, когато отива някой с другаря си в гората, за да сече дърва, и ръката му, като удари със секирата, за да пресече дървото, желязото изскочи от дръжката и улучи другаря му, та умре, - такъв нека бяга в един от тия градове, и ще остане жив;
6 Because he accidentally killed someone, and because the man was not his enemy, he can try to run to one of those cities. If there were only one city, it may be a long distance to that city. Then if the relative of the man who was killed [MTY], the man who is supposed/expected to get revenge, is very angry, he may be able to catch the other person before he arrives at that city.
да не би мъздовъздателят за кръвта в пламването на сърцето си да се завтече след убиеца и го застигне (ако пътят е дълъг) та го убие, без да е заслужил той за смърт, понеже не го е мразил от по-напред.
7 [To prevent that from happening], you must choose three cities, not only one, [in order that someone can get to one of those cities quickly].
За това, аз ти заповядвам, като кажа: Отдели си три града;
8 “If you do everything that I am today commanding you to do, and if you love Yahweh our God, and if you conduct your lives as he wants you to do, Yahweh our God will give you much more land than you will have when you first occupy it, which is what he promised to do. He will give you all the land which he promised your ancestors that he would give to you. When he gives you that land, you must select three more cities [to which people may escape].
(а когато Господ твоят Бог разшири пределите ти, както се е клел на бащите ти, и ти даде цялата земя, която се обеща да даде на бащите ти,
ако пазиш и вършиш всички тия заповеди, които днес ти заповядвам, да любиш Господа твоя Бог и да ходиш всякога в Неговите пътища, тогава при тия три града да си притуриш още три; )
10 Do this in order that people who (are innocent/have killed someone else without planning to) will not die, and you will not be guilty for [allowing] them to be executed, in the land that Yahweh is giving to you.
за да се не пролее невинна кръв в земята, която Господ твоят Бог ти дава за наследство, и да няма върху тебе виновност за кръв.
11 “But suppose someone hates his enemy and hides and waits for that person [to come along the road]. Then [when he passes by, suddenly] he attacks him and murders him. If the attacker flees to one of those cities [to be protected there],
Но човек, ако има омраза към ближния си и го причака, и, като се спусне на него, удари го, та умре, и той побегне в един от тия градове,
12 the elders of the city [where the murdered man lived must not protect the attacker. They]. must send someone to the city to which the other man escaped, and bring him to [MTY] the relative who is supposed/expected to get revenge, so that he may execute that man.
тогава старейшините на града му да пратят и го вземат от там, и да го предадат в ръката на мъздовъздателя за кръвта, за да умре.
13 You must not pity those who murder other people! Instead, you must execute them, in order that the people in the land of Israel will not murder [MTY] innocent people, and in order that things will go well for you.”
Окото ти да го не пожали, но да отмахнеш от Израиля проливането на невинна кръв, за да ги бъде добре.
14 “[When you are living] in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, do not move the markers of your neighbors’ property boundaries which were placed there long ago.”
Да не преместваш междите на ближния си, които дедите ти са поставили в наследство, което ще наследиш, в земята, който Господ твоят Бог ти дава, за да я притежаваш.
15 “If someone is accused of committing a crime, one (witness/person who says, ‘I saw him do it’) is not enough. There must be at least two (witnesses/people who say, ‘We saw him do it’). [If there is only one witness], the judge must not believe that what he says is true.
Само един свидетел да се не подига против някого за какво да е беззаконие или за какво да е престъпление, с каквото престъпление би съгрешил; а чрез думите на двама свидетели, или чрез думите на трима свидетели, да се установява всяко дело.
16 “If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
Ако се подигне неправеден свидетел против човека да свидетелствува против него за беззаконие,
17 both of them must go to the place where the people worship, to [talk to] the priests and judges who are serving at that time.
тогава и двамата, между които е спорът, да застанат пред Господа, пред свещениците и съдиите, които съдят в онова време;
18 The judges must (investigate the case carefully/try to find out which one is telling the truth). If [the judges determine that] one of them has accused the other falsely,
и съдиите да изпитат подробно; и, ето, ако свидетелят е лъжесвидетел, и свидетелствува лъжливо против брата си,
19 that person must be punished in the same way that the other one would have been punished [if the judge decided that he (was guilty/had done what is wrong)]. By punishing such people, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
тогава да му сторите онова, което е намислил да стори на брата си; така да отмахнеш злото изсред себе си.
20 And/Because when that person is punished, everyone will hear what has happened, and they will be afraid, and no one will dare to act that way any more.
Защото другите, като чуят ще се убоят, и не ще вършат за напред такова зло всред тебе.
21 You must not pity people who are punished like that. The rule should be that a person who has murdered someone else must be executed; one of a person’s eyes must be gouged out if he has gouged out someone else’s eye, one tooth of a person who has knocked out the tooth of another person must be knocked out; one hand of a person who has cut off the hand of another person must likewise be cut off; one foot of a person who has cut off the foot of another person must also be cut off.”
Да го не пожали окото ти; живот ще се даде за живот, око за око, зъб за зъб, ръка за ръка, нога за нога.
