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,
“Lè SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, koupe retire nasyon yo, pou bannou tè pa yo a, pou nou deplase yo pou nou vin rete nan vil yo ak nan kay yo,
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].
“Nou va mete akote twa vil pou nou menm nan mitan peyi nou an, ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, bannou pou posede a.
Nou va prepare wout pou nou menm, e divize an twa pati teritwa a peyi ke SENYÈ a va bannou kòm posesyon an, jis pou nenpòt moun ki touye moun kapab sove ale ladann.
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.
“Men sa se kondisyon ka a moun ki kapab sove ale rive la pou viv: Lè li vin touye zanmi li san entansyon eksprè, san ke li pa t rayi li avan——
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].
tankou lè yon nonm antre nan forè avèk zanmi li pou koupe bwa, epi men li voye rach la pou koupe bwa a, fè tèt fè a vin pati pou l frape zanmi li an, e li mouri—-li kapab sove ale nan youn nan vil sa yo pou viv.
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.
Otreman, vanjè san an ta petèt kouri dèyè sila ki touye moun nan, epi nan chalè kòlè li, rakontre l akoz distans lan twòp, e pran lavi li, malgre li pa t merite mouri, akoz ke li pa t rayi li avan.
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].
Pou sa, mwen kòmande nou, e di: ‘Nou va mete apa twa vil pou nou menm.’
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].
“Si SENYÈ, Bondye nou an, fè teritwa nou an vin pi gran, jan li te sèmante a zansèt nou yo pou bannou tout tè ke li te pwomèt pou bay zansèt nou yo;
epi si nou fè atansyon pou swiv tout kòmandman sa ke mwen kòmande nou jodi a yo, pou renmen SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, e mache nan vwa pa Li pou tout tan—-alò, nou va ogmante anplis twa vil ankò pou nou menm.
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.
Jis pou san inosan pa vèse nan mitan teritwa nou an, ke SENYÈ a bannou kòm eritaj la, e pou koupabilite san an pa vin rete sou nou.
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],
“Men si vin gen yon nonm ki rayi vwazen li, li kouche an kachèt pou li, li leve kont li pou frape li jiskaske li vin mouri, e li sove ale rive nan youn nan vil sa yo,
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.
alò, ansyen nan vil li yo va voye pran li soti la. Konsa, yo va livre li nan men vanjè san an, pou li kapab mouri.
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.”
Nou pa pou gen pitye pou li, men nou gen pou fè netwayaj san inosan an soti an Israël pou sa kapab ale byen pou nou.
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.”
“Nou pa pou deplase lizyè tè vwazen nou, ke zansèt yo te etabli kòm eritaj nou ke SENYÈ Bondye nou an, ap bannou pou posede.
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.
“Yon sèl temwen pa kapab leve kont yon moun sou koz nenpòt inikite oswa peche ke li te fè. Sou temwayaj a de oswa twa temwen, yo kapab konfime yon ka.
16 “If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
“Si yon temwen malveyan leve kont yon nonm pou akize li kòm malfektè,
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.
alò, tou de moun ki gen dispit yo, va kanpe devan SENYÈ a, devan prèt avèk jij ki ofisye nan jou sa yo.
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,
“Jij yo va fè ankèt konplè; epi si temwayaj la se yon fo temwayaj, e li te fè fo temwayaj kont frè l,
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.
alò, nou va fè li menm bagay ke li t ap fè rive a frè li a. Konsa, nou va netwaye mechanste fèt pami pèp nou an.
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.
Lòt yo va tande, vin gen krentif, e yo p ap janm fè ankò yon bagay mechan konsa pami nou.
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.”
Konsa, zye nou p ap gen pitye: vi pou vi, zye pou zye, dan pou dan, men pou men, pye pou pye.
