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,
あなたの神、主が国々の民を滅ぼしつくして、あなたの神、主がその地を賜わり、あなたがそれを獲て、その町々と、その家々に住むようになる時は、
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].
あなたの神、主が与えて獲させられる地のうちに、三つの町をあなたのために指定しなければならない。
そしてそこに行く道を備え、またあなたの神、主があなたに継がせられる地の領域を三区に分け、すべて人を殺した者をそこにのがれさせなければならない。
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.
人を殺した者がそこにのがれて、命を全うすべき場合は次のとおりである。すなわち以前から憎むこともないのに、知らないでその隣人を殺した場合、
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].
たとえば人が木を切ろうとして、隣人と一緒に林に入り、手におのを取って、木を切り倒そうと撃ちおろすとき、その頭が柄から抜け、隣人にあたって、死なせたような場合がそれである。そういう人はこれらの町の一つにのがれて、命を全うすることができる。
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.
そうしなければ、復讐する者が怒って、その殺した者を追いかけ、道が長いために、ついに追いついて殺すであろう。しかし、その人は以前から彼を憎んでいた者でないから、殺される理由はない。
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].
それでわたしはあなたに命じて『三つの町をあなたのために指定しなければならない』と言ったのである。
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].
あなたの神、主が先祖たちに誓われたように、あなたの領域を広め、先祖たちに与えると言われた地を、ことごとく賜わる時、
わたしが、きょう、命じるこのすべての戒めを守って、それをおこない、あなたの神、主を愛して、常にその道に歩む時あなたはこれら三つの町のほかに、また三つの町をあなたのために増し加えなければならない。
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.
これはあなたの神、主が与えて嗣業とされる地のうちで、罪のない者の血が流されないようにするためである。そうしなければ、その血を流したとがは、あなたに帰するであろう。
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],
しかし、もし人が隣人を憎んでそれをつけねらい、立ちかかってその人を撃ち殺し、そしてこれらの町の一つにのがれるならば、
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.
その町の長老たちは人をつかわして彼をそこから引いてこさせ、復讐する者にわたして殺させなければならない。
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.”
彼をあわれんではならない。罪のない者の血を流したとがを、イスラエルから除かなければならない。そうすればあなたにさいわいがあるであろう。
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.”
あなたの神、主が与えて獲させられる地で、あなたが継ぐ嗣業において、先祖の定めたあなたの隣人の土地の境を移してはならない。
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.
どんな不正であれ、どんなとがであれ、すべて人の犯す罪は、ただひとりの証人によって定めてはならない。ふたりの証人の証言により、または三人の証人の証言によって、その事を定めなければならない。
16 “If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
もし悪意のある証人が起って、人に対して悪い証言をすることがあれば、
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.
その相争うふたりの者は主の前に行って、その時の祭司と裁判人の前に立たなければならない。
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,
その時、裁判人は詳細にそれを調べなければならない。そしてその証人がもし偽りの証人であって、兄弟にむかって偽りの証言をした者であるならば、
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.
あなたがたは彼が兄弟にしようとしたことを彼に行い、こうしてあなたがたのうちから悪を除き去らなければならない。
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.
そうすれば他の人たちは聞いて恐れ、その後ふたたびそのような悪をあなたがたのうちに行わないであろう。
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.”
あわれんではならない。命には命、目には目、歯には歯、手には手、足には足をもって償わせなければならない。
