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,
Når Herren din Gud utrydder de folk hvis land Herren din Gud gir dig, og du driver dem ut og bor i deres byer og i deres huser,
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].
så skal du skille ut tre byer midt i det land som Herren din Gud gir dig til eie.
Du skal gjøre veien til dem i stand og skifte hele det land som Herren din Gud gir dig til arv, i tre deler, forat enhver manndraper kan fly dit.
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.
Og således skal det være med den manndraper som skal kunne fly dit og berge livet: Når nogen dreper sin næste av vanvare og uten å ha hatet ham i forveien,
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].
som når en går med sin næste ut i skogen for å hugge tømmer og han hugger til med øksen for å felle et tre, men øksen farer av skaftet og treffer hans næste, så han dør, da kan han fly til en av disse byer og berge livet.
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.
For blodhevneren kunde ellers i sin brennende vrede forfølge manndraperen og, hvis veien var for lang, nå ham igjen og slå ham ihjel, skjønt han ikke var skyldig til døden, fordi han ikke hadde båret hat til ham i forveien.
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].
Derfor byder jeg dig og sier: Du skal skille ut tre byer.
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].
Og når Herren din Gud utvider dine landemerker, således som han har tilsvoret dine fedre, og han gir dig hele det land han har lovt å gi dine fedre,
såfremt du akter vel på å holde alle disse bud som jeg gir dig idag, så du elsker Herren din Gud og vandrer på hans veier alle dager - da skal du legge ennu tre byer til disse tre,
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.
forat der ikke skal utøses uskyldig blod i det land som Herren din Gud gir dig til arv, så det kommer blodskyld over dig.
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 om en mann hater sin næste og lurer på ham og faller over ham og slår ham, så han dør, og han så flyr til en av disse byer,
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.
da skal de eldste i hans by sende bud og hente ham derfra og overgi ham i blodhevnerens hånd, og han skal dø.
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.”
Du skal ikke spare ham, men du skal rense Israel for uskyldig blod, forat det må gå dig vel.
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.”
Du skal ikke flytte merkestenene mellem dig og din næste, de som de gamle har satt på den jord du skal få i arv i det land Herren din Gud gir dig til eie.
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.
Det skal ikke stå bare ett vidne frem mot en mann, når det gjelder nogen misgjerning eller nogen synd, hvad synd det så er han har gjort; efter to vidners utsagn eller efter tre vidners utsagn skal en sak stå fast.
16 “If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
Når et ondsindet vidne står frem mot nogen for å vidne mot ham om en forbrytelse,
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.
da skal begge de menn som har sak mot hverandre, trede frem for Herrens åsyn, for prestene og dommerne som er i de dager,
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,
og dommerne skal nøie granske saken; er da vidnet et falskt vidne, har han vidnet falsk mot sin bror,
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.
da skal I gjøre mot ham som han hadde tenkt å gjøre mot sin bror; således skal du rydde det onde bort av din midte,
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.
forat de andre må høre det og frykte, så de ikke mere gjør nogen sådan ond gjerning i din midte.
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.”
Du skal ingen spare: Liv for liv, øie for øie, tann for tann, hånd for hånd, fot for fot!
