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,
Quando Iavé vosso Deus cortar as nações cuja terra Iavé vosso Deus vos dá, e vós as sucederdes e residirdes em suas cidades e em suas casas,
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].
vós separareis três cidades para vós no meio de vossa terra, que Iavé vosso Deus vos dá para possuir.
preparareis o caminho, e dividireis as fronteiras de vossa terra que Javé vosso Deus vos faz herdar em três partes, para que todo assassino possa fugir para lá.
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.
Este é o caso do assassino de homens que fugirá para lá e viverá: Quem matar seu próximo sem querer, e não o odiá-lo no passado -
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].
como quando um homem entra na floresta com seu vizinho para cortar madeira e sua mão balança o machado para cortar a árvore, e a cabeça escorrega do cabo e atinge seu vizinho para que ele morra - ele fugirá para uma dessas cidades e viverá.
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.
Caso contrário, o vingador do sangue poderia perseguir o assassino enquanto a raiva quente está em seu coração e ultrapassá-lo, porque o caminho é longo, e golpeá-lo mortalmente, mesmo que ele não fosse digno de morte, porque ele não o odiou no tempo passado.
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].
Portanto, ordeno-lhes que separem três cidades para si.
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].
Se Javé vosso Deus ampliar vossa fronteira, como jurou a vossos pais, e vos der toda a terra que prometeu dar a vossos pais;
e se guardardes todo este mandamento, que vos ordeno hoje, de amar a Javé vosso Deus, e de caminhar sempre em seus caminhos, então acrescentareis três cidades a mais para vós mesmos, além destas três.
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.
Isto é para que o sangue inocente não seja derramado no meio de vossa terra que Javé vosso Deus vos dá por herança, deixando a culpa do sangue sobre vós.
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],
Mas se algum homem odiar seu próximo, ficar à sua espera, se levantar contra ele, golpeá-lo mortalmente para que morra, e ele fugir para uma dessas cidades;
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.
então os anciãos de sua cidade o enviarão e o levarão para lá, e o entregarão nas mãos do vingador do sangue, para que ele morra.
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.”
Vosso olho não terá piedade dele, mas purificareis o sangue inocente de Israel, para que ele possa ir bem convosco.
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.”
Você não removerá o marco histórico de seu próximo, que eles de outrora estabeleceram, em sua herança que você herdará, na terra que Yahweh seu Deus lhe dá para possuir.
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.
Uma testemunha não se levantará contra um homem por qualquer iniqüidade, ou por qualquer pecado que ele cometa. Na boca de duas testemunhas, ou na boca de três testemunhas, será estabelecido um caso.
16 “If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
Se uma testemunha iníqua se levantar contra qualquer homem para testemunhar contra ele,
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.
então ambos os homens, entre os quais se encontra a controvérsia, estarão diante de Iavé, diante dos sacerdotes e dos juízes que estarão naqueles dias;
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,
e os juízes farão diligente inquisição; e eis que, se a testemunha for uma testemunha falsa, e tiver testemunhado falsamente contra seu irmão,
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.
então você lhe fará como ele pensou fazer com seu irmão. Assim, vocês removerão o mal do meio de vocês.
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.
Aqueles que ficarem ouvirão, e temerão, e nunca mais cometerão tal mal entre vocês.
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.”
Seus olhos não terão piedade: vida por vida, olho por olho, dente por dente, mão por mão, pé por pé.
