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,
När Herren din Gud hafver utrotat folket, hvilkets land Herren din Gud dig gifva skall, att du dem intager, och bor i deras städer och husom;
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 skall du afskilja dig tre städer i landena, som Herren din Gud dig gifva skall till att intaga;
Och skall utvälja belägna rum, och skifta dins lands gränsor, som Herren din Gud dig utdelandes varder, i tre delar; att dit må fly den som ett mandråp gjort hafver.
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.
Och det skall vara saken, att dit skall fly den som ett mandråp gjort hafver, att han må lefva. Om någor slår sina nästa icke med vilja, och hafver tillförene intet hat haft till honom;
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].
Utan såsom någor ginge med sin nästa i skogen till att hugga ved, och hofve med handene yxena upp till att hugga veden och jernet fölle af skaftet, och råkade hans nästa, så att han blefve död; den skall uti en af dessa städerna fly, och få lefva;
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.
På det blodhämnaren icke skall fara efter dråparen, medan hans hjerta förbittradt är, och få fatt på honom, om vägen är lång, och slå hans själ; ändock han till döds icke brutit hafver, efter han tillförene intet hat till honom haft hade.
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].
Derföre bjuder jag dig, att du afskiljer tre städer.
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].
Och om Herren din Gud dina landsändar utvidgandes varder, såsom han dina fäder svorit hafver, och gifver dig allt det landet, som han dina fäder lofvat hafver att gifva;
Om du annars håller all dessa buden, att du gör derefter, som jag dig bjuder i denna dag, att du älskar Herran din Gud, och vandrar i hans vägar i dina lifsdagar, så skall du ännu tre städer lägga till dessa tre städer;
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.
På det oskyldigt blod icke skall utgjutet varda i dino lande, som Herren din Gud dig till arfs gifva skall, och blodskulder komma öfver 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 någor hafver hat emot sin nästa, och vaktar efter honom, och han går åstad, och slår honom hans själ ihjäl, och flyr uti en af dessa städer;
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.
Så skola de äldste i hans stad sända dit, och låta hemta honom dädan, och få honom i blodhämnarens händer, att han skall dräpas.
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.”
Din ögon skola intet skona honom, och skall borttaga oskyldigt blod af Israel, på det att dig må väl gå.
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 skall icke dins nästas råmärke flytta, hvilka förfäderna satt hafva i dinom arfvedel, den du ärfver i landena, som Herren din Gud dig gifvit hafver att intaga.
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.
Intet vittne skall ensamt framträda emot någon om någor missgerning eller synd, ehvad missgerning det är som man göra kan; utan i tvegge eller tregge vittnes mun skola alla saker stå.
16 “If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
Om ett vrångt vittne går fram emot någon, till att vittna öfver honom någon öfverträdning;
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.
Så skola de både männerna, som saken på gäller, stå för Herranom framför Presterna och domarena, som på den tiden äro;
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,
Och domarena skola väl ransakat. Och om det falska vittnet hafver burit falskt vittnesbörd emot sin broder;
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.
Så skolen I göra honom, såsom han hade aktat göra sinom broder; på det att du skall skilja den onda ifrå dig;
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.
Och andre skola det höra och rädas, och icke mer taga sig före sådana ondt stycke göra ibland dig.
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.”
Ditt öga skall icke skona honom: själ för själ, öga för öga, tand för tand, hand för hand, fot för fot.
