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,
Pagka ihihiwalay ng Panginoon mong Dios ang mga bansa, na lupaing ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios, at hahalili ka sa kanila, at iyong tatahanan ang kanilang mga bayan, at ang kanilang mga bahay;
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].
Ay maghihiwalay ka para sa iyo ng tatlong bayan sa gitna ng iyong lupain, na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios upang ariin.
Ikaw ay maghahanda sa iyo ng daan, at pagtatluhin mong bahagi ang mga hangganan ng iyong lupain, na ipinamamana sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios, upang matakasan ng bawa't nakamatay tao.
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.
At ito ang bagay ng nakamatay tao, na tatakas doon at mabubuhay: sinomang makapatay sa kaniyang kapuwa ng di sinasadya, at hindi niya kinapopootan ng panahong nakaraan;
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].
Gaya ng isang tao na yumaon sa gubat na kasama ang kaniyang kapuwa upang pumutol ng kahoy, at sa kamay niya na pumapalakol upang pumutol ng kahoy, ay humagpos ang patalim sa tatangnan, at bumagsak sa kaniyang kapuwa, na anopa't mamatay; ay tatakas siya sa isa sa mga bayang yaon at siya'y mabubuhay:
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.
Baka habulin ng tagapanghiganti sa dugo ang nakamatay, samantalang ang puso'y nagaalab, at siya'y kaniyang abutan, sapagka't ang daan ay mahaba, at siya'y saktan ng malubha; na siya'y di marapat patayin, sapagka't hindi niya kinapopootan nang panahong nakaraan.
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].
Kaya't iniuutos ko sa iyo, na sinasabi, Maghihiwalay ka para sa iyo ng tatlong bayan.
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].
At kung palakihin ng Panginoon mong Dios ang iyong hangganan gaya ng kaniyang isinumpa sa iyong mga magulang, at ibigay niya sa iyo ang buong lupain na kaniyang ipinangakong ibibigay sa iyong mga magulang;
Kung iyong isasagawa ang buong utos na ito, na aking iniuutos sa iyo sa araw na ito, na ibigin ang Panginoon mong Dios, at lumakad kailan man sa kaniyang mga daan; ay magdadagdag ka pa nga ng tatlong bayan sa iyo, bukod sa tatlong ito:
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.
Upang huwag mabubo ang dugong walang sala sa gitna ng iyong lupain, na ibinibigay sa iyo na pinakamana ng Panginoon mong Dios, at sa gayo'y maging salarin ka sa iyo.
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],
Nguni't kung ang sinoman ay mapoot sa kaniyang kapuwa, at pag-abangan niya siya, at siya'y tumindig laban sa kaniya, at saktan niya siya ng malubha, na anopa't mamatay; at siya'y tumakas sa isa sa mga bayang ito:
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.
Ay magsusugo nga ang mga matanda sa kaniyang bayan at kukunin siya roon, at ibibigay siya sa kamay ng tagapanghiganti sa dugo, upang siya'y mamatay.
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.”
Ang iyong mata'y huwag mahahabag sa kaniya; kundi aalisin mo sa Israel ang dugong walang sala, upang ikabuti mo.
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.”
Huwag mong babaguhin ang lindero ng iyong kapuwa, na kanilang inilagay ng una, sa iyong mana na iyong mamanahin, sa lupain na ibinibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios upang ariin.
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.
Isang saksi ay huwag titindig laban sa kanino man sa anomang kasamaan, o sa anomang kasalanang kaniyang pinagkasalahan: sa bibig ng dalawang saksi, o sa bibig ng tatlong saksi ay pagtitibayin ang usap.
16 “If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
Kung ang isang sinungaling na saksi ay tumindig laban sa kanino man upang sumaksi laban sa kaniya ng isang masamang gawa,
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.
Ang dalawang taong naguusapin ay tatayo sa harap ng Panginoon, sa harap ng mga saserdote at ng mga magiging hukom sa mga araw na yaon;
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,
At sisiyasating masikap ng mga hukom: at, narito, kung ang saksi ay saksing sinungaling, at sumaksi ng kasinungalingan laban sa kaniyang kapatid;
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.
Ay gagawin mo nga sa kaniya, ang gaya ng kaniyang inisip gawin sa kaniyang kapatid: sa gayo'y iyong aalisin ang kasamaan sa gitna mo.
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.
At maririnig niyaong mga natitira at matatakot, at hindi na sila magkakamit pa ng gayong kasamaan sa gitna mo.
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.”
At ang iyong mata'y huwag mahahabag: buhay kung buhay, mata kung mata, ngipin kung ngipin, kamay kung kamay, paa kung paa.
