Numbers 35
1 Yahweh told this to Moses/me [while the Israeli people were] on the plain in the Moab region near the Jordan [River], across from Jericho:
上主在耶里哥對面，約但河邊，摩阿布曠野內，訓示梅瑟說：「
2 “Tell the Israeli people that from the land that they will receive, they must give to the descendants of Levi some cities in which they can live. They must also give them some land around these cities.
你命令以色列子民，應由他們分得的產業內，指定一些城給肋未人居住，將城四周的牧場，也分給肋未人。
3 Those will be for the descendants of Levi to live in, and around the cities will be land for their cattle and flocks of sheep and goats and other animals.
這些城歸他們居住，城郊的牧場為牧放他們所有的牛羊和一切牲畜。
4 “The land that you give them for their animals must extend out for (1,500 feet/450 meters) from the walls of the cities.
你們劃給肋未城郊的牧場，應由城牆起，周圍向外伸展至二千肘，
5 Also measure (3,000 feet/900 meters) in each direction out from the walls of each city. That additional land will be land for their animals outside the walls of the cities.”
即由城外向東方量二千肘，向南方量二千肘，向西方量二千肘，向北方量二千肘，城在中央；這些土地為作他們城郊的牧場。
6 “Six of the cities that you give to the descendants of Levi will be cities to which people [can run] to be safe. If someone [accidentally] kills someone else, the one who killed that person may run to one of those cities to be safe.
分給肋未人的城中，應指定六座為避難城，殺人者可逃入城中。此外還應給他們四十二座城。
7 You must also give to the descendants of Levi 42 other cities and the land around those cities, for their animals,
這樣，劃給肋未人的城，共計四十八座，連城郊的牧場在內。
8 The Israeli tribes that have the most people must give them more cities than the tribes that have fewer people give. Each tribe must give some of its cities to the descendants of Levi, but the tribes that have more land must give more cities, and the tribes that have less land will give fewer cities.”
當你們由以色列子民的產業中，劃分給肋未人城邑時，由大支派應多取，由小支派應少取；每支派應依照自己分得的產業，將城邑劃給肋未人。」
9 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
上主訓示梅瑟說：「
10 “Tell this to the Israeli people: When you cross the Jordan [River] and enter the Canaan [region],
你告訴以色列子民說：幾時你們過約但河進入了客納罕地，
11 you must choose some cities to which people can run to be safe/protected. If someone kills another person (accidentally/without planning to do that), the one who killed that person may run to one of those cities and be safe.
應選定幾座城作你們的避難城，凡誤殺人的，可逃到那裡。
12 One of the relatives of the person who was killed may think he must avenge his relative’s death [by killing the murderer]. But in that city, the killer will be safe [because the people in that city would kill those relatives if they tried to get revenge there]. The man who killed someone accidentally [must] be put on trial in a court.
這些城可作為你們脫免復仇者的避難所，好使殺人者不致在未立於會眾前受審判以前，便遭人殺害。
13 You must set apart six cities to be cities to which someone who killed another person accidentally may run and be safe.
你們應指定六座城作為你們的避難城。
14 There must be three of those cities on the east side of the Jordan [River] and three that will be [on the west side], in the Canaan region.
在約但河東指定三座，在客納罕地指定三座，作為避難城。
15 Those six cities will be cities where Israeli people may run to and be safe, and where foreigners and other people who are living among you can also run to and be safe. Any of those people who accidentally kills someone may run to one of those cities [and be safe/protected there].
這六座城為以色列子民和外方人，以及住在你們中間的人，作為避難所；凡誤殺人的，都可逃到那裡去。
16 “But [you must consider that] anyone who kills another person with an iron weapon or with a big rock or with a piece of wood, is a murderer, and the one who killed the other person must be executed.
人若用鐵器打人，將人打死，他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。
人若用手中可砸死人的石頭打人，將人砸死；他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。
或者人若用手中可打死人的木器打人，將人打死，他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。
19 A relative of the person who was murdered must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him.
報血仇的，可將兇手殺死；幾時遇見他，可將他殺死。
20 If someone shoves another person [over a cliff] or throws something at another person
人若因懷恨撞倒了人，或故意拋物打人，致使那人死了；
21 or hits that person with his hand/fist and causes that person to die, if he did it because he hated that person, then you must consider that he is a murderer, and must be executed. A relative of the person who was killed must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him.
或者因仇恨用手打人，將人打死；打人的應處死刑，因他是兇手；報血仇的人，幾時遇著兇手，可將他殺死。
22 “But someone might accidentally shove someone else, or accidentally throw something at another person and hit him, not because he hates that person.
但是，若人並無怨仇，偶然撞倒人，或無意中拋物傷人，
23 Or he might drop a rock on someone that he did not see. If the one who does that does not plan to hurt anyone and does not hate the person that was killed,
或因沒有看見，使任何能打死人的石頭落在人身上，致使那人死了，彼此並沒有仇恨，也沒有意思害人，
24 the people of that city must decide whether the relative of the dead person [has the right to get revenge], or whether the one who killed the other person [truly did it (accidentally/without planning to do it)].
對這樣的案件，應在打死人的和要報血仇者之間進行裁判。
25 [If they decide that the killer planned to kill the other person, they must not allow him to stay in their city. But if they decide that it was done accidentally], they must protect the killer from being killed by the dead person’s relative. They must send the killer to one of the cities where he will be safe/protected, and allow him to stay there until the Supreme Priest dies. [After that, the killer may go back to his home, because the dead person’s relative no longer has the right to get revenge].
會眾要把殺人者由報血仇者手內救出，使他回到他曾逃入的避難城內，叫他住在那裡，直到傅過聖油的大司祭去逝。
26 “But [while the Supreme Priest is still living], the person who is in that safe city must not leave that city.
但殺人者如果離開他逃入避難城的邊界以外，
27 If he goes outside the city, and if a relative of the dead person finds him, that relative is permitted to kill that person, [and people will not consider that the relative is guilty of murder.]
報血仇者在避難城邊界以外遇見了他，將死殺人者殺死，他並不犯流向的罪，
28 The killer must stay in that city where he will be safe/protected until the Supreme Priest dies. [He will be safe from revenge after that, because the death of the Supreme Priest will be considered to be a sacrifice to atone for that murder]. After that, the killer may return to his home.
因為那該留在避難城內，直到大司祭去世；大司祭死後，殺人者方可回到屬自己產業的地方：
29 “You must always obey those regulations, wherever you live.
這是你們世世代代，在你們任何住處，應遵守的法令。
30 “If someone [is accused of] killing another person, the one who is accused may be executed only if there are people who saw him do it. There must be more than one witness; no one is permitted to be executed if there was only one (witness/person who saw him do it).
凡殺人的案件，應依據幾個證人的口供，才可以處決殺人犯；惟獨一人作證，不足以以人宣判死刑。
31 “If there is a murderer who truly should be executed, do not [spare his life by] accepting (a ransom/money for him not to be killed). He must be executed.
對於被判死刑的殺人犯，你們不可取贖命金，，因為他應該死
32 “If someone has run to a city where he will be safe/protected, do not allow him to give you money in order that you will permit him to return to his home before the Supreme Priest dies.
同樣，你們對逃入避難城的人，亦不可取贖金，准他在大司祭死以前回到本鄉居住。
33 “You must execute people who truly murder others. If you did not do that, you would be causing the people who live in the land to become unacceptable to me. Anyone who deliberately kills an innocent person must be executed.
你們不可玷污你們所居之地，因為血能玷污地；在那裏流了血，除非那殺人者的血，為那地沒有其他取潔的方法。
34 I am Yahweh, and I live among you Israelis, so do not spoil/pollute the land by allowing people to murder others without being punished.”
你們不可褻瀆你們所居之地，這地也是我居留之地，因為我上主是住在以色列子民中間」。
