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:
| زمانی که قوم اسرائیل در دشت موآب، کنار رود اردن و در مقابل اریحا اردو زده بودند، خداوند به موسی فرمود: |
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.
| «به قوم اسرائیل دستور بده که از ملک خود، شهرهایی با چراگاههای اطرافشان به لاویان بدهند. |
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.
| شهرها برای سکونت خودشان است و چراگاههای اطراف آنها برای گله‌های گوسفند و گاو و سایر حیوانات ایشان. |
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.
| چراگاههای اطراف هر شهر، از دیوار شهر تا فاصله پانصد متر به هر طرف امتداد داشته باشد. |
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.”
| بدین ترتیب محوطه‌ای مربع شکل به وجود می‌آید که هر ضلع آن هزار متر خواهد بود و شهر در وسط آن قرار خواهد گرفت. |
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.
| «چهل و هشت شهر با چراگاههای اطرافشان به لاویان داده شود. از این چهل و هشت شهر، شش شهر به عنوان پناهگاه باشد تا اگر کسی مرتکب قتل شود بتواند به آنجا فرار کند و در امان باشد. |
7 You must also give to the descendants of Levi 42 other cities and the land around those cities, for their animals,
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.”
| قبیله‌های بزرگتر که شهرهای بیشتری دارند، شهرهای بیشتری به لاویان بدهند و قبیله‌های کوچکتر شهرهای کمتر.» |
9 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
| خداوند به موسی فرمود: |
10 “Tell this to the Israeli people: When you cross the Jordan [River] and enter the Canaan [region],
| «به قوم اسرائیل بگو، هنگامی که از رود اردن عبور کرده به سرزمین موعود می‌رسند، |
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.
| شهرهای پناهگاه تعیین کنند تا هر کس که ناخواسته شخصی را کشته باشد بتواند به آنجا فرار کند. |
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.
| این شهرها مکانی خواهند بود که قاتل در برابر انتقام جویی بستگان مقتول در آنها ایمن خواهد بود، زیرا قاتل تا زمانی که جرمش در یک دادرسی عادلانه ثابت نگردد، نباید کشته شود. |
13 You must set apart six cities to be cities to which someone who killed another person accidentally may run and be safe.
| سه شهر از این شش شهر پناهگاه، باید در سرزمین کنعان باشد و سه شهر دیگر در سمت شرقی رود اردن. |
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.
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].
| این شهرها نه فقط برای قوم اسرائیل، بلکه برای غریبان و مسافران نیز پناهگاه خواهند بود. |
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.
| «اگر کسی با استفاده از یک تکه آهن یا سنگ یا چوب، شخصی را بکشد، قاتل است و باید کشته شود. |
19 A relative of the person who was murdered must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him.
| مدعی خون مقتول وقتی قاتل را ببیند خودش او را بکشد. |
20 If someone shoves another person [over a cliff] or throws something at another person
| اگر شخصی از روی کینه با پرتاب چیزی به طرف کسی یا با هل دادن او، وی را بکشد، |
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.
| یا از روی دشمنی مشتی به او بزند که او بمیرد، آن شخص قاتل است و قاتل باید کشته شود. مدعی خون مقتول وقتی قاتل را ببیند خودش او را بکشد. |
22 “But someone might accidentally shove someone else, or accidentally throw something at another person and hit him, not because he hates that person.
| «ولی اگر قتل تصادفی باشد، برای مثال، شخصی چیزی را به طور غیرعمد پرتاب کند یا کسی را هل دهد و باعث مرگ او شود و یا قطعه سنگی را بدون قصد پرتاب کند و آن سنگ به کسی اصابت کند و او را بکشد در حالی که پرتاب کننده، دشمنی با وی نداشته است، |
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,
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)].
| در اینجا قوم باید در مورد اینکه آیا قتل تصادفی بوده یا نه، و اینکه قاتل را باید به دست مدعی خون مقتول بسپارند یا نه، قضاوت کنند. |
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].
| اگر به این نتیجه برسند که قتل تصادفی بوده، آنگاه قوم اسرائیل متهم را از دست مدعی برهانند و به او اجازه بدهند که در شهر پناهگاه، ساکن شود. او باید تا هنگام مرگ کاهن اعظم، در آن شهر بماند. |
26 “But [while the Supreme Priest is still living], the person who is in that safe city must not leave that city.
| «اگر متهم، شهرِ پناهگاه را ترک کند، |
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.]
| و مدعی خون مقتول، وی را خارج از شهر پیدا کرده، او را بکشد، عمل او قتل محسوب نمی‌شود، |
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.
| چون آن شخص می‌بایستی تا هنگام مرگ کاهن اعظم در شهر پناهگاه می‌ماند و بعد از آن به ملک و خانهٔ خود بازمی‌گشت. |
29 “You must always obey those regulations, wherever you live.
| اینها برای تمامی قوم اسرائیل نسل اندر نسل قوانینی دائمی می‌باشند. |
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).
| «هر کس شخصی را بکشد، به موجب شهادت چند شاهد، قاتل شناخته می‌شود و باید کشته شود. هیچ‌کس تنها به شهادت یک نفر نباید کشته شود. |
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.
| هر وقت کسی قاتل شناخته شد باید کشته شود و نباید خونبهایی برای رهایی او پذیرفته شود. |
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.
| از پناهنده‌ای که در شهر پناهگاه سکونت دارد پولی برای اینکه به او اجازه داده شود قبل از مرگ کاهن اعظم به ملک و خانهٔ خویش بازگردد گرفته نشود. |
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.
| اگر این قوانین را مراعات کنید سرزمین شما آلوده نخواهد شد، زیرا قتل موجب آلودگی زمین می‌شود. هیچ کفاره‌ای برای قتل به‌جز کشتن قاتل پذیرفته نمی‌شود. |
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.”
| سرزمینی را که در آن ساکن خواهید شد نجس نسازید، زیرا من که یهوه هستم در آنجا ساکن می‌باشم.» |
