Deuteronomy 19
1 When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations, those whose land Yahweh your God is giving you, and when you come after them and live in their cities and houses,
Rĩrĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu agaakorwo aniinĩte ndũrĩrĩ iria ekũmũhe bũrũri wacio, na rĩrĩa na inyuĩ mũgaakorwo mũrĩkĩtie kũingata ndũrĩrĩ icio, na mũgaatũũra matũũra ma cio na nyũmba ciacio,
2 you must select three cities for yourself in the middle of your land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess.
hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmũkamũra matũũra matatũ marĩ handũ gatagatĩ ka bũrũri ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu ekũmũhe mũwĩgwatĩre.
3 You must build a road and divide the borders of your land into three parts, the land that Yahweh your God is causing you to inherit, so that everyone who kills another person may flee there.
Mũgaathondeka barabara cierekeire matũũra macio, naguo bũrũri ũcio Jehova ekũmũhe ũtuĩke igai rĩanyu, mũwatũre icunjĩ ithatũ, nĩgeetha mũndũ o wothe ũngĩũraga mũndũ oragĩre kuo.
4 This is the law for the one who kills another and who flees there to live—anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, and did not previously hate him.
Ũyũ nĩguo watho ũkoniĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩũraga mũndũ ũngĩ na oorĩre kuo nĩguo ahonokie muoyo wake, nake nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũngĩũraga mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake ataciirĩire gwĩka ũndũ ũcio, na akorwo ndaamũthũire mbere ĩyo.
5 For example, if a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his chops with the ax to cut down a tree, and the ax head slips off of the handle and strikes his neighbor and kills him—then that man must flee to one of these cities and save his life.
Ta rĩrĩa mũndũ angĩthiĩ mũtitũ marĩ na mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake makoine ngũ, na akĩhiũria ithanwa ateme mũtĩ-rĩ, ithanwa rĩrũke, rĩrũũge, rĩringe mũndũ ũcio wa itũũra rĩake, rĩmũũrage. Mũndũ ũcio no orĩre itũũra rĩmwe rĩa macio nĩguo ahonokie muoyo wake.
6 Otherwise the avenger of blood might go after the one who took a life, and in the heat of his anger overtake him, if the distance is too great, strike him and kill him, even though that man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past.
Angĩaga gwĩka ũguo-rĩ, mũrĩhanĩria wa thakame ahota gũthingatana nake arĩ na marakara amũnyiite, angĩkorwo itũũra rĩa kũũrĩrwo nĩrĩraihĩrĩirie mũno, amũũrage o na gũtuĩka ndagĩrĩire kũũragwo nĩ ũndũ ndaathũire mũndũ ũcio mbere ĩyo.
7 Therefore I command you to select three cities for yourself.
Kĩu nĩkĩo gĩtũmi kĩrĩa gĩatũma ndĩmwathe mwĩyamũrĩre matũũra manene matatũ ma kũũrĩrwo.
8 If Yahweh your God enlarges your borders, as he has sworn to your ancestors to do, and gives you all the land that he promised to give to your ancestors;
Jehova Ngai wanyu angĩkongerera mĩhaka ya bũrũri wanyu o ta ũrĩa erĩire maithe manyu na mwĩhĩtwa, amũhe bũrũri wothe ũrĩa aamerĩire,
9 if you keep all these commandments to do them, which I am commanding you today—commandments to love Yahweh your God and to always walk in his ways, then you must add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.
nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa mũgaakorwo mũmenyereire wega maathani maya ndĩramwatha ũmũthĩ, atĩ mwendage Jehova Ngai wanyu, na mũthiage na njĩra ciake hĩndĩ ciothe, hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmũkamũra matũũra mangĩ matatũ ma kũũrĩrwo.
10 Do this so that innocent blood is not shed in the midst of the land that Yahweh your God is giving you for as an inheritance, so that no bloodguilt may be on you.
Mũgeeka ũguo nĩgeetha gũtikanaitwo thakame ya mũndũ ũtarĩ na ũũru bũrũri-inĩ wanyu, ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu ekũmũhe ũtuĩke igai rĩanyu, na ningĩ nĩgeetha mũtikagĩe na mahĩtia ma gũita thakame.
11 But if anyone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, and mortally wounds him so that he dies, and if he then flees into one of these cities—
No mũndũ angĩkorwo athũire mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake, nake amuoherie njĩra-inĩ, amũtharĩkĩre amũũrage, acooke orĩre itũũra-inĩ rĩmwe rĩa macio-rĩ,
12 then the elders of his city must send and bring him back from there, and turn him over into the hand of the responsible relative, so that he may die.
athuuri a itũũra rĩake nĩmakamũtũmanĩra, arehwo kuuma kũu itũũra-inĩ, mamũneane kũrĩ mũrĩhanĩria wa thakame nĩguo ooragwo.
13 Your eye must not pity him; instead, you must eradicate the bloodguilt from Israel, that it may go well with you.
Mũtikanamũiguĩre tha. No nginya mũniine wĩhia wa ũiti wa thakame ĩtarĩ na ũũru bũrũri-inĩ wa Isiraeli, nĩgeetha maũndũ manyu magĩrĩre.
14 You must not remove your neighbor's landmark that they set in place a long time ago, in your inheritance that you will inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess.
Mũndũ ndakaneherie ihiga rĩa mũhaka rĩa mũndũ ũrĩa mariganĩtie, rĩrĩa rĩahaandirwo nĩ arĩa maarĩ mbere yanyu igai-inĩ rĩrĩa mũkaamũkĩra bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu ekũmũhe mũwĩgwatĩre.
15 One sole witness must not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any matter that he sins; at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, must any matter be confirmed.
Mũira ũmwe ti mũiganu wa gũtũma mũndũ atuĩrwo nĩ ũndũ wa ngero kana wa ihĩtia rĩrĩa angĩkorwo ekĩte. No nginya ũhoro ũtuuo nĩ wa ma na ũndũ wa ũira wa andũ eerĩ kana atatũ.
16 Suppose that an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing.
Mũira ũrĩ na rũthũũro angĩrũgama gũthitangĩra mũndũ ngero,
17 Then both men, the ones between whom the controversy exists, must stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.
andũ acio eerĩ magĩte na ngarari, no nginya marũgame harĩ Jehova, mbere ya athĩnjĩri-Ngai na aciirithania arĩa magaakorwo makĩruta wĩra ihinda-inĩ rĩu.
18 The judges must make diligent inquiries; see, if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely against his brother,
Aciirithania acio no nginya matuĩrie ũhoro na kĩyo, na mũira ũcio angĩoneka nĩ wa maheeni, nĩaraigĩrĩra mũrũ wa ithe kĩgeenyo-rĩ,
19 then must you do to him, as he had wished to do to his brother; and you will remove the evil from among you.
hĩndĩ ĩyo mũmwĩke o ta ũrĩa aciirĩire gwĩka mũrũ wa ithe. No nginya mũniine ũũru ũcio thĩinĩ wanyu.
20 Then those who remain will hear and fear, and will from then on commit no longer any such evil among you.
Andũ arĩa angĩ nĩmakaigua ũhoro ũcio nao metigĩre, naguo ũndũ ũcio mũũru ndũgacooka gwĩkwo rĩngĩ thĩinĩ wanyu.
21 Your eyes must not pity; life will pay for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Mũtikanaigue tha; muoyo uumage muoyo, na riitho riumage riitho, na igego riumage igego, na guoko kuumage guoko, o na kũgũrũ kuumage kũgũrũ.
