Deuteronomy 19
1 When the LORD your God cuts off the nations whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses,
Nígbà tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ bá ti pa àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí yóò fi ilẹ̀ wọn fún ọ run, àti nígbà tí ìwọ bá ti lé wọn jáde tí o sì dó sí àwọn ilẹ̀ àti ilé wọn gbogbo.
2 you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the middle of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess.
Ìwọ yóò ya ìlú mẹ́ta sọ́tọ̀ fún ara à rẹ láàrín ilẹ̀ rẹ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run fún ọ láti ni.
3 You shall prepare the way, and divide the borders of your land which the LORD your God causes you to inherit into three parts, that every man slayer may flee there.
Ṣe àwọn ọ̀nà sí wọn àti kí o pín ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run fún ọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún sí ọ̀nà mẹ́ta nítorí kí apànìyàn lè sá níbẹ̀.
4 This is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbour unintentionally, and didn’t hate him in time past—
Èyí ni òfin nípa apànìyàn, tí ó sì sá síbẹ̀ láti pa ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ mọ́. Ẹni tí ó pa aládùúgbò láìmọ̀ọ́mọ̀ṣeé láìjẹ́ pé ó ti ní àrankàn pẹ̀lú u rẹ̀ láti ọjọ́ pípẹ́.
5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbour to chop wood and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits his neighbour so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live.
Bí àpẹẹrẹ, ọkùnrin kan lè lọ sínú igbó pẹ̀lú aládùúgbò rẹ̀ láti gé igi, bí ó sì ti gbé àáké e rẹ̀ láti gé igi náà lulẹ̀, bí àáké náà bá yọ tí ó sì bà aládùúgbò rẹ̀, tí òun sì kú. Ọkùnrin yìí lè sálọ sí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìlú yìí láti gba ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ là.
6 Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the man slayer while hot anger is in his heart and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally, even though he was not worthy of death, because he didn’t hate him in time past.
Bí kò ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, agbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ lè máa lépa rẹ̀ nínú ìbínú, kí ó sì lé e bá nítorí pé ọ̀nà jì, kí ó sì pa á bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé kò yẹ sí ikú, nígbà tí ó ṣe é sí aládùúgbò rẹ̀ láìjẹ́ pé ó ti ní àrankàn pẹ̀lú u rẹ̀ láti ọjọ́ pípẹ́.
7 Therefore I command you to set apart three cities for yourselves.
Ìdí nìyìí tí mo fi pa á láṣẹ fún ọ láti ya ìlú mẹ́ta sọ́tọ̀ fún ara rẹ.
8 If the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers;
Tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ bá sì fẹ́ agbègbè rẹ, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti ṣe ìbúra fún àwọn baba ńlá a yín, tí ó sì fún ọ ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ tí ó ti ṣe ìlérí fún wọn,
9 and if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk ever in his ways, then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, in addition to these three.
nítorí tí ìwọ fi pẹ̀lẹ́pẹ̀lẹ́ tẹ̀lé gbogbo òfin yìí tí mo pàṣẹ fún ọ lónìí yìí, kí o fẹ́ Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ, kí o sì rìn ní ọ̀nà an rẹ̀ ní gbogbo ìgbà náà, kí o ya ìlú mẹ́ta sọ́tọ̀.
10 This is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, leaving blood guilt on you.
Ṣe èyí kí a má ṣe ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀ ni ilẹ̀ rẹ, èyí tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ yóò fún ọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún, kí ìwọ kí ó má bá a jẹ̀bi ẹ̀jẹ̀ títa.
11 But if any man hates his neighbour, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;
Ṣùgbọ́n tí ọkùnrin kan bá kórìíra arákùnrin rẹ̀, tí ó sì lúgọ dè é, tí ó mú u tí o lù ú pa, tí ọkùnrin náà sì sálọ sí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìlú wọ̀nyí,
12 then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
àwọn àgbàgbà ìlú rẹ yóò sì ránṣẹ́ pè é ìwọ, yóò sì mú un padà láti ìlú náà, wọn yóò sì fi í lé àwọn agbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ kí ó lè kú.
13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you.
Má ṣe ṣàánú fún un. O ní láti fọ ẹ̀bi ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ kúrò ni Israẹli, kí ó bá à lè dára fún ọ.
14 You shall not remove your neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
Má ṣe pa òkúta ààlà aládùúgbò rẹ dà tí aṣíwájú rẹ fi lélẹ̀ nínú ogún tí ó gbà nínú ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ fi fún ọ láti ni ní ìní.
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
Ẹlẹ́rìí kan ṣoṣo kò tó láti dájọ́ ọkùnrin kan tí o fi ẹ̀bi ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yóò wù kí ó lè ṣẹ̀ lẹ́bi. A ó fi ìdí ọ̀rọ̀ múlẹ̀ láti orí ẹ̀rí ẹni méjì tàbí mẹ́ta.
16 If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
Tí alárankàn ẹlẹ́rìí èké bá dúró láti fi ẹ̀sùn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kan ọkùnrin kan,
17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
àwọn méjèèjì tí àríyànjiyàn wà láàrín wọn gbọdọ̀ dúró níwájú Olúwa níwájú àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn adájọ́ tí ó wà ní ibi iṣẹ́ ní ìgbà náà.
18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother,
Àwọn adájọ́ gbọdọ̀ ṣe ìwádìí fínní fínní bí ẹ̀rí bá sì jẹ́ irọ́, tí ó fi ẹ̀rí èké sun arákùnrin rẹ̀,
19 then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from amongst you.
nígbà náà ni kí ó ṣe sí i gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ṣe fẹ́ ṣe sí arákùnrin rẹ̀. O ní láti wẹ búburú kúrò láàrín rẹ.
20 Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and will never again commit any such evil amongst you.
Àwọn ènìyàn tókù yóò gbọ́ nípa èyí, wọn yóò sì bẹ̀rù, kí irú nǹkan búburú bẹ́ẹ̀ máa tún sẹ̀ mọ́ láàrín yín.
21 Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Má ṣe fi àánú hàn, ẹ̀mí fún ẹ̀mí, ojú fún ojú, eyín fún eyín, apá fún apá, ẹsẹ̀ fún ẹsẹ̀.
