Numbers 35
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying,
上主在耶里哥對面，約但河邊，摩阿布曠野內，訓示梅瑟說：「
2 'Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to inhabit; also a suburb for the cities round about them ye do give to the Levites.
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 And the cities have been to them to inhabit, and their suburbs are for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
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 'And the suburbs of the cities which ye give to the Levites [are], from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about.
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 And ye have measured from the outside of the city, the east quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the south quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the west quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the north quarter, two thousand by the cubit; and the city [is] in the midst; this is to them the suburbs 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 'And the cities which ye give to the Levites [are] the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;
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 all the cities which ye give to the Levites [are] forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs.
這樣，劃給肋未人的城，共計四十八座，連城郊的牧場在內。
8 And the cities which ye give [are] of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye multiply, and from the few ye diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, doth give of his cities to the Levites.'
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 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
上主訓示梅瑟說：「
10 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan to the land of Canaan,
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 and have prepared to yourselves cities — cities of refuge they are to you — then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares,
應選定幾座城作你們的避難城，凡誤殺人的，可逃到那裡。
12 and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment.
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 'As to the cities which ye give — six [are] cities of refuge to you;
你們應指定六座城作為你們的避難城。
14 the three of the cities ye give beyond the Jordan, and the three of the cities ye give in the land of Canaan; cities of refuge they are.
在約但河東指定三座，在客納罕地指定三座，作為避難城。
15 To sons of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting a person unawares.
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 'And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
人若用鐵器打人，將人打死，他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。
17 'And if with a stone [in] the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
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。
18 'Or with a wooden instrument [in] the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
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 'The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.
報血仇的，可將兇手殺死；幾時遇見他，可將他殺死。
20 'And if in hatred he thrust him through, or hath cast [anything] at him by lying in wait, and he dieth;
人若因懷恨撞倒了人，或故意拋物打人，致使那人死了；
21 or in enmity he hath smitten him with his hand, and he dieth; the smiter is certainly put to death; he [is] a murderer; the redeemer of blood doth put the murderer to death in his coming against 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 'And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;
但是，若人並無怨仇，偶然撞倒人，或無意中拋物傷人，
23 or with any stone wherewith he dieth, without seeing, and causeth [it] to fall upon him, and he dieth, and he [is] not his enemy, nor seeking his evil;
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 then have the company judged between the smiter and the redeemer of blood, by these judgments.
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 'And the company have delivered the man-slayer out of the hand of the redeemer of blood, and the company have caused him to turn back unto the city of his refuge, whither he hath fled, and he hath dwelt in it till the death of the chief priest, who hath been anointed with the holy oil.
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 'And if the man-slayer at all go out [from] the border of the city of his refuge whither he fleeth,
但殺人者如果離開他逃入避難城的邊界以外，
27 and the redeemer of blood hath found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood hath slain the man-slayer, blood is not for him;
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 for in the city of his refuge he doth dwell till the death of the chief priest; and after the death of the chief priest doth the man-slayer turn back unto the city of his possession.
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 'And these things have been to you for a statute of judgment to your generations, in all your dwellings:
這是你們世世代代，在你們任何住處，應遵守的法令。
30 whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth [one] slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person — to die.
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 'And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who [is] condemned — to die, for he is certainly put to death;
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 and ye take no atonement for him to flee unto the city of his refuge, to turn back to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
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 'And ye profane not the land which ye [are] in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;
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 and ye defile not the land in which ye are dwelling, in the midst of which I do tabernacle, for I Jehovah do tabernacle in the midst of the sons of Israel.'
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」。
