Deteronòm 19
1 Moyiz di yo ankò: -Lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va fin detwi nasyon sa yo pou l' ban nou peyi ki te pou yo a, lè n'a fin pran tout peyi a nan men yo pou nou rete nan lavil yo ak nan lakay yo,
And when the Lord your God shall have destroyed the nations, which God gives you, [even] the land, and you shall inherit them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,
2 n'a chwazi twa lavil nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou pou nou rete a, n'a mete yo apa.
you shall separate for yourself three cities in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you.
3 N'a kenbe wout ki mennen nan lavil sa yo an bon eta. N'a divize teritwa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou pou nou rete a an twa zòn ak yon lavil nan chak zòn. Konsa, nenpòt moun ki ta rive touye yon lòt ka kouri al kache nan yonn nan lavil sa yo pou sove lavi l'.
Take a survey of your way, and you shall divide the coasts of your land, which the Lord your God apportions to you, into three parts, and there shall be there a refuge for every manslayer.
4 Men nan ki sikonstans yon moun ka kouri al kache nan yonn nan lavil sa yo pou sove lavi l': Se lè yon moun touye yon frè parèy li san li pa fè espre, san li pa janm gen anyen avè l'.
And this shall be the ordinance of the manslayer, who shall flee there, and shall live, whoever shall have struck his neighbour ignorantly, whereas he hated him not in times past.
5 Konsa, si de moun al nan bwa ansanm pou koupe bwa epi yonn ladan yo fè sa li leve rach li pou l' koupe yon bwa epi rach la chape soti nan manch lan, l' al frape zanmi l' lan, li touye l' frèt, yon nonm konsa gen dwa kouri al kache nan yonn nan lavil sa yo pou l' ka sove lavi l'.
And whoever shall enter with his neighbour into the thicket, to gather wood, if the hand of him that cuts wood with the axe should be violently shaken, and the axe head falling off from the handle should light on his neighbour, and he should die, he shall flee to one of these cities, and live.
6 Si te gen yon sèl lavil konsa, distans la ta ka twò long. Lè sa a, moun ki reskonsab pou tire revanj moun yo touye a, si l'ap kouri dèyè moun ki te fè krim lan, li ta ka rapouswiv li. Nan kè cho li, li ta ka ba l' yon kou, li touye l'. Lè sa a, li ta touye yon inonsan, paske nonm lan pa t' fè espre, li pa t' janm gen anyen nan kè l' kont moun li touye a.
Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and kill him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past.
7 Se poutèt sa mwen mande nou pou nou mete twa lavil konsa apa espre pou sa.
Therefore I charge you, saying, You shall separate for your self three cities.
8 Konsa tou, lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va fè peyi nou an vin pi gran jan li te pwomèt zansèt nou yo, lè l'a ban nou tout peyi li te pwomèt l'ap bay zansèt nou yo,
And if the Lord shall enlarge your borders, as he sware to your fathers, and the Lord shall give to you all the land which he said he would give to your fathers;
9 n'a chwazi twa lòt lavil, n'a mete sou sa nou genyen deja yo. Men, pa bliye, l'ap ban nou peyi a, se pou nou toujou swiv tout lòd m'ap ban nou jòdi a, se pou nou toujou renmen Seyè a Bondye nou an, pou nou swiv chemen li mete devan nou an.
if you shall listen to do all these commands, which I charge you this day, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways continually; you shall add for yourself yet three cities to these three.
10 Se konsa, nou p'ap kite yo touye moun ki inonsan nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou pou rele nou pa nou. Si nou kite sa rive, n'a peye pou sa nou fè a.
So innocent blood shall not be spilt in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and there shall not be in you one guilty of blood.
11 Men, si yon moun rayi yon lòt, epi li pran veye l' jouk li tonbe sou li, li ba l' kou jouk li touye l', epi apre sa, li kouri al kache nan yonn nan lavil sa yo,
But if there should be in you a man hating his neighbour, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and strike him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities,
12 lè sa a, chèf fanmi ki reskonsab lavil kote li rete a va voye chache l' epi y'a lage l' nan men fanmi pre moun ki mouri a pou yo touye l'.
then shall the elders of his city send, and take him thence, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the avengers of blood, and he shall die.
13 N'a san pitye pou li, n'a wete moun k'ap mache touye inonsan nan peyi Izrayèl la. Se konsa tout bagay va mache byen pou nou.
Your eye shall not spare him; so shall you purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with you.
14 Nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pral ban nou pou nou rete a, pa janm deplase bòn tè moun pèp Izrayèl parèy nou. Kite yo kote zansèt nou yo te plante yo a.
You shall not move the landmarks of your neighbour, which your fathers set in the inheritance, in which you have obtained a share in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit.
15 Depozisyon yon sèl temwen pa kont pou moutre si yon moun fè yon krim, osinon yon bagay mal tout bon nan nenpòt akizasyon yo ta ka fè sou do li. Fòk gen de osinon twa temwen ki pou fè depozisyon kont li pou akizasyon an ka kenbe.
One witness shall not stand to testify against a man for any iniquity, or for any fault, or for any sin which he may commit; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.
16 Lè yon fo temwen kanpe pou l' akize yon moun pou yon krim li pa fè,
And if an unjust witness rise up against a man, alleging iniquity against him;
17 de moun ki nan pwose yo va prezante ansanm devan lòtèl Seyè a, devan prèt yo ak jij yo ki desèvis lè sa a.
then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.
18 Jij yo va egzaminen ka a. Y'a mennen yon bon ankèt jan yo dwe fè l' la. Si yo jwenn se manti temwen an ap bay, se akize l'ap akize yon moun pèp Izrayèl parèy li pou yon bagay li pa janm fè,
And the judges shall make diligent enquiry, and, behold, [if] and unjust witness has borne unjust testimony; [and] has stood up against his brother;
19 n'a fè l' sibi chatiman li te vle pou moun li akize a. Se konsa n'a wete mechanste sa a ki te nan mitan nou.
then shall you do to him as he wickedly devised to do against his brother, and you shall remove the evil from yourselves.
20 Lè lòt moun yo va konn sa, y'a pè, yo p'ap rekonmanse fè move bagay konsa ankò nan mitan nou.
And the rest shall hear and fear, and do no more according to this evil thing in the midst of you.
21 Se pou nou san pitye pou moun konsa. Se pou nou fè yo peye lavi pou lavi, yon je pou yon je, yon dan pou yon dan, yon men pou yon men, yon pye pou yon pye.
Your eye shall not spare him: [you shall exact] life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
