व्यवस्था विवरण 19
1 १ “जब तेरा परमेश्वर यहोवा उन जातियों को नाश करे जिनका देश वह तुझे देता है, और तू उनके देश का अधिकारी होकर उनके नगरों और घरों में रहने लगे,
After Yahweh our God has gotten rid of the people-groups from the land that he is giving to you, and after you have expelled them from their cities and you start to live in their houses,
2 २ तब अपने देश के बीच जिसका अधिकारी तेरा परमेश्वर यहोवा तुझे कर देता है तीन नगर अपने लिये अलग कर देना।
you must divide into three parts the land that he is giving to you. Then choose a city in each part. You must make good roads [in order that people can get to those cities easily]. Someone who kills another person can escape to one of those cities [to be safe/protected].
3 ३ और तू अपने लिये मार्ग भी तैयार करना, और अपने देश के, जो तेरा परमेश्वर यहोवा तुझे सौंप देता है, तीन भाग करना, ताकि हर एक खूनी वहीं भाग जाए।
4 ४ और जो खूनी वहाँ भागकर अपने प्राण को बचाए, वह इस प्रकार का हो; अर्थात् वह किसी से बिना पहले बैर रखे या उसको बिना जाने बूझे मार डाला हो
“This is the rule about someone who has killed another person. If someone (accidentally/without planning to) kills another person who was not his enemy, he may escape to one of those cities and be safe/protected there.
5 ५ जैसे कोई किसी के संग लकड़ी काटने को जंगल में जाए, और वृक्ष काटने को कुल्हाड़ी हाथ से उठाए, और कुल्हाड़ी बेंट से निकलकर उस भाई को ऐसी लगे कि वह मर जाए तो वह उन नगरों में से किसी में भागकर जीवित रहे;
For example, if two men go into the forest to cut some wood, if the axe head comes off the handle while one of them is chopping down a tree and the axe head strikes and kills the other man, the man [who was using the axe] will be allowed to run to one of those cities and be safe there, [because the people of that city will protect him].
6 ६ ऐसा न हो कि मार्ग की लम्बाई के कारण खून का पलटा लेनेवाला अपने क्रोध के ज्वलन में उसका पीछा करके उसको जा पकड़े, और मार डाले, यद्यपि वह प्राणदण्ड के योग्य नहीं, क्योंकि वह उससे बैर नहीं रखता था।
Because he accidentally killed someone, and because the man was not his enemy, he can try to run to one of those cities. If there were only one city, it may be a long distance to that city. Then if the relative of the man who was killed [MTY], the man who is supposed/expected to get revenge, is very angry, he may be able to catch the other person before he arrives at that city.
[To prevent that from happening], you must choose three cities, not only one, [in order that someone can get to one of those cities quickly].
8 ८ “यदि तेरा परमेश्वर यहोवा उस शपथ के अनुसार जो उसने तेरे पूर्वजों से खाई थी, तेरी सीमा को बढ़ाकर वह सारा देश तुझे दे, जिसके देने का वचन उसने तेरे पूर्वजों को दिया था
“If you do everything that I am today commanding you to do, and if you love Yahweh our God, and if you conduct your lives as he wants you to do, Yahweh our God will give you much more land than you will have when you first occupy it, which is what he promised to do. He will give you all the land which he promised your ancestors that he would give to you. When he gives you that land, you must select three more cities [to which people may escape].
9 ९ यदि तू इन सब आज्ञाओं के मानने में जिन्हें मैं आज तुझको सुनाता हूँ चौकसी करे, और अपने परमेश्वर यहोवा से प्रेम रखे और सदा उसके मार्गों पर चलता रहे तो इन तीन नगरों से अधिक और भी तीन नगर अलग कर देना,
10 १० इसलिए कि तेरे उस देश में जो तेरा परमेश्वर यहोवा तेरा निज भाग करके देता है, किसी निर्दोष का खून न बहाया जाए, और उसका दोष तुझ पर न लगे।
Do this in order that people who (are innocent/have killed someone else without planning to) will not die, and you will not be guilty for [allowing] them to be executed, in the land that Yahweh is giving to you.
11 ११ “परन्तु यदि कोई किसी से बैर रखकर उसकी घात में लगे, और उस पर लपककर उसे ऐसा मारे कि वह मर जाए, और फिर उन नगरों में से किसी में भाग जाए,
“But suppose someone hates his enemy and hides and waits for that person [to come along the road]. Then [when he passes by, suddenly] he attacks him and murders him. If the attacker flees to one of those cities [to be protected there],
12 १२ तो उसके नगर के पुरनिये किसी को भेजकर उसको वहाँ से मँगवाकर खून के पलटा लेनेवाले के हाथ में सौंप दें, कि वह मार डाला जाए।
the elders of the city [where the murdered man lived must not protect the attacker. They]. must send someone to the city to which the other man escaped, and bring him to [MTY] the relative who is supposed/expected to get revenge, so that he may execute that man.
You must not pity those who murder other people! Instead, you must execute them, in order that the people in the land of Israel will not murder [MTY] innocent people, and in order that things will go well for you.”
14 १४ “जो देश तेरा परमेश्वर यहोवा तुझको देता है, उसका जो भाग तुझे मिलेगा, उसमें किसी की सीमा जिसे प्राचीन लोगों ने ठहराया हो न हटाना।
“[When you are living] in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, do not move the markers of your neighbors’ property boundaries which were placed there long ago.”
15 १५ “किसी मनुष्य के विरुद्ध किसी प्रकार के अधर्म या पाप के विषय में, चाहे उसका पाप कैसा ही क्यों न हो, एक ही जन की साक्षी न सुनना, परन्तु दो या तीन साक्षियों के कहने से बात पक्की ठहरे।
“If someone is accused of committing a crime, one (witness/person who says, ‘I saw him do it’) is not enough. There must be at least two (witnesses/people who say, ‘We saw him do it’). [If there is only one witness], the judge must not believe that what he says is true.
“If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
17 १७ तो वे दोनों मनुष्य, जिनके बीच ऐसा मुकद्दमा उठा हो, यहोवा के सम्मुख, अर्थात् उन दिनों के याजकों और न्यायियों के सामने खड़े किए जाएँ;
both of them must go to the place where the people worship, to [talk to] the priests and judges who are serving at that time.
18 १८ तब न्यायी भली भाँति पूछताछ करें, और यदि इस निर्णय पर पहुँचें कि वह झूठा साक्षी है, और अपने भाई के विरुद्ध झूठी साक्षी दी है
The judges must (investigate the case carefully/try to find out which one is telling the truth). If [the judges determine that] one of them has accused the other falsely,
19 १९ तो अपने भाई की जैसी भी हानि करवाने की युक्ति उसने की हो वैसी ही तुम भी उसकी करना; इसी रीति से अपने बीच में से ऐसी बुराई को दूर करना।
that person must be punished in the same way that the other one would have been punished [if the judge decided that he (was guilty/had done what is wrong)]. By punishing such people, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
And/Because when that person is punished, everyone will hear what has happened, and they will be afraid, and no one will dare to act that way any more.
21 २१ और तू बिल्कुल तरस न खाना; प्राण के बदले प्राण का, आँख के बदले आँख का, दाँत के बदले दाँत का, हाथ के बदले हाथ का, पाँव के बदले पाँव का दण्ड देना।
You must not pity people who are punished like that. The rule should be that a person who has murdered someone else must be executed; one of a person’s eyes must be gouged out if he has gouged out someone else’s eye, one tooth of a person who has knocked out the tooth of another person must be knocked out; one hand of a person who has cut off the hand of another person must likewise be cut off; one foot of a person who has cut off the foot of another person must also be cut off.”
