गिनती 35
Yahweh told this to Moses/me [while the Israeli people were] on the plain in the Moab region near the Jordan [River], across from Jericho:
2 २ “इस्राएलियों को आज्ञा दे, कि तुम अपने-अपने निज भाग की भूमि में से लेवियों को रहने के लिये नगर देना; और नगरों के चारों ओर की चराइयाँ भी उनको देना।
“Tell the Israeli people that from the land that they will receive, they must give to the descendants of Levi some cities in which they can live. They must also give them some land around these cities.
3 ३ नगर तो उनके रहने के लिये, और चराइयाँ उनके गाय-बैल और भेड़-बकरी आदि, उनके सब पशुओं के लिये होंगी।
Those will be for the descendants of Levi to live in, and around the cities will be land for their cattle and flocks of sheep and goats and other animals.
4 ४ और नगरों की चराइयाँ, जिन्हें तुम लेवियों को दोगे, वह एक-एक नगर की शहरपनाह से बाहर चारों ओर एक-एक हजार हाथ तक की हों।
“The land that you give them for their animals must extend out for (1,500 feet/450 meters) from the walls of the cities.
5 ५ और नगर के बाहर पूर्व, दक्षिण, पश्चिम, और उत्तर की ओर, दो-दो हजार हाथ इस रीति से नापना कि नगर बीचों बीच हो; लेवियों के एक-एक नगर की चराई इतनी ही भूमि की हो।
Also measure (3,000 feet/900 meters) in each direction out from the walls of each city. That additional land will be land for their animals outside the walls of the cities.”
6 ६ और जो नगर तुम लेवियों को दोगे उनमें से छः शरणनगर हों, जिन्हें तुम को खूनी के भागने के लिये ठहराना होगा, और उनसे अधिक बयालीस नगर और भी देना।
“Six of the cities that you give to the descendants of Levi will be cities to which people [can run] to be safe. If someone [accidentally] kills someone else, the one who killed that person may run to one of those cities to be safe.
You must also give to the descendants of Levi 42 other cities and the land around those cities, for their animals,
8 ८ और जो नगर तुम इस्राएलियों की निज भूमि में से दो, वे जिनके बहुत नगर हों उनसे बहुत, और जिनके थोड़े नगर हों उनसे थोड़े लेकर देना; सब अपने-अपने नगरों में से लेवियों को अपने ही अपने भाग के अनुसार दें।”
The Israeli tribes that have the most people must give them more cities than the tribes that have fewer people give. Each tribe must give some of its cities to the descendants of Levi, but the tribes that have more land must give more cities, and the tribes that have less land will give fewer cities.”
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
“Tell this to the Israeli people: When you cross the Jordan [River] and enter the Canaan [region],
11 ११ तक ऐसे नगर ठहराना जो तुम्हारे लिये शरणनगर हों, कि जो कोई किसी को भूल से मारकर खूनी ठहरा हो वह वहाँ भाग जाए।
you must choose some cities to which people can run to be safe/protected. If someone kills another person (accidentally/without planning to do that), the one who killed that person may run to one of those cities and be safe.
12 १२ वे नगर तुम्हारे निमित्त पलटा लेनेवाले से शरण लेने के काम आएँगे, कि जब तक खूनी न्याय के लिये मण्डली के सामने खड़ा न हो तब तक वह न मार डाला जाए।
One of the relatives of the person who was killed may think he must avenge his relative’s death [by killing the murderer]. But in that city, the killer will be safe [because the people in that city would kill those relatives if they tried to get revenge there]. The man who killed someone accidentally [must] be put on trial in a court.
You must set apart six cities to be cities to which someone who killed another person accidentally may run and be safe.
There must be three of those cities on the east side of the Jordan [River] and three that will be [on the west side], in the Canaan region.
15 १५ ये छहों नगर इस्राएलियों के और उनके बीच रहनेवाले परदेशियों के लिये भी शरणस्थान ठहरें, कि जो कोई किसी को भूल से मार डाले वह वहीं भाग जाए।
Those six cities will be cities where Israeli people may run to and be safe, and where foreigners and other people who are living among you can also run to and be safe. Any of those people who accidentally kills someone may run to one of those cities [and be safe/protected there].
16 १६ “परन्तु यदि कोई किसी को लोहे के किसी हथियार से ऐसा मारे कि वह मर जाए, तो वह खूनी ठहरेगा; और वह खूनी अवश्य मार डाला जाए।
“But [you must consider that] anyone who kills another person with an iron weapon or with a big rock or with a piece of wood, is a murderer, and the one who killed the other person must be executed.
17 १७ और यदि कोई ऐसा पत्थर हाथ में लेकर, जिससे कोई मर सकता है, किसी को मारे, और वह मर जाए, तो वह भी खूनी ठहरेगा; और वह खूनी अवश्य मार डाला जाए।
18 १८ या कोई हाथ में ऐसी लकड़ी लेकर, जिससे कोई मर सकता है, किसी को मारे, और वह मर जाए, तो वह भी खूनी ठहरेगा; और वह खूनी अवश्य मार डाला जाए।
A relative of the person who was murdered must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him.
If someone shoves another person [over a cliff] or throws something at another person
21 २१ या शत्रुता से उसको अपने हाथ से ऐसा मारे कि वह मर जाए, तो जिसने मारा हो वह अवश्य मार डाला जाए; वह खूनी ठहरेगा; लहू का पलटा लेनेवाला जब भी वह खूनी उसे मिल जाए तब ही उसको मार डाले।
or hits that person with his hand/fist and causes that person to die, if he did it because he hated that person, then you must consider that he is a murderer, and must be executed. A relative of the person who was killed must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him.
22 २२ “परन्तु यदि कोई किसी को बिना सोचे, और बिना शत्रुता रखे ढकेल दे, या बिना घात लगाए उस पर कुछ फेंक दे,
“But someone might accidentally shove someone else, or accidentally throw something at another person and hit him, not because he hates that person.
23 २३ या ऐसा कोई पत्थर लेकर, जिससे कोई मर सकता है, दूसरे को बिना देखे उस पर फेंक दे, और वह मर जाए, परन्तु वह न उसका शत्रु हो, और न उसकी हानि का खोजी रहा हो;
Or he might drop a rock on someone that he did not see. If the one who does that does not plan to hurt anyone and does not hate the person that was killed,
the people of that city must decide whether the relative of the dead person [has the right to get revenge], or whether the one who killed the other person [truly did it (accidentally/without planning to do it)].
25 २५ और मण्डली उस खूनी को लहू के पलटा लेनेवाले के हाथ से बचाकर उस शरणनगर में जहाँ वह पहले भाग गया हो लौटा दे, और जब तक पवित्र तेल से अभिषेक किया हुआ महायाजक न मर जाए तब तक वह वहीं रहे।
[If they decide that the killer planned to kill the other person, they must not allow him to stay in their city. But if they decide that it was done accidentally], they must protect the killer from being killed by the dead person’s relative. They must send the killer to one of the cities where he will be safe/protected, and allow him to stay there until the Supreme Priest dies. [After that, the killer may go back to his home, because the dead person’s relative no longer has the right to get revenge].
“But [while the Supreme Priest is still living], the person who is in that safe city must not leave that city.
27 २७ और लहू का पलटा लेनेवाला उसको शरणनगर की सीमा के बाहर कहीं पाकर मार डाले, तो वह लहू बहाने का दोषी न ठहरे।
If he goes outside the city, and if a relative of the dead person finds him, that relative is permitted to kill that person, [and people will not consider that the relative is guilty of murder.]
28 २८ क्योंकि खूनी को महायाजक की मृत्यु तक शरणनगर में रहना चाहिये; और महायाजक के मरने के पश्चात् वह अपनी निज भूमि को लौट सकेगा।
The killer must stay in that city where he will be safe/protected until the Supreme Priest dies. [He will be safe from revenge after that, because the death of the Supreme Priest will be considered to be a sacrifice to atone for that murder]. After that, the killer may return to his home.
“You must always obey those regulations, wherever you live.
30 ३० और जो कोई किसी मनुष्य को मार डाले वह साक्षियों के कहने पर मार डाला जाए, परन्तु एक ही साक्षी की साक्षी से कोई न मार डाला जाए।
“If someone [is accused of] killing another person, the one who is accused may be executed only if there are people who saw him do it. There must be more than one witness; no one is permitted to be executed if there was only one (witness/person who saw him do it).
31 ३१ और जो खूनी प्राणदण्ड के योग्य ठहरे उससे प्राणदण्ड के बदले में जुर्माना न लेना; वह अवश्य मार डाला जाए।
“If there is a murderer who truly should be executed, do not [spare his life by] accepting (a ransom/money for him not to be killed). He must be executed.
32 ३२ और जो किसी शरणनगर में भागा हो उसके लिये भी इस मतलब से जुर्माना न लेना, कि वह याजक के मरने से पहले फिर अपने देश में रहने को लौटने पाए।
“If someone has run to a city where he will be safe/protected, do not allow him to give you money in order that you will permit him to return to his home before the Supreme Priest dies.
33 ३३ इसलिए जिस देश में तुम रहोगे उसको अशुद्ध न करना; खून से तो देश अशुद्ध हो जाता है, और जिस देश में जब खून किया जाए तब केवल खूनी के लहू बहाने ही से उस देश का प्रायश्चित हो सकता है।
“You must execute people who truly murder others. If you did not do that, you would be causing the people who live in the land to become unacceptable to me. Anyone who deliberately kills an innocent person must be executed.
34 ३४ जिस देश में तुम निवास करोगे उसके बीच मैं रहूँगा, उसको अशुद्ध न करना; मैं यहोवा तो इस्राएलियों के बीच रहता हूँ।”
I am Yahweh, and I live among you Israelis, so do not spoil/pollute the land by allowing people to murder others without being punished.”
