Diuteronomi 19

1 Mgbe Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị bibiri mba ndị ahụ nwe ala ahụ ọ na-enye gị, mgbe ị chụpụrụ ha bichie nʼobodo ha nakwa ụlọ ha niile,

When the LORD your God shall cut off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;

2 mgbe ahụ, kewapụta obodo atọ nʼala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị inweta, doo ha iche.

you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it.

3 Kewaa ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị dịka ihe nketa ụzọ atọ ka otu obodo mgbaba dịrị nʼotu akụkụ. Wuzie ụzọ e si aga nʼobodo ndị a ka ọ dịrị onye na-agba ọsọ mfe ịgbaje nʼebe ahụ.

You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land, which the LORD your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there.

4 Nke a bụ iwu banyere onye ọbụla gburu mmadụ gbaba nʼebe ahụ maka izere ndụ. Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ esite na-amaghị ama gbuo onye agbataobi ya, bụ onye ọ na-akpọghị asị nʼoge gara aga, ọ ga-agbaba nʼobodo ahụ nʼihi ize ndụ ya.

This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and did not hate him in time past;

5 Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ na ibe ya agaa nʼọhịa ịwa nkụ ma isi anyụike ya esite nʼosisi ya dapụ dagbuo nwoke ahụ so ya gaa ịwa nkụ, nwoke ahụ na-awa nkụ ga-agbala nʼime otu obodo ndị a ichebe ndụ ya.

as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:

6 Ma ọ bụghị otu a, onye ahụ na-agba ụgwọ ọchụ ga-esite nʼọnụma juru ya obi chụọ nwoke ahụ ọsọ, chụkwute ya, gbuo ya ma ọ bụrụ na obodo mgbaba ahụ adịrị nʼebe dị anya, ọ bụ ezie na nwoke ahụ abụghị onye kwesiri ọnwụ, ebe ọ bụ na o siteghị nʼekworo gbuo onye o gburu.

lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he did not hate him in time past.

7 Ọ bụ nke a mere m ji nye unu iwu ka unu wepụtara onwe unu obodo mgbaba atọ.

Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourselves.

8 Ọ bụrụ na Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị emee ka oke ala gị saa mbara dịka ọ ṅụụrụ nna nna gị ha nʼiyi na ọ ga-eme, ọ bụrụkwa na o nye gị ala niile dịka o kwere na nkwa,

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;

9 nʼihi na i leziri anya gbasoo iwu ndị a m nyere gị taa ịhụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị nʼanya, na ije ije dịka ụzọ ya si dị, mgbe ahụ, i nwere ike họpụta obodo atọ ọzọ, nke ga-abụ obodo izere ndụ.

if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, besides these three:

10 Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ị ga-enwe ike gbochie ọnwụ ndị aka ha dị ọcha. Ọbara onye na-adịghị ihe o mere agaghị adịkwa gị nʼisi, nʼala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị dịka ihe nketa.

that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.

11 Ma ọ bụrụ na nwoke ọbụla echere onye ọ kpọrọ asị nʼụzọ, gbuo ya, mesịa gbara ọsọ gaa nʼime otu obodo ndị a,

But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;

12 ndị okenye obodo ya ga-ezi ndị mmadụ ka ha gaa kpụta ya site nʼebe ahụ. Ha ga-ewerekwa ya nyefee nʼaka onye ga-abọrọ onye ahụ nwụrụ anwụ ọbọ, ka o gbuo ya.

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.

13 Emerela ya ebere. Ị ghaghị ikpochapụ site nʼIzrel ikpe ọmụma nke so iwufu ọbara ndị aka ha dị ọcha, ka ihe gaara gị nke ọma.

Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

14 Mgbe ị batara nʼala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-aga inye gị dịka ihe nketa, ehigharịla oke ala onye agbataobi gị nʼala ahụ enyere gị inweta.

You shall not remove your neighbor'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 it.

15 Amala onye ọbụla ikpe mmehie nʼihi ama otu onye gbara. E kwesiri inwe ndị akaebe abụọ, maọbụ atọ tupu a maa mmadụ ikpe.

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.

16 Ọ bụrụ na onye ọbụla achọọ imegide onye ọzọ site nʼịgba ama ụgha,

If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

17 a ga-eduru mmadụ abụọ ahụ bịa nʼihu Onyenwe anyị na nʼihu ndị nchụaja na ndị ikpe na-arụ ọrụ nʼoge ahụ.

then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the cohanim and the judges who shall be in those days;

18 Ndị ikpe ga-enyocha okwu ahụ nke ọma. Ọ bụrụ na a chọpụta na onye akaebe ahụ gbara ama ụgha,

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, look, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;

19 ọ ga-ata ahụhụ ahụ nwoke ahụ ọ gbagidere akaebe gaara ata. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ị ga-ekpochapụ ndị ọjọọ site nʼetiti gị.

then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

20 Ndị niile nụrụ ya ga-atụ egwu, ha agaghị emekwa ihe ọjọọ dị otu ahụ ọzọ.

Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall hereafter commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.

21 Emekwala ebere ọbụla. Ndụ laara ndụ, anya laara anya, eze laara eze, aka laara aka, ụkwụ laara ụkwụ.

Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.