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 Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh 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 yourselves in the middle of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess.

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 the way, and divide the borders of your land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit into three parts, that every man slayer 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 man slayer who shall flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, and didn’t 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 swings the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits 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.

Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the man slayer while hot anger is in his heart and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally, even though he was not worthy of death, because he didn’t 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 to 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 Yahweh 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.

and if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways, then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, in addition to 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.

This is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, leaving blood guilt 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, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, 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 purge 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 Yahweh your God gives you to possess.

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 that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

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

If an unrighteous witness rises 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 Yahweh, before the priests 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 behold, 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 remove the evil from among 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 will never again commit any such evil among 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.