Ulangan 19
1 "Apabila TUHAN, Allahmu, sudah melenyapkan bangsa-bangsa yang negerinya diberikan kepadamu oleh TUHAN, Allahmu, dan engkau sudah menduduki daerah mereka dan diam di kota-kota dan rumah-rumah mereka,
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 maka engkau harus mengkhususkan tiga kota di dalam negeri yang diberikan TUHAN, Allahmu, kepadamu untuk diduduki.
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 Engkau harus menetapkan jauhnya jalan, dan membagi dalam tiga bagian wilayah negeri yang diberikan TUHAN, Allahmu, untuk dimiliki olehmu, supaya setiap pembunuh dapat melarikan diri ke sana.
4 Inilah ketentuan mengenai pembunuh yang melarikan diri ke sana dan boleh tinggal hidup: apabila ia membunuh sesamanya manusia dengan tidak sengaja dan dengan tidak membenci dia sebelumnya,
“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 misalnya apabila seseorang pergi ke hutan dengan temannya untuk membelah kayu, ketika tangannya mengayunkan kapak untuk menebang pohon kayu, mata kapak terlucut dari gagangnya, lalu mengenai temannya sehingga mati, maka ia boleh melarikan diri ke salah satu kota itu dan tinggal hidup.
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 Maksudnya supaya jangan penuntut tebusan darah sementara hatinya panas dapat mengejar pembunuh itu, karena jauhnya perjalanan, menangkapnya dan membunuhnya, padahal pembunuh itu tidak patut mendapat hukuman mati, karena ia tidak membenci dia sebelumnya.
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.
7 Itulah sebabnya aku memberi perintah kepadamu, demikian: tiga kota haruslah kaukhususkan.
[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 Dan jika TUHAN, Allahmu, sudah meluaskan daerahmu nanti, seperti yang dijanjikan-Nya dengan sumpah kepada nenek moyangmu, dan sudah memberikan kepadamu seluruh negeri yang dikatakan-Nya akan diberikan kepada nenek moyangmu,
“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 --apabila engkau melakukan dengan setia perintah ini, yang kusampaikan kepadamu pada hari ini, dengan mengasihi TUHAN, Allahmu, dan dengan senantiasa hidup menurut jalan yang ditunjukkan-Nya--maka haruslah engkau menambah tiga kota lagi kepada yang tiga itu,
10 supaya jangan tercurah darah orang yang tidak bersalah di negeri yang diberikan TUHAN, Allahmu, kepadamu menjadi milikmu dan hutang darah melekat kepadamu.
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 Tetapi apabila seseorang membenci sesamanya manusia, dan dengan bersembunyi menantikan dia, lalu bangun menyerang dan memukul dia, sehingga mati, kemudian melarikan diri ke salah satu kota itu,
“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 maka haruslah para tua-tua kotanya menyuruh mengambil dia dari sana dan menyerahkan dia kepada penuntut tebusan darah, supaya ia mati dibunuh.
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.
13 Janganlah engkau merasa sayang kepadanya. Demikianlah harus kauhapuskan darah orang yang tidak bersalah dari antara orang Israel, supaya baik keadaanmu."
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 "Janganlah menggeser batas tanah sesamamu yang telah ditetapkan oleh orang-orang dahulu di dalam milik pusaka yang akan kaumiliki di negeri yang diberikan TUHAN, Allahmu, kepadamu untuk menjadi milikmu."
“[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 "Satu orang saksi saja tidak dapat menggugat seseorang mengenai perkara kesalahan apapun atau dosa apapun yang mungkin dilakukannya; baru atas keterangan dua atau tiga orang saksi perkara itu tidak disangsikan.
“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.
16 Apabila seorang saksi jahat menggugat seseorang untuk menuduh dia mengenai suatu pelanggaran,
“If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
17 maka kedua orang yang mempunyai perkara itu haruslah berdiri di hadapan TUHAN, di hadapan imam-imam dan hakim-hakim yang ada pada waktu itu.
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 Maka hakim-hakim itu harus memeriksanya baik-baik, dan apabila ternyata, bahwa saksi itu seorang saksi dusta dan bahwa ia telah memberi tuduhan dusta terhadap saudaranya,
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 maka kamu harus memperlakukannya sebagaimana ia bermaksud memperlakukan saudaranya. Demikianlah harus kauhapuskan yang jahat itu dari tengah-tengahmu.
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.
20 Maka orang-orang lain akan mendengar dan menjadi takut, sehingga mereka tidak akan melakukan lagi perbuatan jahat seperti itu di tengah-tengahmu.
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 Janganlah engkau merasa sayang kepadanya, sebab berlaku: nyawa ganti nyawa, mata ganti mata, gigi ganti gigi, tangan ganti tangan, kaki ganti kaki."
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.”
