Tiuteronomi Kasege 19

1 Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo'ma tami'nia mopafi vahe'ma zamahehana hanigetma kuma'zmifine nozmifinema umani'nuta,

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 hazenkema hanaza vahe'mo'zama zamagu'ma vazisaza kumara tagufa kuma huhamprintenkeno meno.

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 Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo'ma tami'nia mopa tagufa'afi rehantagitma, agu'vazi kumara ana mopafina mago kuma tro huntetere nehuta, kana anantera varita viho. E'i ana hu'nenkeno, mago vahe'mo'ma mago'azama hanifima ahefrigahue huno'ma ontahi'neno hantga huno vahe'ma ahefrisia vahe'mo'a, ana kumapi freno vuno ome frakigahie.

4 Hagi mago vahe'mo'ma mago'azama hanifima ahefrigahue huno'ma ontahi'neno hantga huno vahe'ma ahefrisia vahe'mo'a, freno vuno agu'mavazisia kumapi ufregahie.

“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 Hagi vahe'mo'ma zafafi zafa ome antagisirega sau'me rugatitre'nigeno mago tavaoma'are maninesimofo ahe frisigeno'a, agra freno ana kumatmimpi ufreno agura vazigahie.

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 Hagi agu'vazi kuma'ma afetema me'nena, ana vahe'ma hantga huno ahefrisia ne'mo'a, karanka zahufa nevinke'za hazenkea osu'nesianagi frisia ne'mofo naga'amo'za ome azeri'za ahegahaze. Ana nera hazenke'a omne'ne. Na'ankure ahenakure huno ahefria nera ohe'neanki, ru eri'za erirega ruhantga huno ahefri'ne.

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 E'ina hu'negu agu'vazi kumara tagufafi retro hunteho hu'na huramantoe.

[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 Hagi tamagehe'ima huvempa huno huhampri zamante'nea kante'ma Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo'ma tami'nia mopama erirama hina,

“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 tagufa agu'vazi kuma'ma me'nerera mago'ene tagufa agu'vazi kuma tro hugahaze. Na'ankure nagrama tamasamua kasegea amage anteta nevaririta, Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamofo avesinenteta, Agri avu'ava'ma avariri'nazagu anara hugahie.

10 E'ina hanageno Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo'ma tami'nia mopafina hazenke'a omne vahera amane zampina ohe'nageno, agri korankumi'mo'a maka vahe'motarera omegosie.

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 Hianagi mago'mo tava'oma'are'ma nemanisimofoma antahi haviza hunenteno, kafonteno mani'neno ahefriteno freno ama ana kumapima ufresigeno'a,

“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 ana hazenke ne'mofo kumapinti kva vahe'mo'za vahe huzmantesage'za vu'za ome avre'za esage'za, anama ahe fri'nea vahe'mofo vahe'amo'za ana nera ahefrigahaze.

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 E'i ana hazenke nera tamasunkura hunteta atrenkeno amanea omanino. Hanki ahe frinkeno Israeli mopafina hazenkea omnena, vahe'ma ahefri vahera omani'nageta knare hutma manigahaze.

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 Ra Anumzana tamagri Anumzamo'ma tamisia mopafima umanisutma, tamagehe'mozama kri'nesaza kanagi kana eri havia huta tava'ontmire'ma nemanisamokizmi mopa e'oriho.

“[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 Hagi mago'mo'ma hazenke hu'nenkeno magoke vahe'mo'ma ke'neno, huama hanirera knazana omiho. Hagi hazenke vahe'ma knama amisazana, tare tagufa vahe'mo'zama ke'ne'za huama'ma huntesageta, knazana amiho.

“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 Hagi mago'mo'ma, magomofoma azeri haviza hunaku'ma, havige huno kasege ru hantgi'ne huno huntesiana,

“If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,

17 ana knare'ma pristi eri'zama eri'naza vahete'ene, keagama refko hu kva vahete Ra Anumzamofo avuga ana taregamoke vugaha'e.

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 Hagi kva vahe'mo'za nanekeznima refko hu'za kesageno, havigema ana ne'ma hunentena,

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 nefuma havigema huntesigeno aminaku'ma hanaza knazana, agri amiho. E'ina'ma hanutma kefo avu'ava zana amu'notmifintira eritregahaze.

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 E'inahu hinkeno mago'amo'za antahi'za koro nehu'za, anahukna havi avu'ava zana amu'nontamifina osugahaze.

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 Hanki tamagra tamasunkura huozmantegahaze. Vahe'ma ahe frisia vahera, ahe nefritma, avuma rupro'ma hania vahera, agri'enena avu rupro nehuta, ave'ma rutafrisia vahera, agri'enena avera runetafrita, azama rukafrisiana agri'enena aza runekafrita, agiama ru kafrisiana, agri'enena agia rukafriho.

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.”