신명기 19
1 네 하나님 여호와께서 이 열국을 멸절하시고 네 하나님 여호와께서 그 땅을 네게 주시므로 네가 필경 그것을 얻고 그들의 각 성읍과 각 가옥에 거할 때에
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 네 하나님 여호와께서 네게 기업으로 주신 땅 가운데서 세 성읍을 너를 위하여 구별하고
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 네 하나님 여호와께서 네게 유업으로 주시는 땅의 전체를 삼구로 분하여 그 도로를 닦고 무릇 살인자를 그 성읍으로 도피케 하라
4 살인자가 그리로 도피하여 살 만한 경위는 이러하니 곧 누구든지 본래 혐원이 없이 부지중에 그 이웃을 죽인 일,
“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 가령 사람이 그 이웃과 함께 벌목하러 삼림에 들어가서 손에 도끼를 들고 벌목하려고 찍을 때에 도끼가 자루에서 빠져 그 이웃을 맞춰 그로 죽게함 같은 것이라 이런 사람은 그 성읍 중 하나로 도피하여 생명을 보존할 것이니라
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 그 사람이 그에게 본래 혐원이 없으니 죽이기에 합당치 아니하나 두렵건대 보수자의 마음이 뜨거워서 살인자를 따르는데 그 가는 길이 멀면 그를 따라 미쳐서 죽일까 하노라
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 그러므로 내가 네게 명하기를 세 성읍을 너를 위하여 구별하라 하노라
[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 네 하나님 여호와께서 네 열조에게 맹세하신 대로 네 지경을 넓혀 네 열조에게 주리라고 말씀하신 땅을 다 네게 주실 때
“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 또 네가 나의 오늘날 네게 명하는 이 모든 명령을 지켜 행하여 네 하나님 여호와를 사랑하고 항상 그 길로 행할 때에는 이 셋 외에 세 성읍을 더하여
10 네 하나님 여호와께서 네게 기업으로 주시는 땅에서 무죄한 피를 흘림이 없게 하라 이같이 하면 그 피가 네게로 돌아가지 아니하리라
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 그러나 만일 사람이 그 이웃을 미워하여 엎드려 그를 기다리다가 일어나 쳐서 그 생명을 상하여 죽게 하고 이 한 성읍으로 도피하거든
“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 그 본 성읍 장로들이 사람을 보내어 그를 거기서 잡아다가 보수자의 손에 넘겨 죽이게 할 것이라
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 네 눈이 그를 긍휼히 보지 말고 무죄한 피 흘린 죄를 이스라엘에서 제하라! 그리하면 네게 복이 있으리라!
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 네 하나님 여호와께서 네게 주어 얻게 하시는 땅 곧 네 기업된 소유의 땅에서 선인(先人)의 정한 네 이웃의 경계표를 이동하지 말지니라
“[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 사람이 아무 악이든지 무릇 범한 죄는 한 증인으로만 정할 것이 아니요 두 증인의 입으로나 세 증인의 입으로 그 사건을 확정할 것이며
“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 만일 위증하는 자가 있어 아무 사람이 악을 행하였다 말함이 있으면
“If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
17 그 논쟁하는 양방이 같이 하나님 앞에 나아가 당시 제사장과 재판장 앞에 설 것이요
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 재판장은 자세히 사실하여 그 증인이 위증인이라 그 형제를 거짓으로 무함한 것이 판명되거든
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 그가 그 형제에게 행하려고 꾀 한대로 그에게 행하여 너희 중에서 악을 제하라!
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 그리하면 그 남은 자들이 듣고 두려워하여 이후부터는 이런 악을 너희 중에서 다시 행하지 아니하리라
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 네 눈이 긍휼히 보지 말라 생명은 생명으로, 눈은 눈으로, 이는 이로, 손은 손으로, 발은 발로니라
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.”
