Deuteronomii 19

1 Cum disperdiderit Dominus Deus tuus gentes, quarum tibi traditurus est terram, et possederis eam, habitaverisque in urbibus eius et in ædibus:

And when the Lord your God shall have destroyed the nations, which God gives you, [even] the land, and you shall inherit them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,

2 tres civitates separabis tibi in medio Terræ, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi in possessionem,

you shall separate for yourself three cities in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you.

3 sternens diligenter viam: et in tres æqualiter partes totam Terræ tuæ provinciam divides: ut habeat e vicino qui propter homicidium profugus est, quo possit evadere.

Take a survey of your way, and you shall divide the coasts of your land, which the Lord your God apportions to you, into three parts, and there shall be there a refuge for every manslayer.

4 Hæc erit lex homicidæ fugientis, cuius vita servanda est: Qui percusserit proximum suum nesciens, et qui heri et nudiustertius nullum contra eum odium habuisse comprobatur:

And this shall be the ordinance of the manslayer, who shall flee there, and shall live, whoever shall have struck his neighbour ignorantly, whereas he hated him not in times past.

5 sed abiisse cum eo simpliciter in silvam ad ligna cædenda, et in succisione lignorum securis fugerit manu, ferrumque lapsum de manubrio amicum eius percusserit, et occiderit: hic ad unam supradictarum urbium confugiet, et vivet:

And whoever shall enter with his neighbour into the thicket, to gather wood, if the hand of him that cuts wood with the axe should be violently shaken, and the axe head falling off from the handle should light on his neighbour, and he should die, he shall flee to one of these cities, and live.

6 ne forsitan proximus eius, cuius effusus est sanguis, dolore stimulatus, persequatur, et apprehendat eum si longior via fuerit, et percutiat animam eius, qui non est reus mortis: quia nullum contra eum, qui occisus est, odium prius habuisse monstratur.

Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and kill him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past.

7 Idcirco præcipio tibi, ut tres civitates æqualis inter se spatii dividas.

Therefore I charge you, saying, You shall separate for your self three cities.

8 Cum autem dilataverit Dominus Deus tuus terminos tuos, sicut iuravit patribus tuis, et dederit tibi cunctam Terram, quam eis pollicitus est

And if the Lord shall enlarge your borders, as he sware to your fathers, and the Lord shall give to you all the land which he said he would give to your fathers;

9 (si tamen custodieris mandata eius, et feceris quæ hodie præcipio tibi, ut diligas Dominum Deum tuum, et ambules in viis eius omni tempore) addes tibi tres alias civitates, et supradictarum trium urbium numerum duplicabis:

if you shall listen to do all these commands, which I charge you this day, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways continually; you shall add for yourself yet three cities to these three.

10 ut non effundatur sanguis innoxius in medio Terræ, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi possidendam, ne sis sanguinis reus.

So innocent blood shall not be spilt in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and there shall not be in you one guilty of blood.

11 Si quis autem odio habens proximum suum, insidiatus fuerit vitæ eius, surgensque percusserit illum, et mortuus fuerit, fugeritque ad unam de supradictis urbibus,

But if there should be in you a man hating his neighbour, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and strike him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities,

12 mittent seniores civitatis illius, et arripient eum de loco effugii, tradentque in manu proximi, cuius sanguis effusus est, et morietur.

then shall the elders of his city send, and take him thence, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the avengers of blood, and he shall die.

13 Non miseraberis eius, et auferes innoxium sanguinem de Israel, ut bene sit tibi.

Your eye shall not spare him; so shall you purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with you.

14 Non assumes, et transferes terminos proximi tui, quos fixerunt priores in possessione tua, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi in Terra, quam acceperis possidendam.

You shall not move the landmarks of your neighbour, which your fathers set in the inheritance, in which you have obtained a share in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit.

15 Non stabit testis unus contra aliquem, quidquid illud peccati, et facinoris fuerit: sed in ore duorum aut trium testium stabit omne verbum.

One witness shall not stand to testify against a man for any iniquity, or for any fault, or for any sin which he may commit; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.

16 Si steterit testis mendax contra hominem, accusans eum prævaricationis,

And if an unjust witness rise up against a man, alleging iniquity against him;

17 stabunt ambo, quorum causa est, ante Dominum in conspectu sacerdotum et iudicum qui fuerint in diebus illis.

then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.

18 Cumque diligentissime perscrutantes, invenerint falsum testem dixisse contra fratrem suum mendacium:

And the judges shall make diligent enquiry, and, behold, [if] and unjust witness has borne unjust testimony; [and] has stood up against his brother;

19 reddent ei sicut fratri suo facere cogitavit, et auferes malum de medio tui:

then shall you do to him as he wickedly devised to do against his brother, and you shall remove the evil from yourselves.

20 ut audientes ceteri timorem habeant, et nequaquam talia audeant facere.

And the rest shall hear and fear, and do no more according to this evil thing in the midst of you.

21 Non misereberis eius, sed animam pro anima, oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente, manum pro manu, pedem pro pede exiges.

Your eye shall not spare him: [you shall exact] life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.