Piektā Mozus 19
1 Kad Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, izdeldēs tās tautas, kuru zemi Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dos, un tu tās iemantosi un dzīvosi viņu pilsētās un viņu namos.
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 Tad trīs pilsētas tev būs atšķirt savā zemē, ko Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dos iemantot.
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 Sataisi ceļu uz turieni, un iedali trīs daļās savas zemes robežas, ko Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev liks iemantot, ka uz turieni var bēgt ikviens, kas kādu nokāvis.
4 Un tā lai notiek ar to, kas kādu nokāvis: kas uz turieni bēgs, tas dzīvos, ja savu tuvāko netīši nositis un ar to iepriekš nav bijis ienaidā.
“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 Ja kas ar savu tuvāko mežā ietu, malku cirst, un viņš paceltu savu roku ar cirvi, malku cirst, un cirvis nomuktu no kāta un aizķertu viņa tuvāko, ka tas mirtu, tas lai bēg uz vienu no šīm pilsētām, ka paliek dzīvs,
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 Lai asiņu atriebējs nedzenās pakaļ nokāvējam, kad viņa sirds iekarsusi, un to nepanāk, kad tas ceļš būtu tālu, un viņam neņem dzīvību, jebšu viņš nāvi nav pelnījis, jo viņš ar to iepriekš nebija ienaidā.
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 Tāpēc es tev pavēlu un saku: tev būs sev atšķirt trīs pilsētas.
[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 Un kad Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, izplatīs tavas robežas, kā Viņš taviem tēviem ir zvērējis, un tev dos visu zemi, ko Viņš solījis dot taviem tēviem,
“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 (Kad tu visu šo likumu turēsi, un darīsi, ko es tev šodien pavēlu, ka tu mīļo To Kungu, savu Dievu, un visu mūžu staigā Viņa ceļos): tad tev vēl sev būs pielikt trīs pilsētas pie šīm trim;
10 Lai nenoziedzīgas asinis netop izlietas tavā zemē, ko Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, tev dos par īpašumu, un lai nepaliek asins vainas uz tevis.
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 Bet ja kāds būs, kas savu tuvāko ienīst un uz viņu glūn un pret viņu ceļas un viņu sit, ka mirst, un bēg uz vienu no šīm pilsētām,
“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 Tad viņa pilsētas vecajiem būs sūtīt un viņu no turienes paņemt, un nodot asiņu atriebējam rokā, lai mirst.
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 Lai tava acs viņu nežēlo, bet tev būs atņemt tā nenoziedzīgā asinis no Israēla, lai tev labi klājās. -
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 Tev nebūs pārcelt sava tuvākā ežas (robežas), ko tie tēvi likuši tavā daļā, ko tu iemantosi tai zemē, ko tev Tas Kungs, tavs Dievs, dos iemantot.
“[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 Vienam vienīgam lieciniekam nebūs celties pret nevienu par kādu noziegumu jeb par kādu grēku, ko tas būtu darījis; uz divu vai treju liecinieku vārda lai tā lieta pastāv.
“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 Kad blēdīgs liecinieks ceļas pret kādu, pret viņu apliecināt pārkāpumu,
“If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
17 Tad tiem diviem vīriem, kam tā ķilda, būs stāties Tā Kunga priekšā, priekš tiem priesteriem un tiem soģiem, kas to brīdi būs,
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 Un tiem soģiem būs labi izvaicāt, un redzi, ja tas liecinieks ir viltīgs liecinieks un devis nepatiesu liecību pret savu brāli,
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 Tad jums būs viņam darīt, itin kā viņš nodomāja darīt savam brālim, un tev to ļaunumu no sevis būs izdeldēt,
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 Lai tie citi to dzird un bīstas, un vairs nedara tādu ļaunu darbu tavā vidū.
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 Tad nu lai tava acs nežēlo: dzīvība pret dzīvību, acs pret aci, zobs pret zobu, roka pret roku, kāja pret kāju.
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.”
