Deotoronomia 19

1 Rehefa aringan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ny firenen-tsamy hafa, izay tompon’ ny tany omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao, ary mandresy azy ianao ka monina ao an-tanànany sy ao an-tranony,

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

2 dia manokàna tanàna telo ho anao eo afovoan’ ny taninao, izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao holovana.

thou shalt separate for thyself three cities in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God gives thee.

3 Amboary ny lalana, ka zarao ho telo toko ny taninao, izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao holovanao, mba handosiran’ ny mahafaty olona rehetra ao.

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

4 Ary ny mahafaty olona izay hovelomina, raha mandositra ao, dia ny mahafaty ny namany tsy nahy ka tsy nankahala azy teo aloha

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

5 toy ny olona izay miaraka amin’ ny namany ho any an’ ala hikapa hazo, koa manainga ny famaky hikapa ny hazo ny tànany, dia mitsoaka amin’ ny zarany ny lela-famaky, ary mahavoa ny namany ka mahafaty azy, dia aoka handositra ao amin’ ny anankiray amin’ ireo tanàna ireo izy ka hovelomina;

And whosoever 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 fandrao hanenjika ny nahafaty olona ny mpamaly rà, raha mbola mirehitra ny fony, ka hahatratra azy, noho ny halavitry ny alehany, dia hahafaty azy izy; nefa tsy tokony ho faty izy, satria tsy nankahala ny namany teo aloha.

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

7 Koa izany no andidiako anao hoe: Manokàna tanàna telo ho anao.

Therefore I charge thee, saying, Thou shalt separate for thy self three cities.

8 Ary raha hitarin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ny fari-taninao, araka izay nianianany tamin’ ny razanao, ka homeny anao ny tany rehetra izay nolazainy homena ny razanao

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

9 (raha hitandrina ianao ka hanaraka izao lalàna rehetra izao, izay andidiako anao anio, ka ho tia an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao, ary handeha mandrakariva amin’ ny lalany), dia hampianao tanàna telo koa ireny telo ireny;

if thou shalt hearken to do all these commands, which I charge thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways continually; thou shalt add for thyself yet three cities to these three.

10 mba tsy hisy rà marina alatsaka eo amin’ ny taninao, izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao ho lovanao, ka tsy ho meloka amin’ ny rà ianao.

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

11 Fa raha misy olona mankahala ny namany ka manotrika azy, ary mitsangana ka mamely mahafaty azy, ary mandositra ho ao amin’ ny anankiray amin’ ireo tanàna ireo,

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

12 ny loholona amin’ ny tanànany dia haniraka haka azy ao, dia hanolotra azy eo an-tànan’ ny mpamaly rà, mba hovonoiny ho faty izy.

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 Tsy hiantra azy ny masonao; fa hesorinao tsy ho eo amin’ ny Isiraely ny heloka ny amin’ ny rà marina, mba hahita soa ianao.

Thine eye shall not spare him; so shalt thou purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with thee.

14 Aza mamindra ny fari-tanin’ ny namanao, izay efa vitan’ ny razana teo amin’ ny zara-taninao, izay azonao eo amin’ ny tany izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao holovanao.

Thou shalt not move the landmarks of thy neighbour, which thy fathers set in the inheritance, in which thou hast obtained a share in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.

15 Raha vavolombelona iray monja, dia aoka tsy hitsangana hiampanga olona ny amin’ izay heloka na ota nataony na inona na inona; fa amin’ ny tenin’ ny vavolombelona roa na telo no hanorenana mafy ny teny.

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 Raha misy vavolombelona mampidi-doza mitsangana hiampanga olona ho nanao ratsy,

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

17 dia hitsangana eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah izy roa lahy izay miady, dia eo anatrehan’ ny mpisorona sy ny mpitsara amin’ izany andro izany;

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 ary raha hadinin’ ny mpitsara mafy izy ka hitany fa vavolombelona mandainga, fa miampanga lainga ny namany,

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

19 dia araka izay nokasainy hatao amin’ ny namany no hataonareo aminy; ka dia hofongoranao tsy ho eo aminao ny fanao ratsy.

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

20 Ary ny olona sisa dia handre izany ka hatahotra ary tsy hanao araka izany ratsy izany eo aminao intsony.

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

21 Dia tsy hiantra azy ny masonao; fa aina no hataonao solon’ ny aina, maso solon’ ny maso, nify solon’ ny nify, tanana solon’ ny tanana, tongotra solon’ ny tongotra.

Thine eye shall not spare him: [thou shalt exact] life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.