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,
When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations, those whose land Yahweh your God is giving you, and when you come after them and live in their cities and houses,
2 dia manokàna tanàna telo ho anao eo afovoan’ ny taninao, izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao holovana.
you must select three cities for yourself in the middle of your land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess.
3 Amboary ny lalana, ka zarao ho telo toko ny taninao, izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao holovanao, mba handosiran’ ny mahafaty olona rehetra ao.
You must build a road and divide the borders of your land into three parts, the land that Yahweh your God is causing you to inherit, so that everyone who kills another person may flee there.
4 Ary ny mahafaty olona izay hovelomina, raha mandositra ao, dia ny mahafaty ny namany tsy nahy ka tsy nankahala azy teo aloha
This is the law for the one who kills another and who flees there to live—anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, and did not previously hate him.
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;
For example, if a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his chops with the ax to cut down a tree, and the ax head slips off of the handle and strikes his neighbor and kills him—then that man must flee to one of these cities and save his life.
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.
Otherwise the avenger of blood might go after the one who took a life, and in the heat of his anger overtake him, if the distance is too great, strike him and kill him, even though that man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past.
7 Koa izany no andidiako anao hoe: Manokàna tanàna telo ho anao.
Therefore I command you to select three cities for yourself.
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
If Yahweh your God enlarges your borders, as he has sworn to your ancestors to do, and gives you all the land that he promised to give to your ancestors;
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 you keep all these commandments to do them, which I am commanding you today—commandments to love Yahweh your God and to always walk in his ways, then you must add three more cities for yourself, besides 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.
Do this so that innocent blood is not shed in the midst of the land that Yahweh your God is giving you for as an inheritance, so that no bloodguilt may be on you.
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 anyone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, and mortally wounds him so that he dies, and if he then flees into 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 the elders of his city must send and bring him back from there, and turn him over into the hand of the responsible relative, so that he may 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.
Your eye must not pity him; instead, you must eradicate the bloodguilt from Israel, that it may go well with you.
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.
You must not remove your neighbor's landmark that they set in place a long time ago, in your inheritance that you will inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you to possess.
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 sole witness must not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any matter that he sins; at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, must any matter be confirmed.
16 Raha misy vavolombelona mampidi-doza mitsangana hiampanga olona ho nanao ratsy,
Suppose that an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing.
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 both men, the ones between whom the controversy exists, must stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.
18 ary raha hadinin’ ny mpitsara mafy izy ka hitany fa vavolombelona mandainga, fa miampanga lainga ny namany,
The judges must make diligent inquiries; see, if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely 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 must you do to him, as he had wished to do to his brother; and you will remove the evil from among you.
20 Ary ny olona sisa dia handre izany ka hatahotra ary tsy hanao araka izany ratsy izany eo aminao intsony.
Then those who remain will hear and fear, and will from then on commit no longer any such evil among 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.
Your eyes must not pity; life will pay for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
