व्यवस्था 19

1 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले ती जातिहरूलाई नष्‍ट गरी तिनीहरूको देश तिमीहरूलाई अधिकार गर्न दिनुहुँदा तिनीहरूपछि तिमीहरू तिनीहरूका सहर र घरहरूमा आएर बस्‍ने छौ ।

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 तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई अधिकार गर्न दिन लाग्‍नुभएको देशको बिचमा आफ्नो लागि तिनवटा सहर रोज्नू ।

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 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई अधिकार गर्न दिन लाग्‍नुभएको देशलाई तिन भागमा विभाजन गरी ती सहरहरूमा जाने सिमाना निर्धारण गर्नू ताकि ज्यानमारा त्यहाँ भागेर जान सकोस् ।

4 जसले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई पहिले घृणा गर्दैनथ्यो र त्यसले अजानमा उसलाई मार्‍यो भने मारेर त्यहाँ बस्‍न जाने व्यक्तिको विषयमा भएको व्यवस्था यही हो ।

“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 उदाहरणको लागि, कुनै मानिस आफ्नो छिमेकीसँगै दाउरा काट्न जङ्गलमा जान्छ र रुख ढाल्नलाई बञ्चरो चलाउँदा बञ्चरो बीँडबाट फुस्केर छिमेकीलाई लागेर त्यो मर्‍यो भने त्यो मान्छे यीमध्ये कुनै एउटा सहरमा भागेर आफ्नो ज्यान बचाउन सक्छ ।

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 नत्रता बाटो लामो छ भने बदला लिने व्यक्ति त्यो ज्यान मार्नेको पछि गई त्यसको तातो रिसमा त्यसलाई उछिनी त्यसलाई प्रहार गरेर मार्न सक्छ यद्यपि त्यो मानिस मारिने योग्यको भने थिएन किनकि विगतमा त्यसले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई घृणा गरेको थिएन ।

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 त्यसकारण, तिमीहरूले आफ्ना लागि तिनवटा सहर अलग गर्नू भनी म आज्ञा दिन्छु ।

[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 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूसित प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएअनुसार उहाँले तिमीहरूका सिमाना बढाइदिनुभयो र तिमीहरूलाई पिता-पुर्खाहरूलाई दिन्छु भनी प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएका सबै देश दिनुभयो भने

“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 र आज मैले तिमीहरूलाई आज्ञा गरेका यी सबै आज्ञा अर्थात् परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरलाई प्रेम गर्ने र सधैँ उहाँका मार्गहरूमा हिँड्ने आज्ञाहरू तिमीहरूले पालन गर्‍यौ भने तिमीहरूले यी तिनवटा सहरका अतिरिक्त अन्य तिनवटा पनि थप्‍नुपर्छ ।

10 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई दिनुहुने देशमा निर्दोष रगत नबगाइयोस् र त्यसको दोष तिमीहरूमाथि नलागोस् भन्‍नाका लागि यसो गर ।

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 तर कसलै आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई घृणा गर्छ र ढुकेर बसी त्यसको विरुद्धमा उठेर त्यसलाई मर्ने गरी हिर्काउँछ र त्यो यी तिनवटा सहरमध्ये एउटामा भाग्छ भने

“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 त्यसको सहरका धर्म-गुरुहरूले मान्छे पठाई त्यसलाई त्यहाँबाट ल्याउनुपर्छ र जिम्मेवार नातेदारको हातमा सुम्पनुपर्छ अनि त्यसको रगतको बदला लिइयोस् ।

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 तिमीहरूका आँखाले त्यसलाई दया देखाउनुहुँदैन । बरु, तिमीहरूले इस्राएलबाट निर्दोषको हत्याको दोषलाई निर्मूलन गर्नुपर्छ ताकि तिमीहरूको भलो हुन सकोस् ।

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 परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई निज सम्पत्तिको रूपमा अधिकार गर्न दिन लाग्‍नुभएको देशमा लामो समयदेखि राखिएको आफ्नो छिमेकीको सिमानाको ढुङ्गो नहटाओ ।

“[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 कुनै पनि विषयमा कुनै पनि अपराध वा पापको लागि एउटै मात्र साक्षी खडा नहोस् । दुई वा तिन जनाको साक्षीको आधारमा त्यस विषयको पुष्‍टि होस् ।

“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 कसैले गलत काम गरेको छ भनी कुनै अधर्मी मानिस खडा हुन सक्छ ।

“If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,

17 कुरा नमिलेको दुवै जना व्यक्ति परमप्रभु, पुजारीहरू र ती दिनमा सेवा गर्ने न्यायकर्ताहरूको सामु खडा होऊन् ।

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 न्यायकर्ताहरूले दत्तचित्तसाथ जाँचबुझ गरून् । हेर, साक्षी झुटो रहेछ र त्यसले आफ्नो भाइको विरुद्धमा झुटो गवाही दिएको रहेछ भने

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 त्यसले आफ्नो भाइलाई जे गर्ने सोच बनाएको थियो, त्यसलाई त्यसै गर्नू । यसरी तिमीहरूले आफ्ना बिचबाट दुष्‍टता हटाउनू ।

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 तब बाँकी हुनेहरू यो सुनेर डराने छन्, अनि त्यसपछि कसैले पनि तिमीहरूका बिचमा यस्तो दुष्‍टता गर्ने छैन ।

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 तिमीहरूले दया नदेखाउनू । ज्यानको सट्टा ज्यान, आँखाको सट्टा आँखा, दाँतको सट्टा दाँत, हातको सट्टा हात र गोडाको सट्टा गोडा हुने छ ।

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.”