गन्ती 35

1 परमप्रभु यरीहोमा यर्दन नजिकको मोआबको मैदानमा मोशासँग बोल्नुभयो,

And the Lord said to Moses in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho,

2 “इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई तिनीहरूका आ-आफ्नो भूमिको हिस्साबाट लेवीहरूलाई केही दिन आज्ञा दे । तिनीहरूले उनीहरूलाई बस्‍नको निम्ति सहरहरू र त्यसको वरिपरि खर्क दिनुपर्छ ।

Give orders to the children of Israel to give to the Levites, from the heritage which is theirs, towns for themselves, with land on the outskirts of the towns.

3 लेवीहरूले बस्‍नलाई यी सहरहरू पाउने छन् । तिनीहरूका गाईवस्तुहरू, भेडा-बाख्राहरू र तिनीहरूका सबै जनावरका निम्ति खर्क हुने छ ।

These towns are to be their living-places, with land round them for their cattle and their food and all their beasts,

4 तिमीहरूले लेवीहरूलाई दिने सहर वरिपरिका खर्कहरू सहरका पर्खालहरूदेखि बाहिर वरिपरि सबैतिर एक-एक हजार हातसम्म फैलिएको हुने छ ।

Stretching from the wall of the towns a distance of a thousand cubits all round.

5 तिमीहरूले सहरको बाहिरबाट पूर्वपट्टि दुई हजार हात, दक्षिणपट्टि दुई हजार हात, पश्‍चिमपट्टि दुई हजार हात र उत्तरपट्टि दुई हजार हात नाप्‍नुपर्छ । यो तिनीहरूका निम्ति खर्कहरू हुने छ । सहरचाहिँ बिचमा हुने छ ।

The measure of this space of land is to be two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, and two thousand cubits on the south and on the west and on the north, the town being in the middle. This space will be the outskirts of their towns.

6 तिमीहरूले लेवीहरूलाई दिने सहरहरूमध्ये छ वटाले शरण-नगरहरूको काम गर्नुपर्छ । तिमीहरूले दिएका यी ठाउँहरूले कुनै मानिसलाई मार्ने व्यक्‍ति भाग्‍न सक्‍ने ठाउँ हुनुपर्छ । बयालिसवटा सहर पनि दिनू ।

And the towns which you give the Levites are to be the six safe places to which the taker of life may go in flight; and in addition you are to give them forty-two towns.

7 तिमीहरूले लेवीहरूलाई दिने सहरहरू जम्‍मा अठचालिसवटा हुने छ । तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूका खर्कहरूसहित दिनुपर्छ ।

Forty-eight towns are to be given to the Levites, all with land round them.

8 इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको ठुलो कुलसँग धैरै भूमि हुने भएकोले धेरै सहरहरू दिनुपर्छ । साना कुलहरूले कम सहरहरू दिनुपर्छ । हरेक कुलले आफूले प्राप्‍त गरेको हिस्साअनुसार लेवीहरूको निम्ति दिनुपर्छ ।

And these towns are to be given out of the heritage of the children of Israel, taking the greater number from those who have much, and a smaller number from those who have little: everyone, in the measure of his heritage, is to give of his property to the Levites.

9 त्यसपछि परमप्रभु मोशासँग बोल्नुभयो,

And the Lord said to Moses,

10 “इस्राएलका मानिसहरूसँग कुरा गर् र तिनीहरूलाई भन्, 'जब तिमीहरू यर्दन तरेर कनानको भूमिमा प्रवेश गर्छौ,

Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

11 तिमीहरूले तिमीहरूको निम्ति शरण-नगरको काम गर्ने सहरहरू चुन्‍नुपर्छ, जसमा कसैलाई अजानमा मारेको व्यक्‍ति त्यो ठाउँमा भागेर जान सक्छ ।

Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.

12 यी सहरहरू बदला लिने व्यक्‍तिबाट बाँच्‍ने तिमीहरूको शरण-नगर हुनुपर्छ, ताकि दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍ति समुदायको सामु न्यायको लागि खडा हुनअगि नमारियोस् ।

In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.

13 तिमीहरूले छवटा सहरलाई शरण-नगरको रूपमा छान्‍नुपर्छ ।

Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;

14 तिमीहरूले यर्दनपारि तिनवटा सहर र कनानको भूमिमा तिनवटा सहर दिनुपर्छ । ती शरण-नगर हुने छन् ।

Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight.

15 यी छवटा सहरले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका निम्ति, परदेशीहरूका निम्ति र तिमीहरूमाझ बसोबास गर्ने जो कोहीको निम्ति एउटा शरणको काम गर्नेछ, जसमा कसैलाई अजानमा मार्ने व्यक्‍ति भागेर जान सक्छ ।

For the children of Israel and for the man from another country who is living among them, these six towns are to be safe places, where anyone causing the death of another through error may go in flight.

16 तर यदि दोष लगाइएको मानिसले पीडितलाई फलामको हतियारले प्रहार गरेको छ भने, र यदि त्यसले आक्रमण गरेको व्यक्‍ति मर्‍यो भने, दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍ति हत्यारा नै हो । त्यसलाई मार्नुपर्छ ।

But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

17 यदि दोष लगाइएको मानिसले कसैलाई आफ्नो हातमा भएको ढुङ्गाले कसैलाई मर्ने गरी प्रहार गरेको छ भने, र यदि त्यो व्यक्‍ति मर्‍यो भने, त्यो दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍ति हत्यारा नै हो । त्यसलाई मार्नुपर्छ ।

Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

18 यदि दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍तिले कसैलाई काठको हतियारले प्रहार गरेको छ भने, र यदि त्यो व्यक्‍ति मर्‍यो भने, दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍ति हत्यारा नै हो । त्यसलाई मार्नुपर्छ ।

Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

19 रगतको बदला लिने व्यक्‍तिले हत्यारालाई मार्न सक्छ । त्यसले त्यसलाई भेट्दा, रगतको बदला लिने व्यक्‍तिले त्यसलाई मार्नुपर्छ ।

He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.

20 यदि त्यसले ढुकेर बसी कसैलाई प्रहार गर्छ वा घृणा गरेर केही कुराले आक्रमण गर्छ भने र आक्रमण गरिएको व्यक्‍ति मर्छ भने,

If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death;

21 वा यदि त्यसले घृणा गरेको व्यक्‍तिलाई आफ्नै हातले प्रहार गर्छ अनि त्यो आक्रमणमा परेको व्यक्‍ति मर्छ भने, त्यसलाई प्रहार गरेको दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍तिलाई मार्नुपर्छ । त्यो हत्यारा हो । रगतको बदला लिने व्यक्‍तिले त्यसलाई भेट्दा मार्न सक्छ ।

Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.

22 तर यदि दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍तिले पूर्वघृणाविना अचानक कुनै कुरा फ्याँक्दा ढुकेर नबसी नै आक्रमणमा परेको व्यक्‍तिलाई लाग्यो भने,

But if a man has given a wound to another suddenly and not in hate, or without design has sent something against him,

23 वा यदि त्यसले आक्रमणमा परेका व्यक्‍तिलाई नदेखी ढुङ्गा फ्याँक्दा लाग्छ र मर्छ, अनि आक्रमणमा परेको व्यक्‍ति दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍तिको शत्रु होइन भने; त्यसले त्यसलाई चोट पुर्‍याउन खोजिरहेको थिएन । तर आक्रमणमा परेको व्यक्‍ति मर्छ भने यसो गर्नुपर्छ ।

Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil:

24 त्यस अवस्थामा समुदायले दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍ति र रगतको बदला लिनेबिच यी नियमहरूको आधारमा न्याय गर्नुपर्छ ।

Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:

25 समुदायले दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍तिलाई रगतको बदला लिने व्यक्‍तिको शक्‍तिबाट छुटकारा दिनुपर्छ । समुदायले त्यो दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍ति पहिले भागेर गएको शरण-नगरमा नै त्यसलाई फर्काउनुपर्छ । त्यो त्यस बेलाको प्रधान पुजारीको मृत्यु नभएसम्म त्यहीँ नै बस्‍नुपर्छ, जसलाई पवित्र तेलले अभिषेक गरिएको थियो ।

And let the people keep the man responsible for the death safe from the hands of him who has the right of punishment for blood, and send him back to his safe town where he had gone in flight: there let him be till the death of the high priest who was marked with the holy oil.

26 तर यदि दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍ति कुनै बखत त्यो भागेर गएको सहरको सिमानाबाहिर जान्छ,

But if ever he goes outside the walls of the safe town where he had gone in flight,

27 र यदि रगतको बदला लिनेले त्यसलाई शरण-नगरको सिमानाबाहिर फेला पार्छ, र यदि त्यसले त्यो दोष लगाइएको व्यक्‍तिलाई मार्छ भने, रगतको बदला लिने व्यक्‍ति हत्याको दोषी हुने छैन ।

And the giver of punishment, meeting him outside the walls of the town, puts him to death, he will not be responsible for his blood:

28 किनभने त्यो दोष लागेको व्यक्‍ति प्रधान पुजारीको मृत्यु नभएसम्म त्यसको शरण-नगरभित्र नै बस्‍नु पर्थ्यो । प्रधान पुजारीको मृत्युपछि त्यो दोष लागेको व्यक्‍ति आफ्नो सम्पत्ति भएको ठाउँमा फर्केर जान सक्छ ।

Because he had been ordered to keep inside the safe town till the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the taker of life may come back to the place of his heritage.

29 यी नियमहरू तिमीहरू बसोबास गर्ने सबै ठाउँमा तिमीहरूका मानिसहरूका पुस्तौँ-पुस्तासम्मको विधिविधान हुनुपर्छ ।

These rules are to be your guide in judging through all your generations wherever you may be living.

30 कुनै मानिसलाई मार्ने हत्यारालाई साक्षीहरूले दिएको प्रमाणअनुसार मार्नुपर्छ । तर एक जना मात्र साक्षीको प्रमाणमा कुनै पनि व्यक्‍तिलाई मार्नु हुदैन ।

Anyone causing the death of another is himself to be put to death on the word of witnesses: but the word of one witness is not enough.

31 साथै हत्याराको दोषीको निम्ति तिमीहरूले कुनै किसिको छुटकाराको मूल्य स्वीकार गर्नुहुँदैन । त्यसलाई अवश्य नै मार्नुपर्छ ।

Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.

32 शरण-नगरमा भागेर गएको व्यक्‍तिको निम्ति तिमीहरूले छुटकाराको मूल्य स्वीकार गर्नुहुँदैन । यसरी प्रधान पुजारीको मृत्यु नभएसम्म तिमीहरूले त्यसलाई आफ्नो जायदाद भएको ठाउँमा बसोबास गर्न दिनुहुँदैन ।

And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest.

33 तिमीहरू बसोबास गरेको भूमिलाई यसरी दूषित नपार, किनभने हत्याराबाटको रगतले भूमिलाई दूषित पार्छ । भूमिमा रगत बगाएपछि यसको निम्ति रगत बगाउने व्यक्‍तिको रगतले बाहेक कुनै किसिमको प्रायश्‍चित्त गर्न सकिँदैन ।

So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

34 त्यसैले तिमीहरू बसोबास गर्ने भूमिलाई तिमीहरूले अशुद्ध पार्नुहुँदैन, किनभने म यसमा बास गर्छु । म परमप्रभु इस्राएलका मानिसहरूमाझ बास गर्छु ।

Do not make unclean the land where you are living and in which is my House: for I the Lord am present among the children of Israel.