Deuteronômio 19
1 Quando o SENHOR teu Deus exterminar as nações, cuja terra o SENHOR teu Deus dá a ti, e tu as herdares, e habitares em suas cidades, e em suas casas;
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 Separarás três cidades em meio de tua terra que o SENHOR teu Deus te dá para que a possuas.
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 Prepararás o caminho, e dividirás em três partes o termo de tua terra, que o SENHOR teu Deus te dará em herança, e será para que todo homicida se fuja ali.
4 E este é o caso do homicida que há de fugir ali, e viverá: o que ferir a seu próximo por acidente, que não lhe tinha inimizade nem recente nem em passado distante:
“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 Como o que foi com seu próximo ao monte a cortar lenha, e pondo força com sua mão no machado para cortar alguma lenha, saltou o ferro do fim, e encontrou a seu próximo, e morreu; aquele fugirá a uma daquelas cidades, e viverá;
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 Não seja que o parente do morto vá atrás do homicida, quando se arder seu coração, e o alcance por ser longo o caminho, e o fira de morte, não devendo ser condenado à morte; porquanto não tinha inimizade nem recente nem em passado distante com o morto.
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 Portanto eu te mando, dizendo: Três cidades separarás.
[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 E se o SENHOR teu Deus alargar teu termo, como o jurou a teus pais, e te der toda a terra que disse a teus pais que havia de dar;
“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 Quando guardasses todos estes mandamentos, que eu te prescrevo hoje, para praticá-los, que ames ao SENHOR teu Deus e andes em seus caminhos todos os dias, então acrescentarás três cidades a mais destas três;
10 Para que não seja derramado sangue inocente em meio de tua terra, que o SENHOR teu Deus te dá por herança, e seja sobre ti sangue.
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 Mas quando houver alguém que aborrecer a seu próximo, e o espreitar, e se levantar sobre ele, e o ferir de morte, e morrer, e fugir a alguma destas cidades;
“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 Então os anciãos de sua cidade enviarão e o tirarão dali, e o entregarão em mão do parente do morto, e morrerá.
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 Não lhe perdoará teu olho: e tirarás de Israel o sangue inocente, e te irá bem.
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 Não reduzirás o termo de teu próximo, o qual assinalaram os antigos em tua herança, a que possuíres na terra que o SENHOR teu Deus te dá para que a possuas.
“[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 Não valerá uma testemunha contra ninguém em qualquer delito, ou em qualquer pecado, em qualquer pecado que se cometer. No dito de duas testemunhas, ou no dito de três testemunhas consistirá o negócio.
“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 Quando se levantar testemunha falso contra alguém, para testificar contra ele rebelião,
“If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
17 Então os dois homens litigantes se apresentarão diante do SENHOR, diante dos sacerdotes e juízes que forem naqueles dias:
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 E os juízes investigarão bem, e se parecer ser aquela testemunha falsa, que testificou falsamente contra seu irmão,
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 Fareis a ele como ele pensou fazer a seu irmão: e tirarás o mal do meio de ti.
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 E os que restarem ouvirão, e temerão, e não voltarão mais a fazer uma má coisa como esta, em meio de ti.
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 E não perdoará teu olho: vida por vida, olho por olho, dente por dente, mão por meio, pé por pé.
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.”
