Числа 35
1 И рече Господь к Моисею на западе Моавли у Иордана при Иерихоне, глаголя:
Yahweh told this to Moses/me [while the Israeli people were] on the plain in the Moab region near the Jordan [River], across from Jericho:
2 заповеждь сыном Израилевым, да дадят левитом от жребий одержания своего грады вселитися, и предградия градская окрест их да дадят левитом:
“Tell the Israeli people that from the land that they will receive, they must give to the descendants of Levi some cities in which they can live. They must also give them some land around these cities.
3 и будут им грады вселятися, и участия их да будут скотом их и всем четвероножным их:
Those will be for the descendants of Levi to live in, and around the cities will be land for their cattle and flocks of sheep and goats and other animals.
4 и прилежащая градом, ихже дадите левитом, от стены града и вне, две тысящы лакот окрест:
“The land that you give them for their animals must extend out for (1,500 feet/450 meters) from the walls of the cities.
5 и да измериши страну вне града, яже на восток, две тысящы лакот, и страну, яже к ливе, две тысящы лакот, и страну, яже к морю, две тысящы лакот, и страну, яже к северу, две тысящы лакот, и град посреде сего будет вам, и пределы градов:
Also measure (3,000 feet/900 meters) in each direction out from the walls of each city. That additional land will be land for their animals outside the walls of the cities.”
6 и грады яже дадите левитом, шесть градов (да будут) убежных, ихже дадите убегати в ня убившему, и к сим четыредесять и два града:
“Six of the cities that you give to the descendants of Levi will be cities to which people [can run] to be safe. If someone [accidentally] kills someone else, the one who killed that person may run to one of those cities to be safe.
7 всех градов дадите левитом четыредесять и осмь градов, сия и предградия их:
You must also give to the descendants of Levi 42 other cities and the land around those cities, for their animals,
8 и грады, ихже дадите от одержания сынов Израилевых, от многих многа, а от малых мала: кийждо по наследию своему, еже наследят, да дадят от градов левитом.
The Israeli tribes that have the most people must give them more cities than the tribes that have fewer people give. Each tribe must give some of its cities to the descendants of Levi, but the tribes that have more land must give more cities, and the tribes that have less land will give fewer cities.”
9 И рече Господь к Моисею, глаголя:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
10 глаголи сыном Израилевым и речеши к ним: вы преходите Иордан в землю Ханааню:
“Tell this to the Israeli people: When you cross the Jordan [River] and enter the Canaan [region],
11 и разделите сами себе грады убежища да будут вам убегати в ня убийце, всяк убивый душу нехотяй:
you must choose some cities to which people can run to be safe/protected. If someone kills another person (accidentally/without planning to do that), the one who killed that person may run to one of those cities and be safe.
12 и будут гради вам убежища от ужика крове, и да не умрет убивый, дондеже станет пред сонмом на суде:
One of the relatives of the person who was killed may think he must avenge his relative’s death [by killing the murderer]. But in that city, the killer will be safe [because the people in that city would kill those relatives if they tried to get revenge there]. The man who killed someone accidentally [must] be put on trial in a court.
13 и грады, яже дадите, шесть градов, убежища да будут вам.
You must set apart six cities to be cities to which someone who killed another person accidentally may run and be safe.
14 Три грады дадите об ону страну Иордана, и три грады дадите в земли Ханаани:
There must be three of those cities on the east side of the Jordan [River] and three that will be [on the west side], in the Canaan region.
15 убежище да будет сыном Израилевым, и пришелцу, и обиталнику иже в вас, да будут гради сии во убежище убегати тамо всякому убившему душу нехотением.
Those six cities will be cities where Israeli people may run to and be safe, and where foreigners and other people who are living among you can also run to and be safe. Any of those people who accidentally kills someone may run to one of those cities [and be safe/protected there].
16 Аще же орудием железным убиет его, и умрет, убийца есть: смертию да умрет убийца.
“But [you must consider that] anyone who kills another person with an iron weapon or with a big rock or with a piece of wood, is a murderer, and the one who killed the other person must be executed.
17 Аще же камением из руки убиет его, и умрет от него, убийца есть: смертию да умрет убийца.
18 Аще же орудием древяным из руки, от негоже умрет, убиет его, и умрет, убийца есть: смертию да умрет убийца.
19 Ужик крове, сей да убиет убившаго: егда усрящет его, сей да убиет его.
A relative of the person who was murdered must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him.
20 Аще же вражды ради ринет его и вержет на него всяк сосуд по навету, и умрет,
If someone shoves another person [over a cliff] or throws something at another person
21 или от ненависти поразил его рукою, и умрет, смертию да умрет убивый, убийца есть: смертию да умрет убиваяй: ужик крове да убиет убийцу, егда сретится с ним.
or hits that person with his hand/fist and causes that person to die, if he did it because he hated that person, then you must consider that he is a murderer, and must be executed. A relative of the person who was killed must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him.
22 Аще же внезапу не вражды ради ринет его, или вержет на него всяк сосуд не по навету,
“But someone might accidentally shove someone else, or accidentally throw something at another person and hit him, not because he hates that person.
23 или всяким каменем, имже вержет не ведый, и падет на него, и умрет, он же враг его не бе, ниже ищяй зла ему творити,
Or he might drop a rock on someone that he did not see. If the one who does that does not plan to hurt anyone and does not hate the person that was killed,
24 и да судит сонм между убившим и между ужиком крове, по судбам сим,
the people of that city must decide whether the relative of the dead person [has the right to get revenge], or whether the one who killed the other person [truly did it (accidentally/without planning to do it)].
25 и избавит сонм убившаго от ужика крове, и да возвратит его сонм во град убежища его, в оньже убежа, и да поживет тамо, дондеже умрет жрец великий, егоже помазаша елеем святым.
[If they decide that the killer planned to kill the other person, they must not allow him to stay in their city. But if they decide that it was done accidentally], they must protect the killer from being killed by the dead person’s relative. They must send the killer to one of the cities where he will be safe/protected, and allow him to stay there until the Supreme Priest dies. [After that, the killer may go back to his home, because the dead person’s relative no longer has the right to get revenge].
26 Аще же исходом изыдет убивый вне предел града, в оньже убежа тамо,
“But [while the Supreme Priest is still living], the person who is in that safe city must not leave that city.
27 и обрящет его ужик крове вне предел града убежища его, и убиет ужик крове убившаго, несть повинен:
If he goes outside the city, and if a relative of the dead person finds him, that relative is permitted to kill that person, [and people will not consider that the relative is guilty of murder.]
28 во граде бо убежания да живет, дондеже умрет жрец великий, и по умертвии жерца великаго да возвратится убивый в землю одержания своего.
The killer must stay in that city where he will be safe/protected until the Supreme Priest dies. [He will be safe from revenge after that, because the death of the Supreme Priest will be considered to be a sacrifice to atone for that murder]. After that, the killer may return to his home.
29 И да будут сия вам во оправдание суда в роды вашя во всех селениих ваших.
“You must always obey those regulations, wherever you live.
30 Всякаго убившаго душу, пред свидетелми да убиеши убившаго: и свидетель един да не свидетелствует на смерть души.
“If someone [is accused of] killing another person, the one who is accused may be executed only if there are people who saw him do it. There must be more than one witness; no one is permitted to be executed if there was only one (witness/person who saw him do it).
31 И да не возмете искупа за душу от убившаго, повинна суща убиению: смертию бо умрет:
“If there is a murderer who truly should be executed, do not [spare his life by] accepting (a ransom/money for him not to be killed). He must be executed.
32 ниже да возмете искупа убежания во град убежища, да паки живет на земли, дондеже умрет жрец великий.
“If someone has run to a city where he will be safe/protected, do not allow him to give you money in order that you will permit him to return to his home before the Supreme Priest dies.
33 И да не убиете земли, на нейже вы обитаете: кровь бо сия убивает землю, и не очистится земля от крове пролиянныя на ней, но токмо кровию проливающаго:
“You must execute people who truly murder others. If you did not do that, you would be causing the people who live in the land to become unacceptable to me. Anyone who deliberately kills an innocent person must be executed.
34 и да не оскверните земли, на нейже живете, на нейже Аз вселяюся посреде вас: Аз бо есмь Господь вселяяйся посреде сынов Израилевых.
I am Yahweh, and I live among you Israelis, so do not spoil/pollute the land by allowing people to murder others without being punished.”
