5 Mojzes 19

1 Kadar je Gospod, tvoj Bog, iztrebil narode, katerih deželo ti daje Gospod, tvoj Bog in jih naslediš, prebivaš v njihovih mestih in v njihovih hišah,

When the LORD your God cuts off the nations whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses,

2 si boš v sredi svoje dežele, ki ti jo Gospod, tvoj Bog, daje v last, oddvojil tri mesta.

you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the middle of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess.

3 Pripravil si boš pot in na tri dele razdelil pokrajine svoje dežele, ki ti jo daje Gospod, tvoj Bog, da jo podeduješ, da lahko vsak ubijalec pobegne tja.

You shall prepare the way, and divide the borders of your land which the LORD your God causes you to inherit into three parts, that every man slayer may flee there.

4 In to je primer ubijalca, ki bo pobegnil tja, da bo lahko živel: ›Kdorkoli nevede ubije svojega bližnjega, ki ga v preteklem času ni sovražil,

This is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, and did not hate him in time past—

5 kot ko gre mož s svojim bližnjim v gozd, da sekata les in njegova roka zamahne udarec s sekiro, da poseka drevo in glava zdrsne iz toporišča in pade na njegovega bližnjega, da ta umre, bo pobegnil v eno izmed teh mest in živel,

as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood and his hand swings the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live.

6 da ne bi krvni maščevalec zasledoval ubijalca, medtem ko je njegovo srce vroče in ga dohitel, ker je dolga pot in ga ubil medtem ko ta ni bil vreden smrti, ker ga v preteklem času ni sovražil.

Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the man slayer while hot anger is in his heart and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally, even though he was not worthy of death, because he did not hate him in time past.

7 Zato ti zapovedujem, rekoč: ›Zase si boš oddvojil tri mesta.‹

Therefore I command you to set apart three cities for yourselves.

8 Če Gospod, tvoj Bog, poveča tvojo pokrajino, kakor je prisegel tvojim očetom in ti da vso deželo, ki jo je obljubil dati tvojim očetom;

If the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers;

9 če boš ohranjal vse te zapovedi, ki ti jih ta dan zapovedujem, da jih izvršuješ, da ljubiš Gospoda, svojega Boga in da vedno hodiš po njegovih poteh, potem si boš poleg teh treh dodal še tri mesta,

and if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk ever in his ways, then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, in addition to these three.

10 da nedolžna kri ne bo prelita v tvoji deželi, ki ti jo daje v dediščino Gospod, tvoj Bog in bi bila tako na tebi kri.

This is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, leaving blood guilt on you.

11 Toda če katerikoli mož sovraži svojega bližnjega in nanj preži v zasedi in se dvigne zoper njega in ga smrtno udari, da ta umre in pobegne v eno izmed teh mest,

But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;

12 potem bodo starešine njegovega mesta poslali in ga dobili od tam in ga izročili v roko krvnega maščevalca, da bo ta lahko umrl.

then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

13 Tvoje oko se ga ne bo usmililo, temveč boš iz Izraela odstranil krivdo nedolžne krvi, da bo lahko dobro s teboj.

Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you.

14 Ne boš odstranil mejnika svojega bližnjega, ki so ga od starih časov postavili v tvojo dediščino, ki jo boš podedoval v deželi, ki ti jo Gospod, tvoj Bog, daje v last.

You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.

15 Ena priča se ne bo dvignila zoper človeka zaradi katerekoli krivičnosti ali zaradi kateregakoli greha, s katerimkoli grehom je grešil. Zadeva se bo potrdila pri ustih dveh prič ali pri ustih treh prič.

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

16 Če kriva priča vstane zoper kateregakoli, da priča zoper njega to, kar je napačno,

If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

17 potem bosta oba človeka, med katerima je polemika, stala pred Gospodom, pred duhovniki in sodniki, ki bodo v tistih dneh

then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

18 in sodniki bodo naredili marljivo zasliševanje. Glej, če je priča kriva priča in je lažno pričevala zoper svojega brata,

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother,

19 potem mu boste storili kakor je sam mislil storiti svojemu bratu. Tako boste izmed sebe iztrebili zlo.

then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

20 Tisti, ki preostanejo, bodo slišali in se bali in odslej med vami ne bodo več zagrešili nobenega takšnega zla.

Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and will never again commit any such evil among you.

21 Tvoje oko se ne bo usmililo, temveč bo življenje šlo za življenje, oko za oko, zob za zob, roka za roko, stopalo za stopalo.

Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.