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 Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest 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.
thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.
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.
Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.
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,
And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not 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 goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto 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.
lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
7 Zato ti zapovedujem, rekoč: ›Zase si boš oddvojil tri mesta.‹
Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee.
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;
And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy 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,
if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides 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.
that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
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 hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee 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 fetch him thence, 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.
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
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.
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.
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, in any sin that he sinneth: 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 rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,
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 Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that 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 be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;
19 potem mu boste storili kakor je sam mislil storiti svojemu bratu. Tako boste izmed sebe iztrebili zlo.
then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
20 Tisti, ki preostanejo, bodo slišali in se bali in odslej med vami ne bodo več zagrešili nobenega takšnega zla.
And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.
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.
And thine eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
