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 Yahweh your God cuts off the nations, those whose land Yahweh your God is giving you, and when you come after them and live in their cities and houses,
2 si boš v sredi svoje dežele, ki ti jo Gospod, tvoj Bog, daje v last, oddvojil tri mesta.
you must select three cities for yourself in the middle of your land that Yahweh your God is giving 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 must build a road and divide the borders of your land into three parts, the land that Yahweh your God is causing you to inherit, so that everyone who kills another person 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 law for the one who kills another and who flees there to live—anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, and did not previously hate him.
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,
For example, if a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his chops with the ax to cut down a tree, and the ax head slips off of the handle and strikes his neighbor and kills him—then that man must flee to one of these cities and save his life.
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 go after the one who took a life, and in the heat of his anger overtake him, if the distance is too great, strike him and kill him, even though that man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past.
7 Zato ti zapovedujem, rekoč: ›Zase si boš oddvojil tri mesta.‹
Therefore I command you to select three cities for yourself.
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 Yahweh your God enlarges your borders, as he has sworn to your ancestors to do, and gives you all the land that he promised to give to your ancestors;
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 you keep all these commandments to do them, which I am commanding you today—commandments to love Yahweh your God and to always walk in his ways, then you must add three more cities for yourself, 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.
Do this so that innocent blood is not shed in the midst of the land that Yahweh your God is giving you for as an inheritance, so that no bloodguilt may be 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 anyone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, and mortally wounds him so that he dies, and if he then 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 must send and bring him back from there, and turn him over into the hand of the responsible relative, so 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 must not pity him; instead, you must eradicate the bloodguilt 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 must not remove your neighbor's landmark that they set in place a long time ago, in your inheritance that you will inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God is giving 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 sole witness must not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any matter that he sins; at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, must any matter be confirmed.
16 Če kriva priča vstane zoper kateregakoli, da priča zoper njega to, kar je napačno,
Suppose that 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 men, the ones between whom the controversy exists, must stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.
18 in sodniki bodo naredili marljivo zasliševanje. Glej, če je priča kriva priča in je lažno pričevala zoper svojega brata,
The judges must make diligent inquiries; see, 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 must you do to him, as he had wished to do to his brother; and you will 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.
Then those who remain will hear and fear, and will from then on commit no longer 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 must not pity; life will pay for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
