4 Mosebok 35
1 Och Herren talade med Mose på de Moabiters mark, vid Jordan, in mot Jericho, och sade:
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 Bjud Israels barnom, att de gifva Leviterna städer utaf sitt arfvegods, der de måga uti bo; dertill förstäder omkring städerna skolen I ock gifva Leviterna;
“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 Att de skola bo i städerna, och hafva sin boskap, gods och allahanda djur i förstäderna.
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 Vidden till förstäderna, som de skola gifva Leviterna, skall vara tusende alnar utifrå stadsmuren allt omkring.
“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 Så skolen I då mäta utanför staden, på den sidone österut, tutusend alnar; och på den sidone söderut, tutusend alnar; och på den sidone vesterut, tutusend alnar; och på den sidone norrut, tutusend alnar; att staden skall vara midt uti. Det skall vara deras förstäder.
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 Och ibland de städer, som I gifven Leviterna, skolen I gifva sex fristäder, att den som någon ihjälslår må fly derin; derutöfver skolen I ännu gifva dem två och fyratio städer;
“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 Så att alle städer, som I gifven Leviterna, blifva åtta och fyratio med deras förstäder;
You must also give to the descendants of Levi 42 other cities and the land around those cities, for their animals,
8 Och skolen gifva dem mer af dem som mycket äga ibland Israels barn, och mindre af dem som mindre äga; hvar och en, efter hans arfvedel, den honom tillskift varder, skall gifva Leviterna städer.
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 Och Herren talade med Mose, och sade:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
10 Tala med Israels barn, och säg till dem: När I kommen öfver Jordan in uti Canaans land,
“Tell this to the Israeli people: When you cross the Jordan [River] and enter the Canaan [region],
11 Skolen I utvälja städer, som fristäder skola vara, deruti fly må den som någon med våda ihjälslår.
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 Och skola sådane fristäder vara ibland eder, för blodhämnarens skull, att han icke skall dö, som dråpet gjorde, intilldess han hafver ståndit till rätta inför menighetene.
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 Och de städer, som I gifva skolen, skola vara sex fristäder;
You must set apart six cities to be cities to which someone who killed another person accidentally may run and be safe.
14 Tre skolen I gifva på desso sidone Jordan; och tre i Canaans lande.
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 Det äro de sex fristäder, både för Israels barn, och främlingom, och husmän ibland eder; att dit må fly ho som helst ena själ slår med våda.
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 Hvilken som slår en med något jern, så att han dör, han är en mandråpare; och skall döden dö.
“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 Kastar han honom med en sten, der någor kan död af varda, så att han blifver död deraf, så är han en mandråpare; och skall döden dö.
18 Slår han honom med något trä, der någor kan med dödsslagen varda, så att han dör, så är han en mandråpare; och skall döden dö.
19 Blodhämnaren skall slå mandråparen ihjäl; såsom han slagit hafver, så skall man döda honom igen.
A relative of the person who was murdered must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him.
20 Stöter han honom af hat, eller kastar något på honom med försåt, så att han dör;
If someone shoves another person [over a cliff] or throws something at another person
21 Eller slår honom af ovänskap med sine hand, så att han dör, så skall han döden dö, som honom slog; ty han är en mandråpare; blodhämnaren skall dräpa honom, när han råkar honom.
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 Men stöter han honom oförvarandes utan ovänskap, eller kastar något på honom, icke med försåt;
“But someone might accidentally shove someone else, or accidentally throw something at another person and hit him, not because he hates that person.
23 Eller kastar en sten på honom oförvarandes, der man af dö kan, så att han dör, och han är icke hans ovän, och ville honom heller intet ondt.
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 Så skall menigheten döma, emellan honom som slog och blodhämnaren, i denna sakene.
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 Och menigheten skall fria mandråparen ifrå blodhämnarens hand, och låta honom komma i fristaden igen, dit han flydder var; och der skall han blifva, tilldess öfverste Presten dör, den man med den helga oljone smort hafver.
[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 Om mandråparen går utaf sin fristads råmärke, dit han flydd är,
“But [while the Supreme Priest is still living], the person who is in that safe city must not leave that city.
27 Och blodhämnaren finner honom utanför hans fristads råmärke, och slår honom ihjäl; han skall för det blod intet saker vara;
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 Ty han skulle blifva i sinom fristad intill den öfversta Prestens död; och efter öfversta Prestens död åter komma till sins arfvegods land igen.
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 Detta skall vara eder en rätt med edra efterkommande, i alla edra boningar.
“You must always obey those regulations, wherever you live.
30 Mandråparen skall man dräpa efter tvegga vittnes mun; ett vittne skall icke svara öfver en själ till döds.
“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 Och I skolen ingen försoning taga för en mandråpares själ, ty han är saker till döden; utan han skall döden dö;
“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 Och skolen ingen försoning taga öfver den, som till fristaden flydder var, så att han igenkommer till att bo i landena, intill att Presten dör.
“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 Och skämmer icke landet, der I uti bon; ty den som blodssaker är, han skämmer landet; och landet kan icke försonadt varda för det blod, som der utgjutet varder, annars utan genom hans blod, som det utgjutit hafver.
“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 Orener icke landet, som I bon uti, der jag ock uti bor; ty jag är Herren, som bor ibland Israels barn.
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.”
