Deuteronomy 19
1 Nígbà tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ bá ti pa àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí yóò fi ilẹ̀ wọn fún ọ run, àti nígbà tí ìwọ bá ti lé wọn jáde tí o sì dó sí àwọn ilẹ̀ àti ilé wọn gbogbo.
And when the Lord your God shall have destroyed the nations, which God gives you, [even] the land, and you shall inherit them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,
2 Ìwọ yóò ya ìlú mẹ́ta sọ́tọ̀ fún ara à rẹ láàrín ilẹ̀ rẹ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run fún ọ láti ni.
you shall separate for yourself three cities in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you.
3 Ṣe àwọn ọ̀nà sí wọn àti kí o pín ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run fún ọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún sí ọ̀nà mẹ́ta nítorí kí apànìyàn lè sá níbẹ̀.
Take a survey of your way, and you shall divide the coasts of your land, which the Lord your God apportions to you, into three parts, and there shall be there a refuge for every manslayer.
4 Èyí ni òfin nípa apànìyàn, tí ó sì sá síbẹ̀ láti pa ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ mọ́. Ẹni tí ó pa aládùúgbò láìmọ̀ọ́mọ̀ṣeé láìjẹ́ pé ó ti ní àrankàn pẹ̀lú u rẹ̀ láti ọjọ́ pípẹ́.
And this shall be the ordinance of the manslayer, who shall flee there, and shall live, whoever shall have struck his neighbour ignorantly, whereas he hated him not in times past.
5 Bí àpẹẹrẹ, ọkùnrin kan lè lọ sínú igbó pẹ̀lú aládùúgbò rẹ̀ láti gé igi, bí ó sì ti gbé àáké e rẹ̀ láti gé igi náà lulẹ̀, bí àáké náà bá yọ tí ó sì bà aládùúgbò rẹ̀, tí òun sì kú. Ọkùnrin yìí lè sálọ sí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìlú yìí láti gba ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ là.
And whoever shall enter with his neighbour into the thicket, to gather wood, if the hand of him that cuts wood with the axe should be violently shaken, and the axe head falling off from the handle should light on his neighbour, and he should die, he shall flee to one of these cities, and live.
6 Bí kò ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, agbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ lè máa lépa rẹ̀ nínú ìbínú, kí ó sì lé e bá nítorí pé ọ̀nà jì, kí ó sì pa á bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé kò yẹ sí ikú, nígbà tí ó ṣe é sí aládùúgbò rẹ̀ láìjẹ́ pé ó ti ní àrankàn pẹ̀lú u rẹ̀ láti ọjọ́ pípẹ́.
Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and kill him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past.
7 Ìdí nìyìí tí mo fi pa á láṣẹ fún ọ láti ya ìlú mẹ́ta sọ́tọ̀ fún ara rẹ.
Therefore I charge you, saying, You shall separate for your self three cities.
8 Tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ bá sì fẹ́ agbègbè rẹ, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti ṣe ìbúra fún àwọn baba ńlá a yín, tí ó sì fún ọ ní gbogbo ilẹ̀ tí ó ti ṣe ìlérí fún wọn,
And if the Lord shall enlarge your borders, as he sware to your fathers, and the Lord shall give to you all the land which he said he would give to your fathers;
9 nítorí tí ìwọ fi pẹ̀lẹ́pẹ̀lẹ́ tẹ̀lé gbogbo òfin yìí tí mo pàṣẹ fún ọ lónìí yìí, kí o fẹ́ Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ, kí o sì rìn ní ọ̀nà an rẹ̀ ní gbogbo ìgbà náà, kí o ya ìlú mẹ́ta sọ́tọ̀.
if you shall listen to do all these commands, which I charge you this day, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways continually; you shall add for yourself yet three cities to these three.
10 Ṣe èyí kí a má ṣe ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀ ni ilẹ̀ rẹ, èyí tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ yóò fún ọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún, kí ìwọ kí ó má bá a jẹ̀bi ẹ̀jẹ̀ títa.
So innocent blood shall not be spilt in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and there shall not be in you one guilty of blood.
11 Ṣùgbọ́n tí ọkùnrin kan bá kórìíra arákùnrin rẹ̀, tí ó sì lúgọ dè é, tí ó mú u tí o lù ú pa, tí ọkùnrin náà sì sálọ sí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìlú wọ̀nyí,
But if there should be in you a man hating his neighbour, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and strike him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities,
12 àwọn àgbàgbà ìlú rẹ yóò sì ránṣẹ́ pè é ìwọ, yóò sì mú un padà láti ìlú náà, wọn yóò sì fi í lé àwọn agbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ kí ó lè kú.
then shall the elders of his city send, and take him thence, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the avengers of blood, and he shall die.
13 Má ṣe ṣàánú fún un. O ní láti fọ ẹ̀bi ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ kúrò ni Israẹli, kí ó bá à lè dára fún ọ.
Your eye shall not spare him; so shall you purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with you.
14 Má ṣe pa òkúta ààlà aládùúgbò rẹ dà tí aṣíwájú rẹ fi lélẹ̀ nínú ogún tí ó gbà nínú ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ fi fún ọ láti ni ní ìní.
You shall not move the landmarks of your neighbour, which your fathers set in the inheritance, in which you have obtained a share in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit.
15 Ẹlẹ́rìí kan ṣoṣo kò tó láti dájọ́ ọkùnrin kan tí o fi ẹ̀bi ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yóò wù kí ó lè ṣẹ̀ lẹ́bi. A ó fi ìdí ọ̀rọ̀ múlẹ̀ láti orí ẹ̀rí ẹni méjì tàbí mẹ́ta.
One witness shall not stand to testify against a man for any iniquity, or for any fault, or for any sin which he may commit; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.
16 Tí alárankàn ẹlẹ́rìí èké bá dúró láti fi ẹ̀sùn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kan ọkùnrin kan,
And if an unjust witness rise up against a man, alleging iniquity against him;
17 àwọn méjèèjì tí àríyànjiyàn wà láàrín wọn gbọdọ̀ dúró níwájú Olúwa níwájú àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn adájọ́ tí ó wà ní ibi iṣẹ́ ní ìgbà náà.
then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.
18 Àwọn adájọ́ gbọdọ̀ ṣe ìwádìí fínní fínní bí ẹ̀rí bá sì jẹ́ irọ́, tí ó fi ẹ̀rí èké sun arákùnrin rẹ̀,
And the judges shall make diligent enquiry, and, behold, [if] and unjust witness has borne unjust testimony; [and] has stood up against his brother;
19 nígbà náà ni kí ó ṣe sí i gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ṣe fẹ́ ṣe sí arákùnrin rẹ̀. O ní láti wẹ búburú kúrò láàrín rẹ.
then shall you do to him as he wickedly devised to do against his brother, and you shall remove the evil from yourselves.
20 Àwọn ènìyàn tókù yóò gbọ́ nípa èyí, wọn yóò sì bẹ̀rù, kí irú nǹkan búburú bẹ́ẹ̀ máa tún sẹ̀ mọ́ láàrín yín.
And the rest shall hear and fear, and do no more according to this evil thing in the midst of you.
21 Má ṣe fi àánú hàn, ẹ̀mí fún ẹ̀mí, ojú fún ojú, eyín fún eyín, apá fún apá, ẹsẹ̀ fún ẹsẹ̀.
Your eye shall not spare him: [you shall exact] life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
