Deuteronomy 19

1 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,

1 مَتَى أَفْنَى الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمُ الأُمَمَ الَّذِينَ سَيُوَرِّثُكُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ، وَسَكَنْتُمْ فِي مُدُنِهِمْ وَبُيُوتِهِمْ،

2 then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

2 فَأَفْرِزُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ ثَلاثَ مُدُنٍ فِي وَسَطِ أَرْضِكُمُ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا.

3 You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.

3 فَعَبِّدُوا الطُّرُقَ إِلَيْهَا، وَقَسِّمُوا الأَرْضَ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ إِلَى ثَلاثِ مَنَاطِقَ، لِتَكُونَ مَلْجَأً يَلُوذُ بِها كُلُّ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً عَنْ غَيْرِ عَمْدٍ.

4 Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:

4 وَهَذَا هُوَ الْحُكْمُ الْمُتَعَلِّقُ بِالْقَاتِلِ الَّذِي يَلْجَأُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ فَيَحْيَا: مَنْ ضَرَبَ صَاحِبَهُ عَنْ غَيْرِ قَصْدٍ، وَهُوَ لَا يَكُنُّ لَهُ الْبَغْضَاءَ سَابِقاً،

5 If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

5 وَمَنِ انْطَلَقَ مَعَ صَاحِبِهِ إِلَى الْغَابَةِ لِيَحْتَطِبَ، فَأَفْلَتَتْ حَدِيدَةُ الْفَأْسِ مِنْ رَأْسِ الذِّرَاعِ الْخَشَبِيَّةِ وَأَصَابَتْ صَاحِبَهُ فَمَاتَ، يَلْجَأُ الْقَاتِلُ إِلَى إِحْدَى تِلْكَ الْمُدُنِ وَيَحْيَا

6 Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

6 لِئَلّا يَسْعَى طَالِبُ الثَّأْرِ وَرَاءَهُ عِنْدَ احْتِدَامِ نِقْمَتِهِ وَيُدْرِكَهُ إِذَا طَالَتِ الطَّرِيقُ وَيَقْتُلَهُ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَسْتَحِقُّ جَزَاءَ الْمَوْتِ، لأَنَّ الْقَاتِلَ لَمْ يُضْمِرِ الْبَغْضَاءَ لِلْمَقْتُولِ مِنْ قَبْلُ

7 This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.

7 لِهَذَا أَنَا آمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَفْرِزُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ ثَلاثَ مُدُنٍ.

8 And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,

8 وَإِنْ وَسَّعَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ أَرْضَكُمْ، كَمَا أَقْسَمَ لِآبَائِكُمْ، وَأَوْرَثَكُمْ جَمِيعَ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَ أَنْ يَهَبَهَا لَهُمْ،

9 and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.

9 وَإذَا أَطَعْتُمْ هَذِهِ الْوَصَايَا كُلَّهَا وَعَمِلْتُمْ بِها كَمَا أُوْصِيكُمُ الْيَوْمَ، وَأَحْبَبْتُمُ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَسَلَكْتُمْ فِي سُبُلِهِ دَائِماً، فَأَضِيفُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ مُدُنَ مَلْجَإٍ أُخْرَى

10 Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

10 فَلا يُسْفَكَ دَمُ بَرِيءٍ فِي وَسَطِ أَرْضِكُمُ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ مِيرَاثاً، فَتَكُونُ مُلَطَّخَةً بِالدَّمِ.

11 If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,

11 وَلَكِنْ إِذَا كَمَنَ إِنْسَانٌ يُضْمِرُ الْبَغْضَاءَ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ وَضَرَبَهُ ضَرْبَةً قَاتِلَةً أَفْضَتْ إِلَى مَوْتِهِ، ثُمَّ هَرَبَ إِلَى إِحْدَى مُدُنِ الْمَلْجَإِ،

12 the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.

12 يُوَجِّهُ شُيُوخُ مَدِينَتِهِ مَنْ يَقْبِضُ عَلَيْهِ هُنَاكَ، وَيَأْتِي بِهِ، فَيُسَلِّمُونَهُ إِلَى طَالِبِ الثَّأْرِ فَيَمُوتُ.

13 You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.

13 لَا تَتَرَّأفْ بِهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ، بَلِ انْتَقِمُوا لِدَمِ الْبَرِيءِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَكُونَ لَكُمْ خَيْرٌ.

14 You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

14 لَا تَنْقُلُوا حُدُودَ أَرْضِ صَاحِبِكُمُ الَّتِي نَصَبَهَا الأَوَّلُونَ لِتَزِيدُوا مِنْ مِيرَاثِكُمُ الَّذِي يَهَبُهُ لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لِتَمْتَلِكُوهُ.

15 A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

15 لَا يَثْبُتُ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ ذَنْبٌ مَا أَوْ خَطِيئَةٌ مَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْخَطَايَا الَّتِي يَرْتَكِبُهَا الإِنْسَانُ عَلَى فَمِ شَاهِدٍ وَاحِدٍ، إِنَّمَا بِشَهَادَةِ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثَةٍ يَثْبُتُ الذَّنْبُ.

16 If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

16 إِذَا شَهِدَ وَاحِدٌ عَلَى آخَرَ شَهَادَةَ زُورٍ مُتَّهِماً إِيَّاهُ بِارْتِكَابِ ذَنْبٍ،

17 both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.

17 يَمْثُلُ الرَّجُلانِ الْمُتَخَاصِمَانِ فِي مَحْضَرِ الرَّبِّ أَمَامَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْقُضَاةِ الْمُعَيَّنِينَ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ.

18 The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

18 فَإِنْ تَحَقَّقَ الْقُضَاةُ بَعْدَ فَحْصٍ دَقِيقٍ أَنَّ الشَّاهِدَ قَدْ شَهِدَ زُوراً عَلَى أَخِيهِ،

19 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.

19 فَأَنْزِلُوا بِهِ الْعِقَابَ الَّذِي كَانَ سَيُنْزِلُهُ بِأَخِيهِ، فَتَسْتَأْصِلُوا الشَّرَّ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ،

20 Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.

20 فَيَشِيعُ الْخَبَرُ وَيَسْمَعُ بِهِ بَقِيَّةُ الشَّعْبِ فَيَخَافُونَ، وَلا يَعُودُونَ يُقْدِمُونَ عَلَى مِثْلِ هَذَا الأَمْرِ الْقَبِيحِ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ.

21 You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

21 لَا تَتَرَأَّفْ بِهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ. حَيَاةٌ بِحَيَاةٍ، وَعَيْنٌ بِعَيْنٍ، وَسِنٌّ بِسِنٍّ، وَيَدٌ بِيَدٍ، وَرِجْلٌ بِرِجْلٍ.