Numbers 35

1 Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

1 耶和华在摩押平原—约旦河边、耶利哥对面晓谕摩西说：

2 “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

2 「你吩咐以色列人，要从所得为业的地中把些城给利未人居住，也要把这城四围的郊野给利未人。

3 The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.

3 这城邑要归他们居住，城邑的郊野可以牧养他们的牛羊和各样的牲畜，又可以安置他们的财物。

4 The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.

4 你们给利未人的郊野，要从城根起，四围往外量一千肘。

5 You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

5 另外东量二千肘，南量二千肘，西量二千肘，北量二千肘，为边界，城在当中；这要归他们作城邑的郊野。

6 Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

6 你们给利未人的城邑，其中当有六座逃城，使误杀人的可以逃到那里。此外还要给他们四十二座城。

7 The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

7 你们要给利未人的城，共有四十八座，连城带郊野都要给他们。

8 The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

8 以色列人所得的地业从中要把些城邑给利未 人；人多的就多给，人少的就少给；各支派要按所承受为业之地把城邑给利未人。」

9 Then the LORD said to Moses,

9 耶和华晓谕摩西说：

10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

10 「你吩咐以色列人说：你们过约旦河，进了迦南地，

11 designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

11 就要分出几座城，为你们作逃城，使误杀人的可以逃到那里。

12 You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

12 这些城可以作逃避报仇人的城，使误杀人的不至于死，等他站在会众面前听审判。

13 The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

13 你们所分出来的城，要作六座逃城。

14 Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.

14 在约旦河东要分出三座城，在迦南地也要分出三座城，都作逃城。

15 These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

15 这六座城要给以色列人和他们中间的外人，并寄居的，作为逃城，使误杀人的都可以逃到那里。

16 If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

16 「倘若人用铁器打人，以致打死，他就是故杀人的；故杀人的必被治死。

17 Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

17 若用可以打死人的石头打死了人，他就是故杀人的；故杀人的必被治死。

18 If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

18 若用可以打死人的木器打死了人，他就是故杀人的；故杀人的必被治死。

19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

19 报血仇的必亲自杀那故杀人的，一遇见就杀他。

20 Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,

20 人若因怨恨把人推倒，或是埋伏往人身上扔物，以致于死，

21 or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.

21 或是因仇恨用手打人，以致于死，那打人的必被治死。他是故杀人的；报血仇的一遇见就杀他。

22 But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,

22 「倘若人没有仇恨，忽然将人推倒，或是没有埋伏把物扔在人身上，

23 or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

23 或是没有看见的时候用可以打死人的石头扔在人身上，以致于死，本来与他无仇，也无意害他。

24 then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

24 会众就要照典章，在打死人的和报血仇的中间审判。

25 The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

25 会众要救这误杀人的脱离报血仇人的手，也要使他归入逃城。他要住在其中，直等到受圣膏的大祭司死了。

26 But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled

26 但误杀人的，无论什么时候，若出了逃城的境外，

27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,

27 报血仇的在逃城境外遇见他，将他杀了，报血仇的就没有流血之罪。

28 because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.

28 因为误杀人的该住在逃城里，等到大祭司死了。大祭司死了以后，误杀人的才可以回到他所得为业之地。

29 This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.

29 这在你们一切的住处，要作你们世世代代的律例典章。

30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

30 「无论谁故杀人，要凭几个见证人的口把那故杀人的杀了，只是不可凭一个见证的口叫人死。

31 You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

31 故杀人、犯死罪的，你们不可收赎价代替他的命；他必被治死。

32 Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

32 那逃到逃城的人，你们不可为他收赎价，使他在大祭司未死以先再来住在本地。

33 Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

33 这样，你们就不污秽所住之地，因为血是污秽地的；若有在地上流人血的，非流那杀人者的血，那地就不得洁净 。

34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”

34 你们不可玷污所住之地，就是我住在其中之地，因为我—耶和华住在以色列人中间。」