1 “ When the Lord your God cuts off the nations, whose land the Lord your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses,

«حِينَ يُفنِي إلَهُكُمُ الأُمَمَ الَّتِي سَيُعطِيكُمْ أرْضَهُمْ، وَتَطرُدُونَهُمْ وَتَسكُنُونَ فِي مُدُنِهِمْ وَبُيُوتِهِمْ،

2 y ou shall set aside three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you to possess.

فَخَصِّصُوا ثَلاثَ مُدُنٍ فِي وَسَطِ الأرْضِ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ لِتَمتَلِكُوها.

3 Y ou shall prepare the roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the Lord your God will give you as a possession, so that any manslayer may flee there.

يَنبَغِي أنْ تَحسِبُوا المَسافاتِ وَتُقَسِّمُوا الأرْضَ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ إلَى ثَلاثَةِ أقسامٍ، لِيَهرُبَ إلَى هُناكَ كُلُّ قاتِلٍ.

4 “ Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: when he kills his friend unintentionally, not hating him previously—

«وَهَذا هِيَ القاعِدَةُ فِي منْ يَقتُلُ أحَداً وَيَهرُبُ هُناكَ لِيَبقَى حَيّاً: مَنْ يَقتُلُ شَخصاً بِغَيرِ قَصدٍ، وَلَيسَتْ بَينَهُما عَداوَةٌ مِنْ قَبلُ.

5 a s when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live;

فَإنْ ذَهَبَ اثْنانِ إلَى الغابَةِ لِقَطْعِ الأخشابِ، وَرَفَعَ أحَدُهُما يَدَهُ بِالفَأْسِ لِيَقطَعَ شَجَرَةً، فانزَلَقَ رَأسُ الفَأسِ مِنْ مِقبَضِهِ وَضَرَبَ رَفيقَهُ فَماتَ، فَليَهرُبْ إلَى إحدَى هَذِهِ المُدُنِ لِيَحيا.

6 o therwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in the heat of his anger, and overtake him, because the way is long, and take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.

وَإنْ لَمْ يَهْرُبْ، فَإنَّ قَرِيبَ المَيِّتِ الَّذِي يَثأرُ لِدَمِهِ، سَيَسْعَى وَراءَهُ عِندَ اشْتِدادِ غَضَبِهِ. وَيُمسِكُهُ إنْ كانَ بَعِيداً عَنْ مَدِينَةِ اللُّجُوءِ وَيَقتُلُهُ. مَعَ أنَّهُ لا يَستَحِقُّ حُكمَ المَوتِ، لِأنَّهُ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ بِدَافِعِ الكَراهِيَّةِ.

7 T herefore, I command you, saying, ‘You shall set aside three cities for yourself.’

لِهَذا أُوصِيكُمْ أنْ تُخَصِّصُوا ثَلاثَ مُدُنٍ.

8 “ If the Lord your God enlarges your territory, just as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give your fathers—

«وَلَكِنْ إنْ وَسَّعَ إلَهكُمْ أرْضَكُمْ، كَما وَعَدَ آباءَكُمْ. وَأعطاكُمْ كُلَّ الأرْضِ الَّتِي وَعَدَ بِأنْ أُعْطِيَها لآبائِكُمْ،

9 i f you carefully observe all this commandment which I command you today, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in His ways always— then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.

فَإذا حَرِصتُمْ عَلَى عَمَلِ كُلِّ ما أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ اليَومَ، بِأنْ تَحِبُّوا إلَهَكَمْ وَتَعيشوا حَسَبَ مَشِيئَتِهِ، فَحِينَئِذٍ تُضِيفُونَ ثَلاثَ مُدُنٍ أُخْرَى إلَى هَذِهِ الثَّلاث.

10 S o innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and bloodguiltiness be on you.

وَهَكَذا، لَنْ يُقتَلَ بَرِيءٌ فِي أرْضَكُمُ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ مِيراثاً لَكُمْ، وَلَنْ تُدانوا بِسَبَبِ قَتلِ الأبْرياءِ.

11 “ But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,

«لَكِنْ إنْ كانَ شَخصٌ يَكرَهُ شَخصاً آخَرَ، فَكَمَنَ لَهُ، وَانْتَظَرَ، وَهاجَمَهُ وَضَرَبَهُ حَتَّى المَوتِ، وَهَرَبَ إلَى إحدَى هَذِهِ المُدُنِ،

12 t hen the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

فَإنَّهُ يَكُونُ عَلَى قادَةِ مَدِينَتِهِ أنْ يُرسِلُوا وَيَأْخُذُوهُ مِنْ هُناكَ وَيُسَلِّمُوهُ إلَى يَدِ الَّذي يَثأرُ لِدَمِهِ، فَيَقْتُلَهُ.

13 Y ou shall not pity him, but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with you. Laws of Landmark and Testimony

لا تُشْفِقُوا عَلَيهِ، بَلْ أزِيلُوا إثمَ قَتلِ شَخصٍ بَرِيء مِنْ إسْرائِيلَ لِيَكُونَ لَكُمْ خَيرٌ. حُدُودُ الأملاك

14 “ You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God gives you to possess.

«لا تُحَرِّكُوا الحِجارَةَ الَّتِي تُشِيرُ إلَى حُدُودِ أرْضِ جارِكُمُ الَّتِي وَضَعَها آباؤكُمْ فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ لِتَمتَلِكُوها. الشُّهُود

15 “ A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.

«لا يَكفِي شاهِدٌ واحِدٌ لإدانَةِ أحَدٍ عَلَى أيِّ خَطَأٍ أوْ عَلَى خَطيَّةٍ ارتَكَبَها، بَلْ تَتَثَبَّتُ كُلُّ مَسالَةٍ بِشَهادَةِ شاهِدَينِ أوْ ثَلاثَةٍ.

16 I f a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing,

«إذا تَقَدَّمَ شاهِدُ زُورٍ لِيَشهَدَ عَلَى شَخصٍ ما، وَقَدَّمَ شَهادَةً كاذِبَةً،

17 t hen both the men who have the dispute shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.

يَقِفُ المُتَخاصِمانِ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ أمامَ الكَهَنَةِ وَالقُضاةِ المَسؤُولِينَ فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ.

18 T he judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has accused his brother falsely,

وَيَتَحَرَّى القُضاةُ الأمرَ جَيِّداً، فَإنْ كانَ الشّاهِدُ قَدْ قَدَّمَ شَهادَةً كاذِبَةً ضِدَّ أخِيهِ،

19 t hen you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

فَإنَّهُ يَنبَغِي أنْ تَعمَلُوا بِهِ ما نَوَى أنْ يَعمَلَهُ بِأخِيهِ. وَهَكَذا تُزِيلُونَ الشَّرَّ مِنْ وَسَطِكُمْ.

20 T he rest will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you.

فَيَسمَعَ بَقِيَّةُ الشَّعبِ عَنِ الأمرِ فَيَخافُوا، وَلا يَعمَلُوا مِثلَ هَذا الشَّرَّ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ.

21 T hus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

«لا تُشفِقُوا عَلَيهِ، بَلِ عاقِبُوهُ حَياةً بِحَياةٍ، وَعَيناً بِعَينٍ، وَسِنّاً بِسِنٍّ، وَيَداً بِيَدٍ، وَرِجلا بِرِجلٍ.