Deuteronomy 19
1 When the nations, whose land the Lord your God is giving you, have been cut off by him, and you have taken their place and are living in their towns and in their houses;
Moyiz di yo ankò: -Lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va fin detwi nasyon sa yo pou l' ban nou peyi ki te pou yo a, lè n'a fin pran tout peyi a nan men yo pou nou rete nan lavil yo ak nan lakay yo,
2 You are to have three towns marked out in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
n'a chwazi twa lavil nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou pou nou rete a, n'a mete yo apa.
3 You are to make ready a way, and see that the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, is marked out into three parts, to which any taker of life may go in flight.
N'a kenbe wout ki mennen nan lavil sa yo an bon eta. N'a divize teritwa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou pou nou rete a an twa zòn ak yon lavil nan chak zòn. Konsa, nenpòt moun ki ta rive touye yon lòt ka kouri al kache nan yonn nan lavil sa yo pou sove lavi l'.
4 This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate;
Men nan ki sikonstans yon moun ka kouri al kache nan yonn nan lavil sa yo pou sove lavi l': Se lè yon moun touye yon frè parèy li san li pa fè espre, san li pa janm gen anyen avè l'.
5 For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:
Konsa, si de moun al nan bwa ansanm pou koupe bwa epi yonn ladan yo fè sa li leve rach li pou l' koupe yon bwa epi rach la chape soti nan manch lan, l' al frape zanmi l' lan, li touye l' frèt, yon nonm konsa gen dwa kouri al kache nan yonn nan lavil sa yo pou l' ka sove lavi l'.
6 For if not, he who has the right of punishment may go running after the taker of life in the heat of his wrath, and overtake him because the way is long, and give him a death-blow; though it is not right for him to be put to death because he was not moved by hate.
Si te gen yon sèl lavil konsa, distans la ta ka twò long. Lè sa a, moun ki reskonsab pou tire revanj moun yo touye a, si l'ap kouri dèyè moun ki te fè krim lan, li ta ka rapouswiv li. Nan kè cho li, li ta ka ba l' yon kou, li touye l'. Lè sa a, li ta touye yon inonsan, paske nonm lan pa t' fè espre, li pa t' janm gen anyen nan kè l' kont moun li touye a.
7 And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose.
Se poutèt sa mwen mande nou pou nou mete twa lavil konsa apa espre pou sa.
8 And if the Lord your God makes wide the limits of your land, as he said in his oath to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he undertook to give to your fathers;
Konsa tou, lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va fè peyi nou an vin pi gran jan li te pwomèt zansèt nou yo, lè l'a ban nou tout peyi li te pwomèt l'ap bay zansèt nou yo,
9 If you keep and do all these orders which I give you today, loving the Lord your God and walking ever in his ways; then let three more towns, in addition to these three, be marked out for you:
n'a chwazi twa lòt lavil, n'a mete sou sa nou genyen deja yo. Men, pa bliye, l'ap ban nou peyi a, se pou nou toujou swiv tout lòd m'ap ban nou jòdi a, se pou nou toujou renmen Seyè a Bondye nou an, pou nou swiv chemen li mete devan nou an.
10 So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.
Se konsa, nou p'ap kite yo touye moun ki inonsan nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te ban nou pou rele nou pa nou. Si nou kite sa rive, n'a peye pou sa nou fè a.
11 But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;
Men, si yon moun rayi yon lòt, epi li pran veye l' jouk li tonbe sou li, li ba l' kou jouk li touye l', epi apre sa, li kouri al kache nan yonn nan lavil sa yo,
12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.
lè sa a, chèf fanmi ki reskonsab lavil kote li rete a va voye chache l' epi y'a lage l' nan men fanmi pre moun ki mouri a pou yo touye l'.
13 Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.
N'a san pitye pou li, n'a wete moun k'ap mache touye inonsan nan peyi Izrayèl la. Se konsa tout bagay va mache byen pou nou.
14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
Nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pral ban nou pou nou rete a, pa janm deplase bòn tè moun pèp Izrayèl parèy nou. Kite yo kote zansèt nou yo te plante yo a.
15 One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.
Depozisyon yon sèl temwen pa kont pou moutre si yon moun fè yon krim, osinon yon bagay mal tout bon nan nenpòt akizasyon yo ta ka fè sou do li. Fòk gen de osinon twa temwen ki pou fè depozisyon kont li pou akizasyon an ka kenbe.
16 If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,
Lè yon fo temwen kanpe pou l' akize yon moun pou yon krim li pa fè,
17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;
de moun ki nan pwose yo va prezante ansanm devan lòtèl Seyè a, devan prèt yo ak jij yo ki desèvis lè sa a.
18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,
Jij yo va egzaminen ka a. Y'a mennen yon bon ankèt jan yo dwe fè l' la. Si yo jwenn se manti temwen an ap bay, se akize l'ap akize yon moun pèp Izrayèl parèy li pou yon bagay li pa janm fè,
19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.
n'a fè l' sibi chatiman li te vle pou moun li akize a. Se konsa n'a wete mechanste sa a ki te nan mitan nou.
20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.
Lè lòt moun yo va konn sa, y'a pè, yo p'ap rekonmanse fè move bagay konsa ankò nan mitan nou.
21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Se pou nou san pitye pou moun konsa. Se pou nou fè yo peye lavi pou lavi, yon je pou yon je, yon dan pou yon dan, yon men pou yon men, yon pye pou yon pye.
