Deuteronomy 19

1 “When the Lord your God will have destroyed the nations, whose land he will deliver to you, and when you possess it and live in its cities and buildings,

"Sesudah bangsa-bangsa itu dibinasakan TUHAN Allahmu dan negerinya diberikan kepadamu, dan sesudah kamu mengambil kota-kota dan rumah-rumah mereka dan diam di situ,

2 you shall separate for yourselves three cities in the midst of the land, which the Lord will give to you as a possession,

wilayah itu harus kamu bagi menjadi tiga bagian, masing-masing dengan sebuah kota suaka yang mudah dicapai supaya setiap pembunuh dapat melarikan diri ke sana.

3 paving the road carefully. And you shall divide the entire province of your land equally into three parts, so that he who is forced to flee because of manslaughter may have a place nearby to which he may be able to escape.

4 This shall be the law of the killer who flees, whose life is to be saved. Whoever strikes down his neighbor unwillingly, and who has been proven to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before,

Kalau seseorang dengan tidak sengaja telah membunuh orang lain yang bukan musuhnya, ia dapat melarikan diri ke salah satu kota itu dan boleh tinggal hidup.

5 such that he had gone with him into the forest simply to cut wood, and in cutting down the tree, the axe slipped from his hand, or the iron slipped from the handle, and it struck his friend and killed him: he shall flee to one of the cities stated above, and he shall live.

Misalnya dua orang bersama-sama masuk hutan untuk menebang kayu. Sementara yang seorang menebang pohon, kepala kapaknya terlepas dari gagangnya dan kena temannya sehingga tewas. Maka orang yang telah membunuh tanpa sengaja itu tidak bersalah dan boleh lari ke salah satu dari tiga kota suaka itu supaya selamat. Sekiranya ada satu kota suaka saja, mungkin jaraknya ke sana terlalu jauh, dan anggota keluarga yang bertanggung jawab untuk membalas pembunuhan itu dapat mengejar dia dan dalam kemarahannya membunuh orang yang tak bersalah.

6 Otherwise, perhaps the near relative of him whose blood was shed, impelled by his grief, might pursue and apprehend him, unless the way is too long, and he might strike down the life of him who is not guilty unto death, since he had demonstrated that he had no prior hatred against him who was slain.

7 For this reason, I instruct you to separate three cities at equal distance from one another.

Sebab itu aku memerintahkan kamu untuk menyediakan tiga kota.

8 And when the Lord your God will have enlarged your borders, just as he swore to your fathers, and when he will have given to you all the land that he has promised to them,

Apabila TUHAN Allahmu sudah memperluas wilayahmu seperti yang dijanjikan-Nya kepada leluhurmu, dan seluruh negeri itu sudah diberikan kepadamu,

9 (but this is only so if you will keep his commandments and do the things which I instruct to you this day, so that you love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways at all times) you shall add for yourselves three other cities, and so you shall double the number of the three cities stated above.

kamu harus memilih tiga kota suaka lagi. (Negeri itu akan diberikan kepadamu kalau kamu melakukan segala sesuatu yang saya perintahkan kepadamu hari ini, dan kalau kamu mencintai TUHAN Allahmu dan hidup menurut ajaran-Nya.)

10 So may innocent blood not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord your God will give you to possess, lest you be guilty of blood.

Lakukanlah itu supaya kamu jangan berdosa karena membiarkan orang yang tak bersalah dibunuh di negeri yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu."

11 But if anyone, having hatred for his neighbor, will have lain in ambush for his life, and, rising up, will have struck him, and he will have died, and if he will have fled to one of the cities stated above,

"Tetapi lain halnya kalau seseorang menghadang musuhnya dan dengan sengaja dan rasa benci membunuh dia, lalu melarikan diri ke salah satu kota suaka untuk mendapat perlindungan.

12 the elders of his city shall send, and they shall take him from the place of refuge, and they shall deliver him into the hand of the relative of him whose blood was shed, and he shall die.

Dalam hal itu para pemimpin kotanya harus memanggil orang itu lalu menyerahkan dia kepada anggota keluarga yang bertanggung jawab untuk membalas pembunuhan itu, supaya ia dapat dibunuh.

13 You shall not take pity on him, and so shall you take away the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may be well with you.

Jangan menaruh kasihan kepadanya. Bebaskanlah Israel dari pembunuh itu, supaya kamu sejahtera."

14 You shall not take up or move the landmark of your neighbor, which those before you have placed, in your possession that the Lord your God will give to you, in the land you will receive to possess.

"Apabila kamu sudah sampai di negeri yang diberikan TUHAN Allahmu kepadamu, janganlah menggeser batas tanah tetanggamu yang ditentukan di zaman dahulu."

15 One witness shall not stand against another, no matter what the sin or outrage may be. For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.

"Seorang saksi saja tidak cukup untuk menyatakan seorang tertuduh bersalah; sekurang-kurangnya dua saksi diperlukan untuk hal itu.

16 If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a transgression,

Kalau seseorang mau menjatuhkan orang lain dengan tuduhan palsu di pengadilan, maka

17 both of those whose case it is shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges who shall be in those days.

kedua-duanya harus pergi ke tempat ibadat yang ditentukan TUHAN supaya diadili oleh para imam dan hakim yang sedang bertugas.

18 And when, after a very diligent examination, they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,

Para hakim harus menyelidiki perkara itu dengan teliti, dan kalau ternyata orang itu memfitnah sesamanya orang Israel,

19 they shall render to him just as he intended to do to his brother. And so shall you take away the evil from your midst.

ia harus menjalani hukuman yang dimaksudkan untuk lawannya itu. Dengan demikian kamu memberantas kejahatan itu.

20 Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid, and they will by no means dare to do such things.

Semua orang akan mendengar tentang hal itu dan menjadi takut, sehingga tak ada lagi yang berbuat sejahat itu.

21 You shall not take pity on him. Instead, you shall require a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.”

Jangan kasihan dalam perkara-perkara semacam itu. Hukumannya berupa: Nyawa ganti nyawa, mata ganti mata, gigi ganti gigi, tangan ganti tangan dan kaki ganti kaki."