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,

“ʻOka hili hono motuhi ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi kakai, ʻoku ʻonautolu ʻae fonua ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe, pea ʻoku ke tongia ʻakinautolu, ʻo nofo ʻi heʻenau ngaahi kolo, mo honau ngaahi fale;

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

Te ke vaheʻi kiate koe ʻae kolo ʻe tolu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo ho fonua, ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe ke ke maʻu ia.

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.

Pea ke teu ʻae hala kiate koe, pea vahe tolu ʻae fonua, ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ke ke maʻu, koeʻuhi ke hola ki ai ʻaia kotoa pē kuo fai noa ha tāmate.

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,

“Pea ko hono ʻuhinga eni ʻoe tāmate faainoa, ʻaia ʻe hola ia ki ai, ke ne moʻui ai: Ko ia ʻoku ne tāmateʻi hono kaungāʻapi taʻeloto ki ai, pea naʻe ʻikai tomuʻa fehiʻa ia kiate ia;

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.

Kae hangē ko e ʻalu ha tangata mo hono kaungāʻapi ki he vao ke fai ʻae taʻanga, pea ʻoku hiki hono nima ke tā ʻae ʻakau ke hinga, pea homo ʻae toki mei he ʻesia, pea lavea ai hono kaungāʻapi, pea mate ai ia; ʻe hola ia ki he kolo ʻe taha ʻi he ngaahi kolo ni, pea ʻe moʻui ia:

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.

Telia naʻa tuli ʻe he totongi toto ki he tāmate faainoa, ʻi he kei vela hono loto, pea maʻu ia, koeʻuhi ʻoku lōloa ʻae hala, ʻo ne tāmateʻi ia; ka ko e moʻoni naʻe ʻikai totonu ke tāmateʻi ia, he naʻe ʻikai tomuʻa fehiʻa ia kiate ia.

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

Ko ia ʻoku ou fekau kiate koe, ʻo pehē, Ke ke vaheʻi kiate koe ʻae kolo ʻe tolu.

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,

Pea kapau ʻoku fakalahi ho fonua ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻo hangē ko ʻene fuakava ki hoʻo ngaahi tamai, ʻo ne foaki kiate koe ʻae ngaahi fonua kotoa pē ʻaia naʻa ne talaʻofa ke foaki ki hoʻo ngaahi tamai;

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.

Kapau te ke tauhi ʻae ngaahi fekau ni kotoa pē ke fai ki ai, ʻaia ʻoku ou fekauʻi koe he ʻaho ni, ke ʻofa kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, pea ke ʻalu maʻu pe ʻi hono ngaahi hala; pehē, te ke toki fakalahi ʻaki ʻae kolo kehe ʻe tolu, ki he kolo ʻe tolu ni:

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.

Koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa lilingi ʻae toto taʻehalaia ʻi ho fonua, ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ko e tofiʻa kiate koe, pea ʻe hoko ai ʻae toto kiate koe.

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,

“Ka ko eni, kapau ʻoku fehiʻa ha tangata ki hono kaungāʻapi, pea toitoiʻi ai, pea tuʻu hake kiate ia, pea taaʻi ia ke lavea lahi pea mate ai, pea hola ia ki he kolo ʻe taha ʻoe ngaahi kolo ni:

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.

‌ʻE toki fekau ai ʻe he mātuʻa ʻo ʻene kolo ʻo ʻomi ia mei ai, pea ʻe tukuange ia ki he nima ʻoe totongi toto, koeʻuhi ke mate ai ia.

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.

‌ʻOua naʻa ʻofa ho mata kiate ia, ka ke tukuange mei ʻIsileli[ʻa hono nunuʻa ]ʻoe toto taʻehalaia, koeʻuhi ke hoko ai ʻae lelei kiate koe.

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.

“ʻOua naʻa ke hiki ʻae fakangataʻanga fonua ʻo ho kaungāʻapi, ʻaia naʻe tō ʻi muʻa ʻi ho tofiʻa, ʻaia te ke maʻu ʻi he fonua ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ke ke maʻu.

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.

“ʻOua naʻa tuʻu hake ha fakamoʻoni pē taha ki ha tangata ʻi he hia, pe ʻi he angahala, ʻi ha angahala ʻe taha ʻoku ne fai: ʻi he ngutu ʻoe fakamoʻoni ʻe toko ua, pe ko e toko tolu, ʻe toki fakapapau ai ʻae meʻa.

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

Kapau ʻe tuʻu hake ha fakamoʻoni loi ki he tangata ke fakamoʻoni ha meʻa kiate ia ʻaia ʻoku hala:

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.

‌ʻE tuʻu ai ʻae ongo tangata, ʻaia ʻoku na fakakikihi, ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau fakamaau, ʻaia ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia;

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

Pea ʻe ʻeke lahi ʻe he kau fakamaau: pea vakai, kapau ko e fakamoʻoni loi ʻae fakamoʻoni, pea kuo ne fakamoʻoni loi ki hono tokoua:

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.

Te mou toki fai kiate ia, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻa ne tokanga ke fai ki hono tokoua: ʻe pehē ʻa hoʻo tukuange ai ʻae kovi ʻiate kimoutolu.

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

Pea ko kinautolu ʻoku toe tenau fanongo, mo manavahē, pea ʻe ʻikai tenau toe fai ha kovi pehē ʻiate kimoutolu.

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.”

Pea ʻoua naʻa ʻofa ho mata, kae ʻatu ʻae moʻui ki he moʻui, ko e mata ki he mata, mo e nifo ki he nifo, ko e nima ki he nima, mo e vaʻe ki he vaʻe.