Numbers 35

1 And the Lord also spoke these things to Moses in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho:

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese ʻi he fonua tafangafanga ʻo Moape ʻoku ofi ki Sioatani [pea ofi ki ]Seliko, ʻo pehē,

2 “Instruct the sons of Israel, so that they may give to the Levites, from their possessions,

“Fekau ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ke nau foaki ʻae ngaahi kolo ki he kau Livai ke nau nofo ai, mei he ngaahi tofiʻa ʻoku nau maʻu; pea mou foaki foki ki he kau Livai ʻae ngaahi potu fonua ke takatakai ʻae ngaahi kolo.

3 cities as dwelling places, with their surrounding suburbs, so that they may lodge in the towns, and so that the suburbs may be for cattle and beasts of burden.

Pea te nau maʻu ʻae ngaahi kolo ke nau nofo ai; pea mo e ngaahi potu fonua ʻoku takatakai ai, ki heʻenau fanga manu, mo ʻenau koloa, mo ʻenau fanga manu kotoa pē.

4 The suburbs shall extend from the outer walls of the cities, all around, for the space of one thousand steps.

Pea ko e ngaahi potu fonua ʻoe ngaahi kolo, ʻaia te mou foaki ki he kau Livai, ʻe aʻu atu ia mei he ʻā maka ʻoe kolo ʻi he hanga ʻe ua afe ʻo takatakai ia.

5 Facing the east, there shall be two thousand cubits, and facing the south, similarly, there shall be two thousand cubits. Toward the sea, also, which looks out toward the west, there shall be the same measure, and the northern region shall be bounded by equal limits. And the cities shall be in the center, and the suburbs shall be outside.

Pea te mou fuofua mei he tuʻa kolo ki he potu hahake ko e hanga ʻe fā afe, pea mo e potu tonga ʻae hanga ʻe fā afe, pea mo e potu hihifo ʻae hanga ʻe fā afe, pea mo e potu tokelau ʻae hanga ʻe fā afe; ka ʻe tuʻu loto ʻae kolo: pea ʻe tuku ia kiate kinautolu ko e ngaahi potu fonua ʻoe kolo.

6 Now, from the towns which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for the assistance of fugitives, so that he who has shed blood may flee to them. And, aside from these, there shall be forty-two other towns,

Pea ʻi he ngaahi kolo te mou foaki ki he kau Livai, ʻe ʻi ai ʻae kolo hūfanga ʻe ono, ʻaia te mou tuʻutuʻuni ki he tangata kuo faainoa ha tāmate, koeʻuhi ke hola ia ki ai: pea te mou lau foki mo ia ʻae kolo ʻe fāngofulu ma ua.

7 that is, all together forty-eight with their suburbs.

Pea ko e ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻaia te mou foaki ki he kau Livai ko e kolo ʻe fāngofulu ma valu: te mou foaki ia mo hono ngaahi potu fonua.

8 And concerning these cities, which shall be given from the possessions of the sons of Israel: from those who have more, more shall be taken, and from those who have less, less shall be taken. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the measure of their inheritance.”

Pea te mou foaki ʻae ngaahi kolo mei he tofiʻa ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli: ko kinautolu ʻoku maʻu ʻo lahi ke mou foaki lahi mei ai; ka ko kinautolu ʻoku maʻu ʻo siʻi ke mou foaki siʻi mei ai: ʻe taki taha foaki mei hono ngaahi kolo ki he kau Livai ʻo fakatatau mo e tofiʻa kuo ne maʻu.”

9 The Lord said to Moses:

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,

10 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, mo ke pehē kiate kinautolu, ‘ʻOka mou ka aʻa ʻi Sioatani ki he fonua ko Kēnani;

11 discern which cities ought to be for the protection of fugitives who have shed blood unwillingly.

Te mou toki fakatapui ʻae ngaahi kolo, ko e ngaahi kolo hūfanga moʻomoutolu; koeʻuhi ke hola ki ai ʻae tangata kuo fai ha tāmate, ʻaia ʻoku ne tāmateʻi ha tokotaha ʻi heʻene palalīvale.

12 And when a fugitive is in these, the kinsman of the deceased shall not be able to kill him, until he stands in the sight of the multitude and his case is judged.

Pea ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ia ko e ngaahi kolo hūfanga mei he tangata totongi; ke ʻoua naʻa mate ʻae tangata ʻoku faainoa ha tāmate, kaeʻoua ke tuʻu ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai ʻi he fakamaau.

13 Then, among those cities which are separated for relief to fugitives,

Pea ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻaia te mou foaki ʻe vahe mei ai ʻae kolo ʻe ono ke hūfanga ʻaki

14 three shall be across the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan,

Te mou foaki ʻae kolo ʻe tolu ʻi he kauvai mai ki heni ʻo Sioatani, pea mo e kolo ʻe tolu ʻi he fonua ko Kēnani, ko e ngaahi kolo hūfanga.

15 as much for the sons of Israel as for newcomers and sojourners, so that anyone who has shed blood unwillingly may flee to these places.

Ko e ngaahi kolo ʻe ono ni ʻe hūfanga ʻaki ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, mo e muli mo e ʻāunofo ʻiate kinautolu: koeʻuhi ke hola kotoa pē ki ai ʻaia kuo tāmate ha tokotaha ʻi heʻene faainoa.

16 If anyone will have struck someone with iron, and he who was struck will have died, then he shall be guilty of homicide, and he himself shall die.

Pea kapau ʻe taaʻi ia ʻaki ha meʻa ukamea ke mate ai ia, ko e tangata fakapō ia: ko e moʻoni ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae fakapō.

17 If he will have thrown a stone, and he who has been struck lies dead, then he shall be punished similarly.

Pea kapau ʻe taaʻi ia ʻi heʻene lisingi ha maka, ke mate ai ia, pea mate ia, ko e tangata fakapō ia: ko e moʻoni ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae fakapō.

18 If he who has been struck with wood passes away, he shall be avenged by the blood of the one who struck him.

Pea kapau te ne taaʻi ʻaki ia ʻae ʻakau, ke mate ai ia, pea mate ia, ko e tangata fakapō ia: ko e moʻoni ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae fakapō.

19 The close relative of the deceased shall put to death the murderer; as soon as he apprehends him, he shall put him to death.

Ko e [tangata ʻoku fai ʻae ]totongi toto ʻe taaʻi ʻe ia ʻae fakapō: ʻi heʻena fetaulaki mo ia, te ne taaʻi ia.

20 If, out of hatred, anyone assaults a man, or throws anything at him with ill intent,

Pea kapau ʻe hokaʻi ia ʻi he ʻita, pe lisi kiate ia ʻi heʻene toitoi, ke mate ai ia;

21 or, while being his enemy, strikes him with his hand, and so he has died, the attacker shall be guilty of murder. The kinsman of the deceased, as soon as he finds him, shall cut his throat.

Pe taaʻi ʻaki ia ʻa hono nima ʻi heʻene taufehiʻa, ke mate ai ia: ko e moʻoni ko ia naʻa ne taaʻi ia ʻe tāmateʻi ia; he ko e fakapō ia: pea ʻe taaʻi ʻae fakapō ʻe he [tangata ʻoku fai ʻae ]totongi toto, ʻi heʻena fetaulaki mo ia.

22 But if by chance, and without hatred

Pea kapau ʻe hokaʻi fakafokifā ia ka ʻoku ʻikai taufehiʻa, pe lisi ha meʻa ʻe taha kiate ia ka ʻoku ʻikai toitoi,

23 or animosity, he will have done any of these things,

Pe ha maka, ke mate ai ia, ka ʻoku ʻikai mamata kiate ia, kae lisi ia kiate ia pea ne mate ai ia, ka naʻe ʻikai ko hono fili, pea naʻe ʻikai kumi ia ke fai ha meʻa kovi kiate ia:

24 and this has been proven in the hearing of the people, and the questions have been aired, between the one who struck and the close relative,

Pea ʻe toki fakamaau ʻe he kakai ki he tangata fakapō mo e [tangata ʻoku fai ʻae ]totongi toto ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi fono ni:

25 then the innocent one shall be freed from the hand of the revenger, and he shall be returned by this judgment into the city to which he had fled, and he shall stay there until the high priest, who has been anointed with the holy oil, dies.

Pea ʻe fakamoʻui ʻe he kakai ʻaia kuo faainoa ʻae tāmate mei he nima ʻoe tangata ʻoku fai ʻae totongi toto, pea tenau toe ʻave ia ki hono kolo hūfanga, ʻaia naʻe hola ki ai: pea ʻe nofo ai ia ʻo aʻu ki he pekia ʻae fungani taulaʻeiki, ʻaia naʻe fakanofo ʻaki ʻoe lolo tapu.

26 If the one who has killed has been found beyond the limits of the cities which have been assigned to the exiled,

Pea kapau ʻe haʻu ʻae tangata kuo faainoa ha tāmate kituaʻā ʻi he veʻe kolo ʻo hono hūfanga, ʻaia naʻe hola ia ki ai;

27 and he has been struck by him who is avenging blood, he who killed him shall not be harmed.

Pea ka ʻilo ia ʻe he tangata ʻoku fai ʻae totongi toto, ʻi heʻene ʻi tuaʻā ʻi he veʻe kolo ʻo hono hūfanga, pea kapau ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae tāmate faainoa ʻe he totongi toto; ʻe ʻikai halaia ia ʻi hono toto:

28 For the fugitive ought to have resided in the city, until the death of the high priest. Then, after he is dead, the one who has killed shall be returned to his own land.

He naʻe totonu ʻa ʻene nofo ia ʻi he kolo ʻo hono hūfanga ʻo aʻu ki he pekia ʻae fungani taulaʻeiki: pea ka hili ʻae pekia ʻae fungani taulaʻeiki ʻe foki ʻae tangata naʻe faainoa ha tāmate ki he fonua ʻo hono tofiʻa.

29 These things shall be a perpetual ordinance in all your habitations.

Pea ko e ngaahi meʻa ni ko e fono ʻoe fakamaau kiate kimoutolu ʻi homou ngaahi toʻutangata mo homou ngaahi tofiʻa kotoa pē.

30 The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person.

Ko ia ʻoku ne tāmateʻi ha tokotaha, ʻe tāmateʻi ʻae fakapō ko ia ʻi he fakamoʻoni ʻoe kau fakamoʻoni: ka ʻe ʻikai tāmateʻi ha tokotaha ʻi he fakaʻilo ʻe he fakamoʻoni ʻo ha tokotaha pe.

31 You shall not accept money from him who is guilty of blood, and he shall be put to death promptly.

Pea ʻe ʻikai foki te mou maʻu ha totongi kae moʻui ʻae fakapō, ʻaia ʻoku halaia ʻi heʻene tāmate: ka ko e moʻoni ʻe tāmateʻi ia.

32 Exiles and fugitives, prior to the death of the high priest, are by no means able to be returned to their own cities.

Pea ʻe ʻikai te mou maʻu ʻae totongi koeʻuhi ko ia kuo hola ki he kolo ko hono hūfanga, ke toe ʻomi ia ke nofo ʻi he fonua, kaeʻoua ke pekia ʻae taulaʻeiki.

33 Do not pollute the land of your habitation, so as to stain it with the blood of the innocent; neither is it able to be expiated in any way other than by the blood of him who has shed the blood of another.

Pea ko ia, ʻe ʻikai te mou fakaʻuli ʻae fonua ʻoku mou ʻi ai: he ʻoku fakaʻuli ʻe he toto ʻae fonua: pea ʻe ʻikai fakamaʻa ʻae fonua ʻi he toto kuo lilingi ʻi ai, ka ʻi he toto ʻo ia naʻa ne lilingi ia.

34 And so shall your possession be cleansed, while I myself am abiding with you. For I am the Lord, who lives among the sons of Israel.”

Ko ia ʻoua naʻa mou fakaʻuli ʻae fonua ʻaia te mou nofo ai, he ʻoku ou nofo ai: he ko au ko Sihova ʻoku ou nofo mo e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.”