Numbers 35

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,

上主在耶里哥對面，約但河邊，摩阿布曠野內，訓示梅瑟說：「

2 Command the children of Israel, that of the inheritance of their possession they give unto the Levites cities to dwell in; and a suburb for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.

你命令以色列子民，應由他們分得的產業內，指定一些城給肋未人居住，將城四周的牧場，也分給肋未人。

3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

這些城歸他們居住，城郊的牧場為牧放他們所有的牛羊和一切牲畜。

4 And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.

你們劃給肋未城郊的牧場，應由城牆起，周圍向外伸展至二千肘，

5 And ye shall measure, without the city, the east side two thousand cubits, and the south side two thousand cubits, and the west side two thousand cubits, and the north side two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: they shall have this as suburbs of the cities.

即由城外向東方量二千肘，向南方量二千肘，向西方量二千肘，向北方量二千肘，城在中央；這些土地為作他們城郊的牧場。

6 And [among] the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites [shall be] the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither, — and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities:

分給肋未人的城中，應指定六座為避難城，殺人者可逃入城中。此外還應給他們四十二座城。

7 all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs.

這樣，劃給肋未人的城，共計四十八座，連城郊的牧場在內。

8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have much ye shall take much, and from them that have little ye shall take little; each one according to his inheritance which he will inherit shall give of his cities to the Levites.

當你們由以色列子民的產業中，劃分給肋未人城邑時，由大支派應多取，由小支派應少取；每支派應依照自己分得的產業，將城邑劃給肋未人。」

9 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

上主訓示梅瑟說：「

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

你告訴以色列子民說：幾時你們過約但河進入了客納罕地，

11 then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.

應選定幾座城作你們的避難城，凡誤殺人的，可逃到那裡。

12 And ye shall have these cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment.

這些城可作為你們脫免復仇者的避難所，好使殺人者不致在未立於會眾前受審判以前，便遭人殺害。

13 And the cities that ye shall give shall be six cities of refuge for you.

你們應指定六座城作為你們的避難城。

14 Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

在約但河東指定三座，在客納罕地指定三座，作為避難城。

15 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge, that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither.

這六座城為以色列子民和外方人，以及住在你們中間的人，作為避難所；凡誤殺人的，都可逃到那裡去。

16 And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

人若用鐵器打人，將人打死，他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。

17 And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

人若用手中可砸死人的石頭打人，將人砸死；他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。

18 Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death;

或者人若用手中可打死人的木器打人，將人打死，他就是兇手，兇手應處死刑。

19 the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

報血仇的，可將兇手殺死；幾時遇見他，可將他殺死。

20 And if he thrust at him out of hatred, or hurl at him intentionally, so that he die,

人若因懷恨撞倒了人，或故意拋物打人，致使那人死了；

21 or from enmity smite him with his hand, so that he die, he that smote him shall certainly be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. —

或者因仇恨用手打人，將人打死；打人的應處死刑，因他是兇手；報血仇的人，幾時遇著兇手，可將他殺死。

22 But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally,

但是，若人並無怨仇，偶然撞倒人，或無意中拋物傷人，

23 or [have smitten him] with any stone wherewith one may die, without seeing him, and have cast it upon him so that he die, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

或因沒有看見，使任何能打死人的石頭落在人身上，致使那人死了，彼此並沒有仇恨，也沒有意思害人，

24 then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments;

對這樣的案件，應在打死人的和要報血仇者之間進行裁判。

25 and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

會眾要把殺人者由報血仇者手內救出，使他回到他曾逃入的避難城內，叫他住在那裡，直到傅過聖油的大司祭去逝。

26 But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled,

但殺人者如果離開他逃入避難城的邊界以外，

27 and the avenger of blood find him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer, there shall be no blood-guiltiness upon him;

報血仇者在避難城邊界以外遇見了他，將死殺人者殺死，他並不犯流向的罪，

28 for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession.

因為那該留在避難城內，直到大司祭去世；大司祭死後，殺人者方可回到屬自己產業的地方：

29 And this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

這是你們世世代代，在你們任何住處，應遵守的法令。

30 Whoever shall smite a person mortally, at the mouth of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die.

凡殺人的案件，應依據幾個證人的口供，才可以處決殺人犯；惟獨一人作證，不足以以人宣判死刑。

31 And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.

對於被判死刑的殺人犯，你們不可取贖命金，，因為他應該死

32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that hath fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

同樣，你們對逃入避難城的人，亦不可取贖金，准他在大司祭死以前回到本鄉居住。

33 And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

你們不可玷污你們所居之地，因為血能玷污地；在那裏流了血，除非那殺人者的血，為那地沒有其他取潔的方法。

34 And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.

你們不可褻瀆你們所居之地，這地也是我居留之地，因為我上主是住在以色列子民中間」。