Deuteronomy 19
1 After Yahweh our God has gotten rid of the people-groups from the land that he is giving to you, and after you have expelled them from their cities and you start to live in their houses,
Quando o Senhor teu Deus desarraigar as nações cuja terra te dará o Senhor teu Deus, e tu as possuires, e morares nas suas cidades e nas suas casas;
2 you must divide into three parts the land that he is giving to you. Then choose a city in each part. You must make good roads [in order that people can get to those cities easily]. Someone who kills another person can escape to one of those cities [to be safe/protected].
Três cidades separarás no meio da tua terra que te dará o Senhor teu Deus para a possuir.
Preparar-te-ás o caminho; e os termos da tua terra, que te fará possuir o Senhor teu Deus, partirás em três: e isto será para que todo o homicida se acolha ali.
4 “This is the rule about someone who has killed another person. If someone (accidentally/without planning to) kills another person who was not his enemy, he may escape to one of those cities and be safe/protected there.
E este é o caso tocante ao homicida, que se acolher ali, para que viva: aquele que por erro ferir o seu próximo, a quem não aborrecia de antes:
5 For example, if two men go into the forest to cut some wood, if the axe head comes off the handle while one of them is chopping down a tree and the axe head strikes and kills the other man, the man [who was using the axe] will be allowed to run to one of those cities and be safe there, [because the people of that city will protect him].
Como aquele que entrar com o seu próximo no bosque, para cortar lenha, e, pondo força na sua mão com o machado para cortar a árvore, o ferro saltar do cabo e ferir o seu próximo, e morrer, o tal se acolherá a uma destas cidades, e viverá:
6 Because he accidentally killed someone, and because the man was not his enemy, he can try to run to one of those cities. If there were only one city, it may be a long distance to that city. Then if the relative of the man who was killed [MTY], the man who is supposed/expected to get revenge, is very angry, he may be able to catch the other person before he arrives at that city.
Para que o vingador do sangue não vá após o homicida, quando se esquentar o seu coração, e o alcançar, por ser comprido o caminho, e lhe tire a vida; porque não é culpado de morte, pois o não aborrecia de antes.
7 [To prevent that from happening], you must choose three cities, not only one, [in order that someone can get to one of those cities quickly].
Portanto te dou ordem, dizendo: três cidades separarás.
8 “If you do everything that I am today commanding you to do, and if you love Yahweh our God, and if you conduct your lives as he wants you to do, Yahweh our God will give you much more land than you will have when you first occupy it, which is what he promised to do. He will give you all the land which he promised your ancestors that he would give to you. When he gives you that land, you must select three more cities [to which people may escape].
E, se o Senhor teu Deus dilatar os teus termos, como jurou a teus pais, e te der toda a terra que disse daria a teus pais
(Quando guardares todos estes mandamentos, que hoje te ordeno, para faze-los, amando ao Senhor teu Deus e andando nos seus caminhos todos os dias), então acrescentarás outras três cidades além destas três.
10 Do this in order that people who (are innocent/have killed someone else without planning to) will not die, and you will not be guilty for [allowing] them to be executed, in the land that Yahweh is giving to you.
Para que o sangue inocente se não derrame no meio da tua terra, que o Senhor teu Deus te dá por herança, e haja sangue sobre ti
11 “But suppose someone hates his enemy and hides and waits for that person [to come along the road]. Then [when he passes by, suddenly] he attacks him and murders him. If the attacker flees to one of those cities [to be protected there],
Mas, havendo alguém que aborrece a seu próximo, e lhe arma ciladas, e se levanta contra ele, e o fere na vida, que morra, e se acolhe a alguma destas cidades,
12 the elders of the city [where the murdered man lived must not protect the attacker. They]. must send someone to the city to which the other man escaped, and bring him to [MTY] the relative who is supposed/expected to get revenge, so that he may execute that man.
Então os anciãos da sua cidade mandarão, e dali o tirarão, e o entregarão na mão do vingador do sangue, para que morra
13 You must not pity those who murder other people! Instead, you must execute them, in order that the people in the land of Israel will not murder [MTY] innocent people, and in order that things will go well for you.”
O teu olho o não poupará; antes tirarás o sangue inocente de Israel, para que bem te suceda.
14 “[When you are living] in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, do not move the markers of your neighbors’ property boundaries which were placed there long ago.”
Não mudes o limite do teu próximo, que limitaram os antigos na tua herança, que possuires na terra, que te dá o Senhor teu Deus para a possuires.
15 “If someone is accused of committing a crime, one (witness/person who says, ‘I saw him do it’) is not enough. There must be at least two (witnesses/people who say, ‘We saw him do it’). [If there is only one witness], the judge must not believe that what he says is true.
Uma só testemunha contra ninguém se levantará por qualquer iniquidade, ou por qualquer pecado, seja qual for o pecado que pecasse: pela boca de duas testemunhas, ou pela boca de três testemunhas, se estabelecerá o negócio.
16 “If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him,
Quando se levantar testemunha falsa contra alguém, para testificar contra ele acerca de desvio,
17 both of them must go to the place where the people worship, to [talk to] the priests and judges who are serving at that time.
Então aqueles dois homens, que tiverem a demanda, se apresentarão perante o Senhor, diante dos sacerdotes e dos juízes que houver naqueles dias;
18 The judges must (investigate the case carefully/try to find out which one is telling the truth). If [the judges determine that] one of them has accused the other falsely,
E os juízes bem inquirirão; e eis que, sendo a testemunha falsa testemunha, que testificou falsidade contra seu irmão,
19 that person must be punished in the same way that the other one would have been punished [if the judge decided that he (was guilty/had done what is wrong)]. By punishing such people, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.
Far-lhe-eis como cuidou fazer a seu irmão: e assim tirarás o mal do meio de ti.
20 And/Because when that person is punished, everyone will hear what has happened, and they will be afraid, and no one will dare to act that way any more.
Para que os que ficarem o ouçam e temam, e nunca mais tornem a fazer tal mal no meio de ti.
21 You must not pity people who are punished like that. The rule should be that a person who has murdered someone else must be executed; one of a person’s eyes must be gouged out if he has gouged out someone else’s eye, one tooth of a person who has knocked out the tooth of another person must be knocked out; one hand of a person who has cut off the hand of another person must likewise be cut off; one foot of a person who has cut off the foot of another person must also be cut off.”
O teu olho não poupará: vida por vida, olho por olho, dente por dente, mão por mão, pé por pé.
