¹When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

¹Keď vyplieni Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, národy, ktorých zem dá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, tebe, a zaujmeš ich do dedičstva a budeš bývať v ich mestách a v ich domoch,

²Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

²oddelíš si tri mestá prostred svojej zeme, ktorú ti dá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, aby si ju zaujal do dedičstva.

³Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.

³Spravíš si cestu a rozdelíš na tri diely územie svojej zeme, ktorú ti dá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, do dedičstva, a bude to nato, aby sa ta utiekol každý, kto by niekoho zabil.

⁴And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

⁴A toto bude vec vraha, ktorý by sa ta utiekol, aby žil: kto by zabil svojho blížneho nevedome, nechcúc, a keď ho nemal v nenávisti pred tým,

⁵As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

⁵ako na príklad keby niekto vošiel so svojim blížnym do hory rúbať drevo, a zahnala by sa jeho ruka sekerou uťať drevo, a železo by sa sklzlo a odletelo s poriska a ponašlo by jeho blížneho, takže by zomrel, ten sa utečie do niektorého z tých miest a bude žiť,

⁶Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

⁶aby snáď pomstiteľ krvi nehonil vraha, keď by sa rozpálilo jeho srdce, a nedostihnul ho, keby bolo mnoho cesty, a zabil by ho bez toho, že by bol zaslúžil smrť, pretože ho nemal v nenávisti ani vtedy ani pred tým.

⁷Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.

⁷Preto ti ja prikazujem a hovorím: Oddelíš si tri mestá.

⁸And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

⁸A jestli rozšíri Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, tvoje územie, ako prisahal tvojim otcom, a dá ti celú zem, o ktorej hovoril, že ju dá tvojim otcom,

⁹If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:

⁹keď budeš ostríhať všetky tieto prikázania činiac ich, ktoré ti ja prikazujem dnes, aby si miloval Hospodina, svojho Boha, aby si chodil po jeho cestách po všetky dni, vtedy si pridáš ešte druhé tri mestá ku tým trom,

¹⁰That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

¹⁰aby sa nevyliala nevinná krv vprostred tvojej zeme, ktorú ti dá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, do dedičstva, a bola by na tebe krv.

¹¹But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

¹¹Ale keby niekto nenávidel svojho blížneho a úkladil by mu a povstanúc na neho uderil by ho smrteľne, takže by zomrel, a keby sa utiekol do niektorého z tých miest,

¹²Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

¹²vtedy pošlú starší jeho mesta a vezmú ho odtiaľ a oddajú ho do ruky pomstiteľa krvi, a zomrie.

¹³Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

¹³Nezľutuje sa nad ním tvoje oko, ale odpraceš nevinnú krv z Izraela, a bude ti dobre.

¹⁴Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

¹⁴Neprenesieš medze svojho blížneho, ktorú vymedzili predkovia v tvojom dedičstve, ktoré zdedíš v zemi, ktorú ti dá Hospodin, tvoj Bôh, aby si ju zaujal do dedičstva.

¹⁵One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

¹⁵Nepovstane jeden svedok proti niekomu vzťahom na jakúkoľvek neprávosť alebo na jakýkoľvek hriech, nech už by to bol akýkoľvek hriech, ktorým hrešieva človek. Na ústach dvoch svedkov alebo na ústach troch svedkov bude stáť slovo.

¹⁶If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

¹⁶Keby povstal ukrutný svedok falošný proti niekomu, aby svedčil na neho, že odstúpil od Boha,

¹⁷Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

¹⁷vtedy sa postavia tí dvaja mužovia, ktorí majú taký spor pred Hospodinom, pred kňazov a pred sudcov, ktorí budú v tých dňoch.

¹⁸And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

¹⁸A sudcovia dobre vyšetria vec, a keď sa dokáže, že hľa, svedok je falošný svedok a že hovoril lož na svojho brata,

¹⁹Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

¹⁹učiníte mu to isté, čo on zamýšľal učiniť svojmu bratovi, a odpraceš také zlo zo svojho stredu.

²⁰And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

²⁰A ostatní, keď to počujú, budú sa báť a nevykonajú viac takej zlej veci v tvojom strede.

²¹And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

²¹A nezľutuje sa tvoje oko, ale dá život za život, oko za oko, zub za zub, ruku za ruku, nohu za nohu.