1ثم كلم الرب موسى في عربات موآب على اردن اريحا قائلا.
1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
2اوص بني اسرائيل ان يعطوا اللاويين من نصيب ملكهم مدنا للسكن. ومسارح للمدن حواليها تعطون اللاويين.
2“Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites.
3فتكون المدن لهم للسكن ومسارحها تكون لبهائمهم واموالهم ولسائر حيواناتهم.
3The cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals.
4ومسارح المدن التي تعطون اللاويين تكون من سور المدينة الى جهة الخارج الف ذراع حواليها.
4“The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it.
5فتقيسون من خارج المدينة جانب الشرق الفي ذراع وجانب الجنوب الفي ذراع وجانب الغرب الفي ذراع وجانب الشمال الفي ذراع وتكون المدينة في الوسط. هذه تكون لهم مسارح المدن.
5You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
6والمدن التي تعطون اللاويين تكون ست منها مدنا للملجإ. تعطونها لكي يهرب اليها القاتل. وفوقها تعطون اثنتين واربعين مدينة.
6“The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
7جميع المدن التي تعطون اللاويين ثماني واربعون مدينة مع مسارحها.
7All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs.
8والمدن التي تعطون من ملك بني اسرائيل من الكثير تكثرون ومن القليل تقللون. كل واحد حسب نصيبه الذي ملكه يعطي من مدنه للاويين
8Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites.”
9وكلم الرب موسى قائلا.
9Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
10كلم بني اسرائيل وقل لهم انكم عابرون الاردن الى ارض كنعان.
10“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11فتعينون لانفسكم مدنا تكون مدن ملجإ لكم ليهرب اليها القاتل الذي قتل نفسا سهوا.
11then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
12فتكون لكم المدن ملجأ من الولي لكيلا يموت القاتل حتى يقف امام الجماعة للقضاء.
12The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
13والمدن التي تعطون تكون ست مدن ملجإ لكم.
13The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.
14ثلاثا من المدن تعطون في عبر الاردن وثلاثا من المدن تعطون في ارض كنعان. مدن ملجإ تكون
14You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
15لبني اسرائيل وللغريب وللمستوطن في وسطهم تكون هذه الست المدن للملجإ. لكي يهرب اليها كل من قتل نفسا سهوا
15For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner living among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
16ان ضربه باداة حديد فمات فهو قاتل. ان القاتل يقتل.
16“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17وان ضربه بحجر يد مما يقتل به فمات فهو قاتل. ان القاتل يقتل.
17If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18او ضربه باداة يد من خشب مما يقتل به فمات فهو قاتل. ان القاتل يقتل.
18Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19ولي الدم يقتل القاتل. حين يصادفه يقتله.
19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
20وان دفعه ببغضة او القى عليه شيئا بتعمد فمات
20If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,
21او ضربه بيده بعداوة فمات فانه يقتل الضارب لانه قاتل. ولي الدم يقتل القاتل حين يصادفه.
21or in enmity struck him with his hand, so that he died; he who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him.
22ولكن ان دفعه بغتة بلا عداوة او القى عليه اداة ما بلا تعمّد
22“‘But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,
23او حجر ما مما يقتل به بلا رؤية. اسقطه عليه فمات وهو ليس عدوا له ولا طالبا اذيته
23or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;
24تقضي الجماعة بين القاتل وبين ولي الدم حسب هذه الاحكام.
24then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;
25وتنقذ الجماعة القاتل من يد ولي الدم وترده الجماعة الى مدينة ملجئه التي هرب اليها فيقيم هناك الى موت الكاهن العظيم الذي مسح بالدهن المقدس.
25and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
26ولكن ان خرج القاتل من حدود مدينة ملجئه التي هرب اليها
26“‘But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,
27ووجده ولي الدم خارج حدود مدينة ملجئه وقتل ولي الدم القاتل فليس له دم
27and the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,
28لانه في مدينة ملجئه يقيم الى موت الكاهن العظيم. واما بعد موت الكاهن العظيم فيرجع القاتل الى ارض ملكه
28because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.
29فتكون هذه لكم فريضة حكم الى اجيالكم في جميع مساكنكم.
29“‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30كل من قتل نفسا فعلى فم شهود يقتل القاتل. وشاهد واحد لا يشهد على نفس للموت.
30“‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
31ولا تأخذوا فدية عن نفس القاتل المذنب للموت بل انه يقتل.
31“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
32ولا تأخذوا فدية ليهرب الى مدينة ملجئه فيرجع ويسكن في الارض بعد موت الكاهن.
32“‘You shall take no ransom for him who is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33لا تدنسوا الارض التي انتم فيها لان الدم يدنس الارض. وعن الارض لا يكفّر لاجل الدم الذي سفك فيها الا بدم سافكه.
33“‘So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.
34ولا تنجسوا الارض التي انتم مقيمون فيها التي انا ساكن في وسطها. اني انا الرب ساكن في وسط بني اسرائيل
34You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Yahweh, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.’”