1[Ny hanomezana tanàna ho an'ny Levita] Ary Jehovah niteny tamin'i Mosesy teo Arbota-moaba, amoron'i Jordana tandrifin'i Jeriko, ka nanao hoe:
1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
2Mandidia ny Zanak'Isiraely mba hanome tanàna ao amin'ny zara-taniny avy honenan'ny Levita; ary homenareo tany manodidina ny tanàna koa izy.
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.
3Koa ny tanàna dia honenany; ary ny tany dia ho an'ny biby fiompiny sy ny fananany mbamin'ny bibiny rehetra.
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.
4Ary ny tany manodidina ny tanàna izay homenareo ny Levita dia izao: Hatramin'ny màndan'ny tanàna ka hatramin'ny faritry ny taniny dia arivo hakiho amin'ny lafiny efatra avy.
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.
5Dia handrefy roa arivo hakiho eo ivelan'ny tanàna ianareo amin'ny lafiny atsinanana, ary roa arivo hakiho amin'ny lafiny atsimo, ary roa arivo hakiho amin'ny lafiny andrefana, ary roa arivo hakiho amin'ny lafiny avaratra, ary ny tanàna dia ho eo afovoany; izany no ho taniny manodidina ny tanàna.
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.
6Ary izao no tanàna izay homenareo ny Levita: dia tanàna enina, fandosirana, izay homenareo handosiran'izay nahafaty olona, sy tanàna roa amby efa-polo koa.
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.
7Koa ny tanàna rehetra izay homenareo ny Levita dia valo amby efa-polo mbamin'ny tany manodidina azy.
7All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs.
8Ary ny amin'ny tanàna izay homenareo avy amin'ny zara-tanin'ny firenen'ny Zanak'Isiraely, dia izay be no hanalanareo be, ary izay kely no hanalanareo kely: samy hanome tanàna ho an'ny Levita izy rehetra araka ny zara-taniny avy.
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.”
9[Ny hifidianana tanàna handosiran'izay nahafaty olona tsy nahy] Ary Jehovah niteny tamin'i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:
9Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
10Mitenena amin'ny Zanak'Isiraely hoe: Rehefa tafita an'i Jordana ianareo ka tonga any amin'ny tany Kanana,
10“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11dia hifidy tanàna ianareo, ho tanàna fandosirana ho anareo, mba handosiran'izay nahafaty olona tsy nahy.
11then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
12Dia ho fandosirana ho anareo mba tsy ho azon'ny mpamaly rà izany tanàna izany, mba tsy ho faty izay nahafaty olona mandra-pisehony hotsaraina eo anatrehan'ny fiangonana.
12The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
13Ary ireo tanàna homenareo ireo dia ho tanàna fandosirana enina ho anareo.
13The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.
14Ny tanàna telo dia homenareo etỳ an-dafin'i Jordana etỳ, ary ny tanàna telo kosa homenareo ao amin'ny tany Kanana; ho tanàna fandosirana ireo.
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.
15Ireo tanàna enina ireo dia ho fandosirana ho an'ny Zanak'Isiraely sy ny vahiny ary ny mpitoetra ao aminy, mba handosiran'izay rehetra nahafaty olona tsy nahy.
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.
16Kanefa raha misy mamely vy olona ka mahafaty, dia nahafaty olona izy; hatao maty tokoa izay nahafaty olona.
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.
17Ary raha misy mamely vato olona ka mahafaty, dia nahafaty olona izy; hatao maty tokoa izay nahafaty olona.
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.
18Ary raha misy mamely hazo olona ka mahafaty, dia nahafaty olona izy; hatao maty tokoa izay nahafaty olona.
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.
19Ny mpamaly rà no mahazo mamono azy; raha mihaona aminy izy, dia mahazo mamono azy.
19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
20Ary raha misy mamely olona noho ny lolom-po, na mitoraka olona amin'ny fanotrehana, ka mahafaty,
20If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,
21na mamely amin'ny tànany noho ny fandrafiana ka mahafaty, dia hatao maty tokoa ilay namely; nahafaty olona izy; ny mpamaly rà no mahazo mamono azy, raha mihaona aminy izy.
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.
22Fa raha misy mamely olona tsy nahy, ka tsy noho ny fandrafiana, na mitoraka olona na amin'inona na amin'inona, nefa tsy amin'ny fanotrehana,
22“‘But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,
23na sendra manjera vato ka mahafaty olona, nefa tsy hitany, sady tsy fahavalony izy, na mitady handratra azy,
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;
24dia hotsarain'ny fiangonana ilay namely sy ny mpamaly rà araka izany lalàna izany.
24then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;
25Ary hovonjen'ny fiangonana ho afaka amin'ny mpamaly rà ilay nahafaty olona, ka hateriny indray ho ao amin'ny tanàna fandosirana izay nalehany tamin'izy nandositra; ary hitoetra ao izy mandra-pahafatin'ny mpisoronabe izay voahosotra tamin'ny diloilo masina.
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.
26Fa raha mivoaka ho eo ivelan'ny tanàna fandosirana izay nalehany tamin'izy nandositra ilay nahafaty olona
26“‘But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,
27ka hitan'ny mpamaly rà eo ivelan'ny tanàna, dia azony vonoina izy; ary tsy hisy valin-drà amin'izany,
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,
28satria tokony ho nitoetra tao an-tanàna fandosirana izy mandra-pahafatin'ny mpisoronabe; fa rehefa maty ny mpisoronabe, dia mahazo mody any amin'ny zara-taniny ihany ilay nahafaty olona.
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.
29Ary izany zavatra izany dia ho lalàna hitondrana anareo hatramin'ny taranakareo fara mandimby eny amin'izay rehetra onenanareo.
29“‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30Ny amin'izay rehetra mahafaty olona, dia hatao maty izay mahafaty, araka ny tenin'ny vavolombelona; nefa raha vavolombelona iray monja, dia tsy ampy hanameloka hahafaty olona izany.
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.
31Ary ianareo tsy handray avotry ny ain'ny nahafaty olona, izay meloka ka tokony ho faty; fa hatao maty tokoa izy.
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.
32Ary ianareo tsy handray avotra ho an'izay mandositra ho ao an-tanàna fandosirana, mba hodiany indray hitoetra amin'ny taniny, raha mbola tsy maty ny mpisorona.
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.
33Ary aza mametaveta ny tany izay onenanareo, fa ny rà dia fametavetana ny tany; ary ny tany tsy azo anaovana fanavotana ny amin'ny rà izay nalatsaka teo, afa-tsy amin'ny ran'izay nandatsaka azy ihany.Ary aza lotoinareo ny tany onenanareo, izay itoerako; fa Izaho Jehovah mitoetra eo amin'ny Zanak'Isiraely.
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.
34Ary aza lotoinareo ny tany onenanareo, izay itoerako; fa Izaho Jehovah mitoetra eo amin'ny Zanak'Isiraely.
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.’”