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,

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

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

²thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

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.

³Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.

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,

⁴And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past;

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,

⁵as when a man goeth into the forest 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, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

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.

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

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

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

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,

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

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,

⁹if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three:

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

¹⁰that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

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,

¹¹But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

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.

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 a matter be established.

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

¹⁶If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

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

¹⁷then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;

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

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

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

¹⁹then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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

²⁰And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

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

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