¹A Hospodin hovoril Mojžišovi v Arbót-moábe pri Jordáne, naproti Jerichu a riekol:

¹And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

²Prikáž synom Izraelovým, aby dali Levitom z dedičstva svojho državia, mestá na bývanie, aj obvod pre mestá vôkol nich dáte Levitom.

²Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.

³A mestá im budú na bývanie, a ich obvody budú pre ich hovädá a pre ich majetky a pre všetky ich zvieratá.

³And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

⁴A obvody miest, ktoré dáte Levitom, budú takéhoto rozsahu: od múra mesta a na vonok budú na tisíc lakťov dookola.

⁴And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

⁵A tedy nameriate vonku za mestom stranu na východ dva tisíce lakťov a stranu na juh dva tisíce lakťov a stranu na západ dva tisíce lakťov a stranu na sever dva tisíce lakťov, a mesto bude v prostredku. To im budú obvody miest.

⁵And ye shall measure without 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.

⁶A okrem miest, ktoré dáte Levitom, tých šesť útočištných miest, ktoré dáte nato, aby sa do nich do niektorého utiekol ten, kto niekoho zabil, dáte im ešte štyridsaťdva miest.

⁶And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.

⁷Všetkých miest, ktoré dáte Levitom, bude štyridsaťosem miest aj s ich obvodami.

⁷All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them [shall ye give] with their suburbs.

⁸A mestá, ktoré dáte z državia synov Izraelových, dáte tak, že od toho, kto dostal viacej, vezmete viacej, a od toho, kto dostal menej, vezmete menej. Každý dá Levitom zo svojich miest podľa veľkosti svojho dedičstva, ktoré ktorí zdedili.

⁸And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites.

⁹A Hospodin hovoril Mojžišovi a riekol

⁹And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

¹⁰Hovor synom Izraelovým a povieš im: Keď prejdete Jordán a vojdete do Kananejskej zeme,

¹⁰Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

¹¹vyznačíte si mestá, ktoré vám budú útočištnými mestami, kam sa utečie vrah, ten, kto niekoho zabil z nedopatrenia.

¹¹then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

¹²A tie mestá vám budú útočišťom pred pomstiteľom, aby nezomrel vrah, dokiaľ by nestál pred obcou na súd.

¹²And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.

¹³A tedy z miest, ktoré dáte, budete mať šesť útočištných miest.

¹³And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

¹⁴Tri mestá dáte za Jordánom a tri mestá dáte v Kananejskej zemi, to budú útočištné mestá.

¹⁴Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.

¹⁵Pre synov Izraelových, pre pohostína i pre príchodzieho medzi nimi bude tých šesť miest útočišťom, aby sa ta utiekol každý, kto by zabil niekoho z nedopatrenia.

¹⁵For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

¹⁶Ale keby niekto uderil niekoho železným nástrojom tak, že by zomrel, je vrah; taký vrah zomrie!

¹⁶But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

¹⁷A keby niekto uderil niekoho kameňom z ruky, od ktorého môže zomrieť človek, a zomrel by, je vrah; taký vrah zomrie!

¹⁷And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

¹⁸Alebo keby ho uderil nejakým dreveným nástrojom z ruky, od ktorého môže zomrieť človek, a zomrel by, vrah je, taký vrah zomrie!

¹⁸Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

¹⁹Sám pomstiteľ krvi zabije vraha; keď ho niekde pristihne, ten ho zabije.

¹⁹The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

²⁰A keby niekto z nenávisti sotil niekoho alebo by hodil niečo na neho zúmyselne, a zomrel by;

²⁰And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

²¹alebo keby ho z nepriateľstva uderil svojou rukou tak, že by zomrel, istotne zomrie ten, kto tak uderil, je vrah. Pomstiteľ krvi zabije vraha, keď ho stretne.

²¹or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

²²Ale keby ho sotil z nenazdania, bez nepriateľstva, alebo keby hodil na neho nejakú vec, nech už by bola jakákoľvek, bez úmyslu,

²²But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,

²³alebo keby ho nevidel a spustil by na neho nejaký kameň, od ktorého by mohol zomrieť človek, a zomrel by, a nebol by mu býval nepriateľom ani by nebol hľadal jeho zlého,

²³or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

²⁴vtedy rozsúdi obec medzi tým, kto zabil, a medzi pomstiteľom krvi podľa týchto súdov.

²⁴then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

²⁵A obec vytrhne takého vraha z ruky pomstiteľa krvi a navrátia ho, totiž obec, do mesta jeho útočišťa, do ktorého sa bol utiekol, a bude bývať v ňom až do smrti najvyššieho kňaza, ktorého pomazali svätým olejom.

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, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

²⁶Ale keby sa opovážil vrah a vyšiel by za chotár mesta svojho útočišťa, do ktorého sa utiekol,

²⁶But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth,

²⁷a pomstiteľ krvi by ho našiel vonku za chotárom mesta jeho útočišťa, a tam by zabil pomstiteľ krvi vraha, nemá viny na krvi,

²⁷and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

²⁸lebo má bývať v meste svojho útočišťa až do smrti najvyššieho kňaza, a len po smrti najvyššieho kňaza navráti sa vrah do zeme svojho državia.

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.

²⁹A toto vám bude súdnym ustanovením po vašich pokoleniach vo všetkých vašich bydliskách.

²⁹And these things shall be for a statute [and] ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

³⁰Ktokoľvek by zabil človeka podľa svedoctva svedkov, zabijú vraha. Ale jeden svedok nebude môcť svedčiť proti niekomu tak, aby zomrel.

³⁰Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

³¹A nevezmete výplaty za dušu, za život vraha, ktorý súc nešľachetný je hoden smrti, ale doista zomrie.

³¹Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

³²Ani nevezmete výplaty za útek do mesta jeho útočišťa, tak aby sa vrátil a býval v zemi, dokiaľ nezomrie kňaz,

³²And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

³³aby ste nepoškvrnili zeme, v ktorej ste, lebo taká krv by poškvrnila zem. A takej zemi sa ničím iným nepokryje hriech za krv, ktorá bola vyliata v nej, iba krvou toho, kto ju vylial.

³³So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

³⁴A preto nezanečistíš zeme, v ktorej bývate, a vprostred ktorej prebývam ja, lebo ja Hospodin prebývam prostred synov Izraelových.

³⁴And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.