¹When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations, whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;

¹Når HERREN din Gud får udryddet de Folk, hvis Land HERREN din Gud vil give dig, og du får dem drevet bort og har bosat dig i deres Byer og Huse,

²you shall set apart three cities for you in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.

²da skal du udtage dig tre Byer midt i dit Land, som HERREN din Gud giver dig i Eje.

³You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land, which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there.

³Du skal sætte Vejen til dem i Stand og dele dit Landområde, som HERREN din Gud tildeler dig, i tre Dele, for at enhver Manddraber kan ty derhen.

⁴This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn’t hate him in time past;

⁴Men om de Manddrabere, der har Ret til at ty derhen for at redde Livet, gælder følgende: Når nogen af Vanvare slår sin Næste ihjel, uden at han i Forvejen har båret Nag til ham,

⁵as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:

⁵når således en går med sin Næste ud i Skoven for at fælde Træer, og hans Hånd svinger Øksen for at fælde et Træ, og Jernet farer ud af Skaftet og rammer hans Næste, så han dør, da må han ty til en af disse Byer og redde Livet,

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

⁶for at ikke Blodhævneren i Ophidselse skal sætte efter Manddraberen og, fordi Vejen er for lang, indhente ham og slå ham ihjel, skønt han ikke havde fortjent Døden, eftersom. han ikke i Forvejen havde båret Nag til ham.

⁷Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourselves.

⁷Derfor giver jeg dig dette Bud: Tre Byer skal du udtage dig!

⁸If Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers;

⁸Og dersom HERREN din Gud udvider dine Landemærker, som han tilsvor dine Fædre, og giver dig hele det Land, han lovede at give dine Fædre,

⁹if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, besides these three:

⁹fordi du omhyggeligt overholder alle disse Bud, som jeg i Dag pålægger dig, idet du elsker HERREN din Gud og vandrer på hans Veje alle Dage, så skal du føje endnu tre Byer til disse tre,

¹⁰that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.

¹⁰for at der ikke skal udgydes uskyldigt Blod i dit Land, som HERREN din Gud giver dig i Eje, så du pådrager dig Blodskyld.

¹¹But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;

¹¹Men når en Mand, som bærer Nag til sin Næste, lægger sig på Lur efter ham, overfalder ham og slår ham ihjel, og han så flygter til en af disse Byer,

¹²then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

¹²skal hans Bys Ældste sende Bud og lade ham hente hjem derfra og overgive ham i Blodhævnerens Hånd, og han skal lade sit Liv.

¹³Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

¹³Skån ham ikke, men rens Israel for den uskyldiges Blod, at det må gå dig vel.

¹⁴You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.

¹⁴Du må ikke flytte din Næstes Markskel, som tidligere Slægter har sat, ved den Arvelod, du får tildelt i det Land, HERREN din Gud vil give dig i Eje.

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

¹⁵En enkelt kan ikke optræde som Vidne mod en Mand, når det angår Misgerning eller Synd, hvad Synd det end er, han begår; kun på to eller tre Vidners Udsagn kan en Sag afgøres.

¹⁶If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

¹⁶Når et ondsindet Vidne optræder mod nogen og beskylder ham for Lovbrud,

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

¹⁷skal begge de stridende fremstille sig for HERRENs Åsyn, for de Præster og Dommere, der er til den Tid,

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

¹⁸og Dommerne skal undersøge Sagen grundigt, og hvis det viser sig, at Vidnet er et falsk Vidne, der har aflagt falsk Vidnesbyrd mod sin Broder,

¹⁹then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

¹⁹så skal I gøre med ham, som han havde til Hensigt at gøre med sin Broder; du skal udrydde det onde af din Midte.

²⁰Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.

²⁰Når da de andre hører det, vil de gribes af Frygt og ikke mere øve en sådan Udåd i din Midte.

²¹Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

²¹Du må ikke vise Skånsel: Liv for Liv, Øje for Øje, Tand for Tand, Hånd for Hånd, Fod for Fod!