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;

¹Kui Issand, su Jumal, on hävitanud need rahvad, kelle maa Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle, ja kui sa oled nad välja tõrjunud ning elad nende linnades ja kodades,

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

²siis eralda enesele kolm linna keset oma maad, mille Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle pärida.

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.

³Ehita enesele teed ja jaota kolmeks oma maa-ala, mille Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle pärisosaks, ja see sündigu selleks, et sinna võiks põgeneda iga tapja.

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;

⁴Ja nõnda on lugu tapjaga, kes põgeneb sinna, et jääda elama: kui keegi tahtmatult tapab oma ligimese ega ole teda varem vihanud,

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:

⁵nõnda nagu see, kes läheb oma ligimesega metsa puid raiuma ja ta käsi viibutab kirvest, et langetada puud, aga raud lendab ära varre otsast ja tabab ligimest, nõnda et ta sureb - see võib põgeneda ühte neist linnadest, et ta võiks jääda elama,

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.

⁶et veritasunõudja ei ajaks tapjat taga, kui ta süda ägestub, ega saaks teda kätte juhul, kui tee on pikk, ega lööks teda hingetuks - ei ole too ju surma väärt, sest ta ei ole teda varem vihanud.

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

⁷Seepärast ma käsin sind ja ütlen: Eralda enesele kolm linna!

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;

⁸Ja kui Issand, sinu Jumal, laiendab su maa-ala, nagu ta su vanemaile on vandega tõotanud, ja annab sulle kogu selle maa, mille ta on lubanud anda su vanemaile,

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:

⁹kui sa hoolsasti pead kõiki neid käske, tehes, mis mina täna sind käsin, armastades Issandat, oma Jumalat, ja käies tema teedel kogu oma eluaja, siis lisa veel kolm linna juurde neile kolmele,

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.

¹⁰et ei valataks süütut verd su maal, mille Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle pärisosaks, ega tuleks veresüü sinu peale.

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;

¹¹Aga kui keegi vihkab oma ligimest ja varitseb teda ja kipub temale kallale ja lööb ta surnuks ning põgeneb ühte neist linnadest,

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.

¹²siis tema linna vanemad läkitagu järele ja lasku ta sealt ära tuua, andku ta veritasunõudja kätte ja ta surgu!

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

¹³Su silm ärgu andku temale armu, vaid kõrvalda süütult valatav veri Iisraelist, et su käsi hästi käiks!

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.

¹⁴Ära nihuta paigast oma ligimese esivanemate poolt pandud piirimärki su pärisosas, mille sa pärid maal, mille Issand, su Jumal, annab sulle pärida!

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.

¹⁵Ärgu astugu kellegi vastu üles ainult üks tunnistaja mõne süüteo või mõne patu pärast, ükskõik missuguse tehtud patu pärast - alles kahe või kolme tunnistaja sõna põhjal saab asi selgeks.

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

¹⁶Kui valetunnistaja astub üles kellegi vastu, süüdistades teda mõnes üleastumises,

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;

¹⁷siis astugu mõlemad mehed, kes on riius, Issanda ette, preestrite ja neil päevil olevate kohtumõistjate ette.

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

¹⁸Ja kohtumõistjad kuulaku hästi järele, ja vaata, kui tunnistaja on valetunnistaja, kes on valet tunnistanud oma venna kohta,

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.

¹⁹siis te peate temaga talitama nõnda, kuidas tema mõtles talitada oma vennaga. Nõnda kõrvalda kurjus enese keskelt!

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

²⁰Sellest kuulgu ka teised ja kartku, nõnda et nad enam kunagi ei tee niisugust kurja su keskel!

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

²¹Su silm ärgu andku armu: hing hinge vastu, silm silma vastu, hammas hamba vastu, käsi käe vastu, jalg jala vastu!