¹Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

¹In GOSPOD je govoril Mojzesu na poljanah Moabskih pri Jordanu, nasproti Jerihu, rekoč:

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.

²Zapovej Izraelovim sinovom, naj dado levitom od dednih posestev svojih mesta za prebivanje; in pašnike okoli teh mest dajte levitom.

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.

³In mesta naj imajo za prebivanje, njih pašnike pa za svojo živino in za imetje in za vse živali svoje.

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.

⁴Pašniki ob mestih pa, ki jih daste levitom, naj se zunaj raztezajo od mestnega zidovja do tisoč komolcev naokrog.

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.

⁵Merite torej zunaj mesta na vzhodni strani dva tisoč komolcev, na južni strani dva tisoč komolcev, na zahodni strani dva tisoč komolcev in na severni strani dva tisoč komolcev, tako da bode mesto v sredi. To naj jim služi v pašnike pri njih mestih.

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.

⁶Med mesti pa, ki jih daste levitom, bodi šest zavetnih mest, v katera dovolite ubijalcu pribežati, in razen teh dajte dvainštirideset mest.

⁷All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs.

⁷Vseh mest, ki jih daste levitom, bodi oseminštirideset mest in njih pašniki.

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.”

⁸Za mesta pa, ki jih daste levitom od posesti Izraelovih sinov, veljaj: od tistih, ki imajo več, vzemite več, in od tistih, ki imajo manj, vzemite manj; vsakteri rod naj da od svojih mest levitom primerno dediščini, ki jo dobi.

⁹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁹In GOSPOD je govoril Mojzesu, rekoč:

¹⁰“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

¹⁰Govori sinovom Izraelovim in jim reci: Ko pridete čez Jordan v deželo Kanaansko,

¹¹then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

¹¹si določite mesta, ki naj vam bodo zavetna mesta: tja naj pribeži ubijalec, ki ubije človeka neradovoljno.

¹²The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.

¹²In ta mesta naj vam bodo v zavetišča pred krvnim maščevalcem, da ne umrje ubijalec, dokler se ne postavi pred občino zaradi sodbe.

¹³The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

¹³Takih mest, ki jih boste dali in ki vam bodo v zavetišča, bodi šest.

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.

¹⁴Tri mesta določite tostran Jordana in tri mesta v Kanaanski deželi; zavetna mesta naj bodo.

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.

¹⁵Za sinove Izraelove in za tujca in priseljenca med njimi naj bode teh šest mest v zavetišče, da zbeži vanje, kdorkoli neradovoljno ubije človeka.

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.

¹⁶Ako pa kdo koga udari z železnim orodjem, da umre, morilec je; umreti mora tak morilec.

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.

¹⁷In če ga udari s kamenom v roki, s kakršnim je lahko usmrtiti, tako da umre, morilec je; umreti mora tak morilec.

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.

¹⁸Ali če ga udari z lesenim orodjem, s kakršnim je lahko usmrtiti, tako da umre, morilec je; umreti mora tak morilec.

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

¹⁹Maščevalec krvi naj usmrti morilca; kadar nanj naleti, naj ga usmrti.

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

²⁰Ako pa pahne koga iz sovraštva ali zažene vanj kaj, zalezovaje ga, da umre;

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.

²¹ali ga udari v neprijateljstvu z roko, tako da umre: kdor ga je udaril, mora umreti; morilec je, maščevalec krvi naj ga usmrti, kadar ga zaloti.

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

²²Ako ga pa pahne nenadoma, ne v neprijateljstvu, ali vrže nanj kako stvar, ne da bi ga zalezoval, da umre,

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;

²³ali, ne ga videč, zažene vanj kamen, kakršen lahko usmrti, tako da umre, pa mu ni bil sovražnik in ni iskal njegove nesreče:

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

²⁴tedaj naj občina razsodi med ubijalcem in maščevalcem krvi po teh pravicah;

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.

²⁵in občina naj reši ubijalca iz roke krvnega maščevalca in ga da peljati nazaj v zavetno mesto, kamor je bil zbežal; ondi naj ostane dotlej, da umrje veliki duhovnik, ki je bil maziljen s svetim oljem.

²⁶“‘But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,

²⁶Toda če ubijalec kdaj prekorači mejo zavetnega mesta, kamor je bil zbežal,

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,

²⁷in krvni maščevalec ga zasači zunaj meje njegovega zavetišča in ga umori, ne bodi kriv krvi:

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.

²⁸zakaj on bi bil moral ostati v zavetnem mestu svojem do smrti velikega duhovnika; ali po smrti velikega duhovnika se sme vrniti v pokrajino svojega posestva.

²⁹“‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

²⁹In to vam bodi sodna postava za vse prihodnje vaše rodove po vseh vaših stanovališčih.

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.

³⁰Kdorkoli umori človeka, bodi umorjen po izpovedbi prič; samo ena priča naj ne govori zoper koga za smrt.

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.

³¹Nikar ne sprejmite odkupnine za življenje morilca, ki je kriv smrti; on mora umreti.

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.

³²Tudi ne sprejmite odkupnine od njega, ki je zbežal v zavetno svoje mesto, da bi se smel vrniti in prebivati v deželi, preden umrje veliki duhovnik.

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.

³³Ne ognušajte dežele, v kateri ste, zakaj kri ognuša deželo, in za kri, ki se je v deželi prelila, ni mogoča poravnava, razen po krvi tistega, ki jo je prelil.Ne onečiščajte dežele svojega domovanja, sredi katere jaz prebivam; zakaj jaz, GOSPOD, prebivam sredi Izraelovih sinov.

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.’”

³⁴Ne onečiščajte dežele svojega domovanja, sredi katere jaz prebivam; zakaj jaz, GOSPOD, prebivam sredi Izraelovih sinov.