申命記 19
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
設立避難城
19 「你們的上帝耶和華毀滅那些民族，把他們的土地賜給你們，使你們趕走他們，住進他們的城邑和房屋後， 2-3 你們要把土地劃分為三個地區，在每個地區設立一座避難城，修好通往這三座城的道路，以便誤殺人者可以逃往最近的避難城。
4 「如果有人無意間殺了素無冤仇的同伴，他可以逃往避難城，以保住性命。 5 例如，有人和朋友去森林砍樹，斧頭脫柄，誤殺了朋友，他就可以逃往避難城，以保住性命。 6 否則，如果避難城離誤殺人者太遠，怒火中燒的報仇者就會追上去殺死他。其實他是不該死的，因為他與被誤殺的人素無冤仇。 7 因此，我吩咐你們要設立三座避難城。
8-9 「如果你們謹遵我今天吩咐你們的這一切誡命，愛你們的上帝耶和華，一生遵行祂的旨意，祂就會按照祂對你們祖先所起的誓，擴張你們的疆域，把應許給你們祖先的土地賜給你們。那時，你們要再設三座避難城， 10 免得無辜人的血流在你們的上帝耶和華賜給你們作產業之地，以致你們擔當枉殺無辜的罪。
11 「如果有人因憎恨鄰居而暗中埋伏，殺了鄰居，然後逃到避難城， 12 他本城的長老要派人去把他帶回來，交給復仇的人，將他處死。 13 不可憐憫他，要從以色列除掉這種濫殺無辜的罪，這樣你們才會順利。
14 「在你們的上帝耶和華將要賜給你們作產業之地，你們不可挪動鄰居的界石，因為那是先人立的。
15 「如果人犯了什麼罪或有什麼過失，不可憑一個證人作證就定罪，要有兩三個證人才可以定案。 16 如果有人作偽證誣陷別人， 17 訴訟雙方要站在耶和華面前，讓當值的祭司和審判官定奪。 18 審判官要仔細審查案件，如果發現那人作偽證， 19 就要按照他企圖加給被誣告者的傷害處罰他。這樣，就從你們當中除掉了罪惡。 20 其他人聽說後，都會害怕，不敢再做這種惡事。 21 你們對惡人不可心軟，要以命償命，以眼還眼，以牙還牙，以手還手，以腳還腳。
Deuteronomy 19
Expanded Bible
Cities of Safety
19 When the Lord your God gives you land that belongs to the other nations, nations that he will ·destroy [cut off], you will ·force them out [dispossess them] and live in their cities and houses. 2 Then ·choose [set apart; separate] three cities in the middle of the land the Lord your God is giving you as your ·own [possession]. 3 ·Build roads to these cities [or Work out the distances], and divide the land the Lord is giving you into three parts so that someone who kills another person may run to ·these cities [L there].
4 This is the rule for someone who kills another person and runs to one of these cities in order to save his life [Ex. 21:13–14; Num. 35:6–34; Josh. 20]. But the person must have killed a neighbor ·without meaning to [accidentally; unintentionally], not out of hatred. 5 For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood and swings an ax to cut down a tree. If the ax head ·flies [slips] off the handle, ·hitting and killing [L finds] the neighbor, the one who killed him may run to one of these cities to save his life. 6 Otherwise, the ·dead person’s relative who has the duty of punishing a murderer [near-kinsman; L avenger of blood] might be angry and chase him. If the city is far away, the relative might ·catch [L pursue and overtake] and kill the person, even though he should not be killed because there was no intent to kill his neighbor. 7 This is why I command you to ·choose [set apart; separate] these three cities.
11 But if a person hates his neighbor and, after ·hiding and waiting [lying in wait], ·attacks [L rises up] and ·kills [L strikes] him and then runs to one of these cities for safety, 12 the elders of his own city should send for the murderer. They should bring the person back from the city of safety and hand him over to the ·relative who has the duty of punishing the murderer [near-kinsman; L avenger of blood]. 13 ·Show no mercy [L Do not let your eyes show compassion on him]. You must ·remove [banish; purge] from Israel the ·guilt of murdering [L blood of] innocent people so that things will go well for you.
14 Do not move the ·stone that marks the border [boundary marker] of your neighbor’s land, which people long ago set in place [27:17; Job 24:2–4; Prov. 23:10–11; Hos. 5:10]. It marks what you inherit in the land the Lord your God is giving you as your ·own [possession].
Rules About Witnesses
15 One witness is not enough to accuse a person of a crime or sin. A case must be proved by two or three witnesses [17:6; Num. 35:30].
16 If a witness ·lies [is malicious/unjust] and accuses a person of a crime, 17 the two people who are arguing must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and judges who are ·on duty [in office in those days]. 18 The judges must check the matter carefully. The witness who is a liar, lying about a ·fellow Israelite [relative; brother], 19 must be punished. He must be punished in the same way the ·other person [relative; brother] would have been punished. You must ·get rid of [banish; purge] the evil among you. 20 The rest of the people will hear about this and be afraid, and no one among you will ever do such an evil thing again. 21 ·Show no mercy [L Do not let your eyes show compassion on him]. A life must be paid for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot [Ex. 21:24–25; Lev. 24:17–20].
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