申命記 19
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
逃城的設立(A)
19 「耶和華—你的 神將列國剪除，他們的地耶和華—你 神已賜給你，你又趕出他們，並且住在他們的城鎮和房屋， 2 那時，你要在耶和華—你 神所賜你為業的地上，為自己指定三座城。 3 你要預備道路，將耶和華—你 神使你承受為業的地分為三區，使任何一個殺人的可以逃到那裏去。
4 「殺人的逃到那裏得以存活的案例是這樣：凡素無仇恨，無意中殺了鄰舍的， 5 就如人與鄰舍同入林中伐木，手拿斧子一砍，本想砍下樹木，斧頭卻脫了把，飛落在鄰舍身上，以致那人死去，這人就可以逃到那些城中的一座，得以存活， 6 免得報血仇的心中發火，去追趕那殺了人的，因為路途遙遠就能追上他，把他殺死。其實他是不該死的，因為他與被殺者素無仇恨。 7 所以我吩咐你說，要為自己指定三座城。 8 耶和華—你的 神若照他向你列祖所起的誓擴張你的疆土，將所應許賜你列祖的全地給你， 9 你若謹守遵行我今日所吩咐的這一切誡命，愛耶和華—你的 神，天天遵行他的道，就要在這三座城之外，再添三座城， 10 免得無辜人的血流在耶和華—你 神所賜你為業的地中間，血就歸到你身上了。
11 「若有人恨他的鄰舍，埋伏等着，起來擊殺他，把他殺死，然後逃到這些城中的一座， 12 他本城的長老就要派人去，從那裏把他帶出來，交在報血仇者的手中，把他處死。 13 你的眼不可顧惜他，要從以色列中除掉流無辜血的罪，使你得福。」
地界
14 「在耶和華—你 神所賜你承受為業，所分得的地上，不可挪移你鄰舍的地界，因為這是前人所定的。」
證人的條例
15 「人無論犯甚麼罪，作甚麼惡，不可單憑一個人的見證，總要憑兩個證人的口或三個證人的口才可定案。 16 若有人懷惡意，起來作證，控告他人犯法， 17 這兩個爭訟的人就要站在耶和華面前，和當時的祭司與審判官面前， 18 審判官要細心調查。看哪，證人作的是偽證，要用偽證陷害弟兄， 19 你們就要對付他如同他想要對付的弟兄一樣。這樣，你就把惡從你中間除掉。 20 其他的人聽見就害怕，不敢在你中間再行這樣的惡事了。 21 你的眼不可顧惜，要以命償命，以眼還眼，以牙還牙，以手還手，以腳還腳。」
Deuteronomy 19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 19
Cities of Refuge. 1 (A)When the Lord, your God, cuts down the nations whose land the Lord, your God, is giving you, and you have dispossessed them and settled in their cities and houses,(B) 2 you shall set apart three cities[a] in the land the Lord, your God, is giving you to possess. 3 You shall measure the distances and divide into three regions the land of which the Lord, your God, is giving you possession, so that every homicide will be able to find a refuge.
4 This is the case of a homicide who may take refuge there and live: when someone strikes down a neighbor unintentionally and not out of previous hatred. 5 For example, if someone goes with a neighbor to a forest to cut wood, wielding an ax to cut down a tree, and its head flies off the handle and hits the neighbor a mortal blow, such a person may take refuge in one of these cities and live. 6 Should the distance be too great, the avenger of blood[b] might in hot anger pursue, overtake, and strike the killer dead, even though that one does not deserve the death penalty since there had been no previous hatred; 7 for this reason I command you: Set apart three cities.
8 (C)But if the Lord, your God, enlarges your territory, as he swore to your ancestors, and gives you all the land he promised your ancestors he would give, 9 because you carefully observe this whole commandment which I give you today, loving the Lord, your God, and ever walking in his ways, then add three more cities to these three. 10 Thus, in the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you as a heritage, innocent blood will not be shed and you will not become guilty of bloodshed.(D)
11 However, if someone, hating a neighbor, lies in wait, attacks, and strikes the neighbor dead, and then flees to one of these cities, 12 the elders of the killer’s own city shall send and have the killer taken from there, to be handed over to the avenger of blood and slain. 13 Do not show pity, but purge from Israel the innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.(E)
Removal of Landmarks. 14 You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary markers[c] erected by your forebears in the heritage that will be allotted to you in the land the Lord, your God, is giving you to possess.(F)
False Witnesses. 15 (G)One witness alone shall not stand against someone in regard to any crime or any offense that may have been committed; a charge shall stand only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(H)
16 If a hostile witness rises against someone to accuse that person of wrongdoing, 17 the two parties in the dispute shall appear in the presence of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and judges in office at that time,(I) 18 (J)and the judges must investigate it thoroughly. If the witness is a false witness and has falsely accused the other,(K) 19 you shall do to the false witness just as that false witness planned to do to the other. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst. 20 The rest shall hear and be afraid, and never again do such an evil thing as this in your midst.(L) 21 Do not show pity. Life for life,[d] eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot!(M)
Footnotes
- 19:2 Set apart three cities: the Israelites were to have at least six cities of refuge, three in the land east of the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan west of the Jordan (Nm 35:9–34); but since the three cities east of the Jordan had now been appointed (Dt 4:41–43), reference is made here only to the three west of the Jordan. The execution of this command is narrated in Jos 20.
- 19:6 The avenger of blood: see note on Nm 35:12.
- 19:14 Move your neighbor’s boundary markers: a prohibition against furtively extending one’s property by moving a neighbor’s boundary stone.
- 19:21 Life for life…: this phrasing of the lex talionis may seem exaggerated, but the law itself is meant to ensure equity and proportional punishment; cf. note on Ex 21:22–25.
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