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Deuteronomy 19
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
τὴν γῆν, καὶ κατακληρονομήσητε αὐτούς, καὶ κατοικήσητε ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις αὐτῶν,
When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,
τρεῖς πόλεις διαστελεῖς σεαυτῷ ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς σου ἧς Κύριος
then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
στόχασαί σοι τὴν ὁδόν· καὶ τριμεριεῖς τὰ ὅρια τῆς γῆς σου ἢν καταμερίζει σοι κύριος ὁ θεός σου, καὶ ἔσται καταφυγὴ ἐκεῖ παντὶ φονευτῇ.
You are to build roads for yourselves (note: Or You are to survey the way) and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.
τοῦτο δὲ ἔσται τὸ πρόσταγμα τοῦ φονευτοῦ ὃς ἂν φύγῃ ἐκεῖ καὶ ζήσεται· ὃς ἂν πατάξῃ τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ οὐκ εἰδώς, καὶ οὗτος οὐ μισῶν αὐτὸν πρὸ τῆς ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτης.
Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
καὶ ὃς ἂν εἰσέλθῃ μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον εἰς τὸν δρυμὸν συναγαγεῖν ξύλα, καὶ ἐκκρουσθῇ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ τῇ ἀξίνῃ κόπτοντος τὸ ξύλον, καὶ ἐκπεσὸν τὸ σιδήριον ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου τύχῃ τοῦ πλησίον, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ, οὗτος καταφεύξεται εἰς μίαν τῶν πόλεων τούτων καὶ ζήσεται·
If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
ἵνα μὴ διώξας ὁ ἀγχιστεύων τοῦ αἵματος ὀπίσω τοῦ φονεύσαντος, ὅτι παρατεθέρμανται τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ καταλάβῃ αὐτόν, ἐὰν μακροτέρα ἦν ἡ ὁδός, καὶ πατάξῃ αὐτοῦ ψυχήν· καὶ τούτῳ οὐκ ἔστιν κρίσις θανάτου, ὅτι οὐ μισῶν ἦν αὐτὸν πρὸ τῆς ἐχθὲς οὐδὲ πρὸ τῆς τρίτης.
Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
διὰ τοῦτο ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο λέγων Τρεῖς πόλεις διαστελεῖς σεαυτῷ.
This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
ἐὰν δὲ ἐμπλατύνῃ Κύριος ὁ θεός σου τὰ ὅριά σου ὃν τρόπον ὤμοσεν τοῖς πατράσιν σου, καὶ δῷ σοι κύριος πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἣν εἶπεν δοῦναι τοῖς πατράσιν σου,
And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,
ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς ποιεῖν πόσας τὰς ἐντολὰς ταύτας ἃς ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι σήμερον, ἀγαπᾷν κύριον τὸν θεόν σου, πορεύεσθαι ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας· καὶ προσθήσεις σαυτῷ ἔτι τρεῖς πόλεις πρὸς τὰς τρεῖς ταύτας·
and if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you today, loving the LORD your God and walking in His ways at all times, then you are to add three more cities to these three.
καὶ κα οὐκ ἐκχυθήσεται αἷμα ἀναίτιον ἐν τῆ γῇ ᾗ κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσίν σοι ἐν κλήρῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἐν σοὶ αἵματι ἔνοχος.
Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
ἐὰν δὲ γένηται ἐν σοὶ ἄνθρωπος ῥῶπος μισῶν τὸν πλησίον, καὶ ἐνεδρεύσῃ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπαναστῇ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν καὶ πατάξῃ αὐτοῦ ψυχήν, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ, καὶ φύγῃ εἰς μίαν τῶν πόλεων τούτων.
If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
καὶ ἀποστελοῦσιν ἡ γερουσία τῆς πόλεως αὐτοῦ κα λῆμ’· ψονται αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ἀγχιστευόντων τοῦ αἵματος, καὶ ἀποθανεῖται·
the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
οὐ φείσεται ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἐπ’ αὐτῶ, καὶ καθαριεῖς τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἀναίτιον ἐξ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ εὖ σοι ἱστᾶι.
You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
Οὐ μετακινήσεις ὅρια τοῦ πλησίον ἃ ἔστησαν οἱ πατέρες σου ἐν τῇ κληρονομίᾳ ᾗ κατεκληρονομήθης ἐν τῇ γῇ ᾗ κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσίν σοι ἐν κλήρῳ.
You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
Οὐκ ἐμμενεῖ μάρτυς εἷς μαρτυρῆσαι κατὰ ἀνθρώπου κατὰ πᾶσαν ἀδικίαν καὶ κατὰ πᾶν ἁμάρτημα καὶ κατὰ πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν ἣν ἂν ἁμάρτῃ· ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων καὶ ἐπὶ στόματος τριῶν μαρτύρων στήσεται πᾶν ῥῆμα.
A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses (note: Cited in Matthew 18:16 and 2 Corinthians 13:1).
ἐὰν δὲ καταστῇ μάρτυς ἄδικος κατὰ ἀνθρώπου καταλέγων αὐτοῦ ἀσέβειαν,
If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
καὶ καὶ γνώσονται οἱ δύο ἄνθρωποι οἷς ἐστιν αὐτοῖς ἡ ἀντιλογία ἔναντι κυρίου καὶ ἔναντι τῶν ἱερέων καὶ ἔναντι τῶν κριτῶν οι ἐὰν ὦσιν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις,
both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
καὶ ἐξετάσωσιν οἱ κριταὶ ἀκριβῶς, καὶ ἰδοὺ μάρτυς ἄδικος ἐμαρτύρησεν ἄδικα, ἀντέστη κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.
The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,
καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτῷ ὃν τρόπον ἐπονηρεύσατο ποιῆσαι κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξαρεῖς τὸν πονηρὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν
you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you (note: Cited in 1 Corinthians 5:13).
καὶ οἱ ἐπίλοιποι ἀκούσαντες φοβηθήσονται, καὶ οὐ προσθήσουσιν ἔτι ποιῆσαι κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὑμῖν.
Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
οὐ φείσεται ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἐπ’ αὐτῷ· ψυχὴν ἀντὶ ψυχῆς, ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος, χεῖρα ἀντὶ χειρός, πόδα ἀντὶ ποδός.
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth (note: Cited in Matthew 5:38), hand for hand, and foot for foot.