Deuteronômio 19

Ngā Pā Whakaora

1 E whakangaromia ana e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ngā iwi nō rātou nei te whenua ka hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe, ā, ka riro tō rātou wāhi i a koe, ā, ka noho koe ki ō rātou pā, ki ō rātou whare; 2 me wehe e koe kia toru ngā pā mōu i waenganui o tōu whenua, ka hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe, hei kāinga pūmau. 3 Whakapaia e koe he huarahi, ka tapahi i ngā rohe o tōu whenua, ka whakawhiwhia nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe, kia toru ngā wāhanga, hei rerenga atu mō ngā tāngata whakamate katoa.

4 Ā, ko te āhua tēnei mō te tangata whakamate, e rere ai ki reira, e ora ai hoki; arā ki te patua e ia tōna hoa he mea urupā, kāhore hoki ōna kino ki a ia i mua atu: 5 Pēnei me te tangata ka haere tahi rāua ko tōna hoa ki te ngahere ki te tapahi rākau, ā, ka āki atu tōna ringa i te toki ki te tua i te rākau, nā, ka maunu te pane i te kakau, pono tonu ki tōna hoa, ā mate iho. Nā, ka rere atu ia ki tētahi o aua pā, ā, ka ora. 6 Kei whai te kaitakitaki toto i te tangata whakamate, i te mea e pāwerawera ana tōna ngākau, ā, ka hopu i a ia, he roa hoki nō te huarahi, ā, ka patu i a ia; kīhai ia i tika te mate mōna, nō te mea kāhore ia i kino ki a ia i mua atu. 7 Koia tāku e whakahau atu nei ki a koe, e mea nei: Me wehe e koe kia toru ngā pā mōu.

8 Ā, ki te whakanui a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i tōu rohe, ki te rite ki tāna i oati ai ki ōu mātua – ā, ka hōmai e ia te whenua katoa i mea ai ia kia hōmai ki ōu mātua; 9 ki te puritia e koe, ki te mahia ēnei whakahau katoa, e whakahau atu nei ahau ki a koe i tēnei rā, arā kia aroha ki a Ihowā, ki tōu Atua, kia haere hoki i ōna huarahi i ngā rā katoa – ko reira koe tango ai kia toru atu ngā pā mōu, hei tāpiri mō ēnā pā e toru. 10 Kei whakahekea te toto harakore ki waenganui o tōu whenua, ka hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe hei kāinga, kei whakairia hoki te toto ki runga ki a koe.

11 Engari ia ki te kino tētahi ki tōna hoa, ā, ka whanga ki a ia, ka whakatika hoki ki a ia, ka patu rawa i a ia, nō ka mate ia; ā, ka rere ia ki tētahi o aua pā. 12 Nā, me tono e ngā kaumātua o tōna pā, ka tiki atu hoki i a ia i reira, ka hoatu i a ia ki te ringa o te kaitakitaki toto, kia mate ai ia. 13 Kei tohu tōu kanohi i a ia, engari me whakakāhore e koe te toto harakore i roto i a Īharaira, kia whiwhi ai koe ki te pai.

Ngā Rohe Onamata

14 Kei nekehia kētia e koe te rohe o tōu hoa, i rohea ai e ngā tāngata onamata, ki tōu kāinga e nohoia e koe i te whenua ka hōmai nei e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe hei kāinga.

Te Ture mō te Kaiwhakaatu Teka

15 Kei whakatika ki te tangata te kaiwhakaatu kotahi mō te kino, mō tētahi hara rānei, ahakoa he aha, e hara ai ia. Mā te kupu a ngā kaiwhakaatu tokorua, mā te kupu rānei a ngā kaiwhakaatu tokotoru, e whakatikaia ai te kōrero.

16 Ki te whakatika tētahi kaiwhakaatu teka ki tētahi tangata, hei kōrero teka i mahi ia i te hē; 17 nā, me tū ngā tāngata tokorua, nā rāua nei te totohe, ki te aroaro o Ihowā, ki te aroaro hoki o ngā tohunga rātou ko ngā kaiwhakawā e whakariterite ana i aua rā. 18 Nā, me whakataki mārie e ngā kaiwhakawā; ā, ka kitea he kaiwhakaatu teka te kaiwhakaatu, he teka tāna kōrero mō tōna teina; 19 nā, pērātia ia e koutou me tāna i whakaaro ai kia meatia ki tōna teina; pēnei ka whakakorea te kino i roto i a koe. 20 Ā, ka rongo te nuinga, ā, ka wehi, e kore hoki e mea i te kino pērā i roto i a koe ā muri. 21 Kaua anō tōu kanohi e tohu: ko tō te ora utu he ora, tō te kanohi he kanohi, tō te niho he niho, tō te ringa he ringa, tō te waewae he waewae.

1 When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; 2 thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.

4 And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; 5 as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live: 6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee. 8 And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; 9 if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three: 10 that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

11 But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities; 12 then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established. 16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, 17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; 18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother; 19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 20 And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. 21 And thine eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.