Números 35

Ngā Pā mā ngā Rīwaiti

1 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi i ngā mānia o Moapa, i te wāhi o Horano, ki Heriko, i mea, 2 "Whakahaua ngā tama a Īharaira kia hōmai ki ngā Rīwaiti ētahi pā o ō rātou kāinga ka riro nei i a rātou hei nohoanga; me hoatu anō ki ngā Rīwaiti ngā wāhi o waho o aua pā ā tawhio noa. 3 Ā, ko ngā pā hei nohoanga mō rātou; ko ngā wāhi hoki o waho ake mō ā rātou kararehe, mō ō rātou taonga, mō ā rātou kīrehe katoa.

4 "Ā, ko ngā wāhi o waho o ngā pā, e hoatu e koutou ki ngā Rīwaiti, kia kotahi mano ngā whatīanga i te taiepa atu anō o te pā, ā, haere whakawaho ā tawhio noa. 5 Me rūri anō e koutou i waho o te pā, i te taha ki te rāwhiti kia rua mano whatīanga, i te taha ki te tonga kia rua mano whatīanga, i te taha ki te hauāuru kia rua mano whatīanga, i te taha hoki ki te raki kia rua mano whatīanga, ā, hei waenganui te pā. Ko ngā wāhi tēnei mō rātou o waho i ngā pā.

6 "Ā, kia ono ngā pā whakaora i roto i ngā pā e hoatu e koutou ki ngā Rīwaiti; me hoatu hei rerenga atu mō te kaiwhakamate. Kia whā tekau mā rua hoki ngā pā e tāpiritia e koutou ki ēnā. 7 Ko ngā pā katoa e hoatu e koutou ki ngā Rīwaiti, kia whā tekau mā waru; ērā, me ngā wāhi o waho ake. 8 Ā, hei roto i te wāhi tūturu o ngā tama a Īharaira ngā pā e hoatu e koutou; kia maha i roto i ngā mea maha, kia ouou hoki i roto i ngā mea ouou, kia rite ki tōna kāinga e riro i a ia ōna pā e hoatu e tērā, e tērā, ki ngā Rīwaiti."

Ngā Pā Whakaora

9 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi, i mea: 10 "Kōrero ki ngā tama a Īharaira, mea atu ki a rātou, E whiti koutou i Horano ki te whenua o Kanaana; 11 nā, ka whakarite i ētahi pā mō koutou hei pā whakaora, hei rerenga atu mō te tangata whakamate, i whakamate nei i te tangata, otiia ehara i te mea āta whakaaro. 12 Ā, ka waiho e koutou hei pā whakaora kei mate i te kaitakitaki; kei mate te tangata whakamate, kia tū rā anō ia ki te aroaro o te whakaminenga, kia whakawākia.

13 "Ā, kia ono ngā pā e waiho hei whakaora, o ngā pā e hoatu nei e koutou. 14 Kia toru ngā pā e hoatu e koutou i tēnei taha o Horano, kia toru hoki ngā pā e hoatu e koutou i te whenua o Kanaana; me waiho hei pā whakaora. 15 Hei whakaora ēnei pā e ono mō ngā tama a Īharaira, mō te manene, mō te nohonoa i roto i a koutou; hei rerenga atu mō ngā tāngata i mate ai tētahi, otiia ehara i te mea āta whakaaro."

He Ture ki te Kōhuru, te Mate Pokerehū

16 "Otiia, ki te patu ia i a ia ki te mea rino, ā, ka mate, he kaikōhuru ia; kia mate rawa te kaikōhuru. 17 Ki te patu anō hoki ia i a ia ki te kōhatu i whiua e ia kia mate rawa ai, ā, ka mate, he kaikōhuru ia; kia mate rawa te kaikōhuru. 18 Ki te patu rānei ia i a ia ki te mea rākau a te ringa kia mate ai, ā, ka mate, he kaikōhuru ia; kia mate rawa te kaikōhuru. 19 Mā te kaitakitaki toto ake anō e whakamate te kaikōhuru; e whakamate ia i a ia ina tūtaki ki a ia.

20 "Ki te mea he ngākau kino tōna, ā, i ka wero ia i a ia; ki te whanga atu rānei ia, ā, ka epaina atu ia kia mate; 21 ki te mauāhara rānei ia, ā, ka patu i a ia ki tōna ringa e mate ai ia; kia mate rawa te kaipatu, he kaikōhuru ia. E whakamatea te kaikōhuru e te kaitakitaki toto, ina tūtaki ki a ia.

22 "Tēnā ia, mehemea he oho noa ake tāna wero i a ia, ā, ehara i te mea mauāhara; ki te epaina rānei ia ki tētahi mea, ā, kīhai i whanga atu; 23 ki te kōhatu rānei, ki te mea e mate ai, ā, kīhai i kitea atu, nā kua ū ki a ia, ā, ka mate, kāhore anō hoki ōna mauāhara ki a ia, kīhai anō hoki i rapu i te hē mōna; 24 kātahi ka whakarite te whakaminenga i tā te kaipatu, i tā te kaitakitaki toto; kia rite ki ēnei ritenga. 25 Ā, ka whakaorangia e te whakaminenga te kaiwhakamate i roto i te ringa o te kaitakitaki toto, me whakahoki anō ia e te whakaminenga ki tōna pā whakaora, i rere atu ai ia; ā, ka noho ia ki reira ā mate noa te tino tohunga i whakawahia ki te hinu tapu.

26 "Ki te puta kau atu te kaiwhakamate ki waho o te rohe o tōna pā whakaora i rere atu nei ia; 27 ā, ka pono ki a ia te kaitakitaki toto ki waho o te rohe o tōna pā whakaora, ā, ka patua te kaiwhakamate e te kaitakitaki toto, e kore e whakairia he toto ki a ia. 28 Me noho hoki ia i roto i tōna pā whakaora, kia mate rā anō te tino tohunga; ā muri iho i te matenga o te tino tohunga ka hoki te kaiwhakamate ki tōna whenua tupu.

29 "Nā, hei tikanga whakawā ēnei mā koutou, i ō koutou whakatupuranga, i ō koutou nohoanga katoa.

30 "Ki te patu tētahi i te tangata, mā te māngai o ngā kaiwhakaatu e whakamatea ai te kaikōhuru. Kaua anō te kaiwhakaatu kotahi e whakatau hē ki tētahi, e mate ai.

31 "Kaua anō hoki e tangohia he utu mō te kaikōhuru kia ora, ki te mea he hara tōna e mate ai. Engari, kia mate rawa ia.

32 "Kaua anō e tango utu mō te tangata i rere ki tōna pā whakaora, kia hoki ai ia ki te whenua noho ai; kia mate rā anō te tohunga.

33 "Kia kore ai e whakapokea e koutou te whenua kei reira nei koutou; mā ngā toto hoki e poke ai te whenua; heoi anō hoki te mea hei pure i ngā toto i whakahekea ki te whenua, ko ngā toto o te kaiwhakaheke. 34 Kaua e whakapokea te whenua e noho ai koutou, e noho ai ahau; nō te mea e noho ana ahau, a Ihowā, i waenganui i ngā tama a Īharaira."

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure without 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. 6 And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities. 7 All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs. 8 And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites.

9 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11 then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. 12 And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment. 13 And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. 15 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

16 But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. 20 And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, 23 or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm; 24 then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances; 25 and 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, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth, 27 and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood, 28 because 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.

29 And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. 32 And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.