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Siex Maengc Nyei Zingh

(Beiv mangc Saauv Mienh 35:9-28; Yo^su^waa 20:1-9)

¹Ziouv, meih mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, zorqv ninh oix jiu bun meih mbuo wuov norm deic-bung wuov deix guoqv nyei mienh pai guangc wuov zanc, meih mbuo yaac duqv zunc ninh mbuo cuotv, bieqc mingh yiem jienv ninh mbuo nyei zingh caux ninh mbuo nyei biauv, ²oix zuqc yiem Ziouv, meih mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, jiu bun meih mbuo nzipc wuov norm deic-bung ganh ca'lengc ginv cuotv buo norm zingh.⚓ ³Oix zuqc koi jauv mingh taux wuov deix zingh, yaac zorqv Ziouv, meih mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, jiu bun meih mbuo nzipc nyei deic-bung bun zoux buo gouv weic bun caqv-bouc daix mienh nyei mienh haih biaux mingh wuov deix zingh yiem.
⁴Yiem naaiv mingh gorngv mienh daix mienh biaux mingh yiem siex maengc zingh weic njoux maengc nyei jauv-louc, se mienh caqv-bouc daix zuqc mienh daic, maiv zeiz laanh hanc laanh daix. ⁵Hnangv mienh caux dauh juangc laangz nyei doic bieqc lomc goix ndiangx. Ninh fengx bouv goix ndiangx wuov zanc, bouv ndutv mingh mborqv zuqc ninh nyei doic daic. Ninh ziouc biaux mingh yietc norm naaiv deix zingh njoux ninh nyei maengc. ⁶Maiv zei aeqv, oix jaauv mienh maengc win wuov dauh qiex jiez! haic, zunc ninh. Se gorngv jauv ba'laqc go, zunc duqv zaaic yaac daix ninh maiv gunv maiv horpc zuqc daic, weic zuqc ninh maiv zeiz hanc ninh nyei doic cingx daix. ⁷Weic naaiv yie hatc meih mbuo oix zuqc ganh ca'lengc ginv cuotv buo norm zingh.
⁸Se gorngv Ziouv, meih mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, capv meih mbuo nyei gapv-jaaix cuotv ziux ninh houv bun meih mbuo nyei ong-taaix, yaac zorqv ninh laengz bun ninh mbuo nyei deic-bung yietc zungv jiu bun meih mbuo, ⁹yaac da'faanh meih mbuo ei jienv yie ih hnoi hatc meih mbuo nyei yietc zungv leiz, se hnamv Ziouv, meih mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, zanc-zanc yangh ninh nyei jauv, meih mbuo oix zuqc aengx ganh ca'lengc tipv buo norm zingh. ¹⁰Oix zuqc tipv naaiv deix zingh weic bun maiv zoux dorngc nyei mienh yiem Ziouv, meih mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, jiu bun meih mbuo nzipc nyei deic-bung maiv zuqc daix daic. Meih mbuo ganh yaac maiv zuqc weic naaiv deix sic zuqc ndaam-dorng.
¹¹Mv baac se gorngv maaih dauh mienh nzorng caux ninh juangc laangz mienh ziouc bingx jienv zuov mborqv daic ninh, wuov dauh ziouc biaux mingh taux yietc norm wuov deix siex maengc zingh, ¹²ninh ganh nyei buonv-zingh nyei ⟨mienh gox⟩ oix zuqc paaiv mienh mingh zorqv ninh nzuonx daaih jiu bun jaauv mienh maengc win wuov dauh daix ninh daic. ¹³Meih mbuo maiv dungx korv-lienh ninh. Yiem I^saa^laa^en Mienh mbu'ndongx oix zuqc bun maiv maaih daix maiv zoux dorngc nyei mienh nyei sic, weic bun meih mbuo duqv longx.

Maiv Dungx Suiv Gapv-Jaaix Nyei Dongc

¹⁴Meih mbuo yiem Ziouv, meih mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh jiu bun meih mbuo nyei deic-bung, maiv dungx suiv juangc laangz mienh nyei ndau-deic gapv-nqenx zoux jangx-hoc nyei la'bieiv-dongc. Naaiv se zinh baan mienh dingc daaih nyei gapv-jaaix.⚓

Zoux Zorng-Zengx Nyei Mienh

¹⁵Maiv gunv mienh baamz haaix nyungc zuiz fai zoux dorngc haaix nyungc sic, nduqc dauh mienh zoux zorng-zengx se maiv gaux dingc ninh nyei zuiz. Oix zuqc maaih i fai buo dauh zoux zorng-zengx cingx dingc.⚓
¹⁶Se gorngv maaih dauh mienh zoux jaav zorng-zengx oix hoic mienh,⚓ ¹⁷naaiv deix i dauh maaih sic nyei mienh oix zuqc mingh yiem Ziouv nyei nza'hmien, dorng jienv dongh wuov zanc zoux sai mienh nyei gong nyei sai mienh caux siemv zuiz jien. ¹⁸Siemv zuiz jien ziouc longx-longx nyei zaah muonc ninh mbuo nyei sic. Se gorngv zaah cuotv zorng-zengx mienh gorngv-baeqc, zoux jaav zorng-zengx hoic ninh nyei gorx-youz, ¹⁹oix zuqc zoux bun ninh hnangv ninh jiez hnyouv zoux bun ninh nyei gorx-youz nor. Oix zuqc bun naaiv deix orqv sic yiem meih mbuo mbu'ndongx zutc nzengc.⚓ ²⁰Zuangx mienh haiz naaiv deix sic ziouc gamh nziex haic. Yiem meih mbuo mbu'ndongx yietc liuz maiv maaih mienh gaamv zoux naaiv nyungc orqv sic. ²¹Maiv dungx korv-lienh naaiv nyungc mienh. Oix zuqc maengc jaauv maengc, m'zing jaauv m'zing, nyaah jaauv nyaah, buoz jaauv buoz, zaux jaauv zaux.⚓

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Cities of Refuge

¹When the Lord your God has destroyed the nations whose land he is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their towns and houses, ²then set aside for yourselves three cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess. ³Determine the distances involved and divide into three parts the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that a person who kills someone may flee for refuge to one of these cities.
⁴This is the rule concerning anyone who kills a person and flees there for safety—anyone who kills a neighbor unintentionally, without malice aforethought. ⁵For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, the head may fly off and hit his neighbor and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life. ⁶Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbor without malice aforethought. ⁷This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.
⁸If the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he promised on oath to your ancestors, and gives you the whole land he promised them, ⁹because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today—to love the Lord your God and to walk always in obedience to him—then you are to set aside three more cities. ¹⁰Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
¹¹But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor, and then flees to one of these cities, ¹²the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die. ¹³Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.
¹⁴Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

Witnesses

¹⁵One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
¹⁶If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime, ¹⁷the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time. ¹⁸The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite, ¹⁹then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party. You must purge the evil from among you. ²⁰The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you. ²¹Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.