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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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Three Cities of Refuge

¹“When the Lord your God ⚓has cut off the nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, ²⚓you shall separate three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess. ³You shall prepare roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, that any manslayer may flee there.
⁴“And ⚓this is the case of the manslayer who flees there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, not having hated him in time past— ⁵as when a man goes to the woods with his neighbor to cut timber, and his hand swings a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live; ⁶⚓lest the avenger of blood, while his anger is hot, pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated the victim in time past. ⁷Therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall separate three cities for yourself.’
⁸“Now if the Lord your God ⚓enlarges your territory, as He swore to ⚓your fathers, and gives you the land which He promised to give to your fathers, ⁹and if you keep all these commandments and do them, which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and to walk always in His ways, ⚓then you shall add three more cities for yourself besides these three, ¹⁰⚓lest innocent blood be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and thus guilt of bloodshed be upon you.
¹¹“But ⚓if anyone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises against him and strikes him mortally, so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities, ¹²then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him over to the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. ¹³⚓Your eye shall not pity him, ⚓but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

Property Boundaries

¹⁴⚓“You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

The Law Concerning Witnesses

¹⁵⚓“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. ¹⁶If a false witness ⚓rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, ¹⁷then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, ⚓before the priests and the judges who serve in those days. ¹⁸And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother, ¹⁹⚓then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so ⚓you shall put away the evil from among you. ²⁰⚓And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you. ²¹⚓Your eye shall not pity: ⚓life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.