Deuteronomy 19
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Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1When 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,
1“ʻOka hili hono motuhi ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi kakai, ʻoku ʻonautolu ʻae fonua ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe, pea ʻoku ke tongia ʻakinautolu, ʻo nofo ʻi heʻenau ngaahi kolo, mo honau ngaahi fale;
2then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
2Te ke vaheʻi kiate koe ʻae kolo ʻe tolu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo ho fonua, ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe ke ke maʻu ia.
3You are to build roads for yourselves 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.
3Pea ke teu ʻae hala kiate koe, pea vahe tolu ʻae fonua, ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ke ke maʻu, koeʻuhi ke hola ki ai ʻaia kotoa pē kuo fai noa ha tāmate.
4Now 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:
4¶ “Pea ko hono ʻuhinga eni ʻoe tāmate faainoa, ʻaia ʻe hola ia ki ai, ke ne moʻui ai: Ko ia ʻoku ne tāmateʻi hono kaungāʻapi taʻeloto ki ai, pea naʻe ʻikai tomuʻa fehiʻa ia kiate ia;
5If 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.
5Kae hangē ko e ʻalu ha tangata mo hono kaungāʻapi ki he vao ke fai ʻae taʻanga, pea ʻoku hiki hono nima ke tā ʻae ʻakau ke hinga, pea homo ʻae toki mei he ʻesia, pea lavea ai hono kaungāʻapi, pea mate ai ia; ʻe hola ia ki he kolo ʻe taha ʻi he ngaahi kolo ni, pea ʻe moʻui ia:
6Otherwise, 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.
6Telia naʻa tuli ʻe he totongi toto ki he tāmate faainoa, ʻi he kei vela hono loto, pea maʻu ia, koeʻuhi ʻoku lōloa ʻae hala, ʻo ne tāmateʻi ia; ka ko e moʻoni naʻe ʻikai totonu ke tāmateʻi ia, he naʻe ʻikai tomuʻa fehiʻa ia kiate ia.
7This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
7Ko ia ʻoku ou fekau kiate koe, ʻo pehē, Ke ke vaheʻi kiate koe ʻae kolo ʻe tolu.
8And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,
8Pea kapau ʻoku fakalahi ho fonua ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻo hangē ko ʻene fuakava ki hoʻo ngaahi tamai, ʻo ne foaki kiate koe ʻae ngaahi fonua kotoa pē ʻaia naʻa ne talaʻofa ke foaki ki hoʻo ngaahi tamai;
9and 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.
9Kapau te ke tauhi ʻae ngaahi fekau ni kotoa pē ke fai ki ai, ʻaia ʻoku ou fekauʻi koe he ʻaho ni, ke ʻofa kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, pea ke ʻalu maʻu pe ʻi hono ngaahi hala; pehē, te ke toki fakalahi ʻaki ʻae kolo kehe ʻe tolu, ki he kolo ʻe tolu ni:
10Thus 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.
10Koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa lilingi ʻae toto taʻehalaia ʻi ho fonua, ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ko e tofiʻa kiate koe, pea ʻe hoko ai ʻae toto kiate koe.
11If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
11¶ “Ka ko eni, kapau ʻoku fehiʻa ha tangata ki hono kaungāʻapi, pea toitoiʻi ai, pea tuʻu hake kiate ia, pea taaʻi ia ke lavea lahi pea mate ai, pea hola ia ki he kolo ʻe taha ʻoe ngaahi kolo ni:
12the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
12ʻE toki fekau ai ʻe he mātuʻa ʻo ʻene kolo ʻo ʻomi ia mei ai, pea ʻe tukuange ia ki he nima ʻoe totongi toto, koeʻuhi ke mate ai ia.
13You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
13ʻOua naʻa ʻofa ho mata kiate ia, ka ke tukuange mei ʻIsileli ʻa hono nunuʻa ʻoe toto taʻehalaia, koeʻuhi ke hoko ai ʻae lelei kiate koe.
14You 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.
14¶ “ʻOua naʻa ke hiki ʻae fakangataʻanga fonua ʻo ho kaungāʻapi, ʻaia naʻe tō ʻi muʻa ʻi ho tofiʻa, ʻaia te ke maʻu ʻi he fonua ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ke ke maʻu.
15A 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.
15¶ “ʻOua naʻa tuʻu hake ha fakamoʻoni pē taha ki ha tangata ʻi he hia, pe ʻi he angahala, ʻi ha angahala ʻe taha ʻoku ne fai: ʻi he ngutu ʻoe fakamoʻoni ʻe toko ua, pe ko e toko tolu, ʻe toki fakapapau ai ʻae meʻa.
16If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
16Kapau ʻe tuʻu hake ha fakamoʻoni loi ki he tangata ke fakamoʻoni ha meʻa kiate ia ʻaia ʻoku hala:
17both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
17ʻE tuʻu ai ʻae ongo tangata, ʻaia ʻoku na fakakikihi, ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau fakamaau, ʻaia ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia;
18The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,
18Pea ʻe ʻeke lahi ʻe he kau fakamaau: pea vakai, kapau ko e fakamoʻoni loi ʻae fakamoʻoni, pea kuo ne fakamoʻoni loi ki hono tokoua:
19you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
19Te mou toki fai kiate ia, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻa ne tokanga ke fai ki hono tokoua: ʻe pehē ʻa hoʻo tukuange ai ʻae kovi ʻiate kimoutolu.
20Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
20Pea ko kinautolu ʻoku toe tenau fanongo, mo manavahē, pea ʻe ʻikai tenau toe fai ha kovi pehē ʻiate kimoutolu.
21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
21Pea ʻoua naʻa ʻofa ho mata, kae ʻatu ʻae moʻui ki he moʻui, ko e mata ki he mata, mo e nifo ki he nifo, ko e nima ki he nima, mo e vaʻe ki he vaʻe.
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