1.When 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,
2.then set aside for yourselves three cities
centrally located in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
drive out
쫓아내다
But I will not
drive them
out in a single year,
because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.
set aside
따로 떼어놓다. 구별해 두다
On the first day of every week, each one of you should
set aside a sum of money
in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
3.Build roads to them and divide into three parts the land
the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance,
so that anyone who kills a man may flee there.
so that ~
~ 하도록 (that 다음에 오는 문장에 조동사 will, should, may, should 등이 올 때가 많음)
I, the LORD, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night
so that no one may harm it.
4.This is the rule concerning the man who kills another and flees there
to save his lifeㅡone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without malice aforethought.
one who ~
~ 하는 사람 (복수일 때 those who ~
"I baptize you with water for repentance.
But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
5.For 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.
for instance
예를 들면
성경 전체에서 for instance 는 이곳 밖에 없어서 성경에서 예문을 소개하지 못한다.
I have a lot of hobbies, for instance I play ping pong almost everyday.
(5) 에서 fell 은 fall 의 과거형이 아니라,
나무틀 베어 '넘어뜨린다'
6.Otherwise, 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.
even though
비록 ~ 이지만
By faith Abraham,
even though he was past ageㅡand Sarah herself was barren
was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.
7.This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.
this is why, that is why ~
그러니까 ~ 하다
This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears.
No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit.
set aside
위의 (2) 참조
8.If the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as he promised on oath to your forefathers, and gives you the whole land he promised them,
9.because you carefully follow all these laws
I command you todayㅡto love the LORD your God
and to walk always in his waysㅡthen you are to set aside three more cities.
be to ~
~ 일 것이다, ~ 해야 한다
Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that the others may take warning.
이 문장의 so that (~ 하도록)은 위의 (3) 참조
set aside
위의 (2) 참조
10.Do 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.
이 문장에 두 번이나 나오는 so that 위의 (3) 참조
11.But if a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him, assaults and kills him,
and then flees to one of these cities,
12.the elders of his town shall send for him, bring him back from the city,
and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
lie in wait for ~ (과거는 lay in wait for ~)
~ 을 숨어서 기다리다
The people of Gaza were told, "Samson is here!"
So they surrounded the place and lay in waitfor him all night at the city gate.
send for ~
(누군가를 시켜) ~ 를 부르러 보내다
So when I was
sent for, I came without raising any objection.
May I ask why you sent for me?"
13.Show him no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood,
so that it may go well with you.
14.Do 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.
so that ~
위의 (3) 참조
15.One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime or offense
he may have committed.
A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
16.If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime,
17.the two men 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.
18.The judges must make a thorough investigation,
and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother,
19.then do to him as he intended to do to his brother.
You must purge the evil from among you.
intend to ~
~ 하려고 시도하다
"Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover her nakedness.
20.The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid,
and never again will such an evil thing be done among you.
21.Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
eye for eye
성경을 모르는 사람들도 '보복'에 대한 얘기를 할 때
'눈에는 눈' 이라고 말하는 것,
바로 여기 말씀을 인용하는 것