يَشُوع 20

١ 1 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَشُوعَ قَائِلًا:

And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

٢ 2 «كَلِّمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلًا: ٱجْعَلُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ مُدُنَ ٱلْمَلْجَإِ كَمَا كَلَّمْتُكُمْ عَلَى يَدِ مُوسَى

Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Assign for you the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,

٣ 3 لِكَيْ يَهْرُبَ إِلَيْهَا ٱلْقَاتِلُ ضَارِبُ نَفْسٍ سَهْوًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، فَتَكُونَ لَكُمْ مَلْجَأً مِنْ وَلِيِّ ٱلدَّمِ.

that the manslayer who kills any soul unwittingly and unawares may flee there. And they shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

٤ 4 فَيَهْرُبُ إِلَى وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمُدُنِ، وَيَقِفُ فِي مَدْخَلِ بَابِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِدَعْوَاهُ فِي آذَانِ شُيُوخِ تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَيَضُمُّونَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَيُعْطُونَهُ مَكَانًا فَيَسْكُنُ مَعَهُمْ.

And he shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city. And they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

٥ 5 وَإِذَا تَبِعَهُ وَلِيُّ ٱلدَّمِ فَلَا يُسَلِّمُوا ٱلْقَاتِلَ بِيَدِهِ لِأَنَّهُ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ضَرَبَ قَرِيبَهُ، وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مُبْغِضٍ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ.

And if the avenger of blood pursues after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand, because he smote his neighbor unawares, and did not hate him formerly.

٦ 6 وَيَسْكُنُ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى يَقِفَ أَمَامَ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ لِلْقَضَاءِ، إِلَى أَنْ يَمُوتَ ٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٱلَّذِي يَكُونُ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ. حِينَئِذٍ يَرْجِعُ ٱلْقَاتِلُ وَيَأْتِي إِلَى مَدِينَتِهِ وَبَيْتِهِ، إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي هَرَبَ مِنْهَا».

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest who shall be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from where he fled.

٧ 7 فَقَدَّسُوا قَادَشَ فِي ٱلْجَلِيلِ فِي جَبَلِ نَفْتَالِي، وَشَكِيمَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَقَرْيَةَ أَرْبَعَ، هِيَ حَبْرُونُ، فِي جَبَلِ يَهُوذَا.

And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.

٨ 8 وَفِي عَبْرِ أُرْدُنِّ أَرِيحَا نَحْوَ ٱلشُّرُوقِ جَعَلُوا بَاصَرَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ فِي ٱلسَّهْلِ مِنْ سِبْطِ رَأُوبَيْنَ، وَرَامُوتَ فِي جِلْعَادَ مِنْ سِبْطِ جَادَ، وَجُولَانَ فِي بَاشَانَ مِنْ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى.

And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

٩ 9 هَذِهِ هِيَ مُدُنُ ٱلْمَلْجَإِ لِكُلِّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلِلْغَرِيبِ ٱلنَّازِلِ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ لِكَيْ يَهْرُبَ إِلَيْهَا كُلُّ ضَارِبِ نَفْسٍ سَهْوًا، فَلَا يَمُوتَ بِيَدِ وَلِيِّ ٱلدَّمِ حَتَّى يَقِفَ أَمَامَ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ.

These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any soul unwittingly might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stood before the congregation.