يَشُوع 20

١ 1 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَشُوعَ قَائِلًا:

The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying,

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

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint for you cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:

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

That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] ignorantly, may flee thither: and they shall be your 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 when he that doth flee to one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, 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 shall pursue him, then they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor ignorantly, and had not hated him before.

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 shall stand before the congregation for judgment, [and] until the death of the high-priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled.

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

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, (which [is] Hebron) in the mountain 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 on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon 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 cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger sojourning among them, that whoever should kill [any] person unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.