يَشُوع 20

١ 1 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِيَشُوعَ:

The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying,

٢ 2 «أَبْلِغْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يُعَيِّنُوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مُدُنَ الْمَلْجَإِ كَمَا أَمَرْتُ 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 لِيَهْرُبَ إِلَيْهَا كُلُّ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً سَهْواً عَنْ غَيْرِ قَصْدٍ، فَتَكُونَ لَكُمْ مَلْجَأً مِنْ طَالِبِ الدَّمِ.

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 فَيَلُوذُ بِوَاحِدَةٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْمُدُنِ وَيَقِفُ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، شَارِحاً قَضِيَّتَهُ لِشُيُوخِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَيُدْخِلُونَهُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَيُوَفِّرُونَ لَهُ مَكَاناً لِلإِقَامَةِ فِيهَا.

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 وَإذَا تَعَقَّبَهُ طَالِبُ الدَّمِ فَلا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُسَلِّمُوا الْمُتَّهَمَ لَهُ، لأَنَّهُ قَتَلَ جَارَهُ عَنْ غَيْرِ قَصْدٍ وَمِنْ غَيْرِ سَابِقِ نِيَّةٍ حَاقِدَةٍ.

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 وَيَظَلُّ مُقِيماً فِي تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى يَمْثُلَ أَمَامَ الْقَضَاءِ لِيَلْقَى مُحَاكَمَةً عَادِلَةً، وَإِلَى أَنْ يَمُوتَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ الَّذِي يَكُونُ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ. عِنْدَئِذٍ يَرْجِعُ الْقَاتِلُ إِلَى مَدِينَتِهِ الَّتِي هَرَبَ مِنْهَا وَإِلَى بَيْتِهِ».

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 فَخَصَّصَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ مُدُنَ مَلْجَأٍ: قَادَشَ فِي الْجَلِيلِ فِي جَبَلِ نَفْتَالِي وَشَكِيمَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ، وَقَرْيَةَ أَرْبَعَ الَّتِي 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 أَمَّا فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ عِنْدَ أَرِيحَا فَقَدْ خَصَّصُوا بَاصِرَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ فِي سَهْلِ سِبْطِ رَأُوبَيْنَ، وَرَامُوتَ فِي جِلْعَادَ فِي أَرْضِ سِبْطِ جَادٍ، وَجُولانَ فِي بَاشَانَ مِنْ أَرْضِ 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 الْمَلْجَإِ الَّتِي صَارَتْ مَلاذاً لِكُلِّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلِلْغُرَبَاءِ الْمُقِيمِينَ بَيْنَهُمْ، لِكَيْ يَهْرُبَ إِلَيْهَا كُلُّ مَنْ يَقْتُلُ نَفْساً عَنْ غَيْرِ قَصْدٍ، فَلا يَمُوتُ بَيدِ طَالِبِ الدَّمِ، وَلِكَيْ يَمْثُلَ لِلْمُحَاكَمَةِ أَمَامَ الْجَمَاعَةِ.

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.