Joshua 20

1 Eka Jehova Nyasaye nowachone Joshua niya,

And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying:

2 “Kone jo-Israel oyier miechgi madongo mag tony, kaka ne asenyisou kokalo kuom Musa,

'Speak to the children of Israel, saying: Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spoke unto you by the hand of Moses;

3 mondo ngʼato angʼata monego nyawadgi kobothne kendo ok dwarone nyalo biro kanyo mi oyud konyruok koa e lwet ngʼama dwaro chulone kuor.

that the manslayer that killeth any person through error and unawares may flee thither; and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

4 “Ka oringo mi obiro e achiel kuom mier madongogi, to nyaka ochungʼ e dhorangach mar dala maduongʼ mondo owach malongʼo chandruok mare e nyim jotend dala maduongʼno. Bangʼ mano to girwake ei dalagi maduongʼno kendo gimiye kama odakie kodgi.

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

5 Ka ngʼat madwaro chulo kuor olawe, to kik gichiw ngʼatno modonjne, nikech ne onego nyawadgino ka ok ochano kendo ka oonge gi paro mar nege.

And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unawares, and hated him not beforetime.

6 Nyaka odag e dala maduongʼ kanyo machop chiengʼ bura e nyim kanyakla kendo nyaka chop chiengʼ ma jadolo maduongʼ marito kanyo tho. Bangʼeno onyalo dok e dalane owuon, ma en dalano mane oringo koaye.”

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days; then may the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.'

7 Omiyo negiwalo tenge Kedesh man Galili e piny Naftali manie got, gi Shekem e piny Efraim manie got kod Kiriath Arba (tiende ni, Hebron), e piny Juda ma bende ni e got.

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.

8 To yo wuok chiengʼ mar Aora Jordan (e piny mamalo momanyore gi Jeriko) negiyiero Bezer manie thim kuom piny dhood Reuben gi Ramoth mantiere Gilead kuom piny dhood Gad, kod Golan mantiere Bashan e dhood Manase.

And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the table-land 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.

9 Ja-Israel moro amora kata jadak mora amora modak e diergi ma nonego ngʼato ka ok ochano kendo ka oonge gi paro mar nege mondo odhi e mier madongo mowal mar tony mondo kik neg-gi gi ngʼatno madwaro chulo kuor kapok otergi e bura e nyim kanyakla.

These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person through error might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.