Joshua 20

1 Then the LORD said to Joshua,

١ وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَشُوعَ قَائِلًا:

2 “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

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

3 so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

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

4 When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

٤ 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.

5 Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.

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

6 He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”

٦ 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».

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

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

8 And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

٨ 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.

9 These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.

٩ 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.