< Joshua 20 >

1 Then the LORD said to Joshua,
Alò, SENYÈ a te pale a Josué e te di:
2 “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
“Pale a fis Israël yo e di: ‘Etabli vil azil ke M te pale ou pa Moïse yo,
3 so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
pou moun ki touye nenpòt moun san li pa fè eksprè, san reflechi yo, pou yo kapab sove ale rive la. Yo va vin yon azil kont vanjè san an.
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.
Li va sove ale rive nan youn nan vil sila yo. Yo va kanpe nan antre pòtay a vil sa a pou pwononse ka li a pou ansyen yo nan vil la tande. Konsa, yo va fè l antre nan vil kote yo a, yo va ba li yon kote pou li kapab rete pami yo.
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.
Alò, si vanjè san an vin kouri dèyè li, yo pa pou livre moun ki touye moun nan nan men yo, akoz li te frape vwazen li an san reflechi e li pa t rayi li avan lè.
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.”
Li va rete nan vil sa a jiskaske li kanpe devan asanble a pou jijman, jiska lanmò a wo prèt la nan jou epòk sa a. Epi moun ki te touye moun nan va retounen nan pwòp vil pa li ak pwòp kay pa li, nan vil sila li te sove ale a.’”
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.
Konsa, yo te mete akote Kédesh nan Galilée nan peyi ti kolin yo a Nephtali, Sichem nan peyi ti kolin yo a Éphraïm ak Kirjath-Arba (sa vle di, Hébron) nan peyi ti kolin Juda a.
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.
Lòtbò Jourdain an, sòti Jéricho vè lès, yo te dezinye Betser nan dezè a sou plèn nan pou tribi Ruben an, Ramoth nan Galaad pou tribi Gad la ak Golan nan Basan pou tribi Manassé a.
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.
Sila yo se te vil yo chwazi pou tout fis Israël yo, pou etranje ki demere pami yo, pou nenpòt moun ki touye yon moun san eksprè, kapab sove ale rive la e pa mouri pa men a vanjè san an jiskaske li vin kanpe devan asanble a.

< Joshua 20 >