Joshua 20
1 Then the LORD said to Joshua,
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Yosua se,
2 “Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,
“Afei, ka kyerɛ Israelfo no na wonyiyi guankɔbea nkuropɔn no sɛnea mehyɛɛ Mose no.
3 so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Obiara a wanhyɛ da na obekum obi no tumi guan kɔ nkuropɔn yi bi so, kɔbɔ ne ho aguaa, sɛnea owufo no abusuafo no rentumi ntɔ okum no so were.
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.
Sɛ onipa a wanhyɛ da na okum obi no du kuropɔn no bi so a, onkohu kuropɔn no mu mpanyimfo wɔ kuropɔn no pon ano na ɔnkyerɛ wɔn nea esii. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔma ho kwan ma owura kuropɔn no mu, na wɔne no tena.
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.
Sɛ owufo no abusuafo ba sɛ wɔrebɛtɔ okum no so were a, ɛnsɛ sɛ mpanyimfo no yi okumfo no ma, efisɛ ɛyɛ esiane.
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.”
Nanso ɛsɛ sɛ okumfo no tena kuropɔn no mu na ɔmanfo di nʼasɛm bu no bem. Na ɛsɛ sɛ owudifo no kɔ so tena kurow no mu, efisɛ owu no yɛ asiane. Ɔbɛtena hɔ akosi sɛ ɔsɔfopanyin a ɔwɔ hɔ saa bere no a asɛm no sii no bewu. Ɛno akyi, okumfo no wɔ ho kwan sɛ ɔsan kɔ ne kurom.”
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.
Nkuropɔn a edidi so yi na woyiyi yɛɛ hɔ guankɔbea nkuropɔn: Kedes a ɛwɔ Galilea wɔ Naftali bepɔw asase so, Sekem a ɛwɔ Efraim bepɔw asase so, Kiriat-Arba a wɔfrɛ no Hebron a ɛwɔ Yuda bepɔw asase so.
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.
Na Asubɔnten Yordan apuei fam nso a etwa mu fi Yeriko no, saa nkuropɔn a edidi so yi na woyiyii sɛ guankɔbea nkuropɔn: Beser a ɛwɔ sare pradada so a ɛyɛ Ruben abusuakuw de no, Ramot a ɛwɔ Gilead a ɛwɔ Gad abusuakuw asase so ne Golan a ɛwɔ Basan a ɛyɛ Manase abusuakuw no asase.
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.
Eyinom ne nkuropɔn a woyiyi maa Israelfo ne ahɔho a wɔne wɔn te no. Obiara a wamfi ɔboayɛ mu ankum ɔfoforo no, otumi kɔhwehwɛ guankɔbea wɔ saa nkuropɔn yi biara so. Sɛ wɔfa saa ɔkwan yi so a wɔn a wɔrehwehwɛ aweretɔ no nsa renka awudifo no nkum wɔn ansa na wɔaba ɔmanfo asennii abeyi wɔn ho ano.
