Joshua 20
1 And the Lord said to Joshua,
Seyè a pale ak Jozye, li di l' konsa:
2 Say to the children of Israel, Let certain towns be marked out as safe places, as I said to you by the mouth of Moses,
-Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo, di yo pou yo chwazi lavil kote moun ka jwenn pwoteksyon, jan mwen te bay Moyiz lòd pou yo fè a.
3 So that any man who in error and without design has taken the life of another, may go in flight to them: and they will be safe places for you from him who has the right of punishment for blood.
Lè yon moun touye yon moun san li pa fè espre, san li pa t' gen lide fè sa, li ka kouri al kache la pou yo ka pwoteje l' pou l' pa tonbe anba men moun k'ap chache l' pou yo tire revanj.
4 And if anyone goes in flight to one of those towns, and comes into the public place of the town, and puts his cause before the responsible men of the town, they will take him into the town and give him a place among them where he may be safe.
Moun k'ap chache pwoteksyon nan yonn nan lavil sa yo va kouri ale bò pòtay lavil la, l'a esplike chèf fanmi lavil la sa ki te rive l'. Lèfini, y'a kite l' antre nan lavil la. Y'a ba li yon kote pou l' rete nan mitan yo.
5 And if the one who has the right of punishment comes after him, they are not to give the taker of life up to him; because he was the cause of his neighbour's death without designing it and not in hate.
Si moun k'ap chache tire revanj yo rive jouk la deyè l', chèf fanmi lavil la p'ap renmèt yo nonm lan, paske se pa espre li te fè lè l' te touye moun menm ras ak li a. Li pa t' gen anyen avè l'.
6 And he is to go on living in that town till he has to come before the meeting of the people to be judged; (till the death of him who is high priest at that time: ) then the taker of life may come back to his town and to his house, to the town from which he had gone in flight.
L'a gen pou l' rete nan lavil la jouk la parèt devan tout pèp la pou yo jije l', jouk moun ki granprèt lè sa a va mouri. Se lè sa a nonm lan va gen dwa tounen lakay li, nan lavil li te kouri kite a.
7 So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
Se konsa, moun yo pran lavil Kadès nan peyi Galile, nan mòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Neftali yo, lavil Sichèm nan mòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Efrayim yo ak lavil Kiriyat aba ki rele koulye a Ebwon, nan mòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Jida yo pou sèvi pwoteksyon.
8 And on the east side of Jordan at Jericho, they made selection of Bezer in the waste land, 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.
Lòt bò larivyè Jouden an menm, nan platon ki anfas lavil Jeriko, bò solèy leve, yo chwazi twa lavil nan dezè a pou sa tou: Bezè nan zòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Woubenn yo, Ramòt-Galarad nan zòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Gad yo, ak Golan nan peyi Bazan an nan zòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Manase yo.
9 These were the towns marked out for all the children of Israel and for the man from a strange country living among them, so that anyone causing the death of another in error, might go in flight there, and not be put to death by him who has the right of punishment for blood till he had come before the meeting of the people.
Men non lavil yo te chwazi pou bay pwoteksyon yo. Nenpòt moun nan pèp Izrayèl la osinon nan moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan mitan yo ki ta touye yon moun san fè espre, l'a gen dwa kouri al kache la pou yo ka pwoteje l' pou l' pa tonbe anba men moun ki fanmi pi pre moun li te touye a, anvan li parèt devan tout pèp la pou yo jije l'.
