Joshua 20

1 And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

Yehowa gblɔ na Yosua be,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint for yourselves the cities of refuge, whereof I spoke unto you through Moses,

“Gblɔ na Israelviwo be woatia sitsoƒeduwo, abe ale si meɖoe da ɖi to Mose dzi ene la azɔ.

3 that the slayer who unwittingly without intent smiteth any one mortally may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Ne ame aɖe wu ame to nu maɖowɔ me la, ate ŋu asi ayi du siawo dometɔ ɖeka me, eye woaxɔ nɛ tso ame kukua ƒe ƒometɔwo, ame siwo adi be yewoabia hlɔ̃ awui la ƒe asi me.

4 And he shall flee unto one of those cities and stand at the entrance of the city-gate, and shall declare his matter 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.

Ne amewula la ɖo du siawo dometɔ ɖeka me la, awɔ takpekpe kple du ma me tɔwo ƒe ametsitsiwo, agblɔ nu si dzɔ la na wo, ekema woaxɔe, ana teƒee wòanɔ le wo dome.

5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; for he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not previously.

Ne ame kuku la ƒe ƒometɔ aɖe va be yeabia hlɔ̃e, awui la, womaɖe asi le amewula la ŋu nɛ o, elabena menye ɖe wòɖoe hafi wu amea o.

6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment, until the death of the high-priest that shall be in those days; then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

Ele be amewula la nanɔ sitsoƒedu la me va se ɖe esime ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo nadrɔ̃ ʋɔnui, eye wòaganɔ afi ma va se ɖe esime nunɔlagã si nɔ dzi ɖum hafi nya sia dzɔ la naku. Ekema amewula la ate ŋu atrɔ ayi wo de azɔ.”

7 And they hallowed Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, in the hill-country of Judah.

Du siwo wotsɔ wɔ sitsoƒeduwoe lae nye Kedes le Galilea, le Naftali ƒe viwo ƒe tonyigba dzi, Sekem le Efraim ƒe viwo ƒe tonyigba dzi kple Kiriat Arba si wogayɔna be Hebron la, le Yuda ƒe tonyigba dzi.

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

Yehowa gaɖoe be woagatia du bubu etɔ̃ woazu sitsoƒeduwo le Yɔdan tɔsisi la ƒe ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo, le Yeriko ƒe akpa kemɛ. Sitsoƒedu siawoe nye Bezer le Ruben ƒe viwo ƒe anyigba dzi, Ramot le Gilead, le Gad ƒe viwo ƒe anyigba dzi kple Golan le Basan, le Manase ƒe viwo ƒe anyigba dzi.

9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever smiteth any one mortally without intent might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the assembly.

Sitsoƒedu siawo li na amedzro siwo le Israelviwo dome kple Israelviwo ŋutɔ siaa, ale be ame si meɖoe hafi wu nɔvia o la ate ŋu asi ayi teƒe ma, woadrɔ̃ ʋɔnui, eye womabia hlɔ̃e, awui o.