Joshua 20
1 And the Lord spoke to Josue, saying: Speak to the children of Israel and say to them:
Hahoi BAWIPA Cathut ni Joshua hah a kaw teh,
2 Appoint cities of refuge, a of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:
nang ni Isarel miphunnaw,
3 That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them: and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood:
tami thei hanelah pouknae awm laipalah, ka tet payon e tami ni, a yawng nahane khonaw hah kârawi awh. Kut pathungnae koehoi hlout nahane kho lah ao han.
4 And when he shall flee to one of these cities: he shall stand before the gate of the city, and shall speak to the ancients of that city, such things as prove him innocent: and so shall they receive him, and give him a place to dwell in.
Hote kho buetbuet touh dawk ka yawng e tami teh, kho e longkha koe kangdue vaiteh, hote kho dawk kacuenaw koe amae kong hah a thaisak vaiteh, ahnimouh ni kho thung a kaw vaiteh, amamouh koe hmuen a poe han.
5 And when the avenger of blood shall pursue him, they shall not deliver him into his hands, because he slew his neighbour unawares, and is not proved to have been his enemy two or three days before.
Kut ka pathung hane tami ni pâlei pawiteh, ahnie kut dawk poe mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahni ni amae a hui hah kâtarannae awm laipalah a thei payon toe.
6 And he shall dwell in that city, till he stand before judgment to give an account of his fact, and till the death of the high priest, who shall be at that time: then shall the manslayer return, and go into his own city and house from whence he fled.
Ahni teh tamimaya hmalah a kangdue teh, lawkcengnae a khang hoehnahlan, hatnae tueng nah vaihma kacue a due hoehnahlan, hote kho dawk ao han. Hathnukkhu hoi a yawng takhai e kho, ama a onae im koe bout ban vaiteh o thainae kâ ao han.
7 And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of mount Nephtali, and Sichem in mount Ephraim, and Cariath-Arbe, the same is Hebron in the mountain of Juda.
Ahnimouh ni Galilee ram, Naphtali mon dawk Kedesh vah, Ephraim mon dawk Shekhem kho, Judah mon dawk Hebron kho tie Kiriath-Arba khonaw hai thoseh,
8 And beyond the Jordan to the east of Jericho, they appointed Bosor, which is upon the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of Ruben, and Ramoth in Galaad of the tribe of Cad, and Gaulon in Basan of the tribe of Manasses.
Jordan palang namran, Jeriko kho, Kanîtholah Reuben ram, Kahrawngum dawk e Bezer kho, Gad ram, Gilead ram dawk Ramoth kho, Manasseh ram, Bashan ram dawk Golan khonaw hah a rawi awh.
9 These cities were appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the strangers, that dwelt among them: that whosoever had killed a person unawares might flee to them, and not die by the hand of the kinsman, coveting to revenge the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people to lay open his cause.
Hete khonaw teh, Isarel miphun dawk hai thoseh, ahnimouh koe kaawm e Jentelnaw hai thoseh, pouk laipalah tami thet payon pawiteh, ka thet e tami ni kut pathungnae dawk hoi a hlout vaiteh, tamimaya hmalah a pha hoehnahlan a yawng vaiteh, ao thai nahanelah rawi e khonaw lah ao.
