Joshua 20
1 Then the Lord told Joshua,
Hahoi BAWIPA Cathut ni Joshua hah a kaw teh,
2 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Assign sanctuary towns, as I instructed you through Moses.
nang ni Isarel miphunnaw,
3 Then any man who kills somebody by accident, unintentionally, can run there and they will be protected from those who wish to take revenge.
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 When he gets to one of these towns, he shall state his case to the elders at the town gates. They must allow him to enter, and they will also arrange a place for him to stay.
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 If the one seeking revenge comes looking for the man, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, because he killed someone unintentionally and without deliberate hatred.
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 He shall remain in that town until he has received a public trial and a verdict has been given, and until the death of the high priest of the time. Then he is free to return to his home, back to the town from where he ran away.’”
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 So they assigned the following sanctuary towns: Kedesh of Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Kiriath-arba (or Hebron), in the hill country of Judah.
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 On the other side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, they assigned: Bezer, in the wilderness on the plateau, from the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead, from the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.
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 were the assigned towns for all the Israelites, as well as for the foreigners living among them. Anyone who unintentionally killed someone could go there so they would not be killed by those who wished to take revenge before they had received a public trial and been given a guilty verdict.
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.
