Numbers 35
1 The Lord spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho. He told him,
Ɛberɛ a Israelfoɔ bɔɔ atenaseɛ wɔ Yordan ho, Moab tata so a ɛne Yeriko di nhwɛanimu no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
2 “Order the Israelites to provide from their land allocation towns for the Levites to live in and pastures around the towns.
“Ka kyerɛ Israelfoɔ no na wɔmfa wɔn agyapadeɛ no mu bi a ɛyɛ nkuro ne ɛho mmoa adidibea mma Lewifoɔ.
3 The towns are for them to live in, and the pastures will be for their herds and their flocks—for all their livestock.
Nkuro no mu na wɔbɛtena na wɔn anantwie, wɔn nnwan ne wɔn mmoa a aka no nso akɔ adidi wɔ adidibea hɔ.
4 The pastures around the towns you give to the Levites are to extend out from the wall a thousand cubits on all sides.
“Wɔn mmoa adidibea no kɛseɛ bɛfiri kuro no afasuo ho a ne fa biara tɛtrɛtɛ yɛ anammɔn apem ne ahanum.
5 Measure two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the town in the middle. These areas will be their pastures around the towns.
Monsusu anammɔn mpensa mfiri kuro no afasuo no ho wɔ nʼafanan nyinaa. Yei bɛyɛ adidibea kɛseɛ ama nkuro no.
6 Six of the towns you give the Levites are to be sanctuary towns, where a person who kills someone can run for protection. As well as these towns, give the Levites forty-two more.
“Momma Lewifoɔ no dwanekɔbea nkuropɔn nsia, baabi a obi a wafom akum ɔfoforɔ no bɛtumi adwane akɔ. Momfa nkuro aduanan mmienu nka wɔn ho.
7 The total number of towns you are to give the Levites is forty-eight, along with their pastures.
Ne nyinaa bɛyɛ nkuro aduanan nwɔtwe ne ho adidibea.
8 The towns that you allocate to be given to the Levites from the territory of the Israelites will be more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one. The number will be in proportion to the size of the land allocation of each tribe.”
Saa nkuro yi bɛfiri Israelfoɔ no agyapadeɛ mu. Mmusuakuo no mu akɛseɛ bɛma Lewifoɔ no nkuro bebree na mmusuakuo nketewa no ama kakraa. Abusuakuo biara bɛma sɛdeɛ nʼagyapadeɛ kɛseɛ teɛ.”
9 The Lord told Moses,
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When you cross over the Jordan into Canaan,
“Ka kyerɛ nnipa no sɛ, sɛ wɔduru asase no so a,
11 choose towns as your sanctuary towns, so a person who kills someone by mistake may run there.
wɔnyi Dwanekɔbea Nkuro a wɔde bɛma obiara a wafom akum onipa na ɔpɛ sɛ ɔdwane kɔ hɔ.
12 These towns will be for you places of sanctuary from those seeking revenge, so that the killer will not die until they are tried in court.
Saa nkuro yi bɛyɛ dwanekɔbea ama owudifoɔ no afiri owufoɔ no abusuafoɔ a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔtɔ owufoɔ no wuo so awere; na ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔkum owudifoɔ no, gye sɛ wɔadi nʼasɛm abu no kumfɔ.
13 The towns you choose will be your six sanctuary towns.
Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsisi Dwanekɔbea Nkuro yi mu mmiɛnsa wɔ Kanaan asase so
14 Choose three cities on the other side of the Jordan and three in Canaan as cities of refuge.
na wɔsisi mmiɛnsa nso wɔ Asubɔnten Yordan apueeɛ fam.
15 These six cities will be places of sanctuary for the Israelites and for foreigners or settlers among them, so that anyone who kills a person by mistake may run there.
Ɛnyɛ Israelfoɔ nko na ɛhɔ bɛyɛ wɔn dwanekɔbea, na mmom, ɛbɛyɛ dwanekɔbea ama ahɔhoɔ ne akwantufoɔ nyinaa.
16 But if anyone deliberately hits someone with something made of iron and kills them, that person is a murderer and must be executed.
“Nanso, sɛ obi de dadeɛ poma sin bi bɔ obi kum no a, wɔfa no sɛ wadi awu, enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum owudifoɔ no.
17 If anyone picks up something made of stone that could be used as a weapon and hits someone with it, and kills them, that person is a murderer and must be executed.
Anaasɛ, sɛ wɔde ɛboɔ kɛseɛ bi bɔɔ owufoɔ no a, ɛyɛ awudie enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum owudifoɔ no.
18 If anyone picks up something made of wood that could be used as a weapon and hits someone with it, and kills them, that person is a murderer and must be executed.
Saa ara nso na sɛ wɔde dua na wɔde kumm no a, ɛte ara ne no.
19 The avenger is to execute the murderer. When he finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
Sɛ ɔweretɔfoɔ no hyia owudifoɔ no baabiara a, ɔwɔ ho kwan sɛ ɔkum no bi.
20 Similarly, if anyone hates someone and knocks them down or deliberately throws something at them, and they're killed;
Enti, sɛ obi nam ɔtan so to biribi bɔ obi, anaasɛ ɔtetɛ no,
21 or if someone hits another with his hand and they die, the one who hit him must be executed because he is a murderer. When the avenger finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
anaa ɔde abufuo bɔ no kuturuku na onii no wu a, ɔyɛ owudifoɔ enti ɛsɛ sɛ ɔweretɔfoɔ no kum owudifoɔ no.
22 But if anyone knocks someone else down without meaning to and without hating them, or throws something at them not meaning to hurt them,
“Na sɛ nkwanhyia no mu, sɛ obi anhyɛ da na ɔtoo biribi anaa ɛboɔ bi a wanto no abufuo so, na ɔnnim sɛ ɛbɛbɔ obi
23 or carelessly drops a heavy stone that kills them, but not as an enemy or intending to harm them,
anaasɛ ɛnyɛ nʼadwene sɛ ɔbɛha ne ɔtamfoɔ, na sɛ onipa ko no wu a,
24 then the community must judge between the killer and the avenger following these regulations.
ɛsɛ sɛ wɔdi asɛm no. Wɔbɛhwɛ sɛ ɛyɛ nkwanhyia anaa ɛnyɛ nkwanhyia, anaasɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde saa onipa no hyɛ owufoɔ no weretɔni nsa anaa wɔmmfa no nhyɛ ne sa.
25 The court is to protect the killer from being attacked by the avenger and must return him to the sanctuary town that he ran to, and he must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with holy oil.
Sɛ wɔsi gyinaeɛ sɛ ɛyɛ nkwanhyia a, nnipa no bɛgye owudifoɔ no afiri ɔweretɔfoɔ no nsam. Wɔbɛma owudifoɔ no atena Dwanekɔbea Kuro no mu hɔ ara akɔsi sɛ ɔsɔfopanin bɛwu.
26 But if the killer ever leaves the limits of sanctuary town where they ran to,
“Sɛ owudifoɔ no firi kuro no mu
27 and the avenger finds him them outside his sanctuary town and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of murder,
na ɔweretɔni no hyia no na ɔkum no tua ka a, wɔmmfa no sɛ ɛyɛ awudie,
28 because the killer has to stay in his sanctuary town until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest are they allowed to return to the land they own.
ɛfiri sɛ, anka ɛsɛ sɛ owudifoɔ no tena kuro no mu kɔsi mmerɛ a ɔsɔfopanin no bɛwu. Ɔsɔfopanin no wuo akyi no, owudifoɔ no tumi kɔ ne kurom.
29 These regulations apply to all future generations wherever you live.
“Yei yɛ Israelfoɔ mmara a ɛwɔ hɔ daa firi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ so kɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ so.
30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be executed based on the evidence given by witnesses, plural. No one is to be executed based on the evidence given by a single witness.
“Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum awudifoɔ nyinaa. Nanso gye sɛ adansefoɔ boro onipa baako di tia no ansa na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no. Sɛ onipa baako di adanseɛ tia no nso a, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔkum no.
31 You are not to accept payment instead of executing a murderer who has been found guilty—they must be executed.
“Ɛberɛ biara a wɔbɛbua obi kumfɔ no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔwuo a wɔnnye mpata biara.
32 Also you are not allowed to accept payment for a person who runs to a sanctuary town and permit them to return and live on their own land before the death of the high priest.
“Odwanefoɔ bi a ɔhyɛ Dwanekɔbea Kuropɔn no mu no nso nni ho ɛkwan sɛ ɔtua sika ma wɔma no ɛkwan kɔ ne kurom ansa na ɔsɔfopanin no awu.
33 Don't pollute the land where you live because bloodshed pollutes the land, and the land where blood is shed can't be purified except by the blood of the one who shed it.
“Yei na ɛbɛma awerɛhyɛmu sɛ asase a mote so no ho rengu fi, ɛfiri sɛ, awudie gu asase ho fi. Wɔrentumi nyɛ mpatadeɛ foforɔ biara mma awudie gye sɛ wɔkum owudifoɔ no.
34 Don't make the land impure where you live because I live there too. I am the Lord, and I live with the Israelites.”
Monngu asase a morekɔtena so no ho fi, ɛfiri sɛ, Me, Awurade mete hɔ bi. Mene Awurade a mete Israelfoɔ mu no.”
