Joshua 20
1 And YHWH speaks to Joshua, saying,
Eka Jehova Nyasaye nowachone Joshua niya,
2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Give cities of refuge for yourselves, as I have spoken to you by the hand of Moses,
“Kone jo-Israel oyier miechgi madongo mag tony, kaka ne asenyisou kokalo kuom Musa,
3 for the fleeing there of a manslayer striking life through ignorance, without knowledge; and they have been for a refuge to you from the redeemer of blood.
mondo ngʼato angʼata monego nyawadgi kobothne kendo ok dwarone nyalo biro kanyo mi oyud konyruok koa e lwet ngʼama dwaro chulone kuor.
4 When [one] has fled to one of these cities, and has stood [at] the opening of the gate of the city, and has spoken his matter in the ears of [the] elderly of that city, then they have gathered him into the city to them, and have given a place to him, and he has dwelt with them.
“Ka oringo mi obiro e achiel kuom mier madongogi, to nyaka ochungʼ e dhorangach mar dala maduongʼ mondo owach malongʼo chandruok mare e nyim jotend dala maduongʼno. Bangʼ mano to girwake ei dalagi maduongʼno kendo gimiye kama odakie kodgi.
5 And when the redeemer of blood pursues after him, then they do not shut up the manslayer into his hand, for he has struck his neighbor without knowledge, and is not hating him until now;
Ka ngʼat madwaro chulo kuor olawe, to kik gichiw ngʼatno modonjne, nikech ne onego nyawadgino ka ok ochano kendo ka oonge gi paro mar nege.
6 and he has dwelt in that city until his standing before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the chief priest who is in those days—then the manslayer turns back and has come to his city, and to his house, to the city from where he fled.”
Nyaka odag e dala maduongʼ kanyo machop chiengʼ bura e nyim kanyakla kendo nyaka chop chiengʼ ma jadolo maduongʼ marito kanyo tho. Bangʼeno onyalo dok e dalane owuon, ma en dalano mane oringo koaye.”
7 And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;
Omiyo negiwalo tenge Kedesh man Galili e piny Naftali manie got, gi Shekem e piny Efraim manie got kod Kiriath Arba (tiende ni, Hebron), e piny Juda ma bende ni e got.
8 and beyond the Jordan, [at] Jericho eastward, they have given Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain, 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.
To yo wuok chiengʼ mar Aora Jordan (e piny mamalo momanyore gi Jeriko) negiyiero Bezer manie thim kuom piny dhood Reuben gi Ramoth mantiere Gilead kuom piny dhood Gad, kod Golan mantiere Bashan e dhood Manase.
9 These have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing there of anyone striking life through ignorance, and he does not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood until his standing before the congregation.
Ja-Israel moro amora kata jadak mora amora modak e diergi ma nonego ngʼato ka ok ochano kendo ka oonge gi paro mar nege mondo odhi e mier madongo mowal mar tony mondo kik neg-gi gi ngʼatno madwaro chulo kuor kapok otergi e bura e nyim kanyakla.
