Joshua 20

1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Joshua to/for to say

UThixo wasesithi kuJoshuwa:

2 to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel to/for to say to give: put to/for you [obj] city [the] refuge which to speak: speak to(wards) you in/on/with hand: by Moses

“Tshela abako-Israyeli ukuthi baphawule amadolobho okuphephela njengokulilaya engakwenza ngoMosi,

3 to/for to flee there [to] to murder to smite soul: person in/on/with unintentionally in/on/with without knowledge and to be to/for you to/for refuge from to redeem: avenge [the] blood

ukuze wonke umuntu obulala omunye ngengozi hatshi ngabomo abalekele kulo ukuze aphephe esandleni somphindiseli wegazi.

4 and to flee to(wards) one from [the] city [the] these and to stand: stand entrance gate [the] city and to speak: speak in/on/with ear: to ears (old: elder [the] city *LA(bh)*) [the] he/she/it [obj] word: case his and to gather [obj] him [the] city [to] to(wards) them and to give: give to/for him place and to dwell with them

Lapho ebalekela kwelinye lala amadolobho, kumele eme esangweni ledolobho abesesitsho ukuthi ukhala ngani ebadaleni balelodolobho. Abadala sebezamamukela-ke edolobheni labo besebemnika indawo yokuhlala phakathi kwabo.

5 and for to pursue to redeem: avenge [the] blood after him and not to shut [obj] [the] to murder in/on/with hand: power his for in/on/with without knowledge to smite [obj] neighbor his and not to hate he/she/it to/for him from yesterday three days ago

Nxa umphindiseli wegazi emlandela, akumelanga bamnikele lowo owetheswa umlandu ngoba kambulalanga ngabomo kumbe ngenhliziyo embi.

6 and to dwell in/on/with city [the] he/she/it till to stand: stand he to/for face: before [the] congregation to/for justice: judgement till death [the] priest [the] great: large which to be in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) then to return: return [the] to murder and to come (in): come to(wards) city his and to(wards) house: home his to(wards) [the] city which to flee from there

Usezahlala kulelodolobho kuze kufike isikhathi sokuthonisiswa phambi kwebandla njalo kuze kufe umphristi omkhulu oyabe ephethe umsebenzi ngalesosikhathi. Lapho usengabuyela ngakibo, edolobheni abaleka kulo.”

7 and to consecrate: prepare [obj] Kedesh in/on/with Galilee in/on/with mountain: hill country Naphtali and [obj] Shechem in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and [obj] Kiriath-arba Kiriath-arba he/she/it Hebron in/on/with mountain: hill country Judah

Ngakho behlukanisa iKhedeshi eseGalile elizweni lamaqaqa koNafithali, iShekhemu elizweni lamaqaqa ko-Efrayimi leKhiriyathi Aribha (okutsho iHebhroni) elizweni lamaqaqa koJuda.

8 and from side: beyond to/for Jordan Jericho east [to] to give: put [obj] Bezer in/on/with wilderness in/on/with plain from tribe Reuben and [obj] Ramoth in/on/with Gilead from tribe Gad and [obj] (Golan *Q(K)*) in/on/with Bashan from tribe Manasseh

Empumalanga yeJodani leJerikho baphawula iBhezeri enkangala esemagcekeni esizwaneni sikaRubheni, iRamothi eseGiliyadi esizwaneni sikaGadi, leGolani eseBhashani esizwaneni sikaManase.

9 these to be city [the] designated to/for all son: descendant/people Israel and to/for sojourner [the] to sojourn in/on/with midst their to/for to flee there [to] all to smite soul: person in/on/with unintentionally and not to die in/on/with hand to redeem: avenge [the] blood till to stand: stand he to/for face: before [the] congregation

Iloba ngubani owako-Israyeli kumbe omunye owezizweni ohlala phakathi kwabo owabulala omunye umuntu ngengozi wayengabalekela emadolobheni aqanjiweyo, aphephe ekubulaweni ngumphindiseli wegazi engakamiswa phambi kwebandla ukuba athonisiswe.