Joshua 20
1 Then Yahweh said to Joshua,
L’Eternel parla à Josué en ces termes:
2 “Tell the Israeli people that they should choose some cities to which people [can run] in order to be safe/protected, like I told Moses that they should do.
"Parle aux enfants d’Israël, et dis-leur: Désignez entre vous les villes de refuge dont je vous ai parlé par l’organe de Moïse,
3 If someone kills another person accidentally, not intending to kill that person, the one who killed that person may run/escape to one of these cities and be safe/protected from someone trying to get revenge for that person’s death [MTY].
afin de recueillir, dans sa fuite, le meurtrier qui aurait frappé une personne par imprudence, involontairement, et de vous servir ainsi d’asile contre le vengeur du sang.
4 When the one who killed someone arrives at the gate of one of those cities, he must stop there and tell the leaders of the city what happened. [If they believe him], they must allow him to enter the city, and they must give him a place to live among them.
Celui qui se réfugiera dans l’une de ces villes s’arrêtera à l’entrée de la porte de la ville, exposera son cas aux anciens de cette ville, qui l’y admettront dans leur sein et lui assigneront une demeure où il habitera parmi eux.
5 If some relative of the one who was killed comes to that city to get revenge, the leaders of that city must not allow the relative to take the killer, because what happened was accidental. He did not hate that person and as a result deliberately kill him.
Et si le vengeur du sang le poursuit, ils ne lui livreront pas le meurtrier, vu qu’il n’a point frappé son prochain avec intention ni par suite d’une haine antérieure.
6 But the person who killed someone must stay in that city until the city judges put him on trial. [Only if the judges decide that the person who has run/escaped to their city did not deliberately kill the other person will they allow him to stay in that city], and he must stay there until the Supreme Priest dies. Then he may safely go back to his own town, [because the death of the Supreme Priest will be considered to atone/pay for the death of the person who was killed].”
Il restera dans cette ville jusqu’à ce qu’il comparaisse devant l’assemblée qui doit le juger, jusqu’à la mort du grand-prêtre en fonctions à cette époque: alors seulement, le meurtrier pourra rentrer chez lui, dans sa ville, dans cette ville d’où il se sera enfui."
7 So the Israelis chose these cities to be cities to which people could run to be safe/protected: Kedesh in the Galilee district in the hilly area where the tribe of Naphtali lived; Shechem in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lived; Kiriath-Arba (which is [now named] Hebron) in the hilly area where the tribe of Judah lived;
On consacra à cet effet: Kédech en Galilée, dans la montagne de Nephtali; Sichem, dans la montagne d’Ephraïm; Kiryath-Arba ou Hébron, dans la montagne de Juda.
8 Bezer, on the east side of the Jordan [River] near Jericho, in the flat land in the desert where the tribe of Reuben lived; Ramoth in the Gilead [region] in the land where the tribe of Gad lived; and Golan in the Bashan region where the tribe of Manasseh lived.
Du côté oriental du Jourdain, vers Jéricho, on avait déjà choisi: Bécer, dans le désert, dans le plat pays, parmi les possessions de la tribu de Ruben; Ramoth, en Galaad, parmi celles de la tribu de Dan, et Golân, dans le Basan, parmi celles de Manassé.
9 Any Israeli or any foreigner who lived among us, anyone who killed someone (accidentally/without planning to do it), was allowed to run to one of those cities, and be safe/protected from some relative of the person who died coming there and killing him to get revenge. He could stay in that city until there was a trial there [to decide whether he was telling the truth or not when he said that he did not plan to kill that person].
Telles furent les villes déterminées pour tous les enfants d’Israël et pour l’étranger séjournant parmi eux, comme refuge de tout meurtrier par imprudence, afin qu’il ne pût périr sous la main du vengeur du sang avant d’avoir comparu devant le tribunal.
