Joshua 20
1 Then Yahweh said to Joshua,
OLELO mai la o Iehova ia Iosua, i mai la,
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.
E olelo aku oe i na mamo a Iseraela, e i aku, E hookaawale oukou i kekahi mau kulanakauhale, i puuhonua no oukou, me a'u i olelo aku ai ia oukou, ma ka lima o Mose;
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].
I pee aku ilaila ka pepehi kanaka, ka mea nana i pepehi aku me ka manao ole, aole oia i ike: a no oukou keia mau wahi, i puuhonua, i pakele ai i ka mea hoopai koko.
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.
Aia pee aku oia i kekahi o keia mau kulanakauhale, a e ku iluna oia ma ka ipuka o ua kulanakauhale la, a e olelo aku i na pepeiao o ka poe lunakahiko o ua kulanakauhale la i kona mea, e hoonoho lakou ia ia ma ke kulanakauhale me lakou, a e haawi lakou ia ia i wahi e noho pu ai oia me lakou.
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.
A ina hahai ka mea hoopai koko ia ia, aole lakou e haawi i ka mea pepehi kanaka i kona lima; no ka mea, ua pepehi oia i kona hoanoho me ka ike ole; aole inaina oia ia ia mamua.
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].”
A e noho oia ma na kulanakauhale la, a hiki i ka wa o kona ku ana imua o ke anaina no ka hookolokolo ana, a hiki i ka wa o ka make ana o ke kahuna nui o ia mau la; alaila, e hoi ua kanaka pepehi la, e hele oia i kona kulanakauhale, i kona hale iho, a i ke kulanakauhale ana i haalele ai.
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;
A hookapu iho la lakou ia Kedesa, ma Galilaia ma ka mauna o Napetali, a me Sekema ma ka mauna o Eperaima, a me Kiriatareba, oia o Heberona ma ka mauna o Iuda.
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.
A i kela kapa o Ioredane ma Ieriko, ma ka hikina, hookapu iho la lakou ia Bezera, ma ka waonahele ma ka papu, i ka aina o ka ohana a Reubena, a me Ramota, ma Gileada, i ka aina o ka ohana a Gada, a me Golana, ma Basana, i ka aina o ka ohana a Manase.
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].
E lilo no keia mau kulanakauhale i puuhonua no na mamo a Iseraela a pau, a me ka malihini e noho pu ana mawaena o lakou, i pee aku ai ilaila kela mea keia mea i pepehi kanaka me ka manao ole, i make ole oia i ka lima o ka mea hoopai koko, a hiki i ka wa o kona ku ana imua o ke anainakanaka.
