Joshua 20
1 Then Yahweh said to Joshua,
Berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Yosua, demikian:
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.
"Katakanlah kepada orang Israel, begini: Tentukanlah bagimu kota-kota perlindungan, yang telah Kusebutkan kepadamu dengan perantaraan Musa,
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].
supaya siapa yang membunuh seseorang dengan tidak sengaja, dengan tidak ada niat lebih dahulu, dapat melarikan diri ke sana, sehingga kota-kota itu menjadi tempat perlindungan bagimu terhadap penuntut tebusan darah.
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.
Apabila ia melarikan diri ke salah satu kota tadi, maka haruslah ia tinggal berdiri di depan pintu gerbang kota dan memberitahukan perkaranya kepada para tua-tua kota. Mereka harus menerima dia dalam kota itu dan memberikan tempat kepadanya, dan ia akan diam pada mereka.
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.
Apabila penuntut tebusan darah itu mengejar dia, pembunuh itu tidak akan diserahkan mereka ke dalam tangannya, sebab ia telah membunuh sesamanya manusia dengan tidak ada niat lebih dahulu, dan dengan tidak menaruh benci kepadanya lebih dahulu.
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].”
Ia harus tetap diam di kota itu sampai ia dihadapkan kepada rapat jemaah untuk diadili, sampai imam besar yang ada pada waktu itu mati. Maka barulah pembunuh itu boleh pulang ke kotanya dan ke rumahnya, ke kota dari mana ia melarikan diri."
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;
Lalu orang Israel mengkhususkan sebagai kota perlindungan: Kedesh di Galilea, di pegunungan Naftali dan Sikhem, di pegunungan Efraim, dan Kiryat-Arba, itulah Hebron, di pegunungan Yehuda.
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.
Dan di seberang sungai Yordan, di sebelah timur Yerikho, mereka menentukan Bezer, di padang gurun, di dataran tinggi, dari suku Ruben; dan Ramot di Gilead dari suku Gad, dan Golan di Basan dari suku Manasye.
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].
Itulah kota-kota yang ditetapkan bagi semua orang Israel dan bagi pendatang-pendatang yang ada di tengah-tengah mereka, supaya setiap orang yang membunuh seseorang dengan tidak sengaja dapat melarikan diri ke sana dan jangan mati dibunuh oleh tangan penuntut tebusan darah, sebelum ia dihadapkan kepada rapat jemaah.
