Joshua 20
1 Then Yahweh said to Joshua,
Nake Jehova akĩĩra Joshua atĩrĩ,
2 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'Appoint the cities of refuge of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses.
“Ĩra andũ a Isiraeli mathuure matũũra manene ma kũũrĩrwo, marĩa ndamũheire ũhoro wamo rĩrĩa ndaaririe na Musa,
3 Do this so that one who unintentionally kills a person can go there. These cities will be a place of refuge from anyone who seeks to avenge the blood of a person who was killed.
nĩgeetha mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũngĩũraga mũndũ na njĩra ya mũtino na atekwenda-rĩ, no orĩre kuo na agĩe na ũgitĩri kuuma kũrĩ mũrĩhĩria wa thakame ĩrĩa ĩitĩtwo.
4 He will run to one of those cities and will stand at the entrance of the city gate, and explain his case to the elders of that city. Then they will take him into the city and give him a place for him to live among them.
“Rĩrĩa orĩra itũũra rĩmwe rĩa macio manene-rĩ, nĩarĩrũgamaga kĩhingo-inĩ gĩa itũũra rĩu inene, nake akoiga ũrĩa ekĩte arĩ mbere ya athuuri a itũũra rĩu inene. Nao makamwĩtĩkĩria atũũre itũũra rĩu rĩao na makamũhe handũ atũũranie nao.
5 If one of them comes to try to avenge the blood of the person who was killed, then the people of the city must not hand the one who killed him over to the authorities. They must not do this because he killed his neighbor unintentionally, and he had no hatred toward him in the past.
Nake mũrĩhĩria wa thakame ĩyo ĩitĩtwo angĩmuuma thuutha, matikaneane mũndũ ũcio mũthitange, tondũ oragĩte mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake atekwenda na ataciirĩire gwĩka ũguo.
6 He must stay in that city until he has stood before the assembly for judgment, until the death of the one who was serving as high priest in those days. Then the one who had accidentally killed the person may return to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.'”
Mũndũ ũcio nĩarekwo aikare itũũra rĩu inene nginya hĩndĩ ĩrĩa akaarũgama mbere ya andũ monganĩte aciirithio, kana nginya rĩrĩa gĩkuũ kĩa mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũrĩa mũnene ũcio ũratungata hĩndĩ ĩyo gĩgaakinya. Thuutha ũcio no acooke mũciĩ gwake o itũũra-inĩ rĩrĩa oimĩte akĩũra.”
7 So the Israelites selected Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same as Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio makĩamũra Kedeshi itũũra rĩrĩa rĩrĩ kũu Galili bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ irĩma wa Nafitali, na Shekemu itũũra rĩa bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ irĩma wa Efiraimu, na Kiriathu-Ariba (na nĩkuo Hebironi) itũũra rĩa bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ irĩma wa Juda.
8 Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they selected Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau from the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth Gilead, from the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.
Naguo mwena wa irathĩro wa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani mũrĩmo wa Jeriko magĩthuura Bezeri kũu werũ-inĩ ũrĩa mwaraganu mũhĩrĩga-inĩ wa Rubeni, na Ramothu kũu Gileadi mũhĩrĩga-inĩ wa Gadi, na Golani thĩinĩ wa Bashani mũhĩrĩga-inĩ wa Manase.
9 These were the cities selected for all the people of Israel and for the foreigners residing among them, so that anyone who killed a person unintentionally could run to them for safety. This person would not die by the hand of the one who wanted to avenge the blood that was shed, until the accused person would first stand before the assembly.
Mũndũ o wothe Mũisiraeli o na kana mũndũ wa kũngĩ ũtũũranagia nao ũrĩa ũngĩũraga mũndũ ataciirĩire gwĩka ũguo no oorĩre matũũra-inĩ macio manene maathuurĩtwo nĩguo ndakooragwo nĩ mũrĩhanĩria wa thakame ĩyo ĩitĩtwo atanarũgama mbere ya andũ monganĩte aciirithio.
