Joshua 20
1 Then Yahweh said to Joshua,
Yavé habló a Josué:
2 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'Appoint the cities of refuge of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses.
Habla a los hijos de Israel: Designen las ciudades de refugio, de las cuales les hablé por medio de Moisés,
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.
para que huya allí el homicida que mate a alguien sin intención, sin premeditación, y les sirvan de refugio del vengador de la sangre.
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.
El que huya a alguna de esas ciudades, se presentará a la puerta de la ciudad y expondrá sus razones a oídos de los ancianos de aquella ciudad. Ellos lo recibirán consigo en la ciudad y le darán lugar para que viva con ellos.
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.
Si el vengador de la sangre lo persigue, no entregarán en su mano al homicida, porque mató a su prójimo sin premeditación, sin aborrecerlo antes.
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.'”
Deberá permanecer en aquella ciudad hasta que comparezca en juicio ante la congregación, y hasta la muerte del que sea sumo sacerdote en aquellos días. Entonces el homicida regresará a la ciudad de la cual huyó y a su propia casa.
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.
Entonces apartaron a Quedes en Galilea, en la región montañosa de Neftalí, a Siquem en la región montañosa de Efraín, y a Quiriat-arba (que es Hebrón), en la región montañosa de Judá.
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.
En el otro lado del Jordán, al este de Jericó, designaron a Beser, en el desierto, en la llanura de la tribu de Rubén, a Ramot, en Galaad, de la tribu de Gad, y a Golán, en Basán, de la tribu de Manasés.
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.
Éstas fueron las ciudades [de refugio] señaladas para todos los hijos de Israel y el extranjero que vive en medio de ellos, a fin de que huya allí cualquiera que mate a alguno por accidente, con el propósito de que no perezca por mano del vengador de la sangre antes de comparecer ante la congregación.
