Joshua 20
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,
Hahoi BAWIPA Cathut ni Joshua hah a kaw teh,
2 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Give for you cities of refuge, as I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses,
nang ni Isarel miphunnaw,
3 for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.
tami thei hanelah pouknae awm laipalah, ka tet payon e tami ni, a yawng nahane khonaw hah kârawi awh. Kut pathungnae koehoi hlout nahane kho lah ao han.
4 'When [one] hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood [at] the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them.
Hote kho buetbuet touh dawk ka yawng e tami teh, kho e longkha koe kangdue vaiteh, hote kho dawk kacuenaw koe amae kong hah a thaisak vaiteh, ahnimouh ni kho thung a kaw vaiteh, amamouh koe hmuen a poe han.
5 'And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto;
Kut ka pathung hane tami ni pâlei pawiteh, ahnie kut dawk poe mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahni ni amae a hui hah kâtarannae awm laipalah a thei payon toe.
6 and he hath dwelt in that city till his standing before the company for judgment, till the death of the chief priest who is in those days — then doth the man-slayer turn back and hath come unto his city, and unto his house, unto the city whence he fled.'
Ahni teh tamimaya hmalah a kangdue teh, lawkcengnae a khang hoehnahlan, hatnae tueng nah vaihma kacue a due hoehnahlan, hote kho dawk ao han. Hathnukkhu hoi a yawng takhai e kho, ama a onae im koe bout ban vaiteh o thainae kâ ao han.
7 And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;
Ahnimouh ni Galilee ram, Naphtali mon dawk Kedesh vah, Ephraim mon dawk Shekhem kho, Judah mon dawk Hebron kho tie Kiriath-Arba khonaw hai thoseh,
8 and beyond the Jordan, [at] Jericho eastward, they have given Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
Jordan palang namran, Jeriko kho, Kanîtholah Reuben ram, Kahrawngum dawk e Bezer kho, Gad ram, Gilead ram dawk Ramoth kho, Manasseh ram, Bashan ram dawk Golan khonaw hah a rawi awh.
9 These have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting life inadvertently, and he doth not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood till his standing before the company.
Hete khonaw teh, Isarel miphun dawk hai thoseh, ahnimouh koe kaawm e Jentelnaw hai thoseh, pouk laipalah tami thet payon pawiteh, ka thet e tami ni kut pathungnae dawk hoi a hlout vaiteh, tamimaya hmalah a pha hoehnahlan a yawng vaiteh, ao thai nahanelah rawi e khonaw lah ao.
