Joshua 20
1 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Joshua atĩrĩ,
The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying,
2 “Ĩra andũ a Isiraeli mathuure matũũra manene ma kũũrĩrwo, marĩa ndamũheire ũhoro wamo rĩrĩa ndaaririe na Musa,
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint for you cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:
3 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.
That the slayer that killeth [any] person unawares [and] ignorantly, may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
4 “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.
And when he that doth flee to one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5 Nake mũrĩhĩria wa thakame ĩyo ĩitĩtwo angĩmuuma thuutha, matikaneane mũndũ ũcio mũthitange, tondũ oragĩte mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake atekwenda na ataciirĩire gwĩka ũguo.
And if the avenger of blood shall pursue him, then they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor ignorantly, and had not hated him before.
6 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.”
And he shall dwell in that city, until he shall stand before the congregation for judgment, [and] until the death of the high-priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled.
7 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.
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, (which [is] Hebron) in the mountain of Judah.
8 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.
And on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon 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.
9 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.
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger sojourning among them, that whoever should kill [any] person unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
