Jozye 20
1 Alò, SENYÈ a te pale a Josué e te di:
And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying: “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them:
2 “Pale a fis Israël yo e di: ‘Etabli vil azil ke M te pale ou pa Moïse yo,
Separate the cities of refuge, about which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses,
3 pou moun ki touye nenpòt moun san li pa fè eksprè, san reflechi yo, pou yo kapab sove ale rive la. Yo va vin yon azil kont vanjè san an.
so that anyone who will have struck down a life unintentionally may flee to them. And so, he may be able to escape from the wrath of a close relative, who is an avenger of blood.
4 Li va sove ale rive nan youn nan vil sila yo. Yo va kanpe nan antre pòtay a vil sa a pou pwononse ka li a pou ansyen yo nan vil la tande. Konsa, yo va fè l antre nan vil kote yo a, yo va ba li yon kote pou li kapab rete pami yo.
And when he will have fled to one of these cities, he shall stand before the gate of the city, and he shall speak to the ancients of that city, the things that prove him innocent. And so shall they receive him, and give him a place in which to live.
5 Alò, si vanjè san an vin kouri dèyè li, yo pa pou livre moun ki touye moun nan nan men yo, akoz li te frape vwazen li an san reflechi e li pa t rayi li avan lè.
And if the avenger of blood will have pursued him, they shall not deliver him into his hands. For he struck down his neighbor unknowingly, one who was not proven to have been his enemy two or three days before.
6 Li va rete nan vil sa a jiskaske li kanpe devan asanble a pou jijman, jiska lanmò a wo prèt la nan jou epòk sa a. Epi moun ki te touye moun nan va retounen nan pwòp vil pa li ak pwòp kay pa li, nan vil sila li te sove ale a.’”
And he shall live in that city, until he stands before judgment in order to render the facts of his case, and until the death of the high priest, whoever it will be in that time. Then the one who killed a man may return, and he may enter his own city and house, from which he had fled.”
7 Konsa, yo te mete akote Kédesh nan Galilée nan peyi ti kolin yo a Nephtali, Sichem nan peyi ti kolin yo a Éphraïm ak Kirjath-Arba (sa vle di, Hébron) nan peyi ti kolin Juda a.
And they decreed Kedesh in Galilee, at mount Naphtali, and Shechem, at mount Ephraim, and Kiriath-Arba, which is Hebron, at mount Judah.
8 Lòtbò Jourdain an, sòti Jéricho vè lès, yo te dezinye Betser nan dezè a sou plèn nan pou tribi Ruben an, Ramoth nan Galaad pou tribi Gad la ak Golan nan Basan pou tribi Manassé a.
And beyond the Jordan, opposite the eastern side of Jericho, they appointed Bezer, which is situated on the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 Sila yo se te vil yo chwazi pou tout fis Israël yo, pou etranje ki demere pami yo, pou nenpòt moun ki touye yon moun san eksprè, kapab sove ale rive la e pa mouri pa men a vanjè san an jiskaske li vin kanpe devan asanble a.
These cities were established for all the sons of Israel, and for the new arrivals who were living among them, so that whoever had struck down a life unintentionally might flee to these, and not die at the hand of a close relative who desires to vindicate the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people, in order to present his case.
