Jozye 20
1 Alò, SENYÈ a te pale a Josué e te di:
And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
2 “Pale a fis Israël yo e di: ‘Etabli vil azil ke M te pale ou pa Moïse yo,
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint for yourselves the cities of refuge, whereof I spoke unto you through 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.
that the slayer who unwittingly without intent smiteth any one mortally may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the 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 he shall flee unto one of those cities and stand at the entrance of the city-gate, and shall declare his matter in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
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 pursue after him, they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; for he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not previously.
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 dwell in that city, until he have stood before the assembly in judgment, until the death of the high-priest that shall be in those days; then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he 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 hallowed Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, in the hill-country of 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 from Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness, in the plateau, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out 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 were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever smiteth any one mortally without intent might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the assembly.
