Yoshuwa 20

1 Sai Ubangiji ya ce wa Yoshuwa,

and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Joshua to/for to say

2 “Ka gaya wa Isra’ilawa su keɓe waɗansu birane su zama biranen mafaka kamar yadda na umarce ku ta wurin Musa,

to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel to/for to say to give: put to/for you [obj] city [the] refuge which to speak: speak to(wards) you in/on/with hand: by Moses

3 domin idan wani ya kashe wani bisa kuskure ba da niyyar yin kisankai ba, mutumin zai iya gudu zuwa can yă fake don kada a kashe shi.

to/for to flee there [to] to murder to smite soul: person in/on/with unintentionally in/on/with without knowledge and to be to/for you to/for refuge from to redeem: avenge [the] blood

4 Lokacin da ya gudu zuwa ɗaya daga cikin biranen nan, sai yă tsaya a ƙofar birnin yă gaya wa dattawan wannan birni damuwarsa. Sa’an nan su karɓe shi su ba shi wurin zama a cikin birninsu.

and to flee to(wards) one from [the] city [the] these and to stand: stand entrance gate [the] city and to speak: speak in/on/with ear: to ears (old: elder [the] city *LA(bh)*) [the] he/she/it [obj] word: case his and to gather [obj] him [the] city [to] to(wards) them and to give: give to/for him place and to dwell with them

5 In mai neman yă kashe shi don ramako ya bi shi zuwa can, ba za su miƙa shi ba domin ba da niyya ya kashe wani ba, kuma ba fushi ne ya sa ya yi kisan ba.

and for to pursue to redeem: avenge [the] blood after him and not to shut [obj] [the] to murder in/on/with hand: power his for in/on/with without knowledge to smite [obj] neighbor his and not to hate he/she/it to/for him from yesterday three days ago

6 Zai zauna a wannan birni har sai taron jama’a sun yi masa shari’a, kuma har sai lokacin da babban firist wanda yake aiki a lokacin ya mutu, sa’an nan zai iya koma garinsa na dā.”

and to dwell in/on/with city [the] he/she/it till to stand: stand he to/for face: before [the] congregation to/for justice: judgement till death [the] priest [the] great: large which to be in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) then to return: return [the] to murder and to come (in): come to(wards) city his and to(wards) house: home his to(wards) [the] city which to flee from there

7 Saboda haka suka keɓe Kedesh a Galili a ƙasar kan tudu ta Naftali, Shekem a ƙasar kan tudu ta Efraim, da Kiriyat Arba (wato, Hebron) a ƙasar kan tudu ta Yahuda.

and to consecrate: prepare [obj] Kedesh in/on/with Galilee in/on/with mountain: hill country Naphtali and [obj] Shechem in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and [obj] Kiriath-arba Kiriath-arba he/she/it Hebron in/on/with mountain: hill country Judah

8 A hayin Urdun, gabas da Yeriko, suka keɓe Bezer ta jeji a kan tudu a cikin yankin kabilar Ruben, Ramot cikin Gileyad a kabilar Gad, da Golan cikin Bashan a kabilar Manasse.

and from side: beyond to/for Jordan Jericho east [to] to give: put [obj] Bezer in/on/with wilderness in/on/with plain from tribe Reuben and [obj] Ramoth in/on/with Gilead from tribe Gad and [obj] (Golan *Q(K)*) in/on/with Bashan from tribe Manasseh

9 In wani mutumin Isra’ila ko kuma wani baƙon da yake zama a cikinsu, ya yi kisankai cikin kuskure, zai iya gudu zuwa biranen da aka keɓe, ba za a bari mai neman ramako yă kashe shi kafin jama’a su yi masa shari’a ba.

these to be city [the] designated to/for all son: descendant/people Israel and to/for sojourner [the] to sojourn in/on/with midst their to/for to flee there [to] all to smite soul: person in/on/with unintentionally and not to die in/on/with hand to redeem: avenge [the] blood till to stand: stand he to/for face: before [the] congregation