Iosua 20
1 OLELO mai la o Iehova ia Iosua, i mai la,
The LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
2 E olelo aku oe i na mamo a Iseraela, e i aku, E hookaawale oukou i kekahi mau kulanakauhale, i puuhonua no oukou, me a'u i olelo aku ai ia oukou, ma ka lima o Mose;
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
3 I pee aku ilaila ka pepehi kanaka, ka mea nana i pepehi aku me ka manao ole, aole oia i ike: a no oukou keia mau wahi, i puuhonua, i pakele ai i ka mea hoopai koko.
that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
4 Aia pee aku oia i kekahi o keia mau kulanakauhale, a e ku iluna oia ma ka ipuka o ua kulanakauhale la, a e olelo aku i na pepeiao o ka poe lunakahiko o ua kulanakauhale la i kona mea, e hoonoho lakou ia ia ma ke kulanakauhale me lakou, a e haawi lakou ia ia i wahi e noho pu ai oia me lakou.
He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.
5 A ina hahai ka mea hoopai koko ia ia, aole lakou e haawi i ka mea pepehi kanaka i kona lima; no ka mea, ua pepehi oia i kona hoanoho me ka ike ole; aole inaina oia ia ia mamua.
If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and did not hate him before.
6 A e noho oia ma na kulanakauhale la, a hiki i ka wa o kona ku ana imua o ke anaina no ka hookolokolo ana, a hiki i ka wa o ka make ana o ke kahuna nui o ia mau la; alaila, e hoi ua kanaka pepehi la, e hele oia i kona kulanakauhale, i kona hale iho, a i ke kulanakauhale ana i haalele ai.
He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.'"
7 A hookapu iho la lakou ia Kedesa, ma Galilaia ma ka mauna o Napetali, a me Sekema ma ka mauna o Eperaima, a me Kiriatareba, oia o Heberona ma ka mauna o Iuda.
They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
8 A i kela kapa o Ioredane ma Ieriko, ma ka hikina, hookapu iho la lakou ia Bezera, ma ka waonahele ma ka papu, i ka aina o ka ohana a Reubena, a me Ramota, ma Gileada, i ka aina o ka ohana a Gada, a me Golana, ma Basana, i ka aina o ka ohana a Manase.
Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer on the wilderness plateau out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 E lilo no keia mau kulanakauhale i puuhonua no na mamo a Iseraela a pau, a me ka malihini e noho pu ana mawaena o lakou, i pee aku ai ilaila kela mea keia mea i pepehi kanaka me ka manao ole, i make ole oia i ka lima o ka mea hoopai koko, a hiki i ka wa o kona ku ana imua o ke anainakanaka.
These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.
