Josue 20

1 Ket kinuna ni Yahweh kenni Josue,

And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying: “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them:

2 “Agsaoka kadagiti tattao ti Israel, a kunaem, 'Mangitudingkayo kadagiti siudad a pagkamangan a kas insaok kadakayo babaen iti ima ni Moises.

Separate the cities of refuge, about which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses,

3 Aramidenyo daytoy tapno mabalin a mapan sadiay ti tao a nakapatay a saanna nga inggagara. Agbalinto a pagkamangan dagitoy a siudad manipud iti siasinoman a mangibales ti dara ti tao a napapatay.

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 Tumarayto isuna iti maysa kadagiti siudad ken tumakderto isuna iti pagserkan ti ruangan ti siudad, ket ilawlawagnanto ti kasasaadna kadagiti panglakayen iti dayta a siudad. Ket pastrekendanto isuna iti siudad ken ikkandanto isuna iti lugar a pakipagnaedanna kadakuada.

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 Ket no umay ti tao a mangpadas a mangibales iti dara ti napapatay a tao, masapul a saan nga iyawat dagiti tattao iti siudad ti tao a nakapatay kenkuana. Masapul a saanda nga aramiden daytoy, gapu ta saanna nga inggagara a pinapatay ti karrubana ken awan ti gurana kenkuana iti napalabas.

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 Masapul nga agtalinaed isuna iti dayta a siudad agingga a tumakder isuna iti sangoanan ti taripnong para iti pannakaikeddeng, agingga iti ipapatay ti tao nga agserserbi a kas nangato a padi kadagidiay nga al-aldaw. Ket mabalinen nga agsubli ti tao a nakapatay iti tao a saanna nga inggagara iti bukodna nga ili ken iti bukodna a pagtaengan, ti ili a pinanawanna.”

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 Isu a pinili dagiti Israelita ti Kedes idiay Galilea iti katurturodan a pagilian ti Neftali, Sikem iti katurturodan a pagilian ti Efraim, ken Kiriat Arba (nga isu met laeng ti Hebron) iti katurturodan a pagilian ti Juda.

And they decreed Kedesh in Galilee, at mount Naphtali, and Shechem, at mount Ephraim, and Kiriath-Arba, which is Hebron, at mount Judah.

8 Iti ballasiw ti Jordan a dayaen ti Jerico, pinilida ti Bezer idiay let-ang idiay kapatadan iti tribu ti Ruben; Ramot iti Galaad, manipud iti tribu ti Gad; ken Golan iti Basan, manipud iti tribu ti Manases.

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 Napili dagitoy a siudad para kadagiti amin a tattao ti Israel ken para kadagiti ganggannaet a makipagnanaed kadakuada, tapno mabalin a tumaray kadagitoy ti siasinoman a pimmatay iti tao a saanna nga inggagara para iti talged. Saan a mabalin a matay daytoy a tao iti ima ti tao a mangibales ti nagsayasay a dara, agingga a tumakder nga umuna ti napabasol a tao iti sangoanan ti taripnong.

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.