Jozuas 20

1 Un Tas Kungs runāja uz Jozua un sacīja:

Then Yahweh said to Joshua,

2 Runā uz Israēla bērniem un saki: noliekat sev glābšanās pilsētas, par kurām Es uz jums esmu runājis caur Mozu,

“Tell the Israeli people that they should choose some cities to which people [can run] in order to be safe/protected, like I told Moses that they should do.

3 Ka uz turieni var bēgt tas nokāvējs, kas kādu dvēseli no nejauši nezinādams nokauj, ka tās jums var būt par patvēruma no asins atriebēja.

If someone kills another person accidentally, not intending to kill that person, the one who killed that person may run/escape to one of these cities and be safe/protected from someone trying to get revenge for that person’s death [MTY].

4 Un kurš uz kādu no šīm pilsētām bēg, tam pie pilsētas vārtiem būs stāvēt, un savus vārdus runāt priekš pilsētas vecaju ausīm; tad tie viņu lai uzņem pie sevis pilsētā un viņam dod vietu, ka viņš pie tiem var dzīvot.

When the one who killed someone arrives at the gate of one of those cities, he must stop there and tell the leaders of the city what happened. [If they believe him], they must allow him to enter the city, and they must give him a place to live among them.

5 Un kad tas asins atriebējs viņam dzenās pakaļ, tad lai tie to nokāvēju viņam nedod rokā, tāpēc ka viņš nezinādams savu tuvāko nokāvis, un viņu iepriekš nav ienīdējis.

If some relative of the one who was killed comes to that city to get revenge, the leaders of that city must not allow the relative to take the killer, because what happened was accidental. He did not hate that person and as a result deliberately kill him.

6 Tad tam tai pilsētā būs dzīvot, tiekams viņš draudzes priekšā būs stāvējis uz tiesu, līdz kamēr tas augstais priesteris būs miris, kas tanīs dienās būs, tad lai tas nokāvējs griežas atpakaļ un iet savā pilsētā un savā namā, tai pilsētā, no kurienes viņš izbēdzis.

But the person who killed someone must stay in that city until the city judges put him on trial. [Only if the judges decide that the person who has run/escaped to their city did not deliberately kill the other person will they allow him to stay in that city], and he must stay there until the Supreme Priest dies. Then he may safely go back to his own town, [because the death of the Supreme Priest will be considered to atone/pay for the death of the person who was killed].”

7 Tad tie iesvētīja Ķedesu Galilejā Naftalus kalnos, un Šehemi Efraīma kalnos, un ĶniatArpu, - tā ir Hebrone, - Jūda kalnos.

So the Israelis chose these cities to be cities to which people could run to be safe/protected: Kedesh in the Galilee district in the hilly area where the tribe of Naphtali lived; Shechem in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lived; Kiriath-Arba (which is [now named] Hebron) in the hilly area where the tribe of Judah lived;

8 Un viņpus Jardānes, no Jērikus pret rītiem, tie deva Beceru tuksnesi Rūbena cilts klajumā, un Golanu Basanā no Manasus cilts.

Bezer, on the east side of the Jordan [River] near Jericho, in the flat land in the desert where the tribe of Reuben lived; Ramoth in the Gilead [region] in the land where the tribe of Gad lived; and Golan in the Bashan region where the tribe of Manasseh lived.

9 Šīs tās noliktās pilsētas priekš visiem Israēla bērniem un priekš svešiniekiem viņu starpā, ka uz turieni bēgtu ikkatrs, kas cilvēku nejauši nokauj, ka tam nebūtu jāmirst caur asins atriebēja roku, pirms nebūtu stāvējis draudzes priekšā.

Any Israeli or any foreigner who lived among us, anyone who killed someone (accidentally/without planning to do it), was allowed to run to one of those cities, and be safe/protected from some relative of the person who died coming there and killing him to get revenge. He could stay in that city until there was a trial there [to decide whether he was telling the truth or not when he said that he did not plan to kill that person].