Jozue 20
1 Yawe alobaki na Jozue:
And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
2 « Yebisa bana ya Isalaele ete bapona bingumba ya kokimela, ndenge nayebisaki bino na nzela ya Moyize,
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign the cities of refuge, [of] which I spoke to you by Moses.
3 mpo ete moto nyonso oyo akoboma moto na nko te akoka kokimela kuna mpe azwa ebombamelo liboso ya mobukanisi makila.
[Even] a refuge to the slayer who has struck a man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgement.
4 Soki akimeli kati na moko ya bingumba wana, akotelema na ekotelo ya ekuke ya engumba mpe akotalisa likambo na ye epai ya bampaka ya engumba wana. Bongo bampaka bakoyamba moto yango kati na engumba mpe bakopesa ye esika ya kovanda elongo na bango.
And Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the mountain of Juda.
5 Soki mobukanisi makila alandi ye, bampaka basengeli te kokaba mobomi yango na maboko na ye, pamba te abomaki mozalani na ye na nko te mpe azalaki liboso na makanisi ya mabe te.
And beyond Jordan he appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Ruben, and Aremoth in Galaad out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasse.
6 Akotikala na engumba wana kino tango akoleka na esambiselo liboso ya lisanga mpe kino tango mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe oyo azali na mosala na tango wana, akokufa. Na sima na yango nde mobomi yango akoki kozonga na engumba na ye, na ndako na ye, kati na engumba epai wapi awuta. »
These [were] the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger dwelling amongst them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee there, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgement.
7 Bana ya Isalaele babulisaki Kedeshi, kati na Galile, kati na mokili ya bangomba ya Nefitali; Sishemi, kati na mokili ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, mpe Kiriati-Ariba oyo ezali Ebron, kati na mokili ya bangomba ya Yuda.
8 Na ngambo mosusu ya Yordani, na este ya Jeriko, baponaki Betseri kati na esobe, na likolo ya ngomba ya libota ya Ribeni; Ramoti kati na Galadi, kati na etuka ya libota ya Gadi; mpe Golani kati na Bashani, kati na etuka ya libota ya Manase.
9 Yango nde ezalaki bingumba oyo eponamaki mpo na moto nyonso ya Isalaele to mpe mpo na mopaya nyonso oyo azali kovanda kati na bango. Moto nyonso oyo akoboma moto na nko te akoki kokimela kuna, mpo ete mobukanisi makila aboma ye te, liboso ete aleka na esambiselo na miso ya lisanga.
