Yoswa 20
1 Mukama Katonda n’alyoka agamba Yoswa nti,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,
2 “Gamba abaana ba Isirayiri bateekewo ebibuga ebyokwekwekamu nga bwe nabalagira okuyita mu Musa,
'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Give for you cities of refuge, as I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses,
3 era nti omuntu yenna atta omulala nga tagenderedde era nga takitegese addukirenga omwo, eyo gy’anaawoneranga omuwoolezi w’eggwanga ayagala okwesasuza.
for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.
4 “Annadukiranga mu kimu ku bibuga ebyo n’ayimirira ku mulyango gw’ekibuga annyonnyole ensonga ye eri abakadde b’ekibuga ekyo. Awo ne balyoka bamukkiriza okuyingira mu kibuga ne bamuwa ekifo eky’okubeeramu.
'When [one] hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood [at] the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them.
5 N’oyo ayagala okwesasuza singa anaamugobereranga, tebateekwa kuwaayo oyo asse tagenderedde kubanga muliraanwa we yamutta tagenderedde, lwa kuba nti yamulinako ekiruyi n’obukyayi.
'And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto;
6 “Mu kibuga omwo mwanaabeeranga, abantu baamu banaawuliranga ensonga ye, era anaabeeranga omwo okutuusa kabona omukulu aliko mu kiseera ekyo, lw’alifa. Olwo nno aliddayo ewaabwe mu kibuga gye yadduka.”
and he hath dwelt in that city till his standing before the company for judgment, till the death of the chief priest who is in those days — then doth the man-slayer turn back and hath come unto his city, and unto his house, unto the city whence he fled.'
7 Awo ne baawulako ebibuga bino: Kedesi mu Ggaliraaya mu nsi ey’ensozi eya Nafutaali, ne Sekemu mu nsi ey’ensozi eya Efulayimu, ne Kiriasualuba, ye Kebbulooni mu nsi ey’ensozi eya Yuda.
And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;
8 N’emitala wa Yoludaani ku Yeriko ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba ne bateekayo Bezeri mu lukoola mu lusenyi mu kika kya Lewubeeni, ne Lamosi mu Gireyaadi mu kika kya Gaadi, ne Golani mu Basani mu kika kya Manase.
and beyond the Jordan, [at] Jericho eastward, they have given Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 Ebyo bye bibuga ebyateekebwawo abaana ba Isirayiri bonna era ne bannaggwanga abaali mu bo nti omuntu yenna eyattanga omuntu nga tagenderedde addukire eyo aleme kuttibwa omuwoolezi w’eggwanga okutuusa lw’aliyimirira mu maaso g’ekibiina.
These have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting life inadvertently, and he doth not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood till his standing before the company.
