यहोशू 20
1 त्यसपछि परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्नुभयो,
And the Lord spoke to Josue, saying: Speak to the children of Israel and say to them:
2 “इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई यसो भन्, 'मैले मोशाद्वारा तिमीहरूलाई भनेजस्तै शरण-नगरहरू चुन ।
Appoint cities of refuge, a of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:
3 यसो गर ताकि जसले मानिसलाई अनजानमा मार्छ त्यो व्यक्ति त्यहाँ जान सक्छ । यी सहरहरू मारिएको व्यक्तिको रगतको बदला लिन खोज्नेबाट शरण-स्थान हुने छ ।
That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them: and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood:
4 त्यो ती सहरहरूमध्ये एउटामा भागेर जाने छ, सहरको प्रवेशद्वारमा खडा हुने छ र त्यस सहरका धर्म-गुरुहरूलाई त्यसका सबै कुरा बताउने छ । त्यसपछि तिनीहरूले त्यसलाई सहरभित्र लाने छन् र त्यसलाई तिनीहरूमाझ बस्नलाई ठाउँ दिने छन् ।
And when he shall flee to one of these cities: he shall stand before the gate of the city, and shall speak to the ancients of that city, such things as prove him innocent: and so shall they receive him, and give him a place to dwell in.
5 यदि कोही मारिएको व्यक्तिको बदला लिन आउँछ भने, त्यस सहरका मानिसहरूले मार्ने व्यक्तिलाई अधिकारीहरूको हातमा सुम्पनुहुँदैन । तिनीहरूले यसो गर्नुहुँदैन, किनभने त्यसले आफ्नो छिमेकीलाई अनजानमा मार्यो, र विगतमा तिनको उनीसँग कुनै दुश्मनी थिएन ।
And when the avenger of blood shall pursue him, they shall not deliver him into his hands, because he slew his neighbour unawares, and is not proved to have been his enemy two or three days before.
6 सहरमा न्यायको सभाको सामु खडा नभएसम्म ती दिनमा प्रधान पुजारीको सेवा गरिरहेका व्यक्तिको मृत्यु नभएसम्म त्यो व्यक्ति त्यस सहरमा रहनुपर्छ । त्यसपछि दुर्घटनावश मानिसलाई मार्ने व्यक्ति आफ्नो घर र आफ्नो सहरमा फर्कन सक्छ, जहाँबाट त्यो भागेको थियो' ।”
And he shall dwell in that city, till he stand before judgment to give an account of his fact, and till the death of the high priest, who shall be at that time: then shall the manslayer return, and go into his own city and house from whence he fled.
7 त्यसैले इस्राएलीहरूले नप्तलीको पहाडी देशमा गालीलको केदेश, एफ्राइमको पहाडी देशमा शकेम, र यहूदाको पहाडी देशमा किर्यत-अर्बा (जुन हेब्रोन हो) छाने ।
And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of mount Nephtali, and Sichem in mount Ephraim, and Cariath-Arbe, the same is Hebron in the mountain of Juda.
8 यर्दनको पूर्वपट्टि, तिनीहरूले रूबेनको कुलबाट उच्च-स्थानमाथिको मरुभूमिमा बेसेर; गादको कुलबाट रामो गिलाद; र मनश्शेको कुलबाट बाशाको गोलान चुने ।
And beyond the Jordan to the east of Jericho, they appointed Bosor, which is upon the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of Ruben, and Ramoth in Galaad of the tribe of Cad, and Gaulon in Basan of the tribe of Manasses.
9 इस्राएलका मानिसहरू र तिनीहरूमाझ बसोबास गरेका परदेशीहरूका निम्ति चुनेका सहरहरू यिनै हुन्, ताकि अनजानमा मानिसलाई मार्ने व्यक्ति सुरक्षाको निम्ति त्यहाँ भागोस् । यो व्यक्ति सभाको सामु पहिले न्यायको निम्ति खडा नभई त्यो व्यक्ति बगाइएको रगतको बदला लिन चाहनेको हातबाट नमरोस् ।
These cities were appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the strangers, that dwelt among them: that whosoever had killed a person unawares might flee to them, and not die by the hand of the kinsman, coveting to revenge the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people to lay open his cause.
