Iyyaasuu 20
1 Ergasii Waaqayyo Iyyaasuudhaan akkana jedhe:
And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
2 “Akkuma ani karaa Museetiin isin ajaje sanatti akka Israaʼeloonni magaalaawwan itti kooluu galan filatan itti himi;
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Assign for you the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
3 kunis akka namni tasuma yookaan utuu itti hin yaadin nama ajjeese kam iyyuu itti kooluu galee nama haaloo dhiigaa baasu duraa baʼuuf.
that the manslayer who kills any soul unwittingly and unawares may flee there. And they shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.
4 Inni yommuu magaalaawwan sana keessaa tokkotti kooluu galutti karra magaalattii irra dhaabatee fuula maanguddoota magaalaa sanaa duratti dhimma isaa himachuu qaba. Isaanis ergasii magaalaa isaaniitti isa simatanii akka inni isaan wajjin jiraatuuf iddoo kennuufii qabu.
And he shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city. And they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
5 Yoo namni haaloo dhiigaa baasu isa duukaa buʼe illee, sababii inni utuu itti hin yaadinii fi utuu duraan jibba wal irraa hin qabaatin nama ollaa isaa ajjeeseef, isaan namicha sana dabarsanii kennuu hin qaban.
And if the avenger of blood pursues after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand, because he smote his neighbor unawares, and did not hate him formerly.
6 Inni hamma fuula waldaa dura qorumsaaf dhaabatuttii fi hamma lubni ol aanaan yeroo sanatti tajaajilaa ture duʼutti magaalaadhuma sana keessa jiraachuu qaba. Ergasii inni mana isaatti, gara magaalaa keessaa baqate sanaatti deebiʼuu dandaʼa.”
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest who shall be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from where he fled.
7 Kanaafuu isaan biyya gaaraa Niftaalem keessaa Qaadesh ishee Galiilaa keessaa sana, biyya gaaraa Efreem keessaa Sheekem, biyya gaaraa Yihuudaa keessaa immoo Kiriyaati Arbaaq kan Kebroon jedhamtu sana filatan.
And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
8 Yordaanos gamaa karaa lixa Yerikootiin, biyya gosa Ruubeen keessaa Bezer ishee gammoojjii diriiraa keessaa sana, biyya gosa Gaad keessaa Raamooti ishee Giliʼaad keessatti argamtu, biyya gosa Minaasee keessaa immoo Goolaan ishee Baashaan keessatti argamtu sana filatan.
And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned 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 Magaalaawwan akka namni tasa nama ajjeese kam iyyuu itti baqatuuf Israaʼeloota hundaa fi alagoota gidduu isaanii jiraataniif filataman kanneenii dha; kunis akka inni hamma harka waldaa jirutti namicha haaloo dhiigaa baasu sanaan hin ajjeefamneef.
These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any soul unwittingly might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stood before the congregation.
