< Jozuego 20 >
1 Potem PAN powiedział do Jozuego:
Then Yahweh said to Joshua,
2 Powiedz synom Izraela: Wyznaczcie sobie miasta schronienia, o których mówiłem wam przez Mojżesza;
“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 Aby tam uciekał zabójca, który by zabił człowieka niechcący i mimowolnie. Będą dla was schronieniem przed mścicielem krwi.
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 Gdy [ktoś] ucieknie do jednego z tych miast i stanie przy wejściu do bramy miejskiej, opowie do uszu starszych tego miasta swoją sprawę, a oni przyjmą go do miasta do siebie i dadzą mu miejsce, i będzie z nimi mieszkał.
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 A gdy będzie go ścigał mściciel krwi, to nie wydadzą zabójcy w jego ręce, gdyż nieumyślnie zabił swego bliźniego i nie czuł do niego przedtem nienawiści.
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 I będzie mieszkał w tym mieście, dopóki nie stanie przed zgromadzeniem na sąd i aż do śmierci najwyższego kapłana, który będzie w tym czasie. Wtedy zabójca wróci i przyjdzie do swego miasta i do swego domu, do miasta, z którego uciekł.
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 I wyznaczyli Kedesz w Galilei na górze Neftalego, Sychem na górze Efraim oraz Kiriat-Arba, [czyli] Hebron, na górze Judy.
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 Z drugiej zaś strony Jordanu, na wschód od Jerycha, wyznaczyli Beser na pustyni, na równinie, z pokolenia Rubena, Ramot w Gileadzie z pokolenia Gada oraz Golan w Baszanie z pokolenia Manassesa.
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 Oto miasta ucieczki dla wszystkich synów Izraela i cudzoziemców, którzy mieszkają pośród nich, aby mógł tam uciec każdy, kto zabił kogoś przez nieuwagę i nie poniósł śmierci z ręki mściciela krwi, zanim stanie przed zgromadzeniem.
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].