Josué 20
1 Fallou mais o Senhor a Josué, dizendo:
And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying: “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them:
2 Falla aos filhos d'Israel, dizendo: Apartae-vos as cidades de refugio, de que vos fallei pelo ministerio de Moysés:
Separate the cities of refuge, about which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses,
3 Para que fuja para ali o homicida, que matar alguma pessoa por erro, e não com intento: para que vos sejam por refugio do vingador do sangue.
so that anyone who will have struck down a life unintentionally may flee to them. And so, he may be able to escape from the wrath of a close relative, who is an avenger of blood.
4 E, fugindo para alguma d'aquellas cidades, por-se-ha á porta da cidade, e proporá as suas palavras perante os ouvidos dos anciãos da tal cidade: então o tomarão comsigo na cidade: e lhe darão logar, para que habite com elles
And when he will have fled to one of these cities, he shall stand before the gate of the city, and he shall speak to the ancients of that city, the things that prove him innocent. And so shall they receive him, and give him a place in which to live.
5 E, se o vingador do sangue o seguir, não entregarão na sua mão o homicida: porquanto não feriu a seu proximo com intento, e o não aborreceu d'antes.
And if the avenger of blood will have pursued him, they shall not deliver him into his hands. For he struck down his neighbor unknowingly, one who was not proven to have been his enemy two or three days before.
6 E habitará na mesma cidade, até que se ponha a juizo perante a congregação, até que morra o summo sacerdote que houver n'aquelles dias: então o homicida voltará, e virá á sua cidade, e á sua casa, á cidade d'onde fugiu.
And he shall live in that city, until he stands before judgment in order to render the facts of his case, and until the death of the high priest, whoever it will be in that time. Then the one who killed a man may return, and he may enter his own city and house, from which he had fled.”
7 Então apartaram a Kedes em Galilea, na montanha de Naphtali, e a Sichem na montanha d'Ephraim, e a Kiriath-arba, esta é Hebron, na montanha de Judah.
And they decreed Kedesh in Galilee, at mount Naphtali, and Shechem, at mount Ephraim, and Kiriath-Arba, which is Hebron, at mount Judah.
8 E, d'além do Jordão de Jericó para o oriente, apartaram a Beser, no deserto, na campina da tribu de Ruben, e a Ramoth em Gilead da tribu de Gad, e a Golan em Basan da tribu de Manasseh.
And beyond the Jordan, opposite the eastern side of Jericho, they appointed Bezer, which is situated on the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 Estas são as cidades que foram designadas para todos os filhos d'Israel, e para o estrangeiro que andasse entre elles; para que se acolhesse a ellas todo aquelle que ferisse alguma pessoa por erro: para que não morresse ás mãos do vingador do sangue, até se pôr diante da congregação.
These cities were established for all the sons of Israel, and for the new arrivals who were living among them, so that whoever had struck down a life unintentionally might flee to these, and not die at the hand of a close relative who desires to vindicate the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people, in order to present his case.
