Josué 20
1 Falou mais o Senhor a Josué, dizendo:
Then Yahweh said to Joshua,
2 Fala aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: apartai-vos as cidades de refúgio, de que vos falei pelo ministério de Moisés:
“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'Appoint the cities of refuge of 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 refúgio do vingador do sangue.
Do this so that one who unintentionally kills a person can go there. These cities will be a place of refuge from anyone who seeks to avenge the blood of a person who was killed.
4 E, fugindo para alguma daquelas cidades, por-se-á à porta da cidade, e proporá as suas palavras perante os ouvidos dos anciãos da tal cidade: então o tomarão consigo na cidade: e lhe darão lugar, para que habite com eles
He will run to one of those cities and will stand at the entrance of the city gate, and explain his case to the elders of that city. Then they will take him into the city and give him a place for him to live among them.
5 E, se o vingador do sangue o seguir, não entregarão na sua mão o homicida: porquanto não feriu a seu próximo com intento, e o não aborreceu de antes.
If one of them comes to try to avenge the blood of the person who was killed, then the people of the city must not hand the one who killed him over to the authorities. They must not do this because he killed his neighbor unintentionally, and he had no hatred toward him in the past.
6 E habitará na mesma cidade, até que se ponha a juízo perante a congregação, até que morra o sumo sacerdote que houver naqueles dias: então o homicida voltará, e virá à sua cidade, e à sua casa, à cidade de onde fugiu.
He must stay in that city until he has stood before the assembly for judgment, until the death of the one who was serving as high priest in those days. Then the one who had accidentally killed the person may return to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.'”
7 Então apartaram a Kedes em Galiléia, na montanha de Naphtali, e a Sichem na montanha de Ephraim, e a Kiriath-arba, esta é Hebron, na montanha de Judá.
So the Israelites selected Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same as Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
8 E, de além do Jordão de Jericó para o oriente, apartaram a Beser, no deserto, na campina da tribo de Ruben, e a Ramoth em Gilead da tribo de Gad, e a Golan em Basan da tribo de Manasseh.
Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they selected Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau from the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth Gilead, from the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, from the tribe of Manasseh.
9 Estas são as cidades que foram designadas para todos os filhos de Israel, e para o estrangeiro que andasse entre eles; para que se acolhesse a elas todo aquele que ferisse alguma pessoa por erro: para que não morresse às mãos do vingador do sangue, até se pôr diante da congregação.
These were the cities selected for all the people of Israel and for the foreigners residing among them, so that anyone who killed a person unintentionally could run to them for safety. This person would not die by the hand of the one who wanted to avenge the blood that was shed, until the accused person would first stand before the assembly.
