Књига Исуса Навина 20

1 Потом рече Господ Исусу говорећи:

Then Yahweh said to Joshua,

2 Кажи синовима Израиљевим и реци: Одредите градове за уточишта, за које сам вам говорио преко Мојсија,

“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 Да онамо утече крвник који убије кога нехотице, не мислећи, да вам буду уточишта од осветника.

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 Па кад ко утече у који од тих градова, нека стане пред вратима градским и нека каже старешинама оног града ствар своју, па нека га приме к себи, и дају му место да седи код њих.

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 И ако дође за њим осветник, нека му не дају крвника у руке, јер је нехотице убио ближњег нити је пре мрзео на њега.

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 Него нека седи у граду оном докле не стане пред збор на суд, до смрти поглавара свештеничког који буде онда, тада нека се крвник врати и иде у свој град и својој кући, у град из ког је утекао.

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 И оделише Кедес у Галилеји у гори Нефталимовој и Сихем у гори Јефремовој и Киријат-Арву, то је Хеврон, у гори Јудиној.

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 А преко Јордана од Јерихона на исток одредише Восор у пустињи, у равни, од племена Рувимовог, и Рамот у Галаду од племена Гадовог, и Голан у Васану од племена Манасијиног.

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 То су градови одређени свим синовима Израиљевим и дошљаку који живи међу њима, да побегне код њих ко год убије кога нехотице и да не погине од руке осветникове док не стане пред збор.

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].