Josué 20

1 Y habló Jehová a Josué, diciendo:

And the Lord said to Joshua,

2 Habla a los hijos de Israel, diciendo: Señaláos las ciudades de refugio, de las cuales yo os hablé por Moisés:

Say to the children of Israel, Let certain towns be marked out as safe places, as I said to you by the mouth of Moses,

3 Para que se acoja allí el homicida que matare a alguno por yerro, y no a sabiendas, que os sean por acogimiento del vengador de la sangre.

So that any man who in error and without design has taken the life of another, may go in flight to them: and they will be safe places for you from him who has the right of punishment for blood.

4 Y el que se acogiere a alguna de aquellas ciudades, presentarse ha a la puerta de la ciudad, y dirá sus causas oyéndole los ancianos de aquella ciudad: y ellos le recibirán consigo dentro de la ciudad, y le darán lugar que habite con ellos.

And if anyone goes in flight to one of those towns, and comes into the public place of the town, and puts his cause before the responsible men of the town, they will take him into the town and give him a place among them where he may be safe.

5 Y cuando el vengador de la sangre le siguiere, no entregarán en su mano al homicida, por cuanto hirió a su prójimo por yerro, ni tuvo con él antes enemistad.

And if the one who has the right of punishment comes after him, they are not to give the taker of life up to him; because he was the cause of his neighbour's death without designing it and not in hate.

6 Y quedará en aquella ciudad hasta que parezca en juicio delante del ayuntamiento hasta la muerte del gran sacerdote que fuere en aquel tiempo: entonces el homicida tornará y vendrá a su ciudad, y a su casa, a la ciudad de donde huyó.

And he is to go on living in that town till he has to come before the meeting of the people to be judged; (till the death of him who is high priest at that time: ) then the taker of life may come back to his town and to his house, to the town from which he had gone in flight.

7 Entonces señalaron a Cedes en Galilea en el monte de Neftalí: y a Siquem en el monte de Efraím, y a Cariat-arbe, que es Hebrón, en el monte de Judá.

So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.

8 Y de la otra parte del Jordán de Jericó, al oriente dieron a Bosor en el desierto en la campiña de la tribu de Rubén, y a Ramot en Galaad de la tribu de Gad, y a Gaulón en Basán de la tribu de Manasés.

And on the east side of Jordan at Jericho, they made selection of Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, 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 Estas fueron las ciudades señaladas para todos los hijos de Israel, y para el extranjero que morase entre ellos, para que se acogiese a ellas cualquiera que hiriese hombre por yerro; porque no muriese por mano del vengador de la sangre, hasta que pareciese delante del ayuntamiento.

These were the towns marked out for all the children of Israel and for the man from a strange country living among them, so that anyone causing the death of another in error, might go in flight there, and not be put to death by him who has the right of punishment for blood till he had come before the meeting of the people.