Joshua 20

1 Nígbà náà ni Olúwa sọ fún Joṣua pé,

And the Lord said to Joshua,

2 “Sọ fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli pé kí wọn yan àwọn ìlú ààbò, gẹ́gẹ́ bí mo ti pàṣẹ fún ọ láti ẹnu Mose,

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 kí ẹni tí ó bá ṣèèṣì pa ènìyàn tàbí tí ó bá pa ènìyàn láìmọ̀-ọ́n-mọ̀ lè sálọ sí ibẹ̀, fún ààbò lọ́wọ́ olùgbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ ẹni tí ó pa.

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 Nígbà tí ó bá sálọ sí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìlú wọ̀nyí, yóò sì dúró ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà àtiwọ ibodè ìlú, kí ó sì ṣe àlàyé ara rẹ̀ ní iwájú àwọn àgbàgbà ìlú náà. Nígbà náà ni wọn yóò gbà á sí ìlú wọn, wọn yóò sì fun ní ibùgbé láàrín wọn.

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 Bí olùgbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ bá ń lépa rẹ̀, wọn kò gbọdọ̀ fi àwọn ọ̀daràn náà lé wọn lọ́wọ́, nítorí tí ó pa aládùúgbò rẹ̀ láìmọ̀, tí kò sì kórìíra rẹ̀ tẹ́lẹ̀ rí.

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 Òun ó sì máa gbé inú ìlú náà, títí yóò fi jẹ́jọ́ níwájú ìjọ ènìyàn àti títí ikú olórí àlùfáà tí ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ ìsìn nígbà náà. Nígbà náà ó lè padà sí ilé rẹ̀ ní ìlú tí ó ti sá wá.”

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 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n yan Kedeṣi ní Galili ní ìlú òkè Naftali, Ṣekemu ní ìlú òkè Efraimu, àti Kiriati-Arba (tí í ṣe, Hebroni) ní ìlú òkè Juda.

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 Ní ìhà ìlà-oòrùn Jordani ti Jeriko, wọ́n ya Beseri ní aginjù ní pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ ní ẹ̀yà Reubeni, Ramoti ní Gileadi ní ẹ̀yà Gadi, àti Golani ní Baṣani ní ẹ̀yà Manase.

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 Ẹnikẹ́ni nínú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tàbí àlejò tí ń gbé ní àárín wọn tí ó ṣèèṣì pa ẹnìkan lè sálọ sí àwọn ìlú tí a yà sọ́tọ̀ wọ̀nyí, kí olùgbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ má sì ṣe pa á kí ó to di àkókò tí yóò jẹ́jọ́ níwájú ìjọ ènìyàn.

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.