Joshua 20
1 Nígbà náà ni Olúwa sọ fún Joṣua pé,
And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
2 “Sọ fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli pé kí wọn yan àwọn ìlú ààbò, gẹ́gẹ́ bí mo ti pàṣẹ fún ọ láti ẹnu Mose,
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand 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.
that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly [and] unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of 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 he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
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 avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unawares, and hated him not beforetime.
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 shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
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.
And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same 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 beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain 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 appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
