Joshua 20
1 And the Lord said to Joshua,
Falou mais o Senhor a Josué, dizendo:
2 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,
Fala aos filhos de Israel, dizendo: apartai-vos as cidades de refúgio, de que vos falei pelo ministério de Moisés:
3 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.
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.
4 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.
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
5 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.
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.
6 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.
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.
7 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.
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.
8 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.
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.
9 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.
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.
