Joshua 20

1 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Joshua atĩrĩ,

YHWH spoke to Joshua, saying,

2 “Ĩra andũ a Isiraeli mathuure matũũra manene ma kũũrĩrwo, marĩa ndamũheire ũhoro wamo rĩrĩa ndaaririe na Musa,

"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,

3 nĩgeetha mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũngĩũraga mũndũ na njĩra ya mũtino na atekwenda-rĩ, no orĩre kuo na agĩe na ũgitĩri kuuma kũrĩ mũrĩhĩria wa thakame ĩrĩa ĩitĩtwo.

that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.

4 “Rĩrĩa orĩra itũũra rĩmwe rĩa macio manene-rĩ, nĩarĩrũgamaga kĩhingo-inĩ gĩa itũũra rĩu inene, nake akoiga ũrĩa ekĩte arĩ mbere ya athuuri a itũũra rĩu inene. Nao makamwĩtĩkĩria atũũre itũũra rĩu rĩao na makamũhe handũ atũũranie nao.

He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.

5 Nake mũrĩhĩria wa thakame ĩyo ĩitĩtwo angĩmuuma thuutha, matikaneane mũndũ ũcio mũthitange, tondũ oragĩte mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake atekwenda na ataciirĩire gwĩka ũguo.

If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and did not hate him before.

6 Mũndũ ũcio nĩarekwo aikare itũũra rĩu inene nginya hĩndĩ ĩrĩa akaarũgama mbere ya andũ monganĩte aciirithio, kana nginya rĩrĩa gĩkuũ kĩa mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũrĩa mũnene ũcio ũratungata hĩndĩ ĩyo gĩgaakinya. Thuutha ũcio no acooke mũciĩ gwake o itũũra-inĩ rĩrĩa oimĩte akĩũra.”

He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.'"

7 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio makĩamũra Kedeshi itũũra rĩrĩa rĩrĩ kũu Galili bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ irĩma wa Nafitali, na Shekemu itũũra rĩa bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ irĩma wa Efiraimu, na Kiriathu-Ariba (na nĩkuo Hebironi) itũũra rĩa bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ irĩma wa Juda.

They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

8 Naguo mwena wa irathĩro wa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani mũrĩmo wa Jeriko magĩthuura Bezeri kũu werũ-inĩ ũrĩa mwaraganu mũhĩrĩga-inĩ wa Rubeni, na Ramothu kũu Gileadi mũhĩrĩga-inĩ wa Gadi, na Golani thĩinĩ wa Bashani mũhĩrĩga-inĩ wa Manase.

Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer on the wilderness plateau out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

9 Mũndũ o wothe Mũisiraeli o na kana mũndũ wa kũngĩ ũtũũranagia nao ũrĩa ũngĩũraga mũndũ ataciirĩire gwĩka ũguo no oorĩre matũũra-inĩ macio manene maathuurĩtwo nĩguo ndakooragwo nĩ mũrĩhanĩria wa thakame ĩyo ĩitĩtwo atanarũgama mbere ya andũ monganĩte aciirithio.

These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.