Joshua 20

1 Pakaiyin Joshua kommah hitihin thu ahinseije:

Then the LORD said to Joshua,

2 “Tun keiman Mose kana seipeh bangin Israel techun kiselna ding khopiho chu akilhendoh diovin seipehtan

“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses,

3 ‘Koitabang hamkhat in mikhattou tupna mong umlouva ahilou leh hettoh louva ahin tha khah tah a ahileh athatpa chunga phulanom athipa sopiho khutna konna ajamlut nading kiselna khopi ho umding ahi.

so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

4 Hiche khopiho khatpen’a hi ajamlut teng hiche mithatpahi khopi kelkot phunga upa ho masanga achungthu akiphondoh ding, amahon hichepa hi khopi sunga alutsah uva amaho komma achenthei nading agonpeh diu ahi.

When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.

5 Ijemtia athipa insung mite chu phula dinga ahungu leh lamkai hochun mithatpa chu amaho komma apehlut louding ahi, ajeh chu amapa chun tumasanga kinahna umlou chuleh tupna mong imacha umlouva khutsoiya anatha khah jeh ahi.

Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.

6 Ahinlah mithatpa chu hiche khopia chu umden ding, khopi chun achung thu akhol toh uva athu atandiu ahi, chuleh hiche thilso petna thempu chungnung natongpa hinlai sea hiche komma chu cheng ding ahi. Hijouteng chuleh ahung jamdohna khopi sung ain munna chu kilekit thei ding ahi.

He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”

7 Hicheho hi kiselna khopi hochu: Naphtali thinglhang gam'a din Galilee a um Kadesh, Ephraim thinglhang gammadin Sechem, Judah thinglhang gam'a din Kiriath-arba (Hebron tina),

So 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 Jericho gallang Jordan vadung solama din hiche khopiho hi alhengdoh un ahi: Reuben phung phaicham gammang langa din Bezer; Gad phung mite gamsunga din Gilead na um Ramoth, Manasseh phung mite gamsunga din Bashan’a um Golan ahiuve.

And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

9 Israelte hihen alah uva cheng gamchom miho hijongleh hiche khopi hohi kigonpeh a ahiuve. Hichehi amun khoppi masanga thu kikholna umman louva phulahna a kilhana dinga konna hoidohna aumtheina dinga tohgon ahi.

These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.