Joshua 20
1 And the Lord spoke to Josue, saying: Speak to the children of Israel and say to them:
Seyè a pale ak Jozye, li di l' konsa:
2 Appoint cities of refuge, a of which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses:
-Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo, di yo pou yo chwazi lavil kote moun ka jwenn pwoteksyon, jan mwen te bay Moyiz lòd pou yo fè a.
3 That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them: and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood:
Lè yon moun touye yon moun san li pa fè espre, san li pa t' gen lide fè sa, li ka kouri al kache la pou yo ka pwoteje l' pou l' pa tonbe anba men moun k'ap chache l' pou yo tire revanj.
4 And when he shall flee to one of these cities: he shall stand before the gate of the city, and shall speak to the ancients of that city, such things as prove him innocent: and so shall they receive him, and give him a place to dwell in.
Moun k'ap chache pwoteksyon nan yonn nan lavil sa yo va kouri ale bò pòtay lavil la, l'a esplike chèf fanmi lavil la sa ki te rive l'. Lèfini, y'a kite l' antre nan lavil la. Y'a ba li yon kote pou l' rete nan mitan yo.
5 And when the avenger of blood shall pursue him, they shall not deliver him into his hands, because he slew his neighbour unawares, and is not proved to have been his enemy two or three days before.
Si moun k'ap chache tire revanj yo rive jouk la deyè l', chèf fanmi lavil la p'ap renmèt yo nonm lan, paske se pa espre li te fè lè l' te touye moun menm ras ak li a. Li pa t' gen anyen avè l'.
6 And he shall dwell in that city, till he stand before judgment to give an account of his fact, and till the death of the high priest, who shall be at that time: then shall the manslayer return, and go into his own city and house from whence he fled.
L'a gen pou l' rete nan lavil la jouk la parèt devan tout pèp la pou yo jije l', jouk moun ki granprèt lè sa a va mouri. Se lè sa a nonm lan va gen dwa tounen lakay li, nan lavil li te kouri kite a.
7 And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of mount Nephtali, and Sichem in mount Ephraim, and Cariath-Arbe, the same is Hebron in the mountain of Juda.
Se konsa, moun yo pran lavil Kadès nan peyi Galile, nan mòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Neftali yo, lavil Sichèm nan mòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Efrayim yo ak lavil Kiriyat aba ki rele koulye a Ebwon, nan mòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Jida yo pou sèvi pwoteksyon.
8 And beyond the Jordan to the east of Jericho, they appointed Bosor, which is upon the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of Ruben, and Ramoth in Galaad of the tribe of Cad, and Gaulon in Basan of the tribe of Manasses.
Lòt bò larivyè Jouden an menm, nan platon ki anfas lavil Jeriko, bò solèy leve, yo chwazi twa lavil nan dezè a pou sa tou: Bezè nan zòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Woubenn yo, Ramòt-Galarad nan zòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Gad yo, ak Golan nan peyi Bazan an nan zòn ki pou moun branch fanmi Manase yo.
9 These cities were appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the strangers, that dwelt among them: that whosoever had killed a person unawares might flee to them, and not die by the hand of the kinsman, coveting to revenge the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people to lay open his cause.
Men non lavil yo te chwazi pou bay pwoteksyon yo. Nenpòt moun nan pèp Izrayèl la osinon nan moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan mitan yo ki ta touye yon moun san fè espre, l'a gen dwa kouri al kache la pou yo ka pwoteje l' pou l' pa tonbe anba men moun ki fanmi pi pre moun li te touye a, anvan li parèt devan tout pèp la pou yo jije l'.
