1And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,
1Ja Issand rääkis Joosuaga, öeldes:
2`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Give for you cities of refuge, as I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses,
2'Räägi Iisraeli lastega ja ütle neile: Määrake endile pelgulinnad, nagu ma teile Moosese läbi olen öelnud,
3for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.
3et sinna võiks põgeneda tapja, kes inimese on kogemata maha löönud, ilma et ta oleks tahtnud; need olgu teile pelgupaigaks veritasunõudja eest.
4`When [one] hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood [at] the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them.
4Ja kes põgeneb ühte neist linnadest, seisku linna värava ees ja rääkigu oma lugu selle linna vanemate kuuldes; siis võtku need tema eneste juurde linna ja andku temale paik, et ta saaks elada nende juures.
5`And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto;
5Ja kui veritasunõudja teda taga ajab, siis ei tohi nad tapjat loovutada tema kätte, sest ta on oma ligimese tahtmatult maha löönud ega ole teda varem vihanud.
6and he hath dwelt in that city till his standing before the company for judgment, till the death of the chief priest who is in those days — then doth the man-slayer turn back and hath come unto his city, and unto his house, unto the city whence he fled.`
6Ja ta elagu selles linnas, kuni ta on seisnud kohtus koguduse ees, kuni selleaegse ülempreestri surmani; siis võib tapja minna tagasi ja tulla oma linna ja kotta, linna, kust ta oli põgenenud.'
7And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;
7Siis nad pühitsesid Kedesi Galileas Naftali mäestikus, Sekemi Efraimi mäestikus ja Kirjat-Arba, see on Hebroni, Juuda mäestikus.
8and beyond the Jordan, [at] Jericho eastward, they have given 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.
8Ja teisel pool Jordanit Jeeriko kohal, ida pool, andsid nad Beseri kõrbes tasandikul Ruubeni suguharult, Raamoti Gileadis Gaadi suguharult ja Goolani Baasanis Manasse suguharult.
9These have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting life inadvertently, and he doth not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood till his standing before the company.
9Need on linnad, mis on seatud kõigile Iisraeli lastele ja võõrale, kes nende keskel asub, et sinna võiks põgeneda igaüks, kes inimese on kogemata maha löönud, et ta ei sureks veritasunõudja käe läbi, enne kui ta on seisnud koguduse ees.