1In GOSPOD je govoril Jozuetu, rekoč:
1And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying,
2Govori Izraelovim sinovom in reci: Določite si zavetna mesta, o katerih sem vam govoril po Mojzesu,
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,
3da sme zbežati tja ubijalec, ki ubije človeka nehotoma in ponevedoma, da vam bodo v zavetišča pred maščevalcem krvi.
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.
4In kdor zbeži v eno teh mest, naj oznani, stoječ ob vhodu v mestna vrata, svojo stvar starejšinam tistega mesta, in vzamejo ga k sebi v mesto in mu dado prostora, da prebiva med njimi.
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.
5In ako ga preganja maščevalec krvi, mu ne smejo izročiti ubijalca, kajti ubil je svojega bližnjega ponevedoma in ga ni poprej sovražil.
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;
6Naj ostane v tistem mestu, dokler se ne postavi pred občino zaradi sodbe in dokler ne umrje veliki duhovnik, ki bode v tem času. Tedaj naj se vrne ubijalec in pride v svoje mesto in v svojo hišo v mestu, odkoder je zbežal.
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.`
7In odločili so Kedes v Galileji na Neftalijevem gorovju in Sihem na Efraimskem gorovju in Kirjat-arbo (ki je Hebron) na gorovju Judovem.
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;
8In za Jordanom, vzhodno od Jeriha, so določili Bezer v puščavi, na ravnini, od Rubenovega rodu, in Ramot v Gileadu od Gadovega rodu in Golan v Basanu od Manasejevega rodu.Ta so bila določena mesta za vse Izraelove sinove in za tujce, ki med njimi bivajo, da bi tja zbežal, kdor je ubil človeka nehotoma, da mu ne bo umreti po roki maščevalca krvi, dokler se ne postavi pred občino.
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.
9Ta so bila določena mesta za vse Izraelove sinove in za tujce, ki med njimi bivajo, da bi tja zbežal, kdor je ubil človeka nehotoma, da mu ne bo umreti po roki maščevalca krvi, dokler se ne postavi pred občino.
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.