1Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
1Ja Issand rääkis Joosuaga, öeldes:
2“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,
2'Räägi Iisraeli lastega ja ütle neile: Määrake endile pelgulinnad, nagu ma teile Moosese läbi olen öelnud,
3that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.
3et sinna võiks põgeneda tapja, kes inimese on kogemata maha löönud, ilma et ta oleks tahtnud; need olgu teile pelgupaigaks veritasunõudja eest.
4He 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.
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.
5If 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 didn’t hate him before.
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.
6He 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.’”
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.'
7They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same 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.
8Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain 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.
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 were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the alien who lives 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.
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.