Giosuè (يشوع) 20

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 وكلم الرب يشوع قائلا	1 And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying: “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them:
2 كلم بني اسرائيل قائلا. اجعلوا لانفسكم مدن الملجإ كما كلمتكم على يد موسى	2 Separate the cities of refuge, about which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses,
3 لكي يهرب اليها القاتل ضارب نفس سهوا بغير علم. فتكون لكم ملجأ من ولي الدم.	3 so that anyone who will have struck down a life unintentionally may flee to them. And so, he may be able to escape from the wrath of a close relative, who is an avenger of blood.
4 فيهرب الى واحدة من هذه المدن ويقف في مدخل باب المدينة ويتكلم بدعواه في آذان شيوخ تلك المدينة فيضّمونه اليهم الى المدينة ويعطونه مكانا فيسكن معهم.	4 And when he will have fled to one of these cities, he shall stand before the gate of the city, and he shall speak to the ancients of that city, the things that prove him innocent. And so shall they receive him, and give him a place in which to live.
5 واذا تبعه ولي الدم فلا يسلموا القاتل بيده لانه بغير علم ضرب قريبه وهو غير مبغض له من قبل.	5 And if the avenger of blood will have pursued him, they shall not deliver him into his hands. For he struck down his neighbor unknowingly, one who was not proven to have been his enemy two or three days before.
6 ويسكن في تلك المدينة حتى يقف امام الجماعة للقضاء الى ان يموت الكاهن العظيم الذي يكون في تلك الايام. حينئذ يرجع القاتل ويأتي الى مدينته وبيته الى المدينة التي هرب منها.	6 And he shall live in that city, until he stands before judgment in order to render the facts of his case, and until the death of the high priest, whoever it will be in that time. Then the one who killed a man may return, and he may enter his own city and house, from which he had fled.”
7 فقدسوا قادش في الجليل في جبل نفتالي وشكيم في جبل افرايم وقرية اربع. هي حبرون في جبل يهوذا.	7 And they decreed Kedesh in Galilee, at mount Naphtali, and Shechem, at mount Ephraim, and Kiriath-Arba, which is Hebron, at mount Judah.
8 وفي عبر اردن اريحا نحو الشروق جعلوا باصر في البرية في السهل من سبط رأوبين وراموت في جلعاد من سبط جاد وجولان في باشان من سبط منسّى.	8 And beyond the Jordan, opposite the eastern side of Jericho, they appointed Bezer, which is situated on the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan of the tribe of Manasseh.
9 هذه هي مدن الملجإ لكل بني اسرائيل وللغريب النازل في وسطهم لكي يهرب اليها كل ضارب نفس سهوا. فلا يموت بيد ولي الدم حتى يقف امام الجماعة	9 These cities were established for all the sons of Israel, and for the new arrivals who were living among them, so that whoever had struck down a life unintentionally might flee to these, and not die at the hand of a close relative who desires to vindicate the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people, in order to present his case.