Àwọn ìlú ààbò
1Nígbà náà ni Olúwa sọ fún Joṣua pé, 220.2-9: Nu 35.6-34; De 4.41-43; 19.1-13.“Sọ fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli pé kí wọn yan àwọn ìlú ààbò, gẹ́gẹ́ bí mo ti pàṣẹ fún ọ láti ẹnu Mose, 3kí ẹni tí ó bá ṣèèṣì pa ènìyàn tàbí tí ó bá pa ènìyàn láìmọ̀-ọ́n-mọ̀ lè sálọ sí ibẹ̀, fún ààbò lọ́wọ́ olùgbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ ẹni tí ó pa. 4Nígbà tí ó bá sálọ sí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ìlú wọ̀nyí, yóò sì dúró ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà àtiwọ ibodè ìlú, kí ó sì ṣe àlàyé ara rẹ̀ ní iwájú àwọn àgbàgbà ìlú náà. Nígbà náà ni wọn yóò gbà á sí ìlú wọn, wọn yóò sì fun ní ibùgbé láàrín wọn. 5Bí olùgbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ bá ń lépa rẹ̀, wọn kò gbọdọ̀ fi àwọn ọ̀daràn náà lé wọn lọ́wọ́, nítorí tí ó pa aládùúgbò rẹ̀ láìmọ̀, tí kò sì kórìíra rẹ̀ tẹ́lẹ̀ rí. 6Òun ó sì máa gbé inú ìlú náà, títí yóò fi jẹ́jọ́ níwájú ìjọ ènìyàn àti títí ikú olórí àlùfáà tí ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ ìsìn nígbà náà. Nígbà náà ó lè padà sí ilé rẹ̀ ní ìlú tí ó ti sá wá.”
7Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n yan Kedeṣi ní Galili ní ìlú òkè Naftali, Ṣekemu ní ìlú òkè Efraimu, àti Kiriati-Arba (tí í ṣe, Hebroni) ní ìlú òkè Juda. 8Ní ìhà ìlà-oòrùn Jordani ti Jeriko, wọ́n ya Beseri ní aginjù ní pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ ní ẹ̀yà Reubeni, Ramoti ní Gileadi ní ẹ̀yà Gadi, àti Golani ní Baṣani ní ẹ̀yà Manase. 9Ẹnikẹ́ni nínú àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tàbí àlejò tí ń gbé ní àárín wọn tí ó ṣèèṣì pa ẹnìkan lè sálọ sí àwọn ìlú tí a yà sọ́tọ̀ wọ̀nyí, kí olùgbẹ̀san ẹ̀jẹ̀ má sì ṣe pa á kí ó to di àkókò tí yóò jẹ́jọ́ níwájú ìjọ ènìyàn.
Cities of Refuge
1Then the Lord said to Joshua: 2“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, 3so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood. 4When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state their case before the elders of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them. 5If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought. 6They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.”
7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. 8East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh. 9Any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing among them who killed someone accidentally could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
