Ovihuro vyomaundiro
(Num 35:9-34)1 Muhona wa hungira ku Josua kutja a raere nai kOvaisrael: 2 “Toororeye ovihuro vyomaundiro, mbi mba rakizire ku Moses kutja e mu raere. 3 Omundu ngwa zeperere omukwao ma yenene okutaurira ku vyo ama hene komurumendu ngu ma vanga okumusutisa mongore yokuzepa. 4 Eye ma sora okutaurira ku tjimwe tjavyo, a i poṋa pombanguriro pomahitiro wotjihuro na kaserekarera kovanane votjihuro imbi mbya tjitwa. Nungwari owo mave mu yandjere okuhita motjihuro nave mu pe poṋa puma kara kutja a ture mu tjo. 5 Nomunangore tje mu kongorere nga mbo, ovandu votjihuro ave he mu yandja ko momake we. Owo ngave mu yame, orondu eye wa zeperere Omuisrael omukwao, nu ka ri nomazenge na ye. 6 Eye nga kare motjihuro ho, ngandu indu tja pangurwa komurungu wombanguriro, nu ngandu indu omurumendu ngu ri Omupristeri Otjiuru moruveze ndo tja koka. Tjazumba ingwi ngwa zeperere omukwao ma sora okuyaruka kotjihuro tje omuini ka ziririre indu tja taurire.”
7 Komuhingo mbwi Ovaisrael otji va toorora ovihuro mbi komukuma wokongurova kwa Jordan: OoKedes mOgalilea, mehi rozondundu ra Naftali, na Sikem mehi rozondundu ra Efraim, na Kirjat-Arba, tji tji ri Hebron, mehi rozondundu ra Juda. 8 Komukuma wokomuhuka wa Jordan motjivanda mokuti onguza komuhuka wa Jeriko va toorora Beser tjomuhoko wa Ruben, na Ramot mOgilead tjomuhoko wa Gad, na Golan mObasan tjomuhoko wa Manasse. 9 Imbi ombya ri ovihuro vyomaundiro mbya toororerwa Ovaisrael avehe novandu wozonganda, mba turire mokati kawo, omundu auhe ngwa zeperere omukwao kutja a kayamwe mu vyo; eye kamaa ṱu i omunangore e hiya pangurwa komurungu wombanguriro.
The Safe Towns
(Numbers 35.9-15Deuteronomy 19.1-13)1 One day the Lord told Joshua:
2 When Moses was still alive, I commanded him to tell the Israelites about the Safe Towns. Now you tell them that it is time to set up these towns. 3-4 If a person accidentally kills someone and the victim's relatives say it was murder, they might try to take revenge. Anyone accused of murder can run to one of the Safe Towns and be safe from the victim's relatives. The one needing protection will stand at the entrance to the town gate and explain to the town leaders what happened. Then the leaders will bring that person in and provide a place to live in their town.
5 One of the victim's relatives might come to the town, looking for revenge. But the town leaders must not simply hand over the person accused of murder. After all, the accused and the victim had been neighbors, not enemies. 6 The citizens of that Safe Town must come together and hold a trial. They may decide that the victim was killed accidentally and that the accused is not guilty of murder.
Everyone found not guilty must still live in the Safe Town until the high priest dies. Then they can go back to their own towns and their homes that they had to leave behind.
7 The Israelites decided that the following three towns west of the Jordan River would be Safe Towns:
Kedesh in Galilee in Naphtali's hill country, Shechem in Ephraim's hill country, and Kiriath-Arba in Judah's hill country. Kiriath-Arba is now called Hebron.
8 The Israelites had already decided on the following three towns east of the Jordan River:
Bezer in the desert flatlands of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead, which was a town that belonged to Gad, and Golan in Bashan, which belonged to Manasseh.
9 These Safe Towns were set up, so that if Israelites or even foreigners who lived in Israel accidentally killed someone, they could run to one of these towns. There they would be safe until a trial could be held, even if one of the victim's relatives came looking for revenge.
