Iilando yokwiigamena
1 Nena Omuwa okwa lombwele Josua ta ti: 2 “Lombwela Aaisraeli u tye: ‘Ihogololeleni iilando yokwiigamena, ngaashi nda popi naMoses, e mu lombwele. 3 Omuntu ngoka a dhipaga mukwawo hanowina, ota vulu okuya mo, a holame ngoka a hala oku mu shunina uuwinayi. 4 Ota vulu okutondokela mushimwe shomiilando mbika e ta yi kehala lyepangulo posheelo shoshilando, a fatululile aawiliki sho a ningi. Nena otaye mu fala moshilando e taye mu pe eha lyokukala mo, opo a kale puyo. 5 Ngele ota landulwa kungoka a hala oku mu dhipagela eyono lye, kaye na oku mu gandja miikaha ye. Naye mu gamene, oshoka ina dhipaga omuntu owina ye ke mu tonde shito. 6 Omudhipagi na kale moshilando shoka, sigo a pangulwa montaneho yaayehe nosigo okeso lyomuyambimukuluntu ngoka ta adhika pethimbo ndyoka. Nena omulumentu ota vulu okushuna koshilando shaandjawo, nkoka a zile ontuku.’ ”
7 Onkee kuuninginino waJordan oya hogolola Kedesh muGalilea, mevi lyokoondundu dhaNaftali, Shekem mevi lyokoondundu dhaEfraim naHebron mevi lyokoondundu dhaJuda. 8 Kuuzilo waJordan, metumbalalovi lyombuga kuuzilo waJeriko, oya hogolola Bezer moshitopolwa shaRuben, Ramot Gilead moshitopolwa shaGad naGolan muBaasha moshitopolwa shaManasse. 9 Mbika oyo iilando yokwiigamena ya hogololelwa Aaisraeli ayehe naakwiilongo ayehe ya kala mokati kawo. Kehe ngoka a dhipaga omuntu hanowina, ota vulu okwiimonena egameno muyo komuntu ngoka a hala oku mu dhipagela eyono lye. Ina wapa okudhipagwa, manga inaa pangulwa tango montaneho yaayehe.
The Cities of Refuge
1 Then the Lord told Joshua 2 to say to the people of Israel, “Choose the cities of refuge that I had Moses tell you about. 3 If any of you accidentally kills someone, you can go there and escape the one who is looking for revenge. 4 You can run away to one of these cities, go to the place of judgment at the entrance to the city, and explain to the leaders what happened. Then they will let you into the city and give you a place to live in, so that you can stay there. 5 If the one looking for revenge follows you there, the people of the city must not hand you over to that one. They must protect you because you killed the person accidentally and not out of anger. 6 You may stay in the city until you have received a public trial and until the death of the man who is then the High Priest. Then you may go back home to your own town, from which you had run away.”
7 So, on the west side of the Jordan they set aside Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Hebron, in the hill country of Judah. 8 East of the Jordan, on the desert plateau east of Jericho, they chose Bezer in the territory of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead, in the territory of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, in the territory of Manasseh. 9 These were the cities of refuge chosen for all the people of Israel and for any foreigner living among them. Any who killed a person accidentally could find protection there from the one looking for revenge; they could not be killed unless they had first received a public trial.
