Joshua, 20

1. And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying: “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them:

1. Jahve reèe Jošui:

2. Separate the cities of refuge, about which I spoke to you by the hand of Moses,

2. "Kaži sinovima Izraelovim i reci im: 'Odredite sebi gradove-utoèišta za koje sam vam govorio preko Mojsija,

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.

3. da bi onamo mogao pobjeæi ubojica koji nehotice ubije koga i da vam budu utoèišta od krvnoga osvetnika.

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.

4. Ako ubojica utekne u koji od tih gradova, neka stane pred gradska vrata i neka starješinama toga grada iznese svoju stvar. Oni neka ga prime u svoj grad i odrede mu mjesto gdje æe prebivati meðu njima.

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.

5. Ako ga krvni osvetnik progoni, ne smiju izruèiti ubojicu u njegove ruke: tÓa nehotice je ubio svoga bližnjega, a ne iz mržnje.

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.”

6. Ubojica neka ostane u tom gradu sve dok ne stupi pred sud zajednice ili do smrti velikoga sveæenika koji bude u ono vrijeme. Tada neka se ubojica vrati i neka ode u svoj grad i svome domu - u grad iz kojega je utekao.'"

7. And they decreed Kedesh in Galilee, at mount Naphtali, and Shechem, at mount Ephraim, and Kiriath-Arba, which is Hebron, at mount Judah.

7. I posvete Kedeš u Galileji, u Naftalijevoj gori; Šekem u Efrajimovoj gori; Kirjat-Arbu, to jest Hebron, u Judinoj gori.

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.

8. S druge strane Jordana, istoèno od Jerihona, odrede Beser u pustinji, u ravnici plemena Rubenova, i Ramot u Gileadu od plemena Gadova, i Golan u Bašanu od plemena Manašeova.

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.

9. To su bili gradovi odreðeni svim Izraelcima i došljacima koji borave meðu njima: ovamo je mogao uteæi svaki koji nehotice drugoga ubije, a da sam ne pogine od osvetnièke ruke dok ne izaðe na sud, pred zajednicu.