Joshua 20:9
These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the alien who lives among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands trial before the congregation.Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
Ko hai
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- מוּעָדָהmûwʻâdâhan appointed place, i.e. asylum
- שְׁגָגָהshᵉgâgâha mistake or inadvertent transgression
- גּוּרgûwrproperly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (
- גָּאַלgâʼalto be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc
- גֵּרgêrproperly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- נוּסnûwçto flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
- דָּםdâmblood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of
- תָּוֶךְtâveka bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
+lea 'e 9 kehe 'i he veesi ni
Ko e ngaahi lea faka-Hepelū mo e faka-Kalisi 'oku tu'u 'i he tu'a 'o e veesi ni. 'E ha'u 'a e fakahoa lea-ki-he-lea mo e liliu lea-ki-he-lea.