The Bible

Eisht loayr y Chiarn rish Joshua, gra,

The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,

Abbyr rish cloan Israel, gra, Soie-jee er-lheh er nyn son hene ard-valjyn son sauchys, my-nyn-gione loayr mee riu liorish Moses:

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

Dy vod eshyn ta marroo persoon erbee trooid taghyrt, as cha nee jeh e yoin, cosney huc: as bee ad son sauchys diu veih'n cooilleeneyder-folley.

That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

As tra nee eshyn ta roie er-chea gys unnane jeh ny ard-valjyn shen, shassoo ec giat yn ard-valley, as soilshaghey e chooish ayns clashtyn chanstyr yn ard-valley shen, gow-ee ad stiagh eh gys yn ard-valley, as ver ad fastee da ny mast' oc.

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

As my hig y cooilleeneyder-folley er e eiyrts, cha livrey ad eh gys e laue: son dy nee trooid marrannys varr eh e naboo, as nagh row eh ayns goanlys rish roïe.

And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.

As nee eh cummal 'syn ard-valley cheddin, derrey hig eh fenish y pobble ayns briwnys, as derrey baase yn ard-saggyrt vees 'sy traa shen: eisht nee'n marrooder chyndaa gys e ard-valley hene, as gys e hie hene, gys yn ard-valley shen veih ren eh chea.

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

As hoie ad er-lheh Kedesh dy Ghalilee ayns cronk Naphtali, as Shechem ayns cronk Ephraim, as Kirjath-arba (ta shen Hebron,) ayns slieau Yudah.

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

As er y cheu elley dy Yordan liorish Jericho lesh y shiar, hug ad er-lheh Bezer ayns yn aasagh er y strah ass tribe Reuben, as Ramoth ayns Gilead ass tribe Ghad, as Golan ayns Bashan ass tribe Vanasseh.

And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

Ad shoh ny ard-valjyn va soit magh son ooilley cloan Israel, as son y joarree ta goaill ny mast'oc, dy vod eshyn ta marroo persoon erbee trooid taghyrt cosney gys shen, as nagh vow eh baase liorish laue yn cooilleeneyder-folley, derrey v'eh er hassoo fenish y pobble ayns briwnys.

These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.