Joshua 21

1 Bangʼe jotelo mag anywola mag dhout jo-Lawi nobiro ir Eliazar jadolo, Joshua wuod Nun, kod jotelo mag dhout anywola mamoko mag Israel,

Then came near the heads of fathers’ [houses] of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers’ [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel;

2 kama iluongo ni Shilo ei Kanaan mi giwachonegi niya, “Jehova Nyasaye nochiko kokalo kuom Musa ni mondo imiwa dalano mondo wadagie, kod kuonde ma jambwa nyalo kwayoe.”

and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

3 Omiyo kaka Jehova Nyasaye nosechiko, jo-Israel nomiyo jo-Lawi mier matindogi kod kuonde kwath koa kuom pokgi giwegi.

And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs.

4 Pok mokwongo nodhine jo-Kohath kaluwore gi anywola margi. Jo-Lawi mane nyikwa Harun jadolo nopog mier matindo apar gadek koa e dhout Juda, Simeon kod Benjamin.

And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

5 Nyikwa Kohath mane odongʼ nopog mier matindo apar koa e anywola mar dhout Efraim, Dan kod nus mar dhood Manase.

And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

6 Nyikwa Gershon nopog mier matindo apar gadek koa e anywola mar dhood Isakar, Asher, Naftali, to gi nus mar dhood Manase man Bashan.

And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

7 Nyikwa Merari kaluwore gi anywola margi, noyudo mier matindo apar gariyo koa e dhood Reuben, Gad kod Zebulun.

The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

8 Omiyo jo-Israel nopogo jo-Lawi mier matindogi kod kuonde kwath, mana kaka Jehova Nyasaye nochiko kokalo kuom Musa.

And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

9 Koa e dhout Juda kod Simeon negipogo mier matindogi gi nying-gi kama:

And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name:

10 mier matindogi ne gin mek nyikwa Harun mane oa kuom jo-Kohath e anywola mar jo-Lawi, nikech pok mokwongo nomigi.

and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi: for theirs was the first lot.

11 Ne gimiyogi Kiriath Arba (tiende ni, Hebron), gi kuonde kwath, mantiere e piny manie got mar Juda. Arba ne en kwar jo-Anak.

And they gave them Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak, (the same is Hebron, ) in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

12 To puothe kod gwenge molworo dala maduongʼ ne gisemiyo Kaleb wuod Jefune kaka pok mare.

But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

13 Omiyo nyikwa Harun jadolo negimiyo Hebron (ma en dala maduongʼ mar tony mar ngʼama oneko), Libna,

And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with her suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with her suburbs;

14 Jatir, Eshtemoa,

and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs;

15 Holon, Debir,

and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs;

16 Ain, Juta kod Beth Shemesh, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo ochiko koa e dhoudi ariyogi.

and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

17 To koa e dhood Benjamin ne gimiyogi Gibeon, Geba,

And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs;

18 Anathoth kod Almon, kaachiel gi kuondegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo angʼwen.

Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.

19 Mier matindo duto mane omi jodolo ma nyikwa Harun, ne gin apar gadek, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath.

All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

20 Anywola mar jo-Kohath mar dhood Lawi mane odongʼ nopog mier matindo koa e dhood Efraim.

And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

21 E yo kama otingʼore mar Efraim nomi Shekem (ma en dala maduongʼ mar tony ne ngʼatno miparo kuome ni oneko) kod Gezer,

And they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with her suburbs;

22 Kibzaim kod Beth Horon, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo angʼwen.

and Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.

23 Bende koa e dhood Dan nomigi Elteke, Gibethon,

And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs;

24 gi Aijalon kod Gath Rimon, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo angʼwen.

Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.

25 Koa e nus mar dhood Manase nomigi Tanak kod Gath Rimon, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo ariyo.

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

26 Mier matindogi apar kod legegi mag kwath nomi anywola jo-Kohath mane odongʼ.

All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.

27 Mier mane omi jo-Gershon maa e dhood Lawi ne gin: Koa e nus mar dhood Manase, nomigi, Golan mantiere Bashan (ma en dala maduongʼ mar pondo ne ngʼatno miparo kuome ni oneko), kod Be Eshtara, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo ariyo.

And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer; and Be-eshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

28 Koa e dhood Isakar, nomigi, Kishion, Daberath,

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs;

29 Jarmuth kod En Ganim, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo angʼwen.

Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannin with her suburbs; four cities.

30 Koa e dhood Asher nomigi, Mishal, Abdon,

And out of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs;

31 Helkath kod Rehob, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo angʼwen.

Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.

32 Koa e dhood Naftali, nomigi, Kedesh man Galili (ma en dala maduongʼ mar pondo ne ngʼatno miparo kuome ni oneko), gi Hamoth Dor kod Kartan, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo adek.

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

33 Mier matindo duto mar anywola jo-Gershon ne gin apar gadek, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath.

All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

34 Anywola jo-Merari (ma gin jo-Lawi mamoko) nomi: Koa e dhood Zebulun nomi: Jokneam, Karta,

And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

35 Dimna kod Nahalal, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo angʼwen.

Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

36 Koa e dhood Reuben nomi: Bezer, Jahaz,

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahaz with her suburbs,

37 Kedemoth kod Mefath, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo angʼwen.

Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

38 Koa e dhood Gad nomi: Ramoth mantiere Gilead (ma en dala maduongʼ mar pondo ne ngʼatno miparo kuome ni oneko), gi Mahanaim,

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with her suburbs;

39 Heshbon kod Jazer, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath. Giduto ne gin mier matindo angʼwen.

Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

40 Mier matindo duto mane opog ni anywola jo-Merari mane gin jo-Lawi modongʼ, ne gin apar gariyo.

All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

41 Mier matindo mag jo-Lawi e piny mane jo-Israel okawo ne gin piero angʼwen gaboro giduto, kaachiel gi legegi mag kwath.

All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

42 Mier matindogi moro ka moro ne nigi legegi mag kwath e alworagi, kendo ma ne en adiera ne mier matindogi duto.

These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.

43 Omiyo Jehova Nyasaye nomiyo jo-Israel pinje duto mane osingore ni enomi kweregi, kendo ne gikawogi mi gidakie.

So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

44 Jehova Nyasaye nomiyogi kwe, mana kaka ne osesingore ni enomi kweregi. Onge wasikgi moro amora mane omonjogi; kendo Jehova Nyasaye nochiwo wasikgi duto e lwetgi.

And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

45 Onge singruok moro amora mane Jehova Nyasaye omiyo jo-Israel mane ok otimonegi; moro ka moro nochopo kaka nowacho.

There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.