Joshua 21

1 Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Alors vinrent les princes des familles de Lévi vers Eléazar, le prêtre, vers Josué, fils de Nun, et vers les chefs des familles de chaque tribu des enfants d’Israël.

2 And said to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, The Lord gave orders by Moses that we were to have towns for living in, with their grass-lands for our cattle.

Et ils leur parlèrent à Silo, dans la terre de Chanaan, et dirent: Le Seigneur a ordonné par l’entremise de Moïse, qu’on nous donnât des villes pour habiter, et leur faubourgs pour nourrir les bêtes.

3 And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord.

Et les enfants d’Israël donnèrent de leurs possessions, selon l’ordre du Seigneur, les villes et leurs faubourgs.

4 And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Et le sort assigna à la famille de Caath, pour les enfants d’Aaron, le prêtre, treize villes des tribus de Juda, de Siméon et de Benjamin;

5 The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Et aux autres enfants de Caath, c’est-à-dire aux Lévites qui restaient, dix villes des tribus d’Ephraïm, de Dan, et de la demi-tribu de Manassé.

6 The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.

Mais pour les enfants de Gerson, le sort décida qu’ils recevraient des villes au nombre de treize, des tribus d’Issachar, d’Aser, de Nephthali et de la demi-tribu de Manassé.

7 The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun.

Et pour les enfants de Mérari, selon leur parenté, douze villes des tribus de Ruben, de Gad et de Zabulon.

8 All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.

Les enfants d’Israël donnèrent aux Lévites ces villes et leurs faubourgs, comme avait ordonné le Seigneur par l’entremise de Moïse, les distribuant à chacun par le sort.

9 From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:

Josué donna les villes des tribus des enfants de Juda et de Siméon, dont voici les noms:

10 These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.

Aux enfants d’Aaron d’entre les familles de Caath de la race lévitique (car le premier sort sortit pour eux),

11 They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.

Cariatharbé du père d’Enac, qui est appelée Hébron, sur la montagne du Juda, et ses faubourgs tout autour.

12 But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.

Pour ses champs et ses villages, il les avait donnés à Caleb, fils de Jéphoné, pour les posséder.

13 And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;

Il donna donc aux enfants d’Aaron, le prêtre, Hébron, ville de refuge, et ses faubourgs, ainsi que Lobna avec ses faubourgs;

14 And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;

Jéther, Estémo,

15 And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;

Holon, Dabir,

16 And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.

Aïn, Jeta et Bethsamès, avec leurs faubourgs: neuf villes des deux tribus, comme il a été dit.

17 And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;

De la tribu des enfants de Benjamin: Gabaon, Gabaé,

18 Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.

Et Anathoth et Almon avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes.

19 Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.

Toutes ces villes des enfants d’Aaron, le prêtre, forment ensemble le nombre de treize avec leurs faubourgs.

20 The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

Quant aux autres enfants de Caath de la race lévitique, selon leurs familles, voici la possession qui leur fût donnée:

21 And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;

De la tribu d’Ephraïm, les villes de refuge, Sichem avec ses faubourgs, sur la montagne d’Ephraïm, Gazer,

22 And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.

Et Cibsaïm et Beth-horon avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;

23 And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;

De la tribu de Dan, Elthéco, Gabathon,

24 Aijalon and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, four towns.

Et Aïalon et Gethremmon, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;

25 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, two towns.

Mais de la demi-tribu de Manassé, Thanach et Gethremmon, avec leurs faubourgs: deux villes.

26 All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.

En tout dix villes et leurs faubourgs furent donnés aux enfants de Caath, d’un rang inférieur.

27 And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.

Il donna aussi de la demi-tribu de Manassé, aux enfants de Gerson, de la race lévitique, les villes de refuge, Gaulon en Basan, et Bosra, avec leurs faubourgs: deux villes;

28 And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and Daberath with their grass-lands;

De la tribu d’Issachar, Césion, Dabéreth,

29 Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns.

Et Jaramoth et Engannim, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;

30 And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands:

De la tribu d’Aser, Masal, Abdon,

31 Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns.

Et Helcath et Rohob, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;

32 And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.

Et aussi de la tribu de Nephthali, les villes de refuge, Cédés en Galilée, Hammoth-Dor et Carthan, avec leurs faubourgs: trois villes;

33 All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.

En tout, aux familles de Gerson, treize villes avec leurs faubourgs.

34 And to the rest of the Levites, that is, the families of the children of Merari, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and Kartah with their grass-lands;

Mais aux enfants de Mérari, lévites d’un rang inférieur, et selon leurs familles, furent données de la tribu de Zabulon, Jecnan, Cartha,

35 Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns.

Et Damna et Naalol: quatre villes avec leurs faubourgs;

36 And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;

De la tribu de Ruben, au-delà du Jourdain, contre Jéricho, les villes de refuge, Bosor dans le désert, Misor, Jaser, Jethson, et Méphaath: quatre villes avec leurs faubourgs;

37 Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.

De la tribu de Gad, les villes de refuge, Ramoth en Galaad, Manaïm, Hésébon et Jazer: quatre villes avec leurs faubourgs;

38 And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;

39 Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.

40 All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

En tout, aux enfants de Mérari, selon leurs familles et leur parenté, douze villes.

41 All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns with their grass-lands.

Ainsi, toutes les villes des Lévites au milieu de la possession des enfants d’Israël furent au nombre de quarante-huit,

42 Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.

Avec leurs faubourgs, chacune ayant été distribuée selon les familles.

43 So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.

Le Seigneur Dieu donna ainsi à Israël toute la terre qu’il avait juré de livrer à leurs pères; et ils la possédèrent et ils y habitèrent.

44 And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.

Et il leur donna la paix avec toutes les nations d’alentour; et nul de leurs ennemis n’osa leur résister; mais tous furent soumis à leur domination.

45 The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them, and all his words came true.

Pas même une seule parole de tout ce que Dieu avait promis de leur donner, ne fut vaine; mais toutes furent exactement accomplies.