Joshua 21
1 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;
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 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.
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 gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs.
Et les enfants d’Israël donnèrent de leurs possessions, selon l’ordre du Seigneur, les villes et leurs faubourgs.
4 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
Et pour les enfants de Mérari, selon leur parenté, douze villes des tribus de Ruben, de Gad et de Zabulon.
8 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.
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 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:
Josué donna les villes des tribus des enfants de Juda et de Siméon, dont voici les noms:
10 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.
Aux enfants d’Aaron d’entre les familles de Caath de la race lévitique (car le premier sort sortit pour eux),
11 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.
Cariatharbé du père d’Enac, qui est appelée Hébron, sur la montagne du Juda, et ses faubourgs tout autour.
12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Pour ses champs et ses villages, il les avait donnés à Caleb, fils de Jéphoné, pour les posséder.
13 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;
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 her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs;
Jéther, Estémo,
15 and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs;
Holon, Dabir,
16 and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
Aïn, Jeta et Bethsamès, avec leurs faubourgs: neuf villes des deux tribus, comme il a été dit.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs;
De la tribu des enfants de Benjamin: Gabaon, Gabaé,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
Et Anathoth et Almon avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Toutes ces villes des enfants d’Aaron, le prêtre, forment ensemble le nombre de treize avec leurs faubourgs.
20 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.
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 her suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with her suburbs;
De la tribu d’Ephraïm, les villes de refuge, Sichem avec ses faubourgs, sur la montagne d’Ephraïm, Gazer,
22 and Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
Et Cibsaïm et Beth-horon avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs;
De la tribu de Dan, Elthéco, Gabathon,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
Et Aïalon et Gethremmon, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
Mais de la demi-tribu de Manassé, Thanach et Gethremmon, avec leurs faubourgs: deux villes.
26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
En tout dix villes et leurs faubourgs furent donnés aux enfants de Caath, d’un rang inférieur.
27 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.
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 out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs;
De la tribu d’Issachar, Césion, Dabéreth,
29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannin with her suburbs; four cities.
Et Jaramoth et Engannim, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
30 And out of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs;
De la tribu d’Aser, Masal, Abdon,
31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
Et Helcath et Rohob, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
32 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.
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 cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
En tout, aux familles de Gerson, treize villes avec leurs faubourgs.
34 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,
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 with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
Et Damna et Naalol: quatre villes avec leurs faubourgs;
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahaz with her suburbs,
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 with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
De la tribu de Gad, les villes de refuge, Ramoth en Galaad, Manaïm, Hésébon et Jazer: quatre villes avec leurs faubourgs;
38 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 with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
40 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.
En tout, aux enfants de Mérari, selon leurs familles et leur parenté, douze villes.
41 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.
Ainsi, toutes les villes des Lévites au milieu de la possession des enfants d’Israël furent au nombre de quarante-huit,
42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities.
Avec leurs faubourgs, chacune ayant été distribuée selon les familles.
43 So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
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 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.
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 There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
Pas même une seule parole de tout ce que Dieu avait promis de leur donner, ne fut vaine; mais toutes furent exactement accomplies.
