Joshua 21

1 Then came near the ancestral heads of the Levites, unto Eleazar, the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, —and unto the ancestral heads of the tribes, of the sons of Israel;

Afei, Lewifo abusua mu ntuanofo kɔɔ ɔsɔfo Eleasar ne Nun babarima Yosua ne Israel mmusuakuw a aka mu ntuanofo no nkyɛn.

2 and spake unto them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying: Yahweh himself, commanded, by the hand of Moses, that there should be given unto us cities to dwell in, —with their pasture-lands for our cattle.

Wɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn wɔ Silo a ɛwɔ Kanaan asase so no se, “Awurade hyɛɛ Mose sɛ, ɔmma yɛn nkurow na yɛntena mu ne adidibea mma yɛn anantwi.”

3 So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites, out of their own inheritance, at the bidding of Yahweh, —these cities, with their pasture-lands.

Na sɛnea Awurade hyɛe no, wɔde nkurow a edidi so yi a wɔn adidibea ka ho maa Lewifo sɛ wɔn agyapade.

4 And, when the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites, then had the sons of Aaron the priest, from among the Levites—out of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of the Simeonites and out of the tribe of Benjamin—by lot, thirteen cities.

Aaron asefo a na wɔyɛ Kohat abusuamma, na wɔfra Lewi abusuakuw mu no nyaa nkurow dumiɛnsa a na anka ɛyɛ Yuda, Simeon ne Benyamin mmusuakuw no dea.

5 And, the sons of Kohath that remained, had—out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manasseh—by lot, ten cities.

Afi a aka wɔ Kohat abusua mu no, wɔmaa wɔn nkurow du fii Efraim ne Dan mmusuakuw no ne Manase abusuakuw fa no nsase mu.

6 And, the sons of Gershon, had—out of 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—by lot, thirteen cities.

Gerson abusua no nso, wɔmaa wɔn nkurow dumiɛnsa fii Isakar, Aser, Naftali ne Manase abusuakuw fa no wɔ Basan.

7 The sons of Merari, by 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.

Merari abusua no nyaa nkurow dumien fii Ruben, Gad ne Sebulon mmusuakuw no nkyɛn.

8 So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities, with their pasture lands, —as Yahweh commanded, by the hand of Moses, by lot.

Enti Israelfo no dii Awurade ɔhyɛ nsɛm a ɔde maa Mose no so. Wɔbɔɔ ntonto kronkron, nam so yiyii saa nkurow yi ne adidibea a ɛkeka ho maa Lewifo.

9 Thus then they gave—out of the tribe of the sons of Judah and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon—these cities which are mentioned by name.

Israelfo no de saa nkurow a ɛyɛ Yuda ne Simeon mmusuakuw no dea no

10 And the sons of Aaron, from among the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, had them, —because, theirs, was the first lot;

maa Aaron asefo a wɔfra Kohat abusua mu na ɛka Lewi abusuakuw ho no, efisɛ ntonto kronkron a edi kan no bɔɔ wɔn.

11 yea there was given unto them, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, —with the pasture land thereof, round about it;

Kiriat-Arba a (wɔfrɛ no Hebron), a ɛwɔ Yuda bepɔw asase so ne ɛho adidibea. (Arba yɛ Anak tete agya.)

12 whereas, the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.

Nanso nsase ne nkuraa a atwa kurow no ho ahyia no de, wɔde maa Yefune babarima Kaleb.

13 But, unto the sons of Aaron the priest, gave they the city of refuge for the manslayer, even Hebron, with the pasture lands thereof, —Libnah also, with her pasture lands;

Nkurow a edidi so yi ne wɔn adidibea no wɔde maa ɔsɔfo Aaron asefo: Hebron (guankɔbea kuropɔn ma nea ne nsa apa wɔ obi ho), Libna,

14 and Jattir with her pasture land, and Eshtemoa with her pasture land;

Yatir, Estemoa,

15 and Holon, with her pasture land, and Debir, with her pasture land;

Holon, Debir,

16 and Ain, with her pasture land, and Juttah, with her pasture land, Beth-shemesh, with her pasture land, —nine cities, out of these two tribes.

Ain, Yuta ne Bet-Semes a ɛyɛ nkurow akron a wonya fii saa mmusuakuw abien yi nkyɛn no.

17 And, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, with her pasture land, —Geba, with her pasture land;

Wofi Benyamin abusuakuw mu de saa nkurow yi ne adidibea a atwa ho ahyia no maa asɔfo: Gibeon, Geba,

18 Anathoth, with her pasture land, and Almon, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Anatot, Almon—a ɛyɛ nkurow anan.

19 All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands.

Enti nkurow dumiɛnsa na wɔde maa asɔfo a wɔyɛ Aaron asefo no.

20 And, as for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, which remained of the sons of Kohath, the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Kohat abusua nkae a wofi Lewi abusuakuw mu no nso, wɔde saa nkurow yi ne adidibea a efi Efraim abusua nkyɛn maa wɔn:

21 So they gave unto them a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Shechem with her pasture land, in the hill country of Ephraim, —also Gezer, with her pasture land;

Sekem, (guankɔbea kuropɔn), Geser.

22 and Kibzaim, with her pasture land, and Beth-horon, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Kibsaim ne Bet-Horon, a ɛyɛ nkurow anan.

23 And, out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke, with her pasture land, —Gibbethon, with her pasture land;

Saa nkurow ne adidibea yi nso, wɔde maa asɔfo a wofi Dan abusuakuw mu: Elteke ne Gibeton,

24 Aijalon, with her pasture land, Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Ayalon ne Gat-Rimon, ɛyɛ nkurow anan.

25 And, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach, with her pasture land, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land, —two cities.

Manase abusuakuw fa no de saa nkurow ne wɔn adidibea maa asɔfo no: Taanak ne Gat-Rimon, ɛyɛ nkurow abien.

26 All the cities, were ten, with their pasture lands: for the families of the sons of Kohath which remained.

Enti nkurow du ne wɔn adidibea na wɔde maa Kohat abusua nkae no.

27 And, the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, had, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Golan in Bashan, with her pasture land, and Be-eshterah, with her pasture land, —two cities.

Gerson abusua a wɔyɛ Lewi abusuakuw no fa bi no nso nyaa nkurow abien ne wɔn adidibea fii Manase abusua fa no nkyɛn. Nkurow no ne Golan a ɛwɔ Basan (guankɔbea kuropɔn) ne Beestra.

28 And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, with her pasture land, —Daberath, with her pasture land;

Isakar abusuakuw no nso maa wɔn: Kision, Daberat,

29 Jarmuth, with her pasture land, En-gannim, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Yarmut ne En-Ganim, nkurow anan a wɔn adidibea ka ho.

30 And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal, with her pasture land, Abdon, with her pasture land;

Aser abusuakuw no maa Misal, Abdon,

31 Helkath, with her pasture land, and Rehob, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Helkat ne Rehob, a ɛyɛ nkurow anan a wɔn adidibea ka ho.

32 And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture land, and Hammoth-dor, with her pasture land, and Kartan, with her pasture land, —three cities.

Naftali abusuakuw no maa wɔn Kedes a ɛwɔ Galilea (guankɔbea kuropɔn), Hamot-Dor ne Kartan nkurow abiɛsa ne wɔn adidibea.

33 All, the cities of the Gershonites, by their families, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands.

Enti nkurow dumiɛnsa ne ɛho adidibea na wɔde maa Gerson mmusua no.

34 And, unto the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites that remained, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam, with her pasture land, —Kartah, with her pasture land;

Lewifo nkae a wɔyɛ Merari abusua no nyaa saa nkurow yi a efi Sebulon abusuakuw no nkyɛn: Yokneam, Karta,

35 Dimnah, with her pasture land, Nahalal, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Dimna ne Nahalal—nkurow anan ne ɛho adidibea.

36 And, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, with her pasture land, —and Jahaz, with her pasture land;

Ruben abusuakuw no nso maa wɔn Beser, Yahas,

37 Kedemoth, with her pasture land and Mephaath, with her pasture land, —four cities.

Kedemot ne Mefaat—nkurow anan ne wɔn adidibea.

38 And, out of the tribe of Gad, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture land, —and Mahanaim, with her pasture land;

Gad abusuakuw no maa wɔn Ramot a ɛwɔ Gilead (guankɔbea kuropɔn), Mahanaim,

39 Heshbon, with her pasture land, Jazer, with her pasture land, —in all, four cities.

Hesbon ne Yaser, nkurow anan ne ho adidibea.

40 All the cities for the sons of Merari, by their families, who remained of the families of the Levites, yea their lot was, twelve, cities.

Enti nkurow dumien na wɔde maa Merari abusua.

41 All the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel, were forty-eight cities, with their pasture lands:

Nkurow dodow ne ɛho adidibea a na ɛwɔ Israelman mu a wɔde maa Lewifo no nyinaa yɛ aduanan awotwe.

42 these cities passed, each severally, with its pasture lands round about it; thus, was it with all these cities.

Na kurow biara wɔ adidibea da ho.

43 So Yahweh gave unto Israel, all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers, —and they took possession thereof, and dwelt therein.

Enti Awurade de nsase a ɔkaa ho ntam sɛ ɔde bɛma wɔn agyanom no maa Israelfo no, na wodii so nkonim, tenaa hɔ.

44 And Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers, —and there stood not a man before them, of all their enemies; all their enemies, did Yahweh deliver into their hand.

Na Awurade ma wonyaa ɔhome wɔ afanan nyinaa, sɛnea ɔhyɛɛ wɔn agyanom bɔ no. Wɔn atamfo biara antumi annyina wɔn anim, efisɛ Awurade boaa wɔn ma wodii wɔn atamfo so nkonim.

45 There failed not a thing, out of all the good things, whereof Yahweh had spoken unto the house of Israel, —the whole, came to pass.

Bɔ pa biara a Awurade hyɛɛ Israel no nyinaa baa mu; emu bi anni huammɔ.