Josué 21
1 Les chefs de famille des Lévites s'approchèrent du prêtre Éléazar, de Josué, fils de Noun, et des chefs de famille des tribus des enfants d'Israël.
Then the tribal leaders of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the leaders of the families of their ancestors within the people of Israel.
2 Ils leur parlèrent à Silo, dans le pays de Canaan, en disant: « L'Éternel a ordonné par Moïse de nous donner des villes pour y habiter, avec leurs pâturages pour notre bétail. »
They said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “Yahweh commanded you by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to live in, with the pasturelands for our livestock.”
3 Les enfants d'Israël donnèrent aux Lévites, sur leur héritage, selon le commandement de l'Éternel, ces villes et leurs pâturages.
So by the command of Yahweh, the people of Israel gave out of their inheritance the following cities, including their pasturelands, to the Levites.
4 Le sort sortit pour les familles des Kehathites. Les fils du prêtre Aaron, qui faisaient partie des Lévites, eurent par tirage au sort treize villes de la tribu de Juda, de la tribu des Siméonites et de la tribu de Benjamin.
The casting of lots for the clans of the Kohathites gave this result: The priests—the descendants of Aaron who were from the Levites—received thirteen cities given from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of the Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin.
5 Les autres fils de Kehath eurent dix villes par le sort, appartenant aux familles de la tribu d'Ephraïm, de la tribu de Dan et de la demi-tribu de Manassé.
The rest of the Kohathites were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and from the half tribe of Manasseh.
6 Les fils de Guershon eurent treize villes par le sort, des familles de la tribu d'Issacar, de la tribu d'Aser, de la tribu de Nephtali et de la demi-tribu de Manassé, en Basan.
Then the people descended from Gershon were given, by the casting of lots, thirteen cities from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 Les fils de Merari, selon leurs familles, eurent douze villes de la tribu de Ruben, de la tribu de Gad et de la tribu de Zabulon.
The people who were descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8 Les enfants d'Israël donnèrent ces villes et leurs pâturages par tirage au sort aux Lévites, comme l'Yahvé l'avait ordonné par Moïse.
So the people of Israel gave, by casting lots, these cities (including their pasturelands) to the Levites, just as Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses.
9 Ils donnèrent de la tribu des fils de Juda et de la tribu des fils de Siméon les villes mentionnées par leur nom.
From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they assigned land to the following cities, here listed by name.
10 Elles étaient destinées aux fils d'Aaron, des familles des Kehathites, qui étaient des fils de Lévi, car c'était le premier lot.
These cities were given to the descendants of Aaron, who were among the clans of the Kohathites, who in turn were from the tribe of Levi. For the first casting of lots had fallen to them.
11 Ils leur donnèrent Kiriath Arba, du nom du père d'Anak (appelée aussi Hébron), dans la montagne de Juda, avec les pâturages qui l'entourent.
The Israelites gave them Kiriath Arba (Arba had been the father of Anak), the same place as Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the pasturelands around it.
12 Mais ils donnèrent les champs de la ville et de ses villages à Caleb, fils de Jephunné, pour sa possession.
But the fields of the city, including their villages, were already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
13 Aux fils du sacrificateur Aaron, ils donnèrent Hébron et ses pâturages, la ville de refuge du meurtrier, Libna et ses pâturages,
To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasturelands—which was a city of refuge for any who killed another unintentionally—and Libnah with its pasturelands,
14 Jattir et ses pâturages, Eshtemoa et ses pâturages,
Jattir with its pasturelands, and Eshtemoa with its pasturelands.
15 Holon et ses pâturages, Debir et ses pâturages,
They also gave Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
16 Ain et ses pâturages, Juttah et ses pâturages, Beth Shemesh et ses pâturages: neuf villes de ces deux tribus.
Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasturelands. There were nine cities that were given from these two tribes.
17 Pour la tribu de Benjamin: Gabeon et ses pâturages, Guéba et ses pâturages,
From the tribe of Benjamin were given Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
18 Anathoth et ses pâturages, et Almon et ses pâturages: quatre villes.
Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its suburbs—four cities.
19 Toutes les villes des fils d'Aaron, les sacrificateurs, étaient au nombre de treize, avec leurs pâturages.
The cities given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were thirteen cities in all, including their pasturelands.
20 Les familles des fils de Kehath, les Lévites, le reste des fils de Kehath, eurent les villes de leur lot sur la tribu d'Éphraïm.
As for the rest of Kohathites who belong to the Kohathite clans of the Levites—they had cities given to them from the tribe of Ephraim by the casting of lots.
21 On leur donna Sichem et ses pâturages, dans la montagne d'Éphraïm, ville de refuge pour l'homme meurtrier, Guézer et ses pâturages,
To them were given Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim—a city of refuge for any who killed a person unintentionally—Gezer with its pasturelands,
22 Kibzaïm et ses pâturages, et Beth Horon et ses pâturages: quatre villes.
Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth Horon with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
23 De la tribu de Dan, Elteke et ses pâturages, Gibbethon et ses pâturages,
From the tribe of Dan, the clan of Kohath was given Eltekeh with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
24 Aijalon et ses pâturages, Gath Rimmon et ses pâturages: quatre villes.
Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
25 De la demi-tribu de Manassé, Taanac et ses pâturages, et Gath Rimmon et ses pâturages: deux villes.
From the half tribe of Manasseh, the clan of Kohath was given Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands—two cities.
26 Toutes les villes des familles du reste des fils de Kehath furent au nombre de dix, avec leurs pâturages.
There were ten cities in all for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites, including their pasturelands.
27 On donna aux fils de Guerschon, des familles de Lévites, de la demi-tribu de Manassé, Golan en Basan et ses pâturages, la ville de refuge pour le meurtrier, et Be Eshterah et ses pâturages: deux villes.
From the half tribe of Manasseh, to clans of Gershon, these were other Levite clans, and they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for anyone who killed another unintentionally, along with Be Eshterah with its pasturelands—two cities in all.
28 De la tribu d'Issacar: Kishion et ses pâturages, Daberath et ses pâturages,
To the clans of Gershon they also gave Kishion from the tribe of Issachar, along with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
29 Jarmuth et ses pâturages, En Gannim et ses pâturages: quatre villes.
Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En Gannim with its pasturelands—four cities.
30 Pour la tribu d'Aser, Mishal et ses pâturages, Abdon et ses pâturages,
From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
31 Helkath et ses pâturages, et Rehob et ses pâturages: quatre villes.
Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
32 De la tribu de Nephtali, Kedesh en Galilée et ses pâturages, la ville de refuge pour le meurtrier, Hammothdor et ses pâturages, et Kartan et ses pâturages: trois villes.
From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave the clans of Gershon Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for anyone who killed another unintentionally; Hammoth Dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities in all.
33 Toutes les villes des Guershonites, selon leurs familles, étaient au nombre de treize, avec leurs pâturages.
There were thirteen cities in all, out of the clans of Gershon, including their pasturelands.
34 Pour les familles des fils de Merari, le reste des Lévites, de la tribu de Zabulon: Jokneam et ses pâturages, Karta et ses pâturages,
To the rest of the Levites—the clans of Merari—were given out of the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,
35 Dimnah et ses pâturages, et Nahalal et ses pâturages: quatre villes.
Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
36 Pour la tribu de Ruben: Betser et ses pâturages, Jahaz et ses pâturages,
To the clans of Merari were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,
37 Kedemoth et ses pâturages, et Mephaath et ses pâturages: quatre villes.
Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities.
38 De la tribu de Gad, Ramoth en Galaad et ses pâturages, la ville de refuge du meurtrier, Mahanaïm et ses pâturages,
Out of the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for any who killed another unintentionally—and Mahanaim with its pasturelands.
39 Hesbon et ses pâturages, Jazer et ses pâturages: quatre villes en tout.
The clans of Merari were also given Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands. These were four cities in all.
40 Telles furent les villes des fils de Merari, selon leurs familles, le reste des familles des Lévites. Leur lot était de douze villes.
All these were the cities of the several clans of Merari, who were from the tribe of Levi—twelve cities in all were given to them by the casting of lots.
41 Toutes les villes des Lévites parmi les possessions des enfants d'Israël étaient au nombre de quarante-huit, avec leurs pâturages.
The cities of the Levites taken from the middle of the land possessed by the people of Israel were forty-eight cities, including their pasturelands.
42 Chacune de ces villes était entourée de ses pâturages. Il en était ainsi pour toutes ces villes.
These cities each had its surrounding pasturelands. It was this way with all these cities.
43 Yahvé donna à Israël tout le pays qu'il avait juré de donner à leurs pères. Ils le possédèrent et l'habitèrent.
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their ancestors. The Israelites took possession of it and settled there.
44 Yahvé leur donna du repos tout autour, selon tout ce qu'il avait juré à leurs pères. Pas un homme de tous leurs ennemis ne se tint devant eux. L'Éternel livra tous leurs ennemis entre leurs mains.
Then Yahweh gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies could defeat them. Yahweh gave all their enemies into their hand.
45 Rien ne manqua de ce que Yahvé avait dit de bon à la maison d'Israël. Tout s'accomplit.
Not one thing among all the good promises that Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel failed to come true. All of them came to be.
