Josué 21
1 Les chefs de famille des Lévites s’approchèrent du prêtre Eléazar, de Josué, fils de Nun, et des chefs de famille des tribus des enfants d’Israël;
Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2 ils leur parlèrent à Silo, dans le pays de Canaan, en disant: « Yahweh a ordonné par Moïse qu’on nous donnât des villes pour notre habitation, et leurs banlieues pour notre bétail. »
And they spoke to 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 their common lands for our cattle.
3 Les enfants d’Israël donnèrent aux Lévites, sur leur héritage, selon l’ordre de Yahweh, les villes suivantes et leurs banlieues.
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their common lands.
4 Le sort fut tiré d’abord pour les familles des Caathites; et les fils du prêtre Aaron, d’entre les Lévites, obtinrent par le sort treize villes de la tribu de Juda, de la tribu de Siméon et de la tribu de Benjamin;
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 les autres fils de Caath obtinrent par le sort dix villes des familles de la tribu d’Ephraïm, de la tribu de Dan et de la demi-tribu de Manassé.
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 Les fils de Gerson obtinrent par le sort treize villes des familles de la tribu d’Issachar, de la tribu d’Aser, de la tribu de Nephthali et de la demi-tribu de Manassé en Basan.
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 Les fils de Mérari, selon leurs familles, obtinrent douze villes de la tribu de Ruben, de la tribu de Gad et de la tribu de Zabulon.
The children 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.
8 Les enfants d’Israël donnèrent par le sort aux Lévites, ces villes et leurs banlieues, comme Yahweh l’avait ordonné par Moïse.
And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their common lands, as the LORD 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 suivantes désignées par leurs noms;
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 ce fut pour les fils d’Aaron, d’entre les familles des Caathites, d’entre les fils de Lévi, car le sort fut d’abord tiré pour eux.
Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
11 Ils leurs donnèrent, dans la montagne de Juda, la ville d’Arbé, père d’Enac, laquelle est Hébron, et sa banlieue tout autour.
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its common lands around it.
12 Mais la campagne de cette ville et ses villages, ils les donnèrent en possession à Caleb, fils de Jéphoné.
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 Ils donnèrent aux fils du prêtre Aaron la ville de refuge pour le meurtrier, Hébron et sa banlieue, ainsi que Lebna avec sa banlieue,
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its common lands,
14 Jéther et sa banlieue, Estémo et sa banlieue,
And Jattir with its common lands, and Eshtemoa with its common lands,
15 Holon et sa banlieue, Dabir et sa banlieue,
And Holon with its common lands, and Debir with its common lands,
16 Aïn et sa banlieue, Jéta et sa banlieue, Bethsamès et sa banlieue: neuf villes de ces deux tribus.
And Ain with its common lands, and Juttah with its common lands, and Bethshemesh with its common lands; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 De la tribu de Benjamin: Gabaon et sa banlieue, Gabaa et sa banlieue,
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common lands, Geba with its common lands,
18 Anathoth et sa banlieue, Almon et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Anathoth with its common lands, and Almon with its common lands; four cities.
19 Total des villes des prêtres, fils d’Aaron: treize villes et leurs banlieues.
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common lands.
20 Quant aux familles des fils de Caath, Lévites, aux autres fils de Caath, les villes qui leur échurent par le sort furent de la tribu d’Ephraïm.
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 Les enfants d’Israël leur donnèrent la ville de refuge pour le meurtrier, Sichem et sa banlieue, dans la montagne d’Ephraïm, ainsi que Gazer et sa banlieue,
For they gave them Shechem with its common lands in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with its common lands,
22 Cibsaïm et sa banlieue, Beth-Horon et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
And Kibzaim with its common lands, and Bethhoron with its common lands; four cities.
23 De la tribu de Dan: Elthéco et sa banlieue, Gabathon et sa banlieue,
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common lands, Gibbethon with its common lands,
24 Ajalon et sa banlieue, Geth-Remmon et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Aijalon with its common lands, Gathrimmon with its common lands; four cities.
25 De la demi-tribu de Manassé: Thanach et sa banlieue, et Geth-Remmon et sa banlieue: deux villes.
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with its common lands, and Gathrimmon with its common lands; two cities.
26 Total: dix villes avec leurs banlieues, pour les familles des autres fils de Caath.
All the cities were ten with their common lands for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
27 Aux fils de Gerson, d’entre les familles des Lévites, ils donnèrent, de la demi-tribu de Manassé, la ville de refuge pour le meurtrier, Gaulon, en Basan, et sa banlieue, ainsi que Bosra et sa banlieue: deux villes.
And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with its common lands; two cities.
28 De la tribu d’Issachar: Césion et sa banlieue, Dabéreth et sa banlieue,
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its common lands, Dabareh with its common lands,
29 Jaramoth et sa banlieue, En-Gannim et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Jarmuth with its common lands, Engannim with its common lands; four cities.
30 De la tribu d’Aser: Masal et sa banlieue, Abdon et sa banlieue,
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common lands, Abdon with its common lands,
31 Helcath et sa banlieue, Rohob et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Helkath with its common lands, and Rehob with its common lands; four cities.
32 De la tribu de Nephthali: la ville de refuge pour le meurtrier, Cédès en Galilée et sa banlieue, ainsi que Hamoth-Dor et sa banlieue, Carthan et sa banlieue: trois villes.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with its common lands, and Kartan with its common lands; three cities.
33 Total des villes des Gersonites, selon leurs familles: treize villes et leurs banlieues.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their common lands.
34 Aux familles des fils de Mérari, au reste des Lévites, ils donnèrent, de la tribu de Zabulon: Jecnam et sa banlieue, Cartha et sa banlieue,
And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common lands, and Kartah with its common lands,
35 Damna et sa banlieue, Naalol et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Dimnah with its common lands, Nahalal with its common lands; four cities.
36 Et de la tribu de Gad: la ville de refuge pour le meurtrier, Ramoth en Galaad et sa banlieue, ainsi que Manaïm et sa banlieue,
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common lands, and Jahazah with its common lands,
37 Hésebon et sa banlieue, Jaser et sa banlieue: en tout quatre villes.
Kedemoth with its common lands, and Mephaath with its common lands; four cities.
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common lands, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with its common lands,
Heshbon with its common lands, Jazer with its common lands; four cities in all.
40 Total des villes assignées par le sort aux fils de Mérari, selon leurs familles, formant le reste des familles des Lévites: douze villes.
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
41 Total des villes des Lévites au milieu des possessions des enfants d’Israël: quarante-huit villes et leurs banlieues.
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their common lands.
42 Chacune de ces villes avait sa banlieue tout autour; il en était ainsi pour toutes ces villes.
These cities were every one with their common lands surrounding them: thus were all these cities.
43 C’est ainsi que Yahweh donna à Israël tout le pays qu’il avait juré de donner à leurs pères; ils en prirent possession et s’y établirent.
And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.
44 Yahweh leur accorda du repos tout autour d’eux, comme il l’avait juré à leurs pères; aucun de leurs ennemis ne put leur résister, et Yahweh les livra tous entre leurs mains.
And the LORD gave them rest on all sides, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45 De toutes les bonnes paroles que Yahweh avait dites à la maison d’Israël, aucune ne resta sans effet; toutes s’accomplirent.
There failed nothing of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
