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 the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers’ houses 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. »
They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “Yahweh commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for our livestock.”
3 Les enfants d’Israël donnèrent aux Lévites, sur leur héritage, selon l’ordre de Yahweh, les villes suivantes et leurs banlieues.
The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their pasture 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;
The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
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.
The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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.
The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
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 according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
8 Les enfants d’Israël donnèrent par le sort aux Lévites, ces villes et leurs banlieues, comme Yahweh l’avait ordonné par Moïse.
The children of Israel gave these cities with their pasture lands by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by 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;
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 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.
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.
11 Ils leurs donnèrent, dans la montagne de Juda, la ville d’Arbé, père d’Enac, laquelle est Hébron, et sa banlieue tout autour.
They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
12 Mais la campagne de cette ville et ses villages, ils les donnèrent en possession à Caleb, fils de Jéphoné.
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages 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,
To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
14 Jéther et sa banlieue, Estémo et sa banlieue,
Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
15 Holon et sa banlieue, Dabir et sa banlieue,
Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
16 Aïn et sa banlieue, Jéta et sa banlieue, Bethsamès et sa banlieue: neuf villes de ces deux tribus.
Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 De la tribu de Benjamin: Gabaon et sa banlieue, Gabaa et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
18 Anathoth et sa banlieue, Almon et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture 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 pasture 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.
The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, 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,
They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
22 Cibsaïm et sa banlieue, Beth-Horon et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities.
23 De la tribu de Dan: Elthéco et sa banlieue, Gabathon et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
24 Ajalon et sa banlieue, Geth-Remmon et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities.
25 De la demi-tribu de Manassé: Thanach et sa banlieue, et Geth-Remmon et sa banlieue: deux villes.
Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities.
26 Total: dix villes avec leurs banlieues, pour les familles des autres fils de Caath.
All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.
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.
They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.
28 De la tribu d’Issachar: Césion et sa banlieue, Dabéreth et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
29 Jaramoth et sa banlieue, En-Gannim et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities.
30 De la tribu d’Aser: Masal et sa banlieue, Abdon et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
31 Helcath et sa banlieue, Rohob et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture 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.
Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture 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 pasture 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,
To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,
35 Damna et sa banlieue, Naalol et sa banlieue: quatre villes.
Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture 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,
Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,
37 Hésebon et sa banlieue, Jaser et sa banlieue: en tout quatre villes.
Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities.
Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture 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.
All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was 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 among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
42 Chacune de ces villes avait sa banlieue tout autour; il en était ainsi pour toutes ces villes.
Each of these cities included their pasture lands around them. It was this way with 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.
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived 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.
Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh 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.
Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
