Josué 21
1 Et les chefs des pères des Lévites s’approchèrent d’Éléazar, le sacrificateur, et de Josué, fils de Nun, et des chefs des pères des tribus des fils d’Israël,
Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2 et leur parlèrent à Silo, dans le pays de Canaan, disant: L’Éternel a commandé par Moïse qu’on nous donne des villes pour y habiter, et leurs banlieues pour nos bêtes.
And said to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, The Lord gave orders by Moses that we were to have towns for living in, with their grass-lands for our cattle.
3 Et les fils d’Israël donnèrent de leur héritage aux Lévites, selon le commandement de l’Éternel, ces villes-ci, avec leurs banlieues:
And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord.
4 Et le lot échut aux familles des Kehathites. Et il y eut, par le sort, pour les fils d’Aaron, le sacrificateur, d’entre les Lévites, 13 villes de la tribu de Juda, et de la tribu des Siméonites, et de la tribu de Benjamin;
And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5 et pour les autres fils de Kehath, dix villes des familles de la tribu d’Éphraïm, et de la tribu de Dan, et de la demi-tribu de Manassé, par le sort;
The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6 et pour les fils de Guershon, 13 villes des familles de la tribu d’Issacar, et de la tribu d’Aser, et de la tribu de Nephthali, et de la demi-tribu de Manassé, en Basan, par le sort;
The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.
7 [et] pour les fils de Merari, selon leurs familles, douze villes de la tribu de Ruben, et de la tribu de Gad, et de la tribu de Zabulon.
The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun.
8 Et les fils d’Israël donnèrent aux Lévites, par le sort, ces villes-là et leurs banlieues, comme l’Éternel l’avait commandé par Moïse.
All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.
9 Et ils donnèrent, de la tribu des fils de Juda et de la tribu des fils de Siméon, ces villes-ci, qu’on nomma par leurs noms,
From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:
10 et qui furent pour les fils d’Aaron, des familles des Kehathites, d’entre les fils de Lévi; car le premier lot fut pour eux.
These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.
11 On leur donna: Kiriath-Arba ([Arba était] père d’Anak), c’est Hébron, dans la montagne de Juda, et sa banlieue autour d’elle.
They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.
12 Mais la campagne de la ville et ses hameaux, ils les donnèrent à Caleb, fils de Jephunné, pour sa possession.
But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
13 Et ils donnèrent aux fils d’Aaron, le sacrificateur, la ville de refuge pour l’homicide: Hébron et sa banlieue; et Libna et sa banlieue,
And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;
14 et Jatthir et sa banlieue, et Eshtemoa et sa banlieue,
And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;
15 et Holon et sa banlieue, et Debir et sa banlieue,
And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;
16 et Aïn et sa banlieue, et Jutta et sa banlieue, [et] Beth-Shémesh et sa banlieue, neuf villes de ces deux tribus-là;
And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.
17 et de la tribu de Benjamin: Gabaon et sa banlieue, Guéba et sa banlieue,
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;
18 Anathoth et sa banlieue, et Almon et sa banlieue, quatre villes.
Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.
19 Toutes les villes des fils d’Aaron, sacrificateurs: 13 villes et leurs banlieues.
Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.
20 Et pour les familles des fils de Kehath, les autres Lévites d’entre les fils de Kehath, les villes de leur lot furent de la tribu d’Éphraïm.
The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
21 Ils leur donnèrent la ville de refuge pour l’homicide: Sichem et sa banlieue, dans la montagne d’Éphraïm; et Guézer et sa banlieue,
And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;
22 et Kibtsaïm et sa banlieue, et Beth-Horon et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.
23 et de la tribu de Dan: Eltheké et sa banlieue, Guibbethon et sa banlieue,
And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;
24 Ajalon et sa banlieue, Gath-Rimmon et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Aijalon and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, four towns.
25 et de la demi-tribu de Manassé: Thaanac et sa banlieue, et Gath-Rimmon et sa banlieue, deux villes.
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, two towns.
26 En tout dix villes et leurs banlieues, pour les familles des autres fils de Kehath.
All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.
27 Et pour les fils de Guershon, d’entre les familles des Lévites, il y eut, de la demi-tribu de Manassé, la ville de refuge pour l’homicide: Golan, en Basan, et sa banlieue; et Beeshtra et sa banlieue, deux villes;
And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.
28 et de la tribu d’Issacar: Kishion et sa banlieue, Dabrath et sa banlieue,
And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and Daberath with their grass-lands;
29 Jarmuth et sa banlieue, En-Gannim et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns.
30 et de la tribu d’Aser: Misheal et sa banlieue, Abdon et sa banlieue,
And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands:
31 Helkath et sa banlieue, et Rehob et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns.
32 et de la tribu de Nephthali, la ville de refuge pour l’homicide: Kédesh, en Galilée, et sa banlieue; et Hammoth-Dor et sa banlieue, et Karthan et sa banlieue, trois villes.
And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.
33 Toutes les villes des Guershonites, selon leurs familles: 13 villes et leurs banlieues.
All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.
34 Et pour les familles des fils de Merari, les autres Lévites, [on donna], de la tribu de Zabulon: Jokneam et sa banlieue, Kartha et sa banlieue,
And to the rest of the Levites, that is, the families of the children of Merari, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and Kartah with their grass-lands;
35 Dimna et sa banlieue, Nahalal et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns.
36 et de la tribu de Ruben: Bétser et sa banlieue, et Jahtsa et sa banlieue,
And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;
37 Kedémoth et sa banlieue, et Méphaath et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.
38 et de la tribu de Gad, la ville de refuge pour l’homicide: Ramoth, en Galaad, et sa banlieue; et Mahanaïm et sa banlieue,
And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;
39 Hesbon et sa banlieue, Jahzer et sa banlieue: en tout, quatre villes.
Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.
40 Toutes ces villes étaient aux fils de Merari, selon leurs familles, – le reste des familles des Lévites; leur lot fut de douze villes.
All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.
41 Toutes les villes des Lévites, au milieu de la possession des fils d’Israël: 48 villes et leurs banlieues.
All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns with their grass-lands.
42 Chacune de ces villes avait sa banlieue autour d’elle; il en était ainsi pour toutes ces villes.
Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.
43 Et l’Éternel donna à Israël tout le pays qu’il avait juré de donner à leurs pères; et ils le possédèrent, et y habitèrent.
So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.
44 Et l’Éternel leur donna du repos à l’entour, selon tout ce qu’il avait juré à leurs pères; et, de tous leurs ennemis, pas un homme ne tint devant eux; l’Éternel livra tous leurs ennemis entre leurs mains.
And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.
45 Il ne tomba pas un mot de toutes les bonnes paroles que l’Éternel avait dites à la maison d’Israël: tout arriva.
The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them, and all his words came true.
