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 ancestral houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of ancestral houses 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.
They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "YHWH commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."
3 Et les fils d’Israël donnèrent de leur héritage aux Lévites, selon le commandement de l’Éternel, ces villes-ci, avec leurs banlieues:
The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of YHWH, these cities with their suburbs.
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;
The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The descendants 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 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 descendants 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 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 descendants 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 [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 descendants of Merari according to their families had twelve cities by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of 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.
The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as YHWH commanded 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,
They gave out of the tribe of the descendants of Judah, and out of the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned 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.
and they were for the descendants of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the descendants of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
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, named after the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.
12 Mais la campagne de la ville et ses hameaux, ils les donnèrent à Caleb, fils de Jephunné, pour sa possession.
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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,
To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,
14 et Jatthir et sa banlieue, et Eshtemoa et sa banlieue,
Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
15 et Holon et sa banlieue, et Debir et sa banlieue,
Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
16 et Aïn et sa banlieue, et Jutta et sa banlieue, [et] Beth-Shémesh et sa banlieue, neuf villes de ces deux tribus-là;
Ashan with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 et de la tribu de Benjamin: Gabaon et sa banlieue, Guéba et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
18 Anathoth et sa banlieue, et Almon et sa banlieue, quatre villes.
Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
19 Toutes les villes des fils d’Aaron, sacrificateurs: 13 villes et leurs banlieues.
All the cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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 families of the descendants of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the descendants of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of 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,
They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
22 et Kibtsaïm et sa banlieue, et Beth-Horon et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.
23 et de la tribu de Dan: Eltheké et sa banlieue, Guibbethon et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
24 Ajalon et sa banlieue, Gath-Rimmon et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
25 et de la demi-tribu de Manassé: Thaanac et sa banlieue, et Gath-Rimmon et sa banlieue, deux villes.
Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Beth Shean with its suburbs; two cities.
26 En tout dix villes et leurs banlieues, pour les familles des autres fils de Kehath.
All the cities of the families of the rest of the descendants of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
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;
They gave to the descendants of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
28 et de la tribu d’Issacar: Kishion et sa banlieue, Dabrath et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,
29 Jarmuth et sa banlieue, En-Gannim et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
30 et de la tribu d’Aser: Misheal et sa banlieue, Abdon et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
31 Helkath et sa banlieue, et Rehob et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
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.
Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
33 Toutes les villes des Guershonites, selon leurs familles: 13 villes et leurs banlieues.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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,
To the families of the descendants of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, Kartah with its suburbs,
35 Dimna et sa banlieue, Nahalal et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Rimmon with its suburbs, and Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
36 et de la tribu de Ruben: Bétser et sa banlieue, et Jahtsa et sa banlieue,
And across the Jordan opposite Jericho, from the tribe of Reuben: a city of refuge for the manslayer, Bezer in the wilderness, on the plateau, with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs,
37 Kedémoth et sa banlieue, et Méphaath et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
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,
Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
39 Hesbon et sa banlieue, Jahzer et sa banlieue: en tout, quatre villes.
Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
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 were the cities of the descendants of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
41 Toutes les villes des Lévites, au milieu de la possession des fils d’Israël: 48 villes et leurs banlieues.
All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
42 Chacune de ces villes avait sa banlieue autour d’elle; il en était ainsi pour toutes ces villes.
Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.
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 YHWH gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
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.
YHWH gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. YHWH delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45 Il ne tomba pas un mot de toutes les bonnes paroles que l’Éternel avait dites à la maison d’Israël: tout arriva.
Nothing failed of any good thing which YHWH had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
