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 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 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 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 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 gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their common lands.
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 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 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;
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 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;
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 [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 had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
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.
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 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,
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 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.
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 On leur donna: Kiriath-Arba ([Arba était] père d’Anak), c’est Hébron, dans la montagne de Juda, et sa banlieue autour d’elle.
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 la ville et ses hameaux, ils les donnèrent à Caleb, fils de Jephunné, pour sa possession.
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave 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,
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 et Jatthir et sa banlieue, et Eshtemoa et sa banlieue,
And Jattir with its common lands, and Eshtemoa with its common lands,
15 et Holon et sa banlieue, et Debir et sa banlieue,
And Holon with its common lands, and Debir with its common 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 with its common lands, and Juttah with its common lands, and Bethshemesh with its common lands; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 et de la tribu de Benjamin: Gabaon et sa banlieue, Guéba 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, et Almon et sa banlieue, quatre villes.
Anathoth with its common lands, and Almon with its common lands; four cities.
19 Toutes les villes des fils d’Aaron, sacrificateurs: 13 villes et leurs banlieues.
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common lands.
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.
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 Ils leur donnèrent la ville de refuge pour l’homicide: Sichem et sa banlieue, dans la montagne d’Éphraïm; et Guézer 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 et Kibtsaïm et sa banlieue, et Beth-Horon et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
And Kibzaim with its common lands, and Bethhoron with its common lands; four cities.
23 et de la tribu de Dan: Eltheké et sa banlieue, Guibbethon 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, Gath-Rimmon et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Aijalon with its common lands, Gathrimmon with its common lands; four cities.
25 et de la demi-tribu de Manassé: Thaanac et sa banlieue, et Gath-Rimmon 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 En tout dix villes et leurs banlieues, pour les familles des autres fils de Kehath.
All the cities were ten with their common lands for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
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, 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 et de la tribu d’Issacar: Kishion et sa banlieue, Dabrath et sa banlieue,
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its common lands, Dabareh with its common lands,
29 Jarmuth et sa banlieue, En-Gannim et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Jarmuth with its common lands, Engannim with its common lands; four cities.
30 et de la tribu d’Aser: Misheal 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 Helkath et sa banlieue, et Rehob et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Helkath with its common lands, and Rehob with its common lands; 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.
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 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 common 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 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 Dimna et sa banlieue, Nahalal et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Dimnah with its common lands, Nahalal with its common lands; four cities.
36 et de la tribu de Ruben: Bétser et sa banlieue, et Jahtsa et sa banlieue,
And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common lands, and Jahazah with its common lands,
37 Kedémoth et sa banlieue, et Méphaath et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Kedemoth with its common lands, and Mephaath with its common lands; 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,
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,
39 Hesbon et sa banlieue, Jahzer et sa banlieue: en tout, quatre villes.
Heshbon with its common lands, Jazer with its common lands; 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.
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 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 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 autour d’elle; 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 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.
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 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 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 Il ne tomba pas un mot de toutes les bonnes paroles que l’Éternel avait dites à la maison d’Israël: tout arriva.
There failed nothing of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
