Josué 18
1 En ce temps-là, toute la synagogue des fils d'Israël se réunit à Silo; ils y dressèrent le tabernacle du témoignage, et la terre promise était subjuguée par eux.
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up there the tabernacle of the congregation. And the land was subdued before them.
2 Or, il y avait encore sept tribus des fils d'Israël qui ne s'étaient point mises en possession d'un héritage.
And there remained among the children of Israel, that had not yet received their inheritance, seven tribes.
3 Josué dit donc aux fils d'Israël: Jusqu'à quand diffèrerez-vous de partager la terre que vous a donné le Seigneur notre Dieu?
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long will ye show yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land, which the Lord the God of your fathers hath given to you!
4 Choisissez parmi vous trois hommes par tribu; qu'ils partent, qu'ils parcourent la terre, qu'ils reviennent devant moi me la décrire et me dire comme il convient de la partager.
Furnish for yourselves three men for each tribe; and I will send them out, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance, and come again to me.
5 Et les hommes vinrent près de lui, et il leur fit sept parts, disant: Juda sera leur limite au midi, et les fils de Joseph au nord.
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall remain on his boundary at the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain on their boundary at the north.
6 Pour vous, partagez la terre en sept parties et revenez me faire ici votre rapport; ensuite, je vous désignerai vos parts, par la voie du sort, devant le Seigneur notre Dieu.
But you shall make a description of the land in seven parts, and bring it hither to me; and I will cast the lot for you here, before the Lord our God.
7 Et il n'y aura point de part pour les fils de Lévi parmi vous; car le sacerdoce du Seigneur est leur partage. Quant à Gad, Ruben et la demi-tribu de Manassé, ils ont pris possession de leur héritage sur la rive orientale du Jourdain, telle que le leur a donne Moïse, serviteur de Dieu.
For to the Levites there is no portion among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance; and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Menasseh have already received their inheritance beyond the Jordan, at the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them.
8 Les hommes se levèrent pour partir, et Josué leur prescrivit de parcourir toute la terre, disant: Allez, et parcourez la terre, et revenez vers moi, ici en Silo, où je vous désignerai vos parts, par la voie du sort, devant le Seigneur.
And the men arose, and went away; and Joshua charged those that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and return again to me; and here will I cast the lot for you before the Lord, in Shiloh.
9 Ils partirent, parcoururent et virent la terre dont ils firent la description en un livre, où ils indiquèrent sept parts, et qu'ils apportèrent à Josué.
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it according to the cities in seven parts in a book; and they came again to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
10 Celui-ci tira leurs lots au sort à Silo, devant le Seigneur.
And Joshua cast the lot for them in Shiloh before the Lord; and Joshua divided there the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11 Le lot de la tribu de Benjamin, par familles, fut désigné le premier; Josué leur donna des limites entre les fils de Juda et les fils de Joseph.
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families; and the boundary of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12 Leur frontière septentrionale, partant du Jourdain, passe derrière Jéricho, au nord; puis, elle s'étend à l'occident, à travers les montagnes, et elle aboutit à Bethon de Mabdara.
And their boundary was on the north side [starting] from the Jordan; and the boundary went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; and its terminations were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
13 De ce lieu, la frontière passe au midi de Luza, la même que Bethel; ensuite, elle descend à Maatarob-Orech, vers les montagnes qui sont au midi de Bethoron-la-Basse.
And the boundary went over from there toward Luz, to the south side of Luz, which is Beth-el; and the boundary descended to 'Atroth-addar, upon the mount that is on the south side of the lower Beth-choron.
14 Après cela, elle traverse et côtoie le territoire qui regarde l'occident, et qui part, au midi, des montagnes en face de Bethoron-Sud. Elle aboutit à Cariath-Baal, la même que Cariathiarim, ville des fils de Juda. Tel est le côté de l'occident.
And the border extended [thence], and fetched a compass to the west side, to the south of the mount that is before Beth-choron at the south; and its terminations were at Kiryath-ba'al, which is Kiryath-ye'arim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west side.
15 Au midi, la limite part du territoire de Cariath-Baal; elle traverse Gasin jusqu'à la fontaine des eaux de Naphtho.
And the south side commenced from the end of Kiryath-ye'arim, and the boundary went out on the west, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoach:
16 Ensuite, elle descend vers le territoire qui est vis-à-vis la forêt de Sonnam, située au nord d'Emec-Rhaphaïn; puis à Géenna, passant derrière Jébus au midi; puis, vers la fontaine Rhogel.
And the boundary went down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of Rephaim at the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusi on the south, and descended to 'Enrogel,
17 Ensuite, elle traverse la fontaine Bethsamys; Puis, elle côtoie Galiloth, qui est en face de la hauteur d'Ethamim; elle descend vers la roche de Béon, fils de Ruben.
And extended northwardly, and went forth to 'En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, and descended to Eben-bohan the son of Reuben,
18 Elle passe au nord, derrière Bétharaba, et descend
And passed along on this side opposite to 'Arabah northward; and went down unto 'Arabah;
19 de la frontière de Béthagla
And the boundary passed along to the side of Beth-choglah northward; and the terminations of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south boundary.
20 Le Jourdain est sa limite du côté de l'orient; tel est l'héritage des fils de Benjamin, par familles; telles sont ses limites.
And the Jordan bounded it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by its boundaries round about, according to their families.
21 Les villes des fils de Benjamin, par familles, sont: Jéricho, Béthégéo, Amécasis,
Now these were the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families, Jericho, and Beth-choglah, and 'Emekkeziz,
22 Bétharaba, Saré, Bésana,
And Beth-ha'arabah, and Zemarayim, and Beth-el,
23 Eïn, Pharé, Ephratha,
And Avvim, and Parah, and 'Ophrah,
24 Carapha, Céphira, Moni et Gabaa: douze villes avec leurs villages;
And Kephar-ha'ammonah, and 'Ophni, and Geba': twelve cities with their villages.
25 Gabaon, Rhama, Béirotha.
Gib'on, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
26 Massima, Miron, Amocé,
And Mizpeh, and Kephirah, and Mozah,
27 Phira, Caphan, Nacan, Sélécan, Thareila,
And Rekem, and Yirpeel, and Taralah,
28 Jébus, la même que Jérusalem, Gabaoth et Jarin: treize villes et leurs villages; tel est l'héritage des fils de Benjamin, par familles.
And Zela', Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gib'ath, and Kiryath: fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
