Josué 21
1 Alors vinrent les princes des familles de Lévi vers Eléazar, le prêtre, vers Josué, fils de Nun, et vers les chefs des familles de chaque tribu des enfants 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 ils leur parlèrent à Silo, dans la terre de Chanaan, et dirent: Le Seigneur a ordonné par l’entremise de Moïse, qu’on nous donnât des villes pour habiter, et leur faubourgs pour nourrir les bêtes.
They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."
3 Et les enfants d’Israël donnèrent de leurs possessions, selon l’ordre du Seigneur, les villes et leurs faubourgs.
The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with their suburbs.
4 Et le sort assigna à la famille de Caath, pour les enfants d’Aaron, le prêtre, treize villes des tribus de Juda, de Siméon et 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 aux autres enfants de Caath, c’est-à-dire aux Lévites qui restaient, dix villes des tribus d’Ephraïm, de Dan, et de la demi-tribu de Manassé.
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 Mais pour les enfants de Gerson, le sort décida qu’ils recevraient des villes au nombre de treize, des tribus d’Issachar, d’Aser, de Nephthali et de la demi-tribu de Manassé.
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 enfants de Mérari, selon leur parenté, douze villes des tribus de Ruben, de Gad et 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 Les enfants d’Israël donnèrent aux Lévites ces villes et leurs faubourgs, comme avait ordonné le Seigneur par l’entremise de Moïse, les distribuant à chacun par le sort.
The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as the LORD commanded by Moses.
9 Josué donna les villes des tribus des enfants de Juda et de Siméon, dont voici les 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 Aux enfants d’Aaron d’entre les familles de Caath de la race lévitique (car le premier sort sortit 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 Cariatharbé du père d’Enac, qui est appelée Hébron, sur la montagne du Juda, et ses faubourgs tout autour.
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 Pour ses champs et ses villages, il les avait donnés à Caleb, fils de Jéphoné, pour les posséder.
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 Il donna donc aux enfants d’Aaron, le prêtre, Hébron, ville de refuge, et ses faubourgs, ainsi que Lobna avec ses faubourgs;
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 Jéther, Estémo,
Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
15 Holon, Dabir,
Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
16 Aïn, Jeta et Bethsamès, avec leurs faubourgs: neuf villes des deux tribus, comme il a été dit.
Ashan with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 De la tribu des enfants de Benjamin: Gabaon, Gabaé,
Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
18 Et Anathoth et Almon avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes.
Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
19 Toutes ces villes des enfants d’Aaron, le prêtre, forment ensemble le nombre de treize avec leurs faubourgs.
All the cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
20 Quant aux autres enfants de Caath de la race lévitique, selon leurs familles, voici la possession qui leur fût donnée:
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 De la tribu d’Ephraïm, les villes de refuge, Sichem avec ses faubourgs, sur la montagne d’Ephraïm, Gazer,
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 Cibsaïm et Beth-horon avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.
23 De la tribu de Dan, Elthéco, Gabathon,
Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
24 Et Aïalon et Gethremmon, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
25 Mais de la demi-tribu de Manassé, Thanach et Gethremmon, avec leurs faubourgs: 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 faubourgs furent donnés aux enfants de Caath, d’un rang inférieur.
All the cities of the families of the rest of the descendants of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
27 Il donna aussi de la demi-tribu de Manassé, aux enfants de Gerson, de la race lévitique, les villes de refuge, Gaulon en Basan, et Bosra, avec leurs faubourgs: 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 De la tribu d’Issachar, Césion, Dabéreth,
Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,
29 Et Jaramoth et Engannim, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
30 De la tribu d’Aser, Masal, Abdon,
Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
31 Et Helcath et Rohob, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
32 Et aussi de la tribu de Nephthali, les villes de refuge, Cédés en Galilée, Hammoth-Dor et Carthan, avec leurs faubourgs: 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 En tout, aux familles de Gerson, treize villes avec leurs faubourgs.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
34 Mais aux enfants de Mérari, lévites d’un rang inférieur, et selon leurs familles, furent données de la tribu de Zabulon, Jecnan, Cartha,
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 Et Damna et Naalol: quatre villes avec leurs faubourgs;
Rimmon with its suburbs, and Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
36 De la tribu de Ruben, au-delà du Jourdain, contre Jéricho, les villes de refuge, Bosor dans le désert, Misor, Jaser, Jethson, et Méphaath: quatre villes avec leurs faubourgs;
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 De la tribu de Gad, les villes de refuge, Ramoth en Galaad, Manaïm, Hésébon et Jazer: quatre villes avec leurs faubourgs;
Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
40 En tout, aux enfants de Mérari, selon leurs familles et leur parenté, 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 Ainsi, toutes les villes des Lévites au milieu de la possession des enfants d’Israël furent au nombre de quarante-huit,
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 Avec leurs faubourgs, chacune ayant été distribuée selon les familles.
Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.
43 Le Seigneur Dieu donna ainsi à Israël toute la terre qu’il avait juré de livrer à leurs pères; et ils la possédèrent et ils y habitèrent.
So the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
44 Et il leur donna la paix avec toutes les nations d’alentour; et nul de leurs ennemis n’osa leur résister; mais tous furent soumis à leur domination.
The LORD gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. The LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45 Pas même une seule parole de tout ce que Dieu avait promis de leur donner, ne fut vaine; mais toutes furent exactement accomplies.
Nothing failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
