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 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 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.
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 enfants d’Israël donnèrent de leurs possessions, selon l’ordre du Seigneur, les villes et leurs faubourgs.
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 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;
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 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.
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 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.
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 enfants de Mérari, selon leur parenté, douze villes des tribus de Ruben, de Gad et 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 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.
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 Josué donna les villes des tribus des enfants de Juda et de Siméon, dont voici les 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 Aux enfants d’Aaron d’entre les familles de Caath de la race lévitique (car le premier sort sortit 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 Cariatharbé du père d’Enac, qui est appelée Hébron, sur la montagne du Juda, et ses faubourgs tout autour.
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 Pour ses champs et ses villages, il les avait donnés à Caleb, fils de Jéphoné, pour les posséder.
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave 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;
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 Jéther, Estémo,
And Jattir with its common lands, and Eshtemoa with its common lands,
15 Holon, Dabir,
And Holon with its common lands, and Debir with its common lands,
16 Aïn, Jeta et Bethsamès, avec leurs faubourgs: neuf villes des deux tribus, comme il a été dit.
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 De la tribu des enfants de Benjamin: Gabaon, Gabaé,
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common lands, Geba with its common lands,
18 Et Anathoth et Almon avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes.
Anathoth with its common lands, and Almon with its common lands; 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 children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common lands.
20 Quant aux autres enfants de Caath de la race lévitique, selon leurs familles, voici la possession qui leur fût donnée:
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 De la tribu d’Ephraïm, les villes de refuge, Sichem avec ses faubourgs, sur la montagne d’Ephraïm, Gazer,
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 Cibsaïm et Beth-horon avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
And Kibzaim with its common lands, and Bethhoron with its common lands; four cities.
23 De la tribu de Dan, Elthéco, Gabathon,
And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its common lands, Gibbethon with its common lands,
24 Et Aïalon et Gethremmon, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
Aijalon with its common lands, Gathrimmon with its common lands; four cities.
25 Mais de la demi-tribu de Manassé, Thanach et Gethremmon, avec leurs faubourgs: 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 faubourgs furent donnés aux enfants de Caath, d’un rang inférieur.
All the cities were ten with their common lands for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
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;
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 De la tribu d’Issachar, Césion, Dabéreth,
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with its common lands, Dabareh with its common lands,
29 Et Jaramoth et Engannim, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
Jarmuth with its common lands, Engannim with its common lands; four cities.
30 De la tribu d’Aser, Masal, Abdon,
And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its common lands, Abdon with its common lands,
31 Et Helcath et Rohob, avec leurs faubourgs: quatre villes;
Helkath with its common lands, and Rehob with its common lands; 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;
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 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 common lands.
34 Mais aux enfants de Mérari, lévites d’un rang inférieur, et selon leurs familles, furent données de la tribu de Zabulon, Jecnan, Cartha,
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 Et Damna et Naalol: quatre villes avec leurs faubourgs;
Dimnah with its common lands, Nahalal with its common lands; 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 out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its common lands, and Jahazah with its common lands,
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 common lands, and Mephaath with its common lands; four cities.
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,
Heshbon with its common lands, Jazer with its common lands; four cities in all.
40 En tout, aux enfants de Mérari, selon leurs familles et leur parenté, 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 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 within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their common lands.
42 Avec leurs faubourgs, chacune ayant été distribuée selon les familles.
These cities were every one with their common lands surrounding them: thus were 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.
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 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.
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 Pas même une seule parole de tout ce que Dieu avait promis de leur donner, ne fut vaine; mais toutes furent exactement accomplies.
There failed nothing of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
