Iosue 21
1 Accesseruntque principes familiarum Levi ad Eleazarum sacerdotem, et Iosue filium Nun, et ad duces cognationum per singulas tribus filiorum Israel:
While Eleazar the Supreme Priest and Joshua and the leaders of all the Israeli tribes were at Shiloh, the leaders of the clans of the tribe of Levi went to them and said, “Yahweh commanded Moses that you should give us towns where we can have pasture/fields/grassland for our animals, [but you have not done these things yet].”
2 locutique sunt ad eos in Silo Terrae Chanaan, atque dixerunt: Dominus praecepit per manum Moysi, ut darentur nobis urbes ad habitandum, et suburbana earum ad alenda iumenta.
3 Dederuntque filii Israel de possessionibus suis iuxta imperium Domini, civitates et suburbana earum.
So the Israeli leaders obeyed this command from Yahweh. They agreed to give towns and pasturelands to the tribe of Levi.
4 Egressaque est sors in familiam Caath filiorum Aaron sacerdotis de tribubus Iuda, et Simeon, et Beniamin, civitates tredecim:
[First] they allotted some cities to the Kohath clans, who belonged to the tribe of Levi. To those who were descendants of the first Supreme Priest Aaron, they allotted 13 towns in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5 Et reliquis filiorum Caath, id est Levitis, qui superfuerant de tribubus Ephraim, et Dan, et dimidia tribu Manasse, civitates decem.
To the other members of the Kohath clan they allotted ten cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the part of the tribe of Manasseh [that lives on the west side of the Jordan River].
6 Porro filii Gerson egressa est sors, ut acciperent de tribubus Issachar et Aser et Nephthali, dimidiaque tribu Manasse in Basan civitates numero tredecim.
The people from the Gershon clans were allotted 13 cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lives on the east side of the Jordan [River].
7 Et filiis Merari per cognationes suas de tribubus Ruben et Gad et Zabulon urbes duodecim.
The people from the Merari clans were allotted twelve cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
8 Dederuntque filii Israel Levitis civitates et suburbana earum, sicut praecepit Dominus per manum Moysi, singulis sorte tribuentes.
So the Israeli leaders gave cities and pastureland to the tribe of Levi, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses that they should do.
9 De tribubus filiorum Iuda et Simeon dedit Iosue civitates: quarum ista sunt nomina,
These are the names of the cities and surrounding pasturelands that were allotted to them, that were in the areas where the tribes of Judah and Simeon lived.
10 filiis Aaron per familias Caath Levitici generis (prima enim sors illis egressa est)
First, they allotted cities to the members of the Kohath clans.
11 Cariatharbe patris Enac, quae vocatur Hebron, in monte Iuda, et suburbana eius per circuitum.
They allotted to them Kiriath-Arba (which is [now named] Hebron), in the hilly area of Judah. Arba received its name because Arba was the ancestor of [the giants of] the Anak people-group.
12 Agros vero, et villas eius dederat Caleb filio Iephone ad possidendum.
But the fields and villages surrounding Arba had already been allotted to Caleb.
13 Dedit ergo filiis Aaron sacerdotis Hebron confugii civitatem, ac suburbana eius: et Lobnam cum suburbanis suis:
They allotted to them Hebron, which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected. They also allotted to the Kohath clan the cities of Libnah,
14 et Iether, et Esthemo,
Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15 et Holon, et Dabir,
Holon, Debir,
16 et Ain, et Ieta, et Bethsames, cum suburbanis suis: civitates novem de tribubus, ut dictum est, duabus.
Ain, Juttah, and Beth-Shemesh. Altogether they were allotted those nine cities which were located in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Judah and Simeon.
17 De tribu autem filiorum Beniamin, Gabaon, et Gabae,
The Kohath clan was also allotted these four cities: Gibeon, Geba,
18 et Anathoth et Almon, cum suburbanis suis: civitates quattuor.
Anathoth, and Almon. Those cities were in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Benjamin.
19 Omnes simul civitates filiorum Aaron sacerdotis, tredecim, cum suburbanis suis.
Altogether those 13 towns and surrounding pastureland were allotted to the priests who were descended from Aaron.
20 Reliquis vero per familias filiorum Caath Levitici generis haec est data possessio.
The other members the Kohath clan were allotted four cities and the surrounding pastureland in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.
21 De tribu Ephraim urbes confugii, Sichem cum suburbanis suis in monte Ephraim, et Gazer
Those cities were Shechem (which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected), Gezer,
22 et Cibsaim et Beth horon, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
Kibzaim, and Beth-Horon.
23 De tribu quoque Dan, Eltheco et Gabathon,
They were also allotted four cities and surrounding pastureland in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Dan. Those cities were Eltekeh, Gibbethon,
24 et Aialon et Gethremmon, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
Aijalon, and Gath-Rimmon.
25 Porro de dimidia tribu Manasse, Thanach et Gethremmon, cum suburbanis suis civitates duae.
They were also allotted two towns and surrounding pastureland that had been allotted to [the] part of the tribe of Manasseh [that lived on the west side of the Jordan River]. Those cities were Taanach and Gath-Rimmon.
26 Omnes civitates decem, et suburbana earum, datae sunt filiis Caath inferioris gradus.
Those were the ten cities and surrounding pastureland that were allotted to the other members of the Kohath clan.
27 Filiis quoque Gerson Levitici generis dedit de dimidia tribu Manasse confugii civitates, Gaulon in Basan, et Bosram, cum suburbanis suis, civitates duas.
They also allotted towns and the surrounding pastureland to the Gershon clans. Those clans were also descended from Levi. They were allotted two cities from the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Manasseh [that is on the east side of the Jordan River]. Those cities were Golan in the Bashan region, which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected, and Be-Eshtarah.
28 Porro de tribu Issachar, Cesion, et Dabereth,
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Issachar they were allotted four cities. Those cities were Kishion, Daberath,
29 et Iaramoth, et Engannim, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
Jarmuth, and En-Gannim.
30 De tribu autem Aser, Masal et Abdon,
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Asher they were allotted four cities. Those cities were Mishal, Abdon,
31 et Helcath, et Rohob, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
Helkath, and Rehob.
32 De tribu quoque Nephthali civitates confugii, Cedes in Galilaea, et Hammoth Dor, et Carthan, cum suburbanis suis, civitates tres.
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Naphtali they were allotted three cities. Those cities were Kedesh in the Galilee region (it was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected), Hammoth-Dor, and Kartan.
33 Omnes urbes familiarum Gerson, tredecim, cum suburbanis suis.
So altogether the Gershon clans were allotted 13 cities and the surrounding pasturelands.
34 Filiis autem Merari Levitis inferioris gradus per familias suas data est de tribu Zabulon, Iecnam et Cartha
The other descendants of Levi, the ones who belonged to the Merari clans, were also allotted towns and their surrounding pasturelands. From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Zebulun they were allotted four cities. They were Jokneam, Kartah,
35 et Damna et Naalol, civitates quattuor cum suburbanis suis.
Dimnah, and Nahalal.
36 De tribu Ruben ultra Iordanem contra Iericho civitates refugii, Bosor in solitudine, Misor et Iaser et Iethson et Mephaath, civitates quattuor cum suburbanis suis.
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Reuben they were allotted four cities. They were Bezer, Jahaz,
37 De tribu Gad civitates confugii, Ramoth in Galaad, et Manaim et Hesebon et Iazer, civitates quattuor cum suburbanis suis.
Kedemoth, and Mephaath.
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Gad they were allotted four cities. They were Ramoth, which was one of the cities in the Gilead region to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected, Mahanaim,
Heshbon, and Jazer.
40 Omnes urbes filiorum Merari per familias et cognationes suas, duodecim.
Altogether twelve cities were allotted to the Merari clans.
41 Itaque civitates universae Levitarum in medio possessionis filiorum Israel fuerunt quadraginta octo
So altogether 48 cities were allotted to the tribe of Levi,
42 cum suburbanis suis, singulae per familias distributae.
and each city had surrounding pastureland.
43 Deditque Dominus Deus Israeli omnem Terram, quam traditurum se patribus eorum iuraverat: et possederunt illam, atque habitaverunt in ea.
In that way Yahweh allotted to the Israeli people all the land that he had promised to give to their/our ancestors. The Israeli people took control of [most of] those areas and started to live there.
44 Dataque est ab eo pax in omnes per circuitum nationes: nullusque eis hostium resistere ausus est, sed cuncti in eorum ditionem redacti sunt.
Just like he had promised our ancestors, Yahweh allowed them/us to have peace with the enemies that surrounded them/us. Yahweh enabled the Israelis/us to defeat their/our enemies.
45 Ne unum quidem verbum, quod illis praestiturum se esse promiserat, irritum fuit, sed rebus expleta sunt omnia.
Yahweh did all the things that he had promised to the Israeli people/us. Everything that he said would happen did happen.
