Iosue 21
1 Accesseruntque principes familiarum Levi ad Eleazarum sacerdotem, et Iosue filium Nun, et ad duces cognationum per singulas tribus filiorum Israel:
Then the tribal leaders of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the leaders of the families of their ancestors within the people of Israel.
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.
They said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “Yahweh commanded you by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to live in, with the pasturelands for our livestock.”
3 Dederuntque filii Israel de possessionibus suis iuxta imperium Domini, civitates et suburbana earum.
So by the command of Yahweh, the people of Israel gave out of their inheritance the following cities, including their pasturelands, to the Levites.
4 Egressaque est sors in familiam Caath filiorum Aaron sacerdotis de tribubus Iuda, et Simeon, et Beniamin, civitates tredecim:
The casting of lots for the clans of the Kohathites gave this result: The priests—the descendants of Aaron who were from the Levites—received thirteen cities given from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of the Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin.
5 Et reliquis filiorum Caath, id est Levitis, qui superfuerant de tribubus Ephraim, et Dan, et dimidia tribu Manasse, civitates decem.
The rest of the Kohathites were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and from the half tribe of Manasseh.
6 Porro filii Gerson egressa est sors, ut acciperent de tribubus Issachar et Aser et Nephthali, dimidiaque tribu Manasse in Basan civitates numero tredecim.
Then the people descended from Gershon were given, by the casting of lots, thirteen cities from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 Et filiis Merari per cognationes suas de tribubus Ruben et Gad et Zabulon urbes duodecim.
The people who were descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve cities from 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 people of Israel gave, by casting lots, these cities (including their pasturelands) to the Levites, just as Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses.
9 De tribubus filiorum Iuda et Simeon dedit Iosue civitates: quarum ista sunt nomina,
From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they assigned land to the following cities, here listed by name.
10 filiis Aaron per familias Caath Levitici generis (prima enim sors illis egressa est)
These cities were given to the descendants of Aaron, who were among the clans of the Kohathites, who in turn were from the tribe of Levi. For the first casting of lots had fallen to them.
11 Cariatharbe patris Enac, quae vocatur Hebron, in monte Iuda, et suburbana eius per circuitum.
The Israelites gave them Kiriath Arba (Arba had been the father of Anak), the same place as Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the pasturelands around it.
12 Agros vero, et villas eius dederat Caleb filio Iephone ad possidendum.
But the fields of the city, including their villages, were already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
13 Dedit ergo filiis Aaron sacerdotis Hebron confugii civitatem, ac suburbana eius: et Lobnam cum suburbanis suis:
To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasturelands—which was a city of refuge for any who killed another unintentionally—and Libnah with its pasturelands,
14 et Iether, et Esthemo,
Jattir with its pasturelands, and Eshtemoa with its pasturelands.
15 et Holon, et Dabir,
They also gave Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
16 et Ain, et Ieta, et Bethsames, cum suburbanis suis: civitates novem de tribubus, ut dictum est, duabus.
Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasturelands. There were nine cities that were given from these two tribes.
17 De tribu autem filiorum Beniamin, Gabaon, et Gabae,
From the tribe of Benjamin were given Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
18 et Anathoth et Almon, cum suburbanis suis: civitates quattuor.
Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its suburbs—four cities.
19 Omnes simul civitates filiorum Aaron sacerdotis, tredecim, cum suburbanis suis.
The cities given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were thirteen cities in all, including their pasturelands.
20 Reliquis vero per familias filiorum Caath Levitici generis haec est data possessio.
As for the rest of Kohathites who belong to the Kohathite clans of the Levites—they had cities given to them from the tribe of Ephraim by the casting of lots.
21 De tribu Ephraim urbes confugii, Sichem cum suburbanis suis in monte Ephraim, et Gazer
To them were given Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim—a city of refuge for any who killed a person unintentionally—Gezer with its pasturelands,
22 et Cibsaim et Beth horon, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth Horon with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
23 De tribu quoque Dan, Eltheco et Gabathon,
From the tribe of Dan, the clan of Kohath was given Eltekeh with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
24 et Aialon et Gethremmon, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
25 Porro de dimidia tribu Manasse, Thanach et Gethremmon, cum suburbanis suis civitates duae.
From the half tribe of Manasseh, the clan of Kohath was given Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands—two cities.
26 Omnes civitates decem, et suburbana earum, datae sunt filiis Caath inferioris gradus.
There were ten cities in all for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites, including their pasturelands.
27 Filiis quoque Gerson Levitici generis dedit de dimidia tribu Manasse confugii civitates, Gaulon in Basan, et Bosram, cum suburbanis suis, civitates duas.
From the half tribe of Manasseh, to clans of Gershon, these were other Levite clans, and they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for anyone who killed another unintentionally, along with Be Eshterah with its pasturelands—two cities in all.
28 Porro de tribu Issachar, Cesion, et Dabereth,
To the clans of Gershon they also gave Kishion from the tribe of Issachar, along with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
29 et Iaramoth, et Engannim, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En Gannim with its pasturelands—four cities.
30 De tribu autem Aser, Masal et Abdon,
From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
31 et Helcath, et Rohob, cum suburbanis suis, civitates quattuor.
Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
32 De tribu quoque Nephthali civitates confugii, Cedes in Galilaea, et Hammoth Dor, et Carthan, cum suburbanis suis, civitates tres.
From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave the clans of Gershon Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for anyone who killed another unintentionally; Hammoth Dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities in all.
33 Omnes urbes familiarum Gerson, tredecim, cum suburbanis suis.
There were thirteen cities in all, out of the clans of Gershon, including their pasturelands.
34 Filiis autem Merari Levitis inferioris gradus per familias suas data est de tribu Zabulon, Iecnam et Cartha
To the rest of the Levites—the clans of Merari—were given out of the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,
35 et Damna et Naalol, civitates quattuor cum suburbanis suis.
Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
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.
To the clans of Merari were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,
37 De tribu Gad civitates confugii, Ramoth in Galaad, et Manaim et Hesebon et Iazer, civitates quattuor cum suburbanis suis.
Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities.
Out of the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands—a city of refuge for any who killed another unintentionally—and Mahanaim with its pasturelands.
The clans of Merari were also given Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands. These were four cities in all.
40 Omnes urbes filiorum Merari per familias et cognationes suas, duodecim.
All these were the cities of the several clans of Merari, who were from the tribe of Levi—twelve cities in all were given to them by the casting of lots.
41 Itaque civitates universae Levitarum in medio possessionis filiorum Israel fuerunt quadraginta octo
The cities of the Levites taken from the middle of the land possessed by the people of Israel were forty-eight cities, including their pasturelands.
42 cum suburbanis suis, singulae per familias distributae.
These cities each had its surrounding pasturelands. It was this way with all these cities.
43 Deditque Dominus Deus Israeli omnem Terram, quam traditurum se patribus eorum iuraverat: et possederunt illam, atque habitaverunt in ea.
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their ancestors. The Israelites took possession of it and settled 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.
Then Yahweh gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies could defeat them. Yahweh gave all their enemies into their hand.
45 Ne unum quidem verbum, quod illis praestiturum se esse promiserat, irritum fuit, sed rebus expleta sunt omnia.
Not one thing among all the good promises that Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel failed to come true. All of them came to be.
