Iosue 21
1 accesseruntque principes familiarum Levi ad Eleazar sacerdotem et Iosue filium Nun et ad duces cognationum per singulas tribus filiorum Israhel
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 Mosi ut darentur nobis urbes ad habitandum et suburbana earum ad alenda iumenta
3 dederuntque filii Israhel 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 Symeon 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 superflui erant 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 filiis Gerson egressa est sors ut acciperent de tribubus Isachar et Aser et Nepthalim 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 Israhel Levitis civitates et suburbana earum sicut praecepit Dominus per manum Mosi 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 Symeon 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 Enach 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 Chaleb filio Iepphonne 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 Lebnam 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 Isthimon
Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15 et Helon Dabir
Holon, Debir,
16 et Ahin et Iethan et Bethsemes 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 Gabee
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 urbs confugii Sychem 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 Cebsain et Bethoron cum suburbanis suis civitates quattuor
Kibzaim, and Beth-Horon.
23 de tribu quoque Dan Elthece et Gebbethon
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 Ahialon 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 civitatem 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 Isachar 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 Elacoth et Roob cum suburbanis suis civitates quattuor
Helkath, and Rehob.
32 de tribu quoque Nepthali civitatem confugii Cedes in Galilea et Ammothdor et Charthan 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 Iechenam et Chartha
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 Nalol civitates quattuor cum suburbanis suis
Dimnah, and Nahalal.
36 [de tribu quoque Ruben ciuitates confugii Bosor in solitudine et Cedson et Misor et Ocho ciuitates 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 et de tribu Gad civitates confugii Ramoth in Galaad et Manaim et Esebon 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 universae civitates Levitarum in medio possessionis filiorum Israhel 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 Israheli 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 dicionem 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 praestaturum 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.
