Iyyaasuu 21
1 Hangafoonni maatii Lewwotaa Eleʼaazaar lubichatti, Iyyaasuu ilma Nuunittii fi hangafoota maatiiwwan gosoota Israaʼel kaanitti dhiʼaatanii
Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2 Shiiloo Kanaʼaan keessatti argamtu sana keessatti, “Waaqayyo akka isin magaalaa nu keessa jiraannu lafa tikaa kan horii keenyaaf taʼu wajjin nuu kennitan karaa Museetiin ajajee ture” jedhaniin.
And said to them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, The Lord gave orders by Moses that we were to have towns for living in, with their grass-lands for our cattle.
3 Kanaafuu Israaʼeloonni akkuma Waaqayyo ajajetti dhaala ofii isaanii keessaa magaalaawwan kanneenii fi lafa tikaa Lewwotaaf kennan.
And the children of Israel out of their heritage gave to the Levites these towns with their grass-lands, by the order of the Lord.
4 Ixaan jalqabaa gosa Qohaatiif balbala balbalaan baʼe. Lewwota sanyii Aroon lubichaatiifis gosa Yihuudaa, gosa Simiʼoonii fi gosa Beniyaam keessaa magaalaawwan kudha sadii ixaadhaan argatan.
And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
5 Sanyii Qohaati warra hafaniif immoo balbala gosa Efreem, gosa Daanii fi walakkaa gosa Minaasee keessaa magaalaawwan kudhan ixaadhaan argatan.
The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6 Sanyiiwwan Geershooniif balbala gosa Yisaakor, gosa Aasheer, gosa Niftaalemii fi walakkaa gosa Minaasee kan Baashaan keessaa sana irraa magaalaawwan kudha sadii ixaadhaan argatan.
The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.
7 Sanyiiwwan Meraariis balbala balbalaan gosa Ruubeen, gosa Gaadii fi gosa Zebuuloon keessaa magaalaawwan kudha lama ixaadhaan argatan.
The children of Merari by their families were given twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun.
8 Kanaafuu Israaʼeloonni akkuma Waaqayyo karaa Museetiin ajaje sanatti magaalaawwan kanneenii fi lafa tikaa ixaadhaan Lewwotaaf kennan.
All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.
9 Gosa Yihuudaa fi gosa Simiʼoon irraa magaalaawwan kanneen maqaa maqaadhaan qoodan;
From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:
10 sababii ixaan jalqabaa isaaniif baʼeef magaalaawwan kunneen sanyiiwwan Aroon warra Lewwotaa keessaa balbala Qohaati taʼaniif kennaman:
These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.
11 Isaanis Kiriyaati Arbaaq jechuunis Kebroon ishee biyya gaaraa Yihuudaa keessaa sana lafa tikaa naannoo ishee wajjin kennaniif. Arbaaq abbaa Anaaq ture.
They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.
12 Lafa qotiisaa fi gandoota naannoo magaalattii jiran garuu Kaaleb ilma Yefuneetiif handhuuraa godhanii kennan.
But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
13 Kanaafuu sanyiiwwan Aroon lubichaatiif Kebroon jechuunis magaalaa namni nama ajjeesee himatamu tokko itti baqatuu fi Libnaa,
And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;
14 Yatiir, Eshtimoʼaa,
And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;
15 Hooloon, Debiir,
And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;
16 Aayin, Yutaanii fi Beet Shemeshi lafa tikaa wajjin kennameef; isaan kunneen magaalaawwan sagallan gosoota lamaan irraa qoodamaniifii dha.
And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.
17 Gosa Beniyaam irraas Gibeʼoon, Gebaaʼi,
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;
18 Anaatootii fi Almoon lafa tikaa wajjin kennaniif; isaanis magaalaawwan afurii dha.
Anathoth and Almon with their grass-lands, four towns.
19 Magaalaawwan lafa tikaa wajjin sanyiiwwan Aroon kanneen luboota taʼaniif kennaman hundi kudha sadii turan.
Thirteen towns with their grass-lands were given to the children of Aaron, the priests.
20 Qohaatota balbala Lewwii warra hafaniif gosa Efreem irraa magaalaawwan kanneentu ixaadhaan argatan:
The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
21 Isaanis biyya gaaraa Efreem keessaa Sheekem jechuunis magaalaa namni nama ajjeesee himatamu itti baqatu sanaa fi Geezir,
And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;
22 Qibxaayimii fi Beet Horoon, walumatti magaalaawwan afur lafa tikaa wajjin fudhatan.
And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.
23 Akkasumas gosa Daan keessaa Elteqee, Gibetoon,
And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon with their grass-lands;
24 Ayaaloonii fi Gat Rimoon, walumaa galatti magaalaawwan afur lafa tikaa wajjin fudhatan.
Aijalon and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, four towns.
25 Walakkaa gosa Minaasee keessaa immoo Taʼanaakii fi Gat Rimoon, magaalaawwan lama lafa tikaa wajjin fudhatan.
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-rimmon with their grass-lands, two towns.
26 Magaalaawwan kurnan kunneen hundii fi lafti tikaa isaanii balbala gosa Qohaati warra hafaniif kennaman.
All the towns of the rest of the families of the children of Kohath were ten with their grass-lands.
27 Geershoonota balbala Lewwiitiif immoo: Walakkaa gosa Minaasee keessaa, Goolaan ishee Baashaan keessaa jechuunis magaalaa namni nama ajjeesee himatamu tokko itti baqatu sanaa fi Beʼeshitiraa, magaalaawwan lamaa fi lafa tikaa isaaniitu kennameef;
And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, they gave from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Ashtaroth with its grass-lands, two towns.
28 gosa Yisaakor keessaa Kishoon, Daaberaati,
And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and Daberath with their grass-lands;
29 Yarmuutii fi Een Ganiim, magaalaawwan afurii fi lafa tikaa isaaniitu kennameef;
Jarmuth and En-gannim with their grass-lands, four towns.
30 gosa Aasheer keessaa Mishiʼaal, Abdoon,
And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon, with their grass-lands:
31 Helqaatii fi Rehoob, magaalaawwan afurii fi lafa tikaa isaaniitu kennameef;
Helkath and Rehob with their grass-lands, four towns.
32 gosa Niftaalem keessaa Qaadesh ishee Galiilaa keessaa, magaalaan namni nama ajjeesee himatamu tokko itti kooluu galuu akkasumas Hamoot Doorii fi Qartaan, magaalaawwan sadii lafa tikaa isaanii wajjin kennameef.
And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.
33 Gosoota Geershoonotaatiif immoo magaalaawwan kudha sadiitu lafa tikaa wajjin kenname.
All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.
34 Lewwota hafan warra balbala Meraarii taʼaniif: gosa Zebuuloon keessaa, Yoqeniʼaam, Qartaa,
And to the rest of the Levites, that is, the families of the children of Merari, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and Kartah with their grass-lands;
35 Dimnaa fi Naahaalal, magaalaawwan afurtu lafa tikaa wajjin kenname;
Dimnah and Nahalal with their grass-lands, four towns.
36 gosa Ruubeen keessaa Bezer, Yaahizaa,
And from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and Jahaz with their grass-lands;
37 Qidemootii fi Meefiʼaat, magaalaawwan afur lafa tikaa wajjin kennameef;
Kedemoth and Mephaath with their grass-lands, four towns.
38 gosa Gaad keessaa immoo, Raamooti ishee Giliʼaad keessaa jechuunis magaalaa namni nama ajjeesee himatamu tokko itti kooluu galu, Mahanayiim,
And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Mahanaim with their grass-lands;
39 Heshboonii fi Yaʼizeer, walumaa galatti magaalaawwan afurtu lafa tikaa wajjin kennameef.
Heshbon and Jazer with their grass-lands, four towns.
40 Lewwota hafan warra balbala Meraarii taʼaniif walumaa galatti magaalaawwan kudha lamatu ixaadhaan kenname.
All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.
41 Magaalaawwan Lewwotaa kanneen biyya Israaʼeloonni dhuunfatan keessatti argaman lafa tikaa wajjin walumaa galatti afurtamii saddeet turan.
All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns with their grass-lands.
42 Tokkoon tokkoon magaalaawwan kanneenii naannoo isaaniitii lafa tikaa qabu turan; magaalaawwan hundinuu akkanuma.
Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.
43 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo biyya abbootii isaaniitiif kennuuf kakate hunda saba Israaʼeliif kenne; isaanis biyya sana qabatanii achi jiraatan.
So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.
44 Waaqayyo akkuma abbootii isaaniitiif kakate sana karaa hundaan boqonnaa isaanii kenne. Diinni isaanii tokko iyyuu fuula isaanii dura dhaabachuu hin dandeenye; Waaqayyo diinota isaanii hunda dabarsee harka isaaniitti kenne.
And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.
45 Waadaa gaarii Waaqayyo mana Israaʼeliif gale keessaa tokko iyyuu hin hafne; hundinuu guutameera.
The Lord kept faith with the house of Israel about all the good which he said he would do for them, and all his words came true.
