Iyyaasuu 21

1 Hangafoonni maatii Lewwotaa Eleʼaazaar lubichatti, Iyyaasuu ilma Nuunittii fi hangafoota maatiiwwan gosoota Israaʼel kaanitti dhiʼaatanii

Then came near the ancestral heads of the Levites, unto Eleazar, the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, —and unto the ancestral heads of the tribes, of the sons 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 spake unto them in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying: Yahweh himself, commanded, by the hand of Moses, that there should be given unto us cities to dwell in, —with their pasture-lands for our cattle.

3 Kanaafuu Israaʼeloonni akkuma Waaqayyo ajajetti dhaala ofii isaanii keessaa magaalaawwan kanneenii fi lafa tikaa Lewwotaaf kennan.

So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites, out of their own inheritance, at the bidding of Yahweh, —these cities, with their pasture-lands.

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, when the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites, then had the sons of Aaron the priest, from among the Levites—out of the tribe of Judah and out of the tribe of the Simeonites and out of the tribe of Benjamin—by lot, thirteen cities.

5 Sanyii Qohaati warra hafaniif immoo balbala gosa Efreem, gosa Daanii fi walakkaa gosa Minaasee keessaa magaalaawwan kudhan ixaadhaan argatan.

And, the sons of Kohath that remained, had—out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half tribe of Manasseh—by lot, ten cities.

6 Sanyiiwwan Geershooniif balbala gosa Yisaakor, gosa Aasheer, gosa Niftaalemii fi walakkaa gosa Minaasee kan Baashaan keessaa sana irraa magaalaawwan kudha sadii ixaadhaan argatan.

And, the sons of Gershon, had—out of 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—by lot, thirteen cities.

7 Sanyiiwwan Meraariis balbala balbalaan gosa Ruubeen, gosa Gaadii fi gosa Zebuuloon keessaa magaalaawwan kudha lama ixaadhaan argatan.

The sons 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 Kanaafuu Israaʼeloonni akkuma Waaqayyo karaa Museetiin ajaje sanatti magaalaawwan kanneenii fi lafa tikaa ixaadhaan Lewwotaaf kennan.

So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities, with their pasture lands, —as Yahweh commanded, by the hand of Moses, by lot.

9 Gosa Yihuudaa fi gosa Simiʼoon irraa magaalaawwan kanneen maqaa maqaadhaan qoodan;

Thus then they gave—out of the tribe of the sons of Judah and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon—these cities which are mentioned by name.

10 sababii ixaan jalqabaa isaaniif baʼeef magaalaawwan kunneen sanyiiwwan Aroon warra Lewwotaa keessaa balbala Qohaati taʼaniif kennaman:

And the sons of Aaron, from among the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, had them, —because, theirs, was the first lot;

11 Isaanis Kiriyaati Arbaaq jechuunis Kebroon ishee biyya gaaraa Yihuudaa keessaa sana lafa tikaa naannoo ishee wajjin kennaniif. Arbaaq abbaa Anaaq ture.

yea there was given unto them, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, the same, is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, —with the pasture land thereof, round about it;

12 Lafa qotiisaa fi gandoota naannoo magaalattii jiran garuu Kaaleb ilma Yefuneetiif handhuuraa godhanii kennan.

whereas, the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.

13 Kanaafuu sanyiiwwan Aroon lubichaatiif Kebroon jechuunis magaalaa namni nama ajjeesee himatamu tokko itti baqatuu fi Libnaa,

But, unto the sons of Aaron the priest, gave they the city of refuge for the manslayer, even Hebron, with the pasture lands thereof, —Libnah also, with her pasture lands;

14 Yatiir, Eshtimoʼaa,

and Jattir with her pasture land, and Eshtemoa with her pasture land;

15 Hooloon, Debiir,

and Holon, with her pasture land, and Debir, with her pasture land;

16 Aayin, Yutaanii fi Beet Shemeshi lafa tikaa wajjin kennameef; isaan kunneen magaalaawwan sagallan gosoota lamaan irraa qoodamaniifii dha.

and Ain, with her pasture land, and Juttah, with her pasture land, Beth-shemesh, with her pasture land, —nine cities, out of these two tribes.

17 Gosa Beniyaam irraas Gibeʼoon, Gebaaʼi,

And, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, with her pasture land, —Geba, with her pasture land;

18 Anaatootii fi Almoon lafa tikaa wajjin kennaniif; isaanis magaalaawwan afurii dha.

Anathoth, with her pasture land, and Almon, with her pasture land, —four cities.

19 Magaalaawwan lafa tikaa wajjin sanyiiwwan Aroon kanneen luboota taʼaniif kennaman hundi kudha sadii turan.

All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands.

20 Qohaatota balbala Lewwii warra hafaniif gosa Efreem irraa magaalaawwan kanneentu ixaadhaan argatan:

And, as for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, which remained of the sons of Kohath, the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim.

21 Isaanis biyya gaaraa Efreem keessaa Sheekem jechuunis magaalaa namni nama ajjeesee himatamu itti baqatu sanaa fi Geezir,

So they gave unto them a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Shechem with her pasture land, in the hill country of Ephraim, —also Gezer, with her pasture land;

22 Qibxaayimii fi Beet Horoon, walumatti magaalaawwan afur lafa tikaa wajjin fudhatan.

and Kibzaim, with her pasture land, and Beth-horon, with her pasture land, —four cities.

23 Akkasumas gosa Daan keessaa Elteqee, Gibetoon,

And, out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke, with her pasture land, —Gibbethon, with her pasture land;

24 Ayaaloonii fi Gat Rimoon, walumaa galatti magaalaawwan afur lafa tikaa wajjin fudhatan.

Aijalon, with her pasture land, Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land, —four cities.

25 Walakkaa gosa Minaasee keessaa immoo Taʼanaakii fi Gat Rimoon, magaalaawwan lama lafa tikaa wajjin fudhatan.

And, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach, with her pasture land, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture land, —two cities.

26 Magaalaawwan kurnan kunneen hundii fi lafti tikaa isaanii balbala gosa Qohaati warra hafaniif kennaman.

All the cities, were ten, with their pasture lands: for the families of the sons of Kohath which remained.

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, the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, had, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, a city of refuge for the manslayer, even Golan in Bashan, with her pasture land, and Be-eshterah, with her pasture land, —two cities.

28 gosa Yisaakor keessaa Kishoon, Daaberaati,

And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, with her pasture land, —Daberath, with her pasture land;

29 Yarmuutii fi Een Ganiim, magaalaawwan afurii fi lafa tikaa isaaniitu kennameef;

Jarmuth, with her pasture land, En-gannim, with her pasture land, —four cities.

30 gosa Aasheer keessaa Mishiʼaal, Abdoon,

And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal, with her pasture land, Abdon, with her pasture land;

31 Helqaatii fi Rehoob, magaalaawwan afurii fi lafa tikaa isaaniitu kennameef;

Helkath, with her pasture land, and Rehob, with her pasture land, —four cities.

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, out of the tribe of Naphtali, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture land, and Hammoth-dor, with her pasture land, and Kartan, with her pasture land, —three cities.

33 Gosoota Geershoonotaatiif immoo magaalaawwan kudha sadiitu lafa tikaa wajjin kenname.

All, the cities of the Gershonites, by their families, were thirteen cities, with their pasture lands.

34 Lewwota hafan warra balbala Meraarii taʼaniif: gosa Zebuuloon keessaa, Yoqeniʼaam, Qartaa,

And, unto the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites that remained, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam, with her pasture land, —Kartah, with her pasture land;

35 Dimnaa fi Naahaalal, magaalaawwan afurtu lafa tikaa wajjin kenname;

Dimnah, with her pasture land, Nahalal, with her pasture land, —four cities.

36 gosa Ruubeen keessaa Bezer, Yaahizaa,

And, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, with her pasture land, —and Jahaz, with her pasture land;

37 Qidemootii fi Meefiʼaat, magaalaawwan afur lafa tikaa wajjin kennameef;

Kedemoth, with her pasture land and Mephaath, with her pasture land, —four cities.

38 gosa Gaad keessaa immoo, Raamooti ishee Giliʼaad keessaa jechuunis magaalaa namni nama ajjeesee himatamu tokko itti kooluu galu, Mahanayiim,

And, out of the tribe of Gad, a city of refuge for the manslayer—even Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture land, —and Mahanaim, with her pasture land;

39 Heshboonii fi Yaʼizeer, walumaa galatti magaalaawwan afurtu lafa tikaa wajjin kennameef.

Heshbon, with her pasture land, Jazer, with her pasture land, —in all, four cities.

40 Lewwota hafan warra balbala Meraarii taʼaniif walumaa galatti magaalaawwan kudha lamatu ixaadhaan kenname.

All the cities for the sons of Merari, by their families, who remained of the families of the Levites, yea their lot was, twelve, cities.

41 Magaalaawwan Lewwotaa kanneen biyya Israaʼeloonni dhuunfatan keessatti argaman lafa tikaa wajjin walumaa galatti afurtamii saddeet turan.

All the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel, were forty-eight cities, with their pasture lands:

42 Tokkoon tokkoon magaalaawwan kanneenii naannoo isaaniitii lafa tikaa qabu turan; magaalaawwan hundinuu akkanuma.

these cities passed, each severally, with its pasture lands round about it; thus, was it with all these cities.

43 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo biyya abbootii isaaniitiif kennuuf kakate hunda saba Israaʼeliif kenne; isaanis biyya sana qabatanii achi jiraatan.

So Yahweh gave unto Israel, all the land which he had sworn to give unto their fathers, —and they took possession thereof, and dwelt therein.

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 Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers, —and there stood not a man before them, of all their enemies; all their enemies, did Yahweh deliver into their hand.

45 Waadaa gaarii Waaqayyo mana Israaʼeliif gale keessaa tokko iyyuu hin hafne; hundinuu guutameera.

There failed not a thing, out of all the good things, whereof Yahweh had spoken unto the house of Israel, —the whole, came to pass.