Josué 21
1 Y las cabezas de los padres de los Levitas, vinieron a Eleazar sacerdote, y a Josué hijo de Nun, y a las cabezas de los padres de las tribus de los hijos de 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 Y habláronles en Silo en la tierra de Canaán, diciendo: Jehová mandó por Moisés que nos fuesen dadas villas para habitar, con sus ejidos para nuestras bestias.
3 Entonces los hijos de Israel dieron a los Levitas de sus posesiones, conforme a la palabra de Jehová, estas villas con sus ejidos.
So the Israeli leaders obeyed this command from Yahweh. They agreed to give towns and pasturelands to the tribe of Levi.
4 Y salió la suerte por las familias de los Caatitas: y fueron dadas por suerte a los hijos de Aarón sacerdote de los Levitas por la tribu de Judá, por la de Simeón, y por la de Ben-jamín trece villas.
[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 Y a los otros hijos de Caat, por las familias de la tribu de Efraím, y de la tribu de Dan, y de la media tribu de Manasés fueron dadas por suerte diez villas.
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 Y a los hijos de Gersón, por las familias de la tribu de Isacar, y de la tribu de Aser, y de la tribu de Neftalí, y de la media tribu de Manasés en Basán, fueron dadas por suerte trece villas.
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 A los hijos de Merari por sus familias, por la tribu de Rubén, y por la tribu de Gad, y por la tribu de Zabulón fueron dadas doce villas.
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 Y así dieron los hijos de Israel a los Levitas estas villas con sus ejidos por suerte, como Jehová lo había mandado por Moisés.
So the Israeli leaders gave cities and pastureland to the tribe of Levi, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses that they should do.
9 Y de la tribu de los hijos de Judá, y de la tribu de los hijos de Simeón dieron estas villas que fueron nombradas:
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 Y la primera suerte fue de los hijos de Aarón de la familia de Caat, de los hijos de Leví:
First, they allotted cities to the members of the Kohath clans.
11 A los cuales dieron a Cariat-arbe, del padre de Enac, esta es Hebrón en el monte de Judá, con sus ejidos por sus al derredores:
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 Mas el campo de aquesta ciudad y sus aldeas dieron a Caleb hijo de Jefone por su posesión.
But the fields and villages surrounding Arba had already been allotted to Caleb.
13 Y a los hijos de Aarón sacerdote dieron la ciudad de refugio para los homicidas; es a saber, a Hebrón con sus ejidos, y a Lebna con sus ejidos;
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 Y a Jeter con sus ejidos, a Estemo con sus ejidos,
Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15 A Helón con sus ejidos, a Dabir con sus ejidos,
Holon, Debir,
16 A Ain con sus ejidos, a Jutta con sus ejidos, a Bet-sames con sus ejidos, nueve villas de estas dos tribus.
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 Y de la tribu de Ben-jamín, a Gabaón con sus ejidos, a Gabaa con sus ejidos,
The Kohath clan was also allotted these four cities: Gibeon, Geba,
18 A Anatot con sus ejidos, a Almón con sus ejidos; cuatro villas.
Anathoth, and Almon. Those cities were in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Benjamin.
19 Todas las villas de los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón, son trece con sus ejidos.
Altogether those 13 towns and surrounding pastureland were allotted to the priests who were descended from Aaron.
20 Mas las familias de los hijos de Caat Levitas, los que quedaban de los hijos de Caat, recibieron por suertes villas de la tribu de Efraím:
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 Y diéronles a Siquem, villa de refugio para los homicidas en el monte de Efraím con sus ejidos, a Gaser con sus ejidos,
Those cities were Shechem (which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected), Gezer,
22 Y a Cisaim con sus ejidos, y a Bet-orón con sus ejidos; cuatro villas.
Kibzaim, and Beth-Horon.
23 Y de la tribu de Dan, a Eltecó con sus ejidos, a Gabotón con sus ejidos,
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 A Ayalón con sus ejidos, a Get-remmon con sus ejidos; cuatro villas.
Aijalon, and Gath-Rimmon.
25 Y de la media tribu de Manasés, a Tanac con sus ejidos, y a Get-remmon con sus ejidos; dos villas.
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 Todas las villas de la resta de las familias de los hijos de Caat fueron diez con sus ejidos.
Those were the ten cities and surrounding pastureland that were allotted to the other members of the Kohath clan.
27 A los hijos de Gersón de las familias de los Levitas, la villa de refugio para los homicidas de la media tribu de Manasés, que era Gaulón en Basán, con sus ejidos, y a Bosra con sus ejidos; dos villas.
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 Y de la tribu de Isacar, a Cesión con sus ejidos, a Daberet con sus ejidos,
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Issachar they were allotted four cities. Those cities were Kishion, Daberath,
29 A Jaramot con sus ejidos, y a Engannim con sus ejidos; cuatro villas.
Jarmuth, and En-Gannim.
30 Y de la tribu de Aser, a Messal con sus ejidos, a Abdón con sus ejidos,
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Asher they were allotted four cities. Those cities were Mishal, Abdon,
31 A Jelcat con sus ejidos, a Rohob con sus ejidos; cuatro villas.
Helkath, and Rehob.
32 Y de la tribu de Neftalí, la villa de refugio para los homicidas, Cedes en Galilea con sus ejidos, a Hammot-dor con sus ejidos, y a Cartán con sus ejidos; tres villas.
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 Todas las villas de los Gersonitas por sus familias fueron trece villas con sus ejidos.
So altogether the Gershon clans were allotted 13 cities and the surrounding pasturelands.
34 Y a las familias de los hijos de Merari, Levitas, que quedaban, de la tribu de Zabulón les fueron dadas Jecnam con sus ejidos, Carta con sus ejidos,
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 Danna con sus ejidos, Naalot con sus ejidos; cuatro villas.
Dimnah, and Nahalal.
36 Y de la tribu de Rubén, a Bosor con sus edijos, Jahesa con sus ejidos,
From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Reuben they were allotted four cities. They were Bezer, Jahaz,
37 Cedmod con sus ejidos, Mefaat con sus ejidos; cuatro villas.
Kedemoth, and Mephaath.
38 De la tribu de Gad, la villa del refugio para los homicidas, Ramot en Galaad con sus ejidos, y Mahanaim con sus ejidos,
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,
39 Jesebón con sus ejidos, y Jazer con sus ejidos; cuatro villas.
Heshbon, and Jazer.
40 Todas las villas de los hijos de Merari por sus familias, que restaban de las familias de los Levitas fueron por sus suertes doce villas.
Altogether twelve cities were allotted to the Merari clans.
41 Y todas las villas de los Levitas en medio de la posesión de los hijos de Israel, fueron cuarenta y ocho villas con sus ejidos.
So altogether 48 cities were allotted to the tribe of Levi,
42 Y estas ciudades estaban apartadas la una de la otra, cada cual con sus ejidos al derredor de ellas; lo cual fue en todas estas ciudades.
and each city had surrounding pastureland.
43 Así dio Jehová a Israel toda la tierra, que había jurado a sus padres de dar; y poseyéronla, y habitaron en ella.
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 Y Jehová les dio reposo al derredor, conforme a todo lo que había jurado a sus padres: y nadie de todos sus enemigos les paró delante, mas Jehová entregó en sus manos todos sus enemigos.
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 No faltó palabra de todas las buenas palabras que habló Jehová a la casa de Israel, todo se cumplió.
Yahweh did all the things that he had promised to the Israeli people/us. Everything that he said would happen did happen.
