Yosua 21

1 Afei, Lewifo abusua mu ntuanofo kɔɔ ɔsɔfo Eleasar ne Nun babarima Yosua ne Israel mmusuakuw a aka mu ntuanofo no nkyɛn.

And the leaders of the families of Levi approached Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the rulers of the extended families of each of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

2 Wɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn wɔ Silo a ɛwɔ Kanaan asase so no se, “Awurade hyɛɛ Mose sɛ, ɔmma yɛn nkurow na yɛntena mu ne adidibea mma yɛn anantwi.”

And they spoke to them at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, and they said, “The Lord instructed, by the hand of Moses, that cities should be given to us as habitations, with their suburbs to nourish our cattle.”

3 Na sɛnea Awurade hyɛe no, wɔde nkurow a edidi so yi a wɔn adidibea ka ho maa Lewifo sɛ wɔn agyapade.

And so the sons of Israel gave cities and their suburbs from their possessions, in accord with the order of the Lord.

4 Aaron asefo a na wɔyɛ Kohat abusuamma, na wɔfra Lewi abusuakuw mu no nyaa nkurow dumiɛnsa a na anka ɛyɛ Yuda, Simeon ne Benyamin mmusuakuw no dea.

And the lot went out for the family of Kohath, of the sons of Aaron, the priest, from the tribes of Judah and Simeon and Benjamin: thirteen cities.

5 Afi a aka wɔ Kohat abusua mu no, wɔmaa wɔn nkurow du fii Efraim ne Dan mmusuakuw no ne Manase abusuakuw fa no nsase mu.

And to the remainder of the sons of Kohath, that is, to the Levites who were left over, there went, from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan, and from the one half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

6 Gerson abusua no nso, wɔmaa wɔn nkurow dumiɛnsa fii Isakar, Aser, Naftali ne Manase abusuakuw fa no wɔ Basan.

And next the lot went out to the sons of Gershon, so that they would receive, from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali, and from the one half tribe of Manasseh at Bashan: the number of thirteen cities.

7 Merari abusua no nyaa nkurow dumien fii Ruben, Gad ne Sebulon mmusuakuw no nkyɛn.

And to the sons of Merari, by their families, from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and Zebulun, there went twelve cities.

8 Enti Israelfo no dii Awurade ɔhyɛ nsɛm a ɔde maa Mose no so. Wɔbɔɔ ntonto kronkron, nam so yiyii saa nkurow yi ne adidibea a ɛkeka ho maa Lewifo.

And so the sons of Israel gave cities and their suburbs to the Levites, just as the Lord instructed by the hand of Moses, distributing to each by lot.

9 Israelfo no de saa nkurow a ɛyɛ Yuda ne Simeon mmusuakuw no dea no

From the tribes of the sons of Judah and Simeon, Joshua gave cities, whose names are these:

10 maa Aaron asefo a wɔfra Kohat abusua mu na ɛka Lewi abusuakuw ho no, efisɛ ntonto kronkron a edi kan no bɔɔ wɔn.

to the sons of Aaron, of the families of Kohath of the stock of Levi, (for the first lot went out for them, )

11 Kiriat-Arba a (wɔfrɛ no Hebron), a ɛwɔ Yuda bepɔw asase so ne ɛho adidibea. (Arba yɛ Anak tete agya.)

the city of Arba, the father of Anak, which is called Hebron, on the mountain of Judah, and its surrounding suburbs.

12 Nanso nsase ne nkuraa a atwa kurow no ho ahyia no de, wɔde maa Yefune babarima Kaleb.

Yet truly, the fields and its villages he had given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as a possession.

13 Nkurow a edidi so yi ne wɔn adidibea no wɔde maa ɔsɔfo Aaron asefo: Hebron (guankɔbea kuropɔn ma nea ne nsa apa wɔ obi ho), Libna,

Therefore, he gave to the sons of Aaron the priest, Hebron as a city of refuge, as well as its suburbs, and Libnah, with its suburbs,

14 Yatir, Estemoa,

and Jattir, and Eshtemoa,

15 Holon, Debir,

and Holon, and Debir,

16 Ain, Yuta ne Bet-Semes a ɛyɛ nkurow akron a wonya fii saa mmusuakuw abien yi nkyɛn no.

and Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their suburbs: nine cities from two tribes, just as has been said.

17 Wofi Benyamin abusuakuw mu de saa nkurow yi ne adidibea a atwa ho ahyia no maa asɔfo: Gibeon, Geba,

Then, from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, he gave Gibeon, and Geba,

18 Anatot, Almon—a ɛyɛ nkurow anan.

and Anathoth, and Almon, with their suburbs: four cities.

19 Enti nkurow dumiɛnsa na wɔde maa asɔfo a wɔyɛ Aaron asefo no.

All the cities together of the sons of Aaron, the priest, were thirteen, with their suburbs.

20 Kohat abusua nkae a wofi Lewi abusuakuw mu no nso, wɔde saa nkurow yi ne adidibea a efi Efraim abusua nkyɛn maa wɔn:

Yet truly, the remainder of the families of the sons of Kohath, of the stock of Levi, were given this possession:

21 Sekem, (guankɔbea kuropɔn), Geser.

from the tribe of Ephraim, Shechem, one of the cities of refuge, with its suburbs, on mount Ephraim, and Gezer,

22 Kibsaim ne Bet-Horon, a ɛyɛ nkurow anan.

and Kibzaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities;

23 Saa nkurow ne adidibea yi nso, wɔde maa asɔfo a wofi Dan abusuakuw mu: Elteke ne Gibeton,

and from the tribe of Dan, Elteke and Gibbethon,

24 Ayalon ne Gat-Rimon, ɛyɛ nkurow anan.

and Aijalon and Gath-Rimmon, with their suburbs, four cities;

25 Manase abusuakuw fa no de saa nkurow ne wɔn adidibea maa asɔfo no: Taanak ne Gat-Rimon, ɛyɛ nkurow abien.

then, from the one half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and Gath-Rimmon, with their suburbs, two cities.

26 Enti nkurow du ne wɔn adidibea na wɔde maa Kohat abusua nkae no.

All the cities were ten, with their suburbs; these were given to the sons of Kohath, of the lesser degree.

27 Gerson abusua a wɔyɛ Lewi abusuakuw no fa bi no nso nyaa nkurow abien ne wɔn adidibea fii Manase abusua fa no nkyɛn. Nkurow no ne Golan a ɛwɔ Basan (guankɔbea kuropɔn) ne Beestra.

Likewise, to the sons of Gershon, of the stock of Levi, from the one half tribe of Manasseh, went Golan in Bashan, one of the cities of refuge, and Bosra, with their suburbs, two cities;

28 Isakar abusuakuw no nso maa wɔn: Kision, Daberat,

also, from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, and Daberath,

29 Yarmut ne En-Ganim, nkurow anan a wɔn adidibea ka ho.

and Jarmuth, and Engannim, with their suburbs, four cities;

30 Aser abusuakuw no maa Misal, Abdon,

then, from the tribe of Asher, Mishal and Abdon,

31 Helkat ne Rehob, a ɛyɛ nkurow anan a wɔn adidibea ka ho.

and Helkath and Rehob, with their suburbs, four cities;

32 Naftali abusuakuw no maa wɔn Kedes a ɛwɔ Galilea (guankɔbea kuropɔn), Hamot-Dor ne Kartan nkurow abiɛsa ne wɔn adidibea.

likewise, from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, one of the cities of refuge, and Hammoth-Dor, and Kartan, with their suburbs, three cities.

33 Enti nkurow dumiɛnsa ne ɛho adidibea na wɔde maa Gerson mmusua no.

All the cities of the families of Gershon were thirteen, with their suburbs.

34 Lewifo nkae a wɔyɛ Merari abusua no nyaa saa nkurow yi a efi Sebulon abusuakuw no nkyɛn: Yokneam, Karta,

Then, to the sons of Merari, Levites of the lesser degree, by their families, were given, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and Kartah,

35 Dimna ne Nahalal—nkurow anan ne ɛho adidibea.

and Dimnah and Nahalal, four cities with their suburbs;

36 Ruben abusuakuw no nso maa wɔn Beser, Yahas,

from the tribe of Reuben, beyond the Jordan, opposite Jericho, Bezer in the wilderness, one of the cities of refuge, Misor and Jazer, and Jethson and Mephaath, four cities with their suburbs;

37 Kedemot ne Mefaat—nkurow anan ne wɔn adidibea.

from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth of Gilead, one of the cities of refuge, and Mahanaim and Heshbon and Jazer, four cities with their suburbs.

38 Gad abusuakuw no maa wɔn Ramot a ɛwɔ Gilead (guankɔbea kuropɔn), Mahanaim,

39 Hesbon ne Yaser, nkurow anan ne ho adidibea.

40 Enti nkurow dumien na wɔde maa Merari abusua.

All the cities of the sons of Merari, by their families and extended families, were twelve.

41 Nkurow dodow ne ɛho adidibea a na ɛwɔ Israelman mu a wɔde maa Lewifo no nyinaa yɛ aduanan awotwe.

And so all the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel, were forty-eight,

42 Na kurow biara wɔ adidibea da ho.

with their suburbs, each distributed by families.

43 Enti Awurade de nsase a ɔkaa ho ntam sɛ ɔde bɛma wɔn agyanom no maa Israelfo no, na wodii so nkonim, tenaa hɔ.

And the Lord God gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn he would deliver to their fathers. And they possessed it, and they lived in it.

44 Na Awurade ma wonyaa ɔhome wɔ afanan nyinaa, sɛnea ɔhyɛɛ wɔn agyanom bɔ no. Wɔn atamfo biara antumi annyina wɔn anim, efisɛ Awurade boaa wɔn ma wodii wɔn atamfo so nkonim.

And he gave them peace with all the surrounding nations. And none of their enemies dared to stand against them; instead, they were brought under their sovereignty.

45 Bɔ pa biara a Awurade hyɛɛ Israel no nyinaa baa mu; emu bi anni huammɔ.

Indeed, not so much as one word that he had promised to provide for them was left empty; instead, everything was fulfilled.