Joshua 21
1 Then came near the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Overhodene for levittenes familier trådte frem for Eleasar, presten, og Josva, Nuns sønn, og for familie-overhodene i Israels barns stammer
2 and they spoke unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying: 'The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the open land thereabout for our cattle.'
og talte til dem i Silo i Kana'ans land og sa: Herren bød ved Moses at der skulde gis oss byer å bo i med jordet omkring for vårt fe.
3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with the open land about them.
Da gav Israels barn efter Herrens befaling av sine arvelodder levittene disse byer med tilhørende jorder:
4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
Først kom loddet ut for kahatittenes ætter, og blandt disse levitter fikk Arons, prestens, sønner ved loddkastingen tretten byer av Juda stamme og av simeonittenes stamme og av Benjamins stamme,
5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
og de andre Kahats barn fikk ved loddkastingen ti byer av Efra'ims stammes ætter og av Dans stamme og av den halve Manasse stamme.
6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the 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, thirteen cities.
Gersons barn fikk ved loddkastingen tretten byer av Issakars stammes ætter og av Asers stamme og av Naftali stamme og av den halve Manasse stamme i Basan.
7 The children of Merari according to 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.
Meraris barn fikk efter sine ætter tolv byer av Rubens stamme og av Gads stamme og av Sebulons stamme.
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with the open land about them, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Disse byer med tilhørende jorder gav Israels barn levittene ved loddkasting, således som Herren hadde befalt ved Moses.
9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name.
Av Judas barns stamme og av Simeons barns stamme avgav de de byer som nu skal nevnes:
10 And they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
Arons sønner av kahatittenes ætter, de av Levis barn som loddet først kom ut for,
11 And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak — the same is Hebron — in the hill-country of Judah, with the open land round about it.
fikk Arbas, anakittenes stamfars by, det er Hebron, i Juda-fjellene med tilhørende jorder rundt omkring;
12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
men byens mark og dens landsbyer gav de Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, til eiendom.
13 And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with the open land about it;
Arons, prestens, sønner fikk både Hebron, som var tilfluktsstad for manndrapere, med tilhørende jorder og Libna med jorder
14 and Jattir with the open land about it, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it;
og Jattir med jorder og Estemoa med jorder
15 and Holon with the open land about it, and Debir with the open land about it;
og Holon med jorder og Debir med jorder
16 and Ain with the open land about it, and Juttah with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; nine cities out of those two tribes.
og A'in med jorder og Jutta med jorder og Bet-Semes med jorder - ni byer av disse to stammer;
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with the open land about it, Geba with the open land about it;
og av Benjamins stamme: Gibeon med jorder, Geba med jorder,
18 Anathoth with the open land about it, and Almon with the open land about it; four cities.
Anatot med jorder og Almon med jorder - fire byer.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with the open land about them.
Således fikk Arons sønner, prestene, i alt tretten byer med tilhørende jorder.
20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Og Kahats barns ætter av levittene - de andre av Kahats barn - fikk av Efra'ims stamme disse byer, som utgjorde deres lodd:
21 And they gave them Shechem with the open land about it in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with the open land about it;
De fikk Sikem, som var tilfluktsstad for manndrapere, med tilhørende jorder i Efra'im-fjellene og Geser med jorder
22 and Kibzaim with the open land about it, and Beth-horon with the open land about it; four cities.
og Kibsa'im med jorder og Bet-Horon med jorder - fire byer;
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with the open land about it, Gibbethon with the open land about it;
og av Dans stamme: Elteke med jorder, Gibbeton med jorder,
24 Aijalon with the open land about it, Gath-rimmon with the open land about it; four cities.
Ajalon med jorder, Gat-Rimmon med jorder - fire byer;
25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with the open land about it, and Gath-rimmon with the open land about it; two cities.
og av den halve Manasse stamme: Ta'anak med jorder og Gat-Rimmon med jorder - to byer.
26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with the open land about them.
Det var i alt ti byer med tilhørende jorder som de andre kahatitters ætter fikk.
27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer; and Beeshterah with the open land about it; two cities.
Og Gersons barn av levittenes ætter fikk av den halve Manasse stamme Galon i Basan, som var tilfluktsstad for manndrapere, med tilhørende jorder, og Be'estera med jorder - to byer;
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with the open land about it, Dobrath with the open land about it;
og av Issakars stamme: Kisjon med jorder, Daberat med jorder.
29 Jarmuth with the open land about it, En-gannim with the open land about it; four cities.
Jarmut med jorder, En-Gannim med jorder - fire byer;
30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with the open land about it, Abdon with the open land about it;
og av Asers stamme: Misal med jorder, Abdon med jorder,
31 Helkath with the open land about it, and Rehob with the open land about it; four cities.
Helkat med jorder og Rehob med jorder - fire byer;
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with the open land about it, and Kartan with the open land about it; three cities.
og av Naftali stamme: Kedes i Galilea, som var tilfluktsstad for manndrapere, med tilhørende jorder, og Hammot-Dor med jorder og Kartan med jorder - tre byer.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with the open land about them.
Gersonittenes byer efter deres ætter utgjorde således i alt tretten byer med tilhørende jorder.
34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with the open land about it, and Kartah with the open land about it;
Og Meraris barns ætter, resten av levittene, fikk av Sebulons stamme: Jokneam med jorder, Karta med jorder,
35 Dimnah with the open land about it, Nahalal with the open land about it; four cities.
Dimna med jorder, Nahalal med jorder - fire byer;
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it;
og av Rubens stamme: Beser med jorder og Jahsa med jorder,
37 Kedemoth with the open land about it, and Mephaath with the open land about it; four cities.
Kedemot med jorder og Mefa'at med jorder - fire byer;
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with the open land about it;
og av Gads stamme: Ramot i Gilead, som var tilfluktsstad for manndrapere, med tilhørende jorder, og Mahana'im med jorder,
39 Heshbon with the open land about it, Jazer with the open land about it; four cities in all.
Hesbon med jorder, Jaser med jorder - i alt fire byer.
40 All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
De byer som Meraris barn, resten av levittenes ætter, fikk som sin lodd efter sine ætter, var i alt tolv byer.
41 All the cities of the Levites — forty and eight cities with the open land about them — shall be in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel,
I alt utgjorde levittenes byer i Israels barns eiendomsland åtte og firti byer med tilhørende jorder.
42 even these cities, every one with the open land round about it; thus it shall be with all these cities.
Disse byer hadde hver for sig sine jorder rundt omkring sig; så var det med alle disse byer.
43 So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which He swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Således gav Herren Israel hele det land han hadde svoret å ville gi deres fedre; og de inntok det og bosatte sig der.
44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that He swore unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies against them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Og Herren lot dem ha ro på alle kanter, aldeles som han hadde tilsvoret deres fedre; og ingen av alle deres fiender kunde holde stand imot dem; alle deres fiender gav Herren i deres hånd.
45 There failed not aught of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
Ikke ett ord blev til intet av alle de gode ord Herren hadde talt til Israels hus; det blev opfylt alt sammen.
