Josué 21
1 Les chefs de famille des Lévites s’approchèrent du sacrificateur Éléazar, de Josué, fils de Nun, et des chefs de famille des tribus des enfants d’Israël.
Then the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.
2 Ils leur parlèrent à Silo, dans le pays de Canaan, et dirent: L’Éternel a ordonné par Moïse qu’on nous donnât des villes pour habitation, et leurs banlieues pour notre bétail.
They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “Yahweh commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for our livestock.”
3 Les enfants d’Israël donnèrent alors aux Lévites, sur leur héritage, les villes suivantes et leurs banlieues, d’après l’ordre de l’Éternel.
The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their pasture lands.
4 On tira le sort pour les familles des Kehathites; et les Lévites, fils du sacrificateur Aaron, eurent par le sort treize villes de la tribu de Juda, de la tribu de Siméon et de la tribu de Benjamin;
The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
5 les autres fils de Kehath eurent par le sort dix villes des familles de la tribu d’Éphraïm, de la tribu de Dan et de la demi-tribu de Manassé.
The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
6 Les fils de Guerschon eurent par le sort treize villes des familles de la tribu d’Issacar, de la tribu d’Aser, de la tribu de Nephthali et de la demi-tribu de Manassé en Basan.
The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
7 Les fils de Merari, selon leurs familles, eurent douze villes de la tribu de Ruben, de la tribu de Gad et de la tribu de Zabulon.
The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
8 Les enfants d’Israël donnèrent aux Lévites, par le sort, ces villes et leurs banlieues, comme l’Éternel l’avait ordonné par Moïse.
The children of Israel gave these cities with their pasture lands by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
9 Ils donnèrent de la tribu des fils de Juda et de la tribu des fils de Siméon les villes qui vont être nominativement désignées,
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 mentioned by name:
10 et qui furent pour les fils d’Aaron d’entre les familles des Kehathites et des fils de Lévi, car le sort les avait indiqués les premiers.
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.
11 Ils leur donnèrent Kirjath-Arba, qui est Hébron, dans la montagne de Juda, et la banlieue qui l’entoure: Arba était le père d’Anak.
They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
12 Le territoire de la ville et ses villages furent accordés à Caleb, fils de Jephunné, pour sa possession.
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13 Ils donnèrent donc aux fils du sacrificateur Aaron la ville de refuge pour les meurtriers, Hébron et sa banlieue, Libna et sa banlieue,
To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
14 Jatthir et sa banlieue, Eschthemoa et sa banlieue,
Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
15 Holon et sa banlieue, Debir et sa banlieue,
Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
16 Aïn et sa banlieue, Jutta et sa banlieue, et Beth-Schémesch et sa banlieue, neuf villes de ces deux tribus;
Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 et de la tribu de Benjamin, Gabaon et sa banlieue, Guéba et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
18 Anathoth et sa banlieue, et Almon et sa banlieue, quatre villes.
Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
19 Total des villes des sacrificateurs, fils d’Aaron: treize villes, et leurs banlieues.
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
20 Les Lévites appartenant aux familles des autres fils de Kehath eurent par le sort des villes de la tribu d’Éphraïm.
The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21 On leur donna la ville de refuge pour les meurtriers, Sichem et sa banlieue, dans la montagne d’Éphraïm, Guézer et sa banlieue,
They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
22 Kibtsaïm et sa banlieue, et Beth-Horon et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities.
23 de la tribu de Dan, Eltheké et sa banlieue, Guibbethon et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
24 Ajalon et sa banlieue, et Gath-Rimmon et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities.
25 et de la demi-tribu de Manassé, Thaanac et sa banlieue, et Gath-Rimmon et sa banlieue, deux villes.
Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities.
26 Total des villes: dix, et leurs banlieues, pour les familles des autres fils de Kehath.
All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.
27 On donna aux fils de Guerschon, d’entre les familles des Lévites: de la demi-tribu de Manassé, la ville de refuge pour les meurtriers, Golan en Basan et sa banlieue, et Beeschthra et sa banlieue, deux villes;
They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.
28 de la tribu d’Issacar, Kischjon et sa banlieue, Dabrath et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
29 Jarmuth et sa banlieue, et En-Gannim et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities.
30 de la tribu d’Aser, Mischeal et sa banlieue, Abdon et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
31 Helkath et sa banlieue, et Rehob et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities.
32 et de la tribu de Nephthali, la ville de refuge pour les meurtriers, Kédesch en Galilée et sa banlieue, Hammoth-Dor et sa banlieue, et Karthan et sa banlieue, trois villes.
Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.
33 Total des villes des Guerschonites, selon leurs familles: treize villes et leurs banlieues.
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
34 On donna au reste des Lévites, qui appartenaient aux familles des fils de Merari: de la tribu de Zabulon, Jokneam et sa banlieue, Kartha et sa banlieue,
To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,
35 Dimna et sa banlieue, et Nahalal et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands: four cities.
36 de la tribu de Ruben, Betser et sa banlieue, Jahtsa et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,
37 Kedémoth et sa banlieue, et Méphaath et sa banlieue, quatre villes;
Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities.
38 et de la tribu de Gad, la ville de refuge pour les meurtriers, Ramoth en Galaad et sa banlieue, Mahanaïm et sa banlieue,
Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
39 Hesbon et sa banlieue, et Jaezer et sa banlieue, en tout quatre villes.
Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.
40 Total des villes qui échurent par le sort aux fils de Merari, selon leurs familles, formant le reste des familles des Lévites: douze villes.
All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
41 Total des villes des Lévites au milieu des propriétés des enfants d’Israël: quarante-huit villes, et leurs banlieues.
All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
42 Chacune de ces villes avait sa banlieue qui l’entourait; il en était de même pour toutes ces villes.
Each of these cities included their pasture lands around them. It was this way with all these cities.
43 C’est ainsi que l’Éternel donna à Israël tout le pays qu’il avait juré de donner à leurs pères; ils en prirent possession et s’y établirent.
So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
44 L’Éternel leur accorda du repos tout alentour, comme il l’avait juré à leurs pères; aucun de leurs ennemis ne put leur résister, et l’Éternel les livra tous entre leurs mains.
Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.
45 De toutes les bonnes paroles que l’Éternel avait dites à la maison d’Israël, aucune ne resta sans effet: toutes s’accomplirent.
Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
