Josué 18
1 En ce temps-là, toute la synagogue des fils d'Israël se réunit à Silo; ils y dressèrent le tabernacle du témoignage, et la terre promise était subjuguée par eux.
The Israeli people captured all the land [that they were able to], but there were still seven tribes that had not been allotted any land. The Israeli people all gathered at Shiloh, and they set up the Sacred Tent there.
2 Or, il y avait encore sept tribus des fils d'Israël qui ne s'étaient point mises en possession d'un héritage.
3 Josué dit donc aux fils d'Israël: Jusqu'à quand diffèrerez-vous de partager la terre que vous a donné le Seigneur notre Dieu?
Joshua said to them, “Why are you waiting a long time to take control of [the rest of] the land that Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [worshiped], has promised to give to you [RHQ]?
4 Choisissez parmi vous trois hommes par tribu; qu'ils partent, qu'ils parcourent la terre, qu'ils reviennent devant moi me la décrire et me dire comme il convient de la partager.
Choose three men from each of your seven tribes. Then I will send them to explore [the parts of] the land [which you have not occupied yet. When they finish exploring it], they must write a report, in which they will (make a map/show the boundaries) of the land that each tribe wants to receive.
5 Et les hommes vinrent près de lui, et il leur fit sept parts, disant: Juda sera leur limite au midi, et les fils de Joseph au nord.
They will divide the remaining land into seven parts. The tribe of Judah will keep its land in the south, and the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh will keep their land in the north.
6 Pour vous, partagez la terre en sept parties et revenez me faire ici votre rapport; ensuite, je vous désignerai vos parts, par la voie du sort, devant le Seigneur notre Dieu.
But in their report, the men from the seven tribes should describe the seven parts of the remaining land [that they wish to receive], and bring the report to me. While Yahweh is watching, I will (cast lots/throw marked stones) [to decide which land should be allotted to each tribe].
7 Et il n'y aura point de part pour les fils de Lévi parmi vous; car le sacerdoce du Seigneur est leur partage. Quant à Gad, Ruben et la demi-tribu de Manassé, ils ont pris possession de leur héritage sur la rive orientale du Jourdain, telle que le leur a donne Moïse, serviteur de Dieu.
But the tribe of Levi will not be allotted any land, because their [reward is that they will be] Yahweh’s priests. The tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already been allotted their land on the east side of the Jordan [River], just as Moses, the man who served God [well], decided, [so they will not get any more land].”
8 Les hommes se levèrent pour partir, et Josué leur prescrivit de parcourir toute la terre, disant: Allez, et parcourez la terre, et revenez vers moi, ici en Silo, où je vous désignerai vos parts, par la voie du sort, devant le Seigneur.
When the men who were chosen [got ready to] leave, Joshua told them, “Go and explore the land. Then write a report of what you have seen, and bring it back to me. Then while Yahweh is watching, I will (cast lots/throw marked stones) here at Shiloh, [to determine what area each tribe will receive].”
9 Ils partirent, parcoururent et virent la terre dont ils firent la description en un livre, où ils indiquèrent sept parts, et qu'ils apportèrent à Josué.
So the men left and walked through the area. Then they described in a scroll each town that was in the seven parts [into which they had divided] the land. Then they returned to Joshua, who was still at Shiloh.
10 Celui-ci tira leurs lots au sort à Silo, devant le Seigneur.
[After Joshua read their report], while Yahweh was watching, he (cast lots/threw marked stones) to choose which land would be allotted to each of the seven Israeli tribes.
11 Le lot de la tribu de Benjamin, par familles, fut désigné le premier; Josué leur donna des limites entre les fils de Juda et les fils de Joseph.
The first tribe that was allotted land was the tribe of Benjamin. Each clan in that tribe was allotted some of the land that was between the area that was allotted to the tribe of Judah and the area that was allotted to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.
12 Leur frontière septentrionale, partant du Jourdain, passe derrière Jéricho, au nord; puis, elle s'étend à l'occident, à travers les montagnes, et elle aboutit à Bethon de Mabdara.
The northern border started at the Jordan [River] and extended west along the northern side of Jericho, into the hilly area. From there the border extended west to the desert near Beth-Aven [town].
13 De ce lieu, la frontière passe au midi de Luza, la même que Bethel; ensuite, elle descend à Maatarob-Orech, vers les montagnes qui sont au midi de Bethoron-la-Basse.
From there it extended southwest to Luz (which is [now named] Bethel). From there it extended southwest to Ataroth-Addar [town], which is on the hill south of Lower Beth-Horon [city].
14 Après cela, elle traverse et côtoie le territoire qui regarde l'occident, et qui part, au midi, des montagnes en face de Bethoron-Sud. Elle aboutit à Cariath-Baal, la même que Cariathiarim, ville des fils de Juda. Tel est le côté de l'occident.
At the hill south of Beth-Horon, the border turned and extended south to Kiriath-Baal [town], which is [also named] Kiriath-Jearim. That is a town where people of the tribe of Judah live. That was the western border of the land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin.
15 Au midi, la limite part du territoire de Cariath-Baal; elle traverse Gasin jusqu'à la fontaine des eaux de Naphtho.
The southern border of their land started near Kiriath-Jearim and extended west to Nephtoah Springs.
16 Ensuite, elle descend vers le territoire qui est vis-à-vis la forêt de Sonnam, située au nord d'Emec-Rhaphaïn; puis à Géenna, passant derrière Jébus au midi; puis, vers la fontaine Rhogel.
From there it extended south to the bottom of the hill, near Ben-Hinnom Valley, on the north side of Repha Valley. The border extended south along the Hinnom Valley, south of the city where the Jebus people-group lived, to En-Rogel.
17 Ensuite, elle traverse la fontaine Bethsamys; Puis, elle côtoie Galiloth, qui est en face de la hauteur d'Ethamim; elle descend vers la roche de Béon, fils de Ruben.
From there the border extended west to En-Shemesh, and continued to Geliloth near Adummim Pass. Then it extended to the great stone of Reuben’s son Bohan.
18 Elle passe au nord, derrière Bétharaba, et descend
From there the border extended to the northern edge of Beth-Arabah [town] and down into the Jordan [River] Valley.
19 de la frontière de Béthagla
From there it extended east to the northern edge of Beth-Hoglah [town] and ended at the north end of the Dead Sea, where the Jordan [River flows into the Dead Sea]. That was the southern boundary [of the land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin].
20 Le Jourdain est sa limite du côté de l'orient; tel est l'héritage des fils de Benjamin, par familles; telles sont ses limites.
The Jordan [River] was the eastern boundary of the land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin. Those were the boundaries of the land allotted to them.
21 Les villes des fils de Benjamin, par familles, sont: Jéricho, Béthégéo, Amécasis,
The cities in the land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin were Jericho, Beth-Hoglah, Emek-Keziz,
22 Bétharaba, Saré, Bésana,
Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
23 Eïn, Pharé, Ephratha,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
24 Carapha, Céphira, Moni et Gabaa: douze villes avec leurs villages;
Kephar-Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. Altogether there were fourteen towns and the surrounding villages.
25 Gabaon, Rhama, Béirotha.
The tribe of Benjamin also had the towns of Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
26 Massima, Miron, Amocé,
Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,
27 Phira, Caphan, Nacan, Sélécan, Thareila,
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
28 Jébus, la même que Jérusalem, Gabaoth et Jarin: treize villes et leurs villages; tel est l'héritage des fils de Benjamin, par familles.
Zelah, Haeleph, the city where the Jebus people-group lived (which is [now named] Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath. Altogether there were 14 towns and the surrounding villages. All that area was allotted to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
