Jozye 21
Haitian Creole Version
21 ¶ Chèf fanmi Levi yo vin jwenn Eleaza, prèt la, Jozye, pitit gason Noun lan, ak chèf tout lòt branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl la.
2 Lè sa a, tout moun sa yo te reyini lavil Silo, nan peyi Kanaran. Chèf fanmi Levi yo di yo: -Seyè a te pale ak Moyiz pou nou. Li te bay lòd pou yo te ban nou lavil pou nou rete ak savann pou bèt nou yo jwenn manje.
3 Se konsa, moun pèp Izrayèl yo chwazi kèk lavil ak tout savann pou bèt nan pwòp pòsyon tè pa yo, yo bay moun branch fanmi Levi yo, jan Seyè a te bay lòd la.
4 Yo tire osò. Premye moun ki jwenn pa yo se te moun fanmi Keyat yo. Yo pran trèz lavil nan pòsyon tè ki pou moun branch fanmi Jida, branch fanmi Simeyon ak branch fanmi Benjamen yo, yo bay moun Keyat yo. Moun sa yo se ras fanmi Arawon, prèt la, yo ye.
5 Apre sa, yo pran dis lavil nan pòsyon tè ki pou branch fanmi Efrayim, branch fanmi Dann ansanm ak mwatye branch fanmi Manase yo, yo separe bay lòt pitit Keyat yo, chak fanmi pa yo apa.
6 Lèfini, yo pran trèz lavil nan pòsyon tè ki pou branch fanmi Isaka, branch fanmi Asè, branch fanmi Neftali ak lòt mwatye branch fanmi Manase a nan peyi Bazan, yo separe bay pitit Gèchon yo, chak fanmi pa yo apa.
7 Yo pran douz lavil nan pòsyon tè ki pou branch fanmi Woubenn, branch fanmi Gad ak branch fanmi Zabilon yo, yo separe bay pitit Merari yo, chak fanmi pa yo apa.
8 Se konsa moun pèp Izrayèl yo te tire osò pou Seyè a te ka fè yo konnen ki lavil ak tout savann pou yo bay moun Levi yo, jan Seyè a te bay Moyiz lòd pou yo fè a.
9 ¶ Men non lavil moun branch fanmi Jida ak branch fanmi Simeyon yo te bay nan pòsyon tè pa yo.
10 Lavil sa yo te soti pou moun fanmi Keyat, pitit gason Arawon, nan branch fanmi Levi a. Premye gwoup lavil la te vin pou yo.
11 Yo te ba yo lavil Kiriyat aba, ki rele koulye a Ebwon, yon lavil ki te nan mòn peyi Jida yo, ansanm ak tout savann pou mouton yo. Se lavil sa a ki te kapital peyi moun Anak yo.
12 Men, yo pran tout jaden ki te andeyò lavil la ak tout ti bouk ki te sou lòd li yo, yo bay Kalèb, pitit gason Jefoune a, pou rele l' pa l'.
13 Men lavil yo te bay moun fanmi Arawon, prèt la: lavil Ebwon, kote moun ki touye moun ka kouri al chache pwoteksyon, ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt li yo,
14 lavil Jati, lavil Echtemoa,
15 lavil Olòn, lavil Debi,
16 lavil Ayin, lavil Jouta, lavil Bèt-Chemèch, ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo: Sa te fè nèf lavil yo te pran sou de branch fanmi sa yo.
17 Nan pòsyon tè pou branch fanmi Benjamen an, yo te bay lavil Gabawon, lavil Geba ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo,
18 lavil Anatòt, lavil Almon ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo. Sa te fè kat lavil.
19 Antou yo te pran trèz lavil ak tout savann pou bèt yo bay prèt yo, moun fanmi Arawon yo.
20 Lòt moun ki te rete nan fanmi Keyat la, moun Levi ki pa t' ankò jwenn anyen yo, resevwa lavil ki te nan pòsyon tè yo te bay moun branch fanmi Efrayim yo.
21 Yo te ba yo yon lavil nan mòn peyi Efrayim, lavil Sichèm kote moun ki touye moun ka kouri al chache pwoteksyon, ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo. Yo te ba yo tou lavil Gezè,
22 lavil Kibsayim, lavil Bètowon ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo. Sa te fè kat lavil sou tè moun branch fanmi Efrayim yo.
23 Nan pòsyon tè moun branch fanmi Dann yo, yo ba yo kat lavil: lavil Elteke, lavil Gibeton,
24 lavil Ajalon, lavil Gat-Rimon, ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
25 Nan pòsyon tè pou mwatye branch fanmi Manase a, yo ba yo de lavil: lavil Tanak ak lavil Gat-Rimon ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
26 Antou yo te bay rès moun nan fanmi Keyat la dis lavil ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
27 Pou moun Levi nan branch fanmi Gèchon yo, yo pran de lavil sou tè ki pou mwatye branch fanmi Manase a, yo ba yo. Se te lavil Golan nan peyi Bazan, yonn nan lavil kote moun ki touye moun ka kouri al chache pwoteksyon, ak lavil Bestra ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
28 Yo ba yo kat lavil yo te pran sou tè ki pou branch fanmi Isaka a. Se te lavil Kichyon, lavil Dabera,
29 lavil Jamout, lavil Angannim ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
30 Yo pran kat lavil nan pòsyon tè ki pou branch fanmi Asè a ba yo. Se te lavil Micheyal, lavil Abdon,
31 lavil Elkat, lavil Reyòb ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
32 Yo pran twa lavil nan pòsyon tè ki pou branch fanmi Nèftali a ba yo tou. Se te lavil Kadès nan peyi Galile, yonn nan lavil kote moun ki touye moun ka kouri al chache pwoteksyon, lavil Amot-Dò, lavil Katan ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
33 Sa te fè antou trèz lavil ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo te bay moun fanmi Gèchon yo.
34 Pou rès moun Levi ki nan branch fanmi Merari a, yo pran kat lavil nan pòsyon tè ki pou branch fanmi Zabilon an ba yo. Se te lavil Jokneyam, lavil Kata,
35 lavil Dimna, lavil Nalal ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
36 Apre sa, yo pran kat lavil nan pòsyon tè lòt bò larivyè Jouden ki pou moun branch fanmi Woubenn lan ba yo. Se te lavil Bezè, yonn nan lavil kote moun ki touye moun ka kouri al chache pwoteksyon nan dezè sou platon an, lavil Jatsa,
37 lavil Kedemòt, lavil Mefat ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
38 Yo ba yo kat lòt lavil nan pòsyon tè ki pou branch fanmi Gad la. Se te lavil Ramòt-Galarad, yonn nan lavil kote moun ki touye moun ka kouri al chache pwoteksyon, lavil Manayim,
39 lavil Esbon, lavil Jazè ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
40 Antou sa te fè douz lavil ki te vin pou rès moun Levi yo, pou moun fanmi Merari yo separe bay chak fanmi pa yo apa.
41 Se konsa, yo te pran karantwit lavil ansanm ak tout savann pou bèt nan mitan tè ki te pou moun Izrayèl yo, yo bay moun Levi yo.
42 Chak lavil sa yo te mache ak tout savann pou bèt yo.
43 ¶ Se konsa, Seyè a te bay pèp Izrayèl la peyi li te pwomèt li t'ap bay zansèt yo a. Yo pran tout peyi a pou yo, yo rete ladan l'.
44 Seyè a te fè yo gen lapè sou tout fwontyè yo, jan li te pwomèt zansèt yo. Ankenn lènmi pa t' resi kenbe tèt ak yo. Seyè a te lage tout lènmi yo nan men yo.
45 Seyè a te kenbe dènye pwomès li te fè pèp Izrayèl la. Tout bagay te pase jan l' te pwomèt la.
Joshua 21
English Standard Version
Cities and Pasturelands Allotted to Levi
21 Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came (A)to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel. 2 And they said to them (B)at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, (C)“The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.” 3 So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.
4 The lot came out for the clans of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest (D)received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, thirteen cities.
5 And the rest of the Kohathites received by lot (E)from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
6 The (F)Gershonites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
7 The (G)Merarites according to their clans received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
8 These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel (H)gave by lot to the Levites, (I)as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
9 Out of the tribe of the people of Judah and the tribe of the people of Simeon they gave the following cities mentioned by name, 10 which went to (J)the descendants of Aaron, one of the clans of the Kohathites who belonged to the people of Levi; since the lot fell to them first. 11 (K)They gave them (L)Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, (M)in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it. 12 But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
13 And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, (N)the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, (O)Libnah with its pasturelands, 14 Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, 15 Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, 16 Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities out of these two tribes; 17 then out of the tribe of Benjamin, (P)Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands, 18 Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities. 19 The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
20 (Q)As to the rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Kohathite clans of the Levites, the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 To them were given Shechem, (R)the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, 22 Kibzaim with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands—four cities; 23 and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands, 24 Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities; 25 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—two cities. 26 The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands.
27 (S)And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, (T)the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities; 28 and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, 29 Jarmuth with its pasturelands, En-gannim with its pasturelands—four cities; 30 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, 31 Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities; 32 and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, (U)the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities. 33 The cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
34 (V)And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands, 35 Dimnah with its pasturelands, Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities; 36 and out of the tribe of Reuben, (W)Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands, 37 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities; 38 and out of the tribe of Gad, (X)Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, (Y)Mahanaim with its pasturelands, 39 (Z)Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all. 40 As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.
41 (AA)The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands. 42 These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So it was with all these cities.
43 (AB)Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. 44 (AC)And the Lord gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. (AD)Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for (AE)the Lord had given all their enemies into their hands. 45 (AF)Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.
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