¹Then the chief fathers of the Levites drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

¹Huchiin Levi chi inkuana intekpente siampu Eleazar kiangah leh Nun tapa Josua kiangah leh Israel suante nam inkuana intekpente kiangah a vahoh ua;

²and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.

²Kanan gama Silo khua ah, TOUPAN Mosi zangin ka omna ding uh khopite, ka gan uh tatna ding a kim a vel toh non piak ding uh thu a napeta hi, chiin a gen ua.

³And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the word of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs.

³Huchiin Israel suanten TOUPA thupiak bangin a tantuam ua kipan huai khopite a kim a vel toh Levi chite a pia uh.

⁴And the lot came forth for the families of the Kohathites. And the children of Aaron the priest, 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.

⁴Huan, aisan tuh Kohath mite nam tungah a puktaa: huchiin siampu Aron suan Levi chia miten Juda nam tantuam akipan, Simeon mite nam tantuam akipan, Benjamin nam tantuam akipan khopi sawm leh thum aisanin a tang sam uhi.

⁵And the children of Kohath that remained 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.

⁵Huan, Kohath suan dangten Ephraim nam suan te tantuam akipan, Dan nam tantuam akipan, Manassi nam kimkhat tantuam akipan khopi sawm aisanin a tang sam ta uhi.

⁶And 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.

⁶Huan, Gerson suanten Isakar nam suante tantuam akipan, Aser nam tantuam akipan, Naphtali nam tantuam akipan, Basan gama Manassi nam kimkhatte tantuam akipan, khopi sawm leh thum aisanin a tang sam uh.

⁷The children of Merari according to their families had by lot out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

⁷Merari suanten a inkuan uh dungjui jelin Reuben nam tantuam akipan, Gad nam tantuam akipan, Zebulun nam tantuam akipan khopi sawm leh nih a tang sam uh.

⁸And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded through Moses.

⁸Huan, Israel suanten TOUPAN Mosi zanga thu a piak bangin Levi mite khopite leh a kim a vel aisanin a pia uh.

⁹And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which were mentioned by name,

⁹Huan, Juda suante nam tantuam akipan, Simeon suante nam tantuam akipan a pia ua; hiai khopi a minlohte:

¹⁰and which the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi had (for theirs was the first lot);

¹⁰Huaite tuh Levi suan, Kohat pawl namte, Aron suan pawl ading ahi: aisan lah amau tungah a ke masapen namah a.

¹¹and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.

¹¹Huan, Judia singtang gama Kiriath-arba khua a kim a vel toh a pia ua, huai Arba bel Anak pa ahi a, (huai bel Hebron a hi).

¹²But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹²Khopi kimvelte leh a khopelte bel Jephuni tapa Kaleb tantuam dingin a pia uh.

¹³And they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and its suburbs; and Libnah and its suburbs,

¹³Huan, siampu Aron suante Hebron, mi thatmite kihumbitna khopi a kim a vel khawng toh, Libna khua a kim a vel khawng toh;

¹⁴and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

¹⁴Jatir khua a kim a velte toh, Astemoa khua akim a velte toh;

¹⁵and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,

¹⁵Holon khua a kim a velte toh, Debir khua a kim a velte toh;

¹⁶and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;

¹⁶Ain khua a kim a velte toh, Juta khua a kim a velte toh; Beth-semes khua a kim a velte toh; huai nam nihte tantuam akipan khopi kuate a pia uh.

¹⁷and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,

¹⁷Huan, Benjamin nam tantuam akipan Gibeon khua a kim a velte toh, Geba khua a kim a velte toh;

¹⁸Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs; four cities.

¹⁸Amahoth khua a kim a velte toh, Almon khua a kim a velte toh; khopi li a pe lai uh.

¹⁹All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their suburbs.

¹⁹Aron suan, siampute khopi tengteng khopi sawm leh thum ahi, a kim a velte toh.

²⁰And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, [they gave cities]. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim,

²⁰Huan, Kohath suante inkuan, Levi pawl, Kohath suan dangten leng a tantuam khopite uh Ephraim nam tantuam akipanin ahi a tan uh.

²¹and they gave them the city of refuge for the slayer, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,

²¹Huan, mi thatmite khihumbitna khopi Ephraim singtang gama Sekem a kim a velte toh, Gezer khua a kim a velte toh,

²²and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs: four cities;

²²Kibzaim khua a kim a velte toh, Beth-horon khua a kim a velte toh; khopi li a pia uh.

²³and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,

²³Huan, Dan nam tantuam akipan Elteke khua a kim a velte toh, Gibethon khua a kim a velte toh;

²⁴Ajalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: four cities;

²⁴Aijalon khua a kim a kim a velte toh, Gathrimon khua a kim a velte toh, khopi li.

²⁵and out of half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: two cities.

²⁵Huan, Manassi nam kimkhatte tantuam akipan Taanak khua a kim a velte toh; Gath-rimon khua a kim a velte toh; khopi nih.

²⁶All the cities were ten and their suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

²⁶Kohath suan dangte nam khopi tengteng kho sawm ahi, a kim a velte toh.

²⁷And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of half the tribe of Manasseh, [they gave] the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs; and Beeshterah and its suburbs: two cities;

²⁷Huan, Gerson suante pawl, Levi namte Manassi nam kimkhatte tantuam akipan, mi thatmite kihumbitna khopi, Basan gama Golan a kim a velte toh; Be-estera khua a kim a velte toh; kkhopi nih a pia uh.

²⁸and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion and its suburbs, Dabrath and its suburbs,

²⁸Huan, Isakar nam tantuam akipan Kision khua a kim a velte toh, Daberath khua a kim a velte toh;

²⁹Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-gannim and its suburbs: four cities;

²⁹Jarmuth khua a kim a velte toh, Enganim khua a kim a velte toh; khopi li.

³⁰and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,

³⁰Huan, Aser nam tantuam akipan Misal khua a kim a velte toh;

³¹Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs: four cities;

³¹Helkath khua a kim a velte toh, Rehob khua a kim a velte toh, khopi li.

³²and out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kedesh in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs: three cities.

³²Huan, Naphtali nam tantuam akipan, mi thatmite kihumbitna khopi, Galili gama Kedes a kim a velte toh, Hamoth-dor khua a kim a velte toh, Kartan khua a kim a velte toh, khopi thum.

³³All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their suburbs.

³³Gerson pawl a inkuan uh dungjui jela a tantuam uh khopi tengteng khopi sawm leh thum ahi, a kim a velte toh.

³⁴And to the families of the children of Merari, that remained of the Levites, [they gave] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,

³⁴Huan, Merari suante pawl inkuan, Levi pawl dangte bel Zebulun nam tantuam akipan Jokneam khua a kim a velte toh, Karta khua a kim a velte toh,

³⁵Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs: four cities;

³⁵Dina khua a kim a velte toh, Nahalal khua a kim a velte toh, khopi li.

³⁶and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,

³⁶Huan, Reuben nam tantuam akipan Bezer khua a kim a velte toh, Jahaz khua a akim a velte toh,

³⁷Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs: four cities;

³⁷Kedemoth khua a kim a velte toh; khopi li.

³⁸and out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs; and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

³⁸Huan, Gad nam tantuam akipan, mi thatmite kihumbitna khopi, Gilead gama Ramoth a kim a velte toh, Mahaim khua a kim a velte toh;

³⁹Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.

³⁹Hesbon khua a kim a velte toh, Jazer khua a kim a velte toh; a vekin khopi li.

⁴⁰[These were] all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.

⁴⁰Huaite tengteng Levi pawl inkuan dante Merari suante pawl a inkuan uh dungjui jela a khopite uh ahi; huchiin a tantuam uh khopi sawm leh nih ahi.

⁴¹All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities and their suburbs.

⁴¹Israel suante pawl tantuam akipan Levi pawl khopi tengteng khopi sawmli leh giat ahi, a kim a velte toh.

⁴²Each one of these cities had its suburbs round about it: thus were all these cities.

⁴²Huai khopiten a kim a vel a nei chiat uhi: huai khopi tengteng huchibang vek ahi uh.

⁴³And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they took possession of it, and dwelt in it.

⁴³Huchiin TOUPAN A pipute uh kichiama piak a nachiamsa gam tengteng Israelte a piaa; huchiin huai gam a luah ua, a tengta uhi.

⁴⁴And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them: Jehovah gave all their enemies into their hand.

⁴⁴Huan TOUPAN a pipute uh kianga kichiama a nachiamsa bang ngeiin mun chih ah muanna a pia: a melmate tengteng uh kuamah a ma ua pangthei himhim a om kei uhi; TOUPAN a melmate tengteng a khut uah a pe vek hi.TOUPAN Israel inkuante kiangah a hoihlam thu a nagen tengteng vuaksuak mahmah a om keia, a hontung vek hi.

⁴⁵There failed nothing of all the good things that Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel: all came to pass.

⁴⁵TOUPAN Israel inkuante kiangah a hoihlam thu a nagen tengteng vuaksuak mahmah a om keia, a hontung vek hi.