يَشُوع 14

١ 1 وَأَوْرَثَ أَلِعَازَارُ الْكَاهِنُ وَيَشُوعُ بْنُ نُونَ وَقَادَةُ الشَّعْبِ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ الأَرَاضِي الَّتِي اسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا فِي كَنْعَانَ

Eleazar the Supreme Priest, Joshua, and the leaders of the [twelve] tribes repeated what land would be allotted to each of the Israeli tribes in Canaan.

٢ 2 وَتَمَّ تَوْزِيعُهَا عَلَى التِّسْعَةِ الأَسْبَاطِ وَنِصْفِ السِّبْطِ بِالْقُرْعَةِ بِمُوْجِبِ مَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُوسَى

Yahweh had told Moses many years previously in what way he wanted the division of the land to be decided. Moses had already declared that two and a half tribes would be allotted land on the east side of the Jordan [River]. Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. [Half of the tribe descended from Manasseh was allotted land on the east side of the Jordan, along with the tribes of Reuben and Gad]. The people belonging to the nine and a half other tribes [on the west side of the Jordan River] threw (lots/stones that had been marked) to decide which land each tribe would receive. The tribe of Levi was not allotted any land. They received only towns [that already existed], towns in which to live, and (pastures/fields of grass) for their animals.

٣ 3 إِذْ إِنَّ مُوسَى كَانَ قَدْ وَهَبَ السِّبْطَيْنِ وَنِصْفَ السِّبْطِ مِيرَاثاً فِي شَرْقِيِّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَأَمَّا اللّاوِيُّونَ فَلَمْ يُوَرِّثْهُمْ نَصِيباً بَيْنَهُمْ،

٤ 4 لأَنَّ ذُرِّيَّةَ يُوسُفَ كَانَتْ تَنْتَمِي إِلَى سِبْطَيْ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ، أَمَّا اللّاوِيُّونَ فَلَمْ يُوَزِّعْ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِمْ أَرْضاً وَلَمْ يُوَرِّثْهُمْ سِوَى مُدُنٍ يُقِيمُونَ فِيهَا وَمَرَاعٍ مُجَاوِرَةٍ لِرَعْيِ مَوَاشِيهِمْ وَبَهَائِمِهِمْ.

٥ 5 وَهَكَذَا قَسَمَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الأَرْضَ طِبْقاً لأَمْرِ الرَّبِّ لِمُوسَى.

٦ 6 وَأَقْبَلَ وَفْدٌ مِنْ سِبْطِ يَهُوذَا عَلَى يَشُوعَ فِي الْجِلْجَالِ، وَقَالَ لَهُ كَالَبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ الْقَنِزِّيُّ: «أَنْتَ تَذْكُرُ مَا خَاطَبَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى رَجُلَ اللهِ بِشَأْنِي وَشَأْنِكَ فِي قَادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ،

One day some men from the tribe of Judah went to Joshua while he and all the Israelis were at Gilgal. Among those men was Jephunneh’s son Caleb. He said to Joshua, “[I am sure that] you remember what Yahweh said to the prophet Moses about you and me when we were at Kadesh-Barnea.

٧ 7 فَقَدْ كُنْتُ فِي الأَرْبَعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِي حِينَ أَرْسَلَنِي مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ، مِنْ قَادَشَ بَرْنِيعَ لأَتَجَسَّسَ الأَرْضَ، فَعُدْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَأَنْبَأْتُهُ بِمَا كَانَ قَلْبِي مُقْتَنِعاً بِهِ.

I was 40 years old at that time. Moses sent me [and you and some other men] to explore this land. When we returned, I gave to Moses a true report [IDM] about what we had seen.

٨ 8 أَمَّا إِخْوَتِي الَّذِينَ ذَهَبُوا مَعِي فَقَدْ مَلَأُوا قَلْبَ الشَّعْبِ رُعْباً بِأَخْبَارِهِمْ عَنْ أَهْلِ أَرْضِ الْمَوْعِدِ. لَكِنَّنِي اتَّبَعْتُ الرَّبَّ إِلَهِي مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِي.

The other men who went with us [gave a report that] caused the people to be afraid [IDM]. But I fully/completely believed [that] Yahweh [would enable us to take the land from the people who lived there].

٩ 9 لِذَلِكَ حَلَفَ مُوسَى فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَائِلاً: إِنَّ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَطِئَتْهَا قَدَمَاكَ تَكُونُ لَكَ وَلأَوْلادِكَ نَصِيباً إِلَى الأَبَدِ، لأَنَّكَ اتَّبَعْتَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهِي مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِكَ.

So on that day, Moses solemnly promised me, ‘[Some of] the land on which you walked will become yours. It will belong to your descendants forever. I am giving it to you because you fully trusted in Yahweh, my God.’

١٠ 10 وَهَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ أَبْقَانِي عَلَى قَيْدِ الْحَيَاةِ، كَمَا وَعَدَ، خَمْسَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً مُنْذُ أَنْ خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى بِهَذَا الْكَلامِ حِينَ تَاهَ إِسْرَائِيلُ فِي الْقَفْرِ، فَأَصْبَحْتُ الآنَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالثَّمَانِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِي،

“Now Yahweh has done for me what he promised. Forty-five years have passed since Moses said that to me during the time that we were wandering around in the desert. And just like Yahweh promised, he has kept me alive and well all during that time. Now I am eighty-five years old.

١١ 11 وَلَمْ أَزَلْ مُتَمَتِّعاً بِالْقُوَّةِ كَالْعَهْدِ بِي عِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَنِي لِتَجَسُّسِ الأَرْضِ، فَقُوَّتِي مَا بَرِحَتْ كَمَا هِيَ إِنْ لِلْحَرْبِ أَوْ لِلدُّخُولِ وَالْخُرُوجِ.

I am as strong today as I was on the day that Moses sent me [to explore this land]. I am as ready to fight now as I was then.

١٢ 12 وَالآنَ، هَبْنِي إِقْلِيمَ الْجَبَلِ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ عَنْهُ الرَّبُّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ بِنَفْسِكَ سَمِعْتَ آنَئِذٍ أَنَّ الْعَنَاقِيِّينَ كَانُوا هُنَاكَ، وَأَنَّ مُدُنَهُمْ ضَخْمَةٌ وَحَصِينَةٌ، لَعَلِّي أَطْرُدُهُمْ بِمَعُونَةِ الرَّبِّ كَمَا وَعَدَ».

So please give me the hilly area that Yahweh promised to give to me at that time long ago. At that time, you heard [me say] that the Amalek people-group lived there. You heard me say that their cities were large, and they had walls around them [to protect them from attacks by their enemies]. But now, Yahweh will help me, and as a result I will force them to leave, just like Yahweh said would happen.”

١٣ 13 فَبَارَكَهُ يَشُوعُ وَأَعْطَاهُ حَبْرُونَ مِلْكاً لَهُ.

So Joshua [asked God to] bless Caleb, and he gave to Caleb [the city of] Hebron.

١٤ 14 وَهَكَذَا وَرِثَ كَالَبُ بْنُ يَفُنَّةَ الْقَنِزِّيُّ حَبْرُونَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، لأَنَّهُ اتَّبَعَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ.

Previously that city was called Kiriath-Arba, because Arba was the greatest man among the Amalek people-group. Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb, because Caleb completely/fully trusted in Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], and obeyed him. After that happened, there was (peace/no battles) in [Canaan] land [for many years].

١٥ 15 وَكَانَتْ حَبْرُونُ تُدْعَى مِنْ قَبْلُ قَرْيَةَ أَرْبَعَ عَلَى اسْمِ بَطَلِ الْعَنَاقِيِّينَ الأَعْظَمِ. ثُمَّ اسْتَرَاحَتِ الأَرْضُ مِنَ الْحَرْبِ.