يَشُوع 16

١ 1 أَمَّا الأَرْضُ الَّتِي وَرِثَهَا أَبْنَاءُ يُوسُفَ فَقَدِ امْتَدَّتْ حُدُودُهَا مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ عِنْدَ أَرِيحَا حَتَّى مِيَاهِ أَرِيحَا شَرْقاً، عَبْرَ الصَّحْرَاءِ الصَّاعِدَةِ مِنْ أَرِيحَا فِي جَبَلِ بَيْتِ إِيلَ،

The lot came out for the descendants of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.

٢ 2 وَتَسْتَمِرُّ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ حَتَّى تَصِلَ إِلَى لُوزَ، مُخْتَرِقَةً تُخْمَ الأَرَكِيِّينَ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغَ عَطَارُوتَ،

It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth;

٣ 3 ثُمَّ تَتَّجِهُ غَرْباً إِلَى حُدُودِ الْيَفْلَطِيِّينَ حَتَّى بَيْتِ حُورُونَ السُّفْلَى فَجَازَرَ، وَتَنْتَهِي عِنْدَ شَوَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ.

and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Lower Beth Horon, even to Gezer; and ended at the sea.

٤ 4 وَهَكَذَا تَسَلَّمَتْ ذُرِّيَّتَا مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ ابْنَيْ يُوسُفَ مِيرَاثَهُمَا.

The descendants of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

٥ 5 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ حُدُودُ أَرْضِ أَبْنَاءِ أَفْرَايِمَ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ: تَبْدَأُ حُدُودُهُمُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ عِنْدَ عَطَارُوتَ أَدَّارَ، وَتَمْتَدُّ إِلَى بَيْتِ حُورُونَ الْعُلْيَا.

This was the border of the descendants of Ephraim according to their families. The border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Upper Beth Horon.

٦ 6 وَتَسْتَمِرُّ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ. وَتَبْدَأُ حُدُودُهُمُ الشِّمَالِيَّةُ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ وَتَتَّجِهُ نَحْوَ الْمَكْمَتَةِ، ثُمَّ تَلْتَفُّ شَرْقاً إِلَى تَآنَةِ شِيلُوهَ فَتَعْبُرُهَا شَرْقاً إِلَى يَنُوحَةَ،

The border went out westward at Michmethath on the north of Termah. The border turned about eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah.

٧ 7 وَتَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ يَنُوحَةَ إِلَى عَطَارُوتَ وَنَعَرَاتَ حَتَّى تَصِلَ إِلَى أَرِيحَا، اِنْتِهَاءً بِنَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ.

It went down from Janoah to Ataroth, to Naaratah, reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.

٨ 8 وَتَتَّجِهُ الْحُدُودُ مِنْ تَفُّوحَ غَرْباً إِلَى وَادِي قَانَةَ وَتَنْتَهِي عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ.

From Tappuah the border went along westward to Wadi Kanah; and ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim according to their families;

٩ 9 هَذَا هُوَ مِيرَاثُ سِبْطِ أَفْرَايِمَ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ، مَعَ جَمِيعِ الْمُدُنِ وَالضِّيَاعِ الْمُخَصَّصَةِ لَهُمْ فِي وَسَطِ أَرْضِ مَنَسَّى:

together with the cities which were set apart for the descendants of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

١٠ 10 وَلَمْ يَنْفُوا الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي جَازَرَ، فَظَلَّ الْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ سَاكِنِينَ فِي وَسَطِ سِبْطِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ كَعَبِيدٍ يَدْفَعُونَ الْجِزْيَةَ.

They did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.