Yoswa 18

1 Atagonjetsa dziko lonse Aisraeli anasonkhana ku Silo ndipo anayimikako tenti ya msonkhano.

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.

2 Koma pa nthawiyo nʼkuti mafuko asanu ndi awiri a Aisraeli asanalandire cholowa chawo.

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

3 Ndipo Yoswa anati kwa Aisraeli, “Kodi mudikira mpaka liti kuti mulowe ndi kulanda dziko limene Yehova Mulungu wa makolo anu wakupatsani?

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel: 'How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, hath given you?

4 Sankhani amuna atatu kuchokera ku fuko lililonse ndipo ine ndidzawatuma kuti akayendere dzikolo ndi kukalilembera bwino kuti ndiligawe kukhala lawo. Akatero, abwererenso kwa ine.

Appoint for you three men for each tribe; and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.

5 Aligawe dzikolo mʼzigawo zisanu ndi ziwiri; fuko la Yuda lidzakhale ndi dziko lake la kummwera ndi nyumba ya Yosefe ikhalebe mʼdziko lawo la kumpoto.

And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.

6 Mudzalembe mawu ofotokoza za zigawo zisanu ndi ziwiri za dzikolo, ndi kubwera nawo kwa ine. Tsono ineyo ndidzakuchitirani maere pamaso pa Yehova Mulungu wanu.

And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring the description hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

7 Alevi asakhale ndi dziko pakati panu, chifukwa gawo lawo ndi kutumikira Yehova pa ntchito ya unsembe. Ndipo Gadi, Rubeni ndi theka la fuko la Manase analandira kale cholowa chawo kummawa kwa Yorodani. Mose mtumiki wa Yehova ndiye anawapatsa.”

For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.'

8 Anthuwo akupita kukalembera dzikolo, Yoswa anawalangiza kuti, “Pitani mukayendere ndi kulembera dzikolo. Kenaka mukabwere kwa ine, ndidzakuchitirani maere kuno ku Silo pamaso pa Yehova.”

And the men arose, and went; and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying: 'Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come back to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.'

9 Ndipo anthu anachoka ndi kukayendera dziko lonse. Iwo analemba bwinobwino mʼbuku za dzikolo, mzinda ndi mzinda. Analigawa magawo asanu ndi awiri, ndipo anabwerera kwa Yoswa ku misasa ya ku Silo.

And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book, and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh.

10 Pambuyo pake Yoswa anawachitira maere ku Silo pamaso pa Yehova, ndipo fuko lililonse la Israeli analigawira dziko lake.

And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD; and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

11 Maere anagwera mabanja a fuko la Benjamini. Dziko limene anapatsidwa linali pakati pa fuko la Yuda ndi fuko la Yosefe:

And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families; and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

12 Mbali ya kumpoto malire awo anayambira ku Yorodani nalowera chakumpoto kwa matsitso a ku Yeriko kulowera cha kumadzulo kwa dziko la ku mapiri ndi kukafika ku chipululu cha Beti-Aveni.

And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

13 Kuchokera kumeneko malirewo analoza ku Luzi nadutsa mʼmbali mwa mapiri kummwera kwa Luzi (ndiye Beteli) ndipo anatsika mpaka ku Ataroti Adari, ku mapiri a kummwera kwa Beti-Horoni wa Kumunsi.

And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz — the same is Beth-el — southward; and the border went down to Atroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.

14 Ndipo malirewo analowanso kwina, analunjika kummwera kuchokera kumadzulo kwake kwa phiri loyangʼanana ndi Beti-Horoni, mpaka ku mzinda wa Kiriyati Baala (ndiye Kiriati Yearimu), mzinda wa anthu a fuko la Yuda. Amenewa ndiye anali malire a mbali ya kumadzulo.

And the border was drawn and turned about on the west side southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal — the same is Kiriath-jearim — a city of the children of Judah; this was the west side.

15 Malire a kummwera anayambira mʼmphepete mwenimweni mwa Kiriati Yearimu napita kumadzulo mpaka kukafika ku akasupe a Nefitowa.

And the south side was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.

16 Malire anatsikira mʼmphepete mwa phiri loyangʼanana ndi chigwa cha Beni Hinomu, kumpoto kwa chigwa cha Refaimu. Anapitirira kutsikira ku chigwa cha Hinomu kummwera kwa chitunda cha Ayebusi mpaka ku Eni Rogeli.

And the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the Valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel.

17 Kenaka anakhotera kumpoto kupita ku Eni-Semesi, kupitirira mpaka ku Geliloti amene amayangʼanana ndi pokwera pa Adumimu. Kenaka malire anatsikira ku Mwala wa Bohani, mwana wa Rubeni.

And it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

18 Anabzola cha kumpoto kwa chitunda cha Beti Araba ndi kutsikabe mpaka ku chigwa cha Yorodani.

And it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah.

19 Anabzolanso cha kumpoto kwa chitunda cha Beti-Hogila kukafika cha kumpoto ku gombe la Nyanja ya Mchere kumene mtsinje wa Yorodani umathirirako, cha kummwera kwenikweni. Awa anali malire a kummwera.

And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan; this was the south border.

20 Yorodani ndiye anali malire a mbali ya kummawa. Awa anali malire a dziko limene mabanja a fuko la Benjamini analandira.

And the Jordan was to be the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families.

21 Mabanja a fuko la Benjamini anali ndi mizinda iyi; Yeriko, Beti-Hogila, Emeki Kezizi,

Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz;

22 Beti-Araba, Zemaraimu, Beteli

and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el;

23 Avimu, Para, Ofiri,

and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;

24 Kefari-Amoni, Ofini ndi Geba, mizinda khumi ndi awiri ndi midzi yake

and Chephar-ammonah, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:

25 Panalinso Gibiyoni, Rama, Beeroti,

Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth;

26 Mizipa, Kefira, Moza

and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah;

27 Rekemu, Iripeeli, Tarala,

and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah;

28 Zera Haelefu, mzinda wa Ayebusi (ndiye kuti Yerusalemu) Gibeya ndi Kiriati, mizinda 14 ndi midzi yake. Limeneli ndilo dziko limene mabanja a fuko la Benjamini analandira kuti likhale lawo.

and Zela, Eleph, and the Jebusite — the same is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.