Joshua 13

1 Joshua khaw a khohnin loh patong benla a paan coeng dongah BOEIPA loh, “Nang he na khohnin loh patong ben a paan coeng. Tedae khohmuen loh ham khaw a len ngai muep sueng pueng.

Now Joshua was old and well advanced in years. Yahweh said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.

2 Tekah khohmuen aka sueng la, Philisti kho pum neh Geshuri boeih,

“This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;

3 Egypt imdan Shihor lamkah tlangpuei Ekron khorhi due Kanaan boei panga la a hmoel Philisti, Azzathi, Ashodi, Eshkeloni, Ghitti, Ekroni neh Avvii,

from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,

4 tuithim lamkah Kanaan khohmuen pum neh Sidoni lungko, Amori khorhi Aphek due,

on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;

5 Ghiblii khohmuen neh khocuk kah Lebanon pum, Hermon tlang yung Baalgad lamkah Lebokhamat due om pueng.

and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;

6 Lebanon lamkah Misrephothmayim due tlang aka om boeih Sidoni boeih te Israel ca rhoek mikhmuh ah kai loh ka haek vetih nang kang uen vanbangla Israel taengah rho la dawk tael pah.

all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians. I will drive them out from before the children of Israel. Just allocate it to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.

7 Khohmuen he koca pako neh Manasseh koca hlangvang ham rho la tael pah bal laeh.

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

8 “Reuben koca neh Gad koca ngawn tah BOEIPA kah sal Moses loh amih a paek vanbangla khocuk kah Jordan rhalvangan ah Moses loh amih a paek te amamih kah rho la a loh uh coeng,” a ti nah.

With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them:

9 Arnon soklong kaep Aroer lamkah soklong bangli kah khopuei neh Medeba tlangkol boeih, Dibon due,

from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;

10 Heshbon ah aka manghai Amori manghai kah Sihon khopuei boeih neh Ammon ca rhoek kah khorhi due,

and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;

11 Gilead neh Geshuri khorhi, Maakathi neh Hermon tlang pum, Bashan pum neh Salkhah due,

and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah;

12 Ashtaroth neh Edrei ah aka manghai Bashan Oga kah a ram boeih, Anih he Rapha hlangrhuel lamkah aka sueng duen ni. Amih te Moses loh a tloek tih a khoe.

all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (who was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for Moses attacked these, and drove them out.

13 Tedae Geshuri neh Maakathi tah Israel ca rhoek loh haek uh pawh. Te dongah Geshuri neh Maakah loh tihnin duela Israel lakli ah kho a sak.

Nevertheless the children of Israel didn’t drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath live within Israel to this day.

14 Tedae Levi koca te tah rho pae pawh. Amah taengah a thui pah vanbangla Israel Pathen BOEIPA kah hmaihlutnah te anih kah rho la om coeng.

Only he gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The offerings of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.

15 Reuben ca rhoek kah koca te amah huiko tarhing ah Moses loh a paek.

Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.

16 Te vaengah Arnon soklong kaep kah Aroer khorhi neh soklong bangli kah khopuei, Medeba tlangkol boeih,

Their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;

17 Heshbon neh Dibon tlangkol kah khopuei boeih, Bamothbaal neh Bethbaal,

Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

18 Jahaz, Kedemoth neh Mephaath,

Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

19 Kiriathaim, Sibam neh tuikol tlang kah Zarethshahar,

Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar in the mount of the valley,

20 Bethpeor, Pisgah, tuibah neh Bethjeshimoth,

Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth,

21 tlangkol khopuei boeih, Heshbon ah manghai tih Moses loh a tloek Amori manghai Sihon neh Midian khoboei Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur neh Reba, khohmuen kah khosa tangtae Sihon boeimang rhoek kah a ram boeih khaw amih hut la ana om.

all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.

22 Te vaengkah hlang aka bi Balaam, Beor capa te rhok taengah Israel ca rhoek loh cunghang neh a ngawn uh.

The children of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, with the sword, among the rest of their slain.

23 Te dongah Jordan neh Jordan rhi he Reuben ca rhoek kah khorhi, Reuben ca rhoek kah rho, amih huiko kah khopuei vongup la om.

The border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and its villages.

24 Gad koca te khaw Gad ca rhoek taengkah amah huiko tarhing la Moses loh a phaeng coeng.

Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their families.

25 Te dongah Jazer khorhi neh Gilead khopuei boeih, Ammon ca rhoek khohmuen rhakthuem neh Rabbah imdan kah Aroer due,

Their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is near Rabbah;

26 Heshbon lamloh Ramah Mizpeh neh Betonim duela, Mahanaim lamloh Lodebar khorhi duela,

and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

27 tuikol ah khaw Bethharam neh Bethnimrah, Sukkoth neh Zaphon, Jordan ah Heshbon manghai Sihon kah a ram ngancawn neh khocuk ah Jordan kaep kah Kinnereth tuili hmoi kah khorhi due amih hut la om.

and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan’s bank, to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.

28 He tah Gad koca rhoek rho neh amih huiko kah khopuei vangca rhoek ni.

This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and its villages.

29 Te phoeiah Manasseh koca hlangvang neh Manasseh ca rhoek kah cako ngancawn la aka om te amah huiko tarhing la Moses loh a phaeng.

Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.

30 Te dongah Mahanaim lamloh Bashan manghai Oga kah a ram pum la aka om Bashan boeih, Jair vangca boeih neh Bashan kah khopuei sawmrhuk,

Their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities.

31 Gilead ngancawn neh Bashan ah Oga ram kah khopuei rhoek la Ashtaroth neh Edrei te Manasseh capa Makir koca rhoek, Makir ca rhoek hlangvang neh a huiko kah khorhi la om.

Half Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.

32 He rhoek he Jerikho khocuk Jordan rhalvangan kah Moab kolken ah ni Moses loh a phaeng coeng.

These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.

33 Tedae Levi koca te tah Moses loh rho pae pawh. Amih taengah a thui pah vanbangla Israel Pathen BOEIPA tah amih kah rho la om coeng.

But Moses gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.