Joshua 18
1 Isarel miphun tamimaya abuemlah ni Shiloh kho dawk a kamkhueng awh teh, tamimaya kamkhueng nahane lukkareiim hah a sak awh. Ahnimae hmalah ram pueng teh a kârahnoum awh.
The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them.
2 Hahoi torei Isarel miphunnaw Sari touh ni râw talai teh a hmu hoeh rah dawkvah,
Seven tribes remained among the children of Israel, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
3 Joshua ni nangmae mintoenaw e BAWIPA Cathut ni na poe awh e talai teh, nangmouh ni lat laipalah nâ sittouh maw na o awh han rah.
Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
4 Nangmouh thung dawk miphun buet touh dawk tami kathum touh rawi nateh, kai ni ka tha han. Ahnimouh ni ram tangkuem dawk a cei vaiteh, râw coe han kamcu e patetlah, a thut awh hnukkhu, kai koe bout a tho han.
Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; then they shall come to me.
5 Ahnimouh ni ram teh Sari touh lah a khuen awh han. Judah miphunnaw ni akalah amamae hmuen koe ao han. Joseph miphunnaw ni atunglah amamae hmuen koe ao han.
They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.
6 Ram teh sari touh lah a khuen awh hnukkhu, ram kong na thut e hah kai koe na sin vaiteh maimae BAWIPA Cathut e hmalah nangmouh hane cungpam rayu han.
You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
7 Levihnaw teh nangmouh hoi kâkalawt e buet touh hai lat mahoeh. BAWIPA Cathut e vaihma thaw teh ahnimae râw lah ao. Gadmi phun, Reuben miphun, Manasseh miphun tangawn ni Jordan palang kanîtholah Cathut e san Mosi ni a poe e patetlah râw talai teh a coe toe telah Isarelnaw koe a dei pouh.
However, the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”
8 Hote taminaw ni a cei teh, Joshua ni hai ram thung pueng dawk cet awh nateh, be na tuet hoi kai koe bout tho awh. Shiloh kho vah BAWIPA Cathut e hmalah nangmouh hanelah, cungpam khoe han telah ram kong thut hanelah, ka cet e taminaw hah lawk a thui e patetlah,
The men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to survey the land, saying, “Go walk through the land, survey it, and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.”
9 ahnimouh teh, ram thung pueng dawk a cei awh teh khopuinaw kaawm e patetlah, hmuen sari touh lah a khuen awh hnukkhu cauk dawk a thut awh teh, Joshua onae koe Shiloh bout a tho awh.
The men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a book. They came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
10 Joshua ni Shiloh kho dawk BAWIPA Cathut hmalah cungpam a khoe teh, Isarel miphunnaw lengkaleng talai a khuen pouh.
Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11 Benjamin miphunnaw ni cungpam a rayu awh teh, imthung lahoi a coe awh e talai teh Judah miphunnaw hoi Joseph miphunnaw a rahak dawk a bo awh.
The lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families. The border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
12 Talai kâkhuennae teh, atunglah Jordan palang hoi kamtawng teh, Jeriko kho atunglah kanîloumlah mon dawk, a cei teh, Bethaven ramke totouh a pha.
Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward. It ended at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
13 Hahoi akalah a cei teh, Bethel kho teng dawk a cei teh, Bethhoron kho, akalah kaawm e mon rahim Atarathaddar kho dawk a pha hoi teh,
The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (also called Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.
14 Hote mon dawk hoi a tâco teh, tuipui akalah Judah miphun a onae Kiriath Jearim kho tie Kiriathbaal, kho dawk a tâco. Hetheteh, kanîloumlae ramri lah ao.
The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (also called Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.
15 Akalah ramri teh, Kiriath Jearim kho poutnae koehoi kanîloum koe atunglah, Nephtoah tuiphuek koe a pha.
The south quarter was from the farthest part of Kiriath Jearim. The border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.
16 Hinnom e capa e tanghling e hmalah, Rephaim tanghling atunglah kaawm e mon rahim lah a tho teh, Jebusit kho akalah Hinnom tanghling koe lah, Enrogel kho koe lah,
The border went down to the farthest part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward. It went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En Rogel.
17 atunglah atengvah, Enshemesh kho koe lah, Adummin monrui namran Geliloth kho koe lah, Reuben e capa Bohan e talung koe lahoi a cathuk teh,
It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. It went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
18 Arabah kho atunglah, kamlang a cei teh, Arabah kho lah a pha.
It passed along to the side opposite the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.
19 Bethhoglah kho atunglah a cei teh, Palawi tuipui atunglah Jordan tui dawk a pout. Hetheteh akalae ramri lah ao.
The border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.
20 Jordan tui teh kanîtholae ramri lah ao. Hetheteh, Benjaminnaw ni imthung lahoi râw lah a coe awh e ram doeh.
The Jordan was its border on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders around it, according to their families.
21 Benjamin miphunnaw ni imthung lahoi a tawn e khonaw teh: Jeriko, Bethhoglah, Emekkeziz,
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
22 Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
24 Kepharammoni, Ophni, Geba, hoi kho 12 touh a pha.
Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
26 Mizpeh, Khephirah, Mozah,
Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
27 Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
28 Zelah, Eleph, Jerusalem tie Jebusit, Gibeah, hoi Kiriath, kho hoi khotenaw hoi 14 touh a pha. Hetheteh, Benjamin miphunnaw ni imthung lahoi a tawn e râw lah ao.
Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
