Joshua 13

1 Ka Joshua noseti kendo hike koro noniangʼ, Jehova Nyasaye nowachone niya, “Iseti ahinya, to pod nitie kuonde madongo mar pinyni monego kaw.

When Joshua was very old, Yahweh said to him, “Joshua, you are now an old man, but there is still a lot of land [for your army] to capture.

2 “Kuonde modongʼ mapok okaw e magi: “gwenge duto mag jo-Filistia gi jo-Geshur,

Here is a list of the land that remains: The Geshur region and all the area where the Philistia people-group live;

3 kochakore e Aora Shihor man yo wuok chiengʼ mar Misri nyaka e tongʼ Ekron man yo nyandwat, magi duto nokwan kaka jo-Kanaan. Kuonde mane jotelo abich mag Filistia orito ne gin, Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath kod Ekron; magi ne gin mag jo-Avi

the area where the Canaan people-group live, from the Shihor River [in the south] at the [eastern] border of Egypt, to Ekron [city] in the north; the rulers of the five [cities] of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; the area where the Avva people-group live,

4 yo milambo; pinje duto mag jo-Kanaan, kochakore Meara mar jo-Sidonia nyaka ochopo Afek, gi tongʼ mar jo-Amor;

which is south of the area where the Canaan people-group live;

5 e gwenge mag Gebal; to gi Lebanon duto ma yo wuok chiengʼ, kaachiel gi Baal Gad manie tiend Got Hermon nyaka Lebo Hamath.

the area where the Gebal people-group live; and all the Lebanon area east of Baal-Gad [city] at the bottom of Hermon Mountain, as far as Lebo-Hamath.

6 “Ne jogo duto modak kuonde motimo gode chakre Lebanon nyaka Misrefoth Maim, tiende ni, jo-Sidonia duto, an awuon abiro riembogi mondo giwene jo-Israel. Beduru gi adieri mar pogo ni jo-Israel pinyni kaka girkeni margi, mana kaka asechikoi.

All the people of the Sidon people-group live in the hilly area from Lebanon to Misrephoth-Maim, but I will force them to leave that area before you Israelis arrive there. Be sure to give that area to the Israeli people when you divide the land among them, like I told you to do.

7 Pogeuru kaka girkeni ni dhoudi ochikogo, kaachiel gi nus joka Manase.”

Divide all that land among the nine Israeli tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh, [the tribes that do not have land on the east side of the Jordan River].”

8 Nus modongʼ mar joka Manase, gi jo-Reuben kod jo-Gad noseyudo girkeni mag-gi mane Musa jatich Jehova Nyasaye osemiyogi yo wuok chiengʼ mar aora Jordan.

Half of the tribe of Manasseh and the tribes of Reuben and Gad had already been told what land they would receive, because Moses, the man who served Yahweh [well], had already assigned to them the land on the east side of the Jordan [River].

9 Nochakore Aroer koluwore gi holo mar Arnon, kendo koluwore gi dalano manie dier holono, mi oriwo gode duto mag Medeba mochopo nyaka Dibon,

Their land extended from Aroer [town] at the Arnon River gorge to the town in the middle of the gorge. It included the whole plain from Medeba [town south] to Dibon [town].

10 bende nyaka mier matindo mar Sihon ruodh jo-Amor, mane jatelo Heshbon, mantiere e tongʼ mar jo-Amon.

All the towns ruled by King Sihon were in that area. The land extended to where the Ammon people-group lived.

11 Noriwo nyaka Gilead, gwenge jo-Geshur kod jo-Maaka, Got Hermon duto, kod Bashan duto, mochopo nyaka Saleka,

The Gilead area was also there, and the regions where the people of the Geshur and Maacah people-groups lived, and all of Hermon Mountain and all the Bashan region [south] to Salecah.

12 tiende ni, pinyruodh Og duto man Bashan, ma bende nosebedo gi loch e Ashtaroth gi Edrei. (To bende nobedo achiel kuom jo-Refai mogik.) Musa noloyogi mi okawo pinygi.

All the land ruled by Og, the king who ruled the Bashan [region], was in that land. Og was one of the last descendants of Repha; previously he had ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei [cities], but [the armies of] Moses had defeated their armies and had taken their land from them.

13 Makmana jo-Israel ne ok oriembo jo-Geshur gi jo-Maaka, omiyo pod gidak e dier jo-Israel nyaka chil kawuono.

But the Israelis did not force the people of the Geshur and Maacah [people-groups] to leave their land, so they still live among the Israeli people.

14 To dhood Lawi ne ok omiyo girkeni, nikech chiwo mane ochiw kokalo e mach ne Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach Israel e girkeni margi, mana kaka ne osingonigi.

The tribe of Levi was the only tribe that did not get any land. Instead, just like Yahweh promised, they continued to receive [food from] the sacrifices that were given to Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worship], the sacrifices that were burned [on the sacred altar].

15 Girkeni mane Musa omiyo dhood Reuben kaluwore gi anywola ka anywola e magi:

Moses had allotted land to each clan in the tribe of Reuben.

16 Tongʼ mar pinygi nochakore Aroer man but holo mar Arnon, kendo koa e dalano mantiere e dier holono nyaka Medeba,

Their land extended from Aroer [town] near the Arnon River gorge to Medeba [town]. That included all of the plain [that is near Medeba] and the town in the middle of the gorge.

17 gi Heshbon kaachiel gi mier matindo mantiere e pewe, kaka Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

It also included Heshbon [city] and all the nearby towns on the plain—Dibon, Bamioth-Baal, Beth-Baal-Meon,

18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mefath,

Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

19 Kiriathaim, Sibma, Zereth Shahar mantiere e got manie holo,

Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-Shahar on the hill overlooking the valley,

20 Beth Peor, pewe mag Pisga, kod Beth Jeshimoth,

Beth-Peor, the hills in the Pisgah area, and Beth-Jeshimoth.

21 mier matindo duto mantiere e pewe kod kuonde duto mag Sihon ruodh jo-Amor, ma bende norito Heshbon. Musa noseloyo Sihon ruodh jo-Amor kaachiel gi Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur gi Reba mane jodong jo-Midian. Jodongogo nodak e pinyno ka gin e bwo loch Sihon.

That land included all the towns on the plain and all the area that King Sihon had previously ruled. But [the army of] Moses had defeated him and the rulers of the Midian people-group: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. The armies of all those rulers fought battles along with the army of Sihon, and they lived in that country.

22 Koriwore gi jogo mane onegi e lweny, jo-Israel nonego bende Balaam wuod Beor, mane ja-nyakalondo.

The Israeli army killed many people during those battles, including Balaam, [the prophet] from Beor, who tried to use magic to predict/tell what would happen in the future.

23 Aora Jordan ema nobedo tongʼ mar joka Reuben. Pinyno kaachiel gi mier matindo mokiewo kodgi nobedo girkeni mar joka Reuben.

The [western] boundary of the land that was allotted to the clans of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan [River].

24 Girkeni mane Musa omiyo dhood Gad kaluwore gi anywola margi e magi:

Moses also allotted some land to each clan in the tribe of Gad.

25 Piny Jazer, mier matindo duto mag Gilead kod nus mar jo-Amon mochopo Aroer machiegni gi Raba;

Their land included the Jazer [area] and all the towns of the Gilead [area]; half of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, as far as Aroer [town which is] near Rabbah [town];

26 kendo chakre Heshbon nyaka Ramath Mizpa gi Betonim, kendo kochakore Mahanaim nyaka piny Debir;

the area from Heshbon [city] to Ramath-Mizpah and Betonim [towns; the area] from Mahanaim [town] to the Debir region;

27 to pinygi mane ni e holo notingʼo Beth Haram, Beth Nimra, Sukoth, Zafon kod bath piny Sihon ruodh Heshbon modongʼ (pinygino neni yo wuok chiengʼ mar aora Jordan kendo Jordan nyaka Nam Kinereth nodoko tongʼ mare).

Beth-Haram, Beth-Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon [cities] in the valley; and the other area that King Sihon had ruled on the east side of the Jordan River. That area extended [north] to the southern end of Galilee Lake.

28 Pinyno kaachiel gi mier matindo mokiewo kodgi nobedo girkeni mar joka Gad.

All this land, including the towns and villages, was allotted to the tribe of Gad.

29 Girkeni mane Musa omiyo nus mar dhood Manase, tiende ni, nus mar nyikwa Manase, kaluwore gi anywola ka anywola.

Moses also had allotted some of the land [on the east side of the Jordan River] to half of the tribe of Manasseh.

30 Pinygi nochakore Mahanaim, mokwako piny Og ruodh Bashan duto kod kuonde dak duto mag Jair man Bashan, to gi mier matindo piero auchiel,

Their land extended [north] from Mahanaim [city]. It included all the Bashan region, all the land that King Og had ruled, and all the towns in the Jair area in Bashan. Altogether that area included 60 towns.

31 bende nokawo nus mar jo-Gilead, gi Ashtaroth kod Edrei (ma gin mier madongo mag Og ruodh Bashan). Magi e pok mane omi nyikwa Makir wuod Manase, tiende ni nus mar dhood Makir konchiel.

Their area also included half of the Gilead region, and the cities of Ashtaroth and Edrei where King Og had ruled. All that area was allotted to the clans descended from Manasseh’s son Makir.

32 Ma e girkeni mane Musa ochiwo kane en e paw Moab nyaka loka aora Jordan, yo wuok chiengʼ mar Jeriko.

Moses had allotted to those tribes the land that was on the plain of the Moab [region], on the east side of the Jordan [River], across from Jericho.

33 To ni dhood Lawi, Musa ne ok opogonigi girkeni, nikech Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach Israel, e girkeni margi, mana kaka nosesingonegi.

But Moses did not allot any land to the tribe of Levi because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, promised that he himself would always provide for them.