Kwan 13
1 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya,
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 “Or jomoko odhi onon piny Kanaan, ma onego ami jo-Israel. Koa e dhoot ka dhoot manie oganda inior achiel kuom jotendgi.”
Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.
3 Kaluwore gi dwond Jehova Nyasaye, Musa noorogi ka gia e Thim mar Paran. Jogi duto ne gin jotend jo-Israel.
And Moses sent them from the waste land of Paran as the Lord gave orders, all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
4 Magi e nying-gi, koa e dhood Reuben ne en Shamua wuod Zakur;
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.
5 koa e dhood Simeon, ne en Shafat wuod Hori;
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, the son of Hori.
6 koa e dhood Juda, ne en Kaleb wuod Jefune;
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
7 koa e dhood Isakar, ne en Igal wuod Josef;
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, the son of Joseph.
8 koa e dhood Efraim, ne en Hoshea wuod Nun;
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.
9 koa e dhood Benjamin, ne en Palti wuod Rafu;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, the son of Raphu.
10 koa e dhood Zebulun, ne en Gadiel wuod Sodi;
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, the son of Sodi.
11 koa e dhood Manase (ma en dhood Josef), ne en Gadi wuod Susi;
Of the tribe of Joseph, that is of the family of Manasseh, Gaddi, the son of Susi.
12 koa e dhood Dan, ne en Amiel wuod Gemali;
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, the son of Gemalli.
13 koa e dhood Asher, ne en Sethur wuod Mikael;
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, the son of Michael
14 koa e dhood Naftali, ne en Nabi wuod Vofsi;
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, the son of Vophsi.
15 koa e dhood Gad, ne en Geuel wuod Maki.
Of the tribe of Gad, Gevel, the son of Machi.
16 Magi e nying chwo mane Musa ooro mondo onon piny Kanaan. (Musa nomiyo Hoshea wuod Nun nying ni Joshua.)
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.
17 Kane Musa oorogi mondo gidhi ginon piny Kanaan, nowachonegi niya, “Luwuru Negev kendo udhi nyaka piny manie got.
So Moses sent them to have a look at the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up into the South and into the hill-country;
18 Nonuru ane pinyno kaka chalo, mondo ungʼego ni joma odak kanyo gin thuondi koso ngoche, gingʼeny koso ginok?
And see what the land is like; and if the people living in it are strong or feeble, small or great in number;
19 Nonuru ane kaka piny ma gidakieno chalo, ka ober kata orach? Nonuru ane mier ma gidakie nichalo nade, ochielgi koso ok ochielgi?
And what sort of land they are living in, if it is good or bad; and what their living-places are, tent-circles or walled towns;
20 Lopno, to chalo nade? En lowo mamiyo koso motwo? Bende en gi yiende koso oongego? Temuru beru mondo ukel olembe moko mag pinyno.” (Ndalono ne en kinde keyo mokwongo mar mzabibu.)
And if the land is fertile or poor, and if there is wood in it or not. And be of good heart, and come back with some of the produce of the land. Now it was the time when the first grapes were ready.
21 Omiyo ne giwuok kendo neginono pinyno kochakore Thim mar Zin nyaka Rehob, kagichomo Lebo Hamath.
So they went up and got a view of the land, from the waste land of Zin to Rehob, on the way to Hamath.
22 Ne giwuotho mi gikadho piny Negev nyaka gichopo Hebron, kama Ahiman, Sheshai kod Talmai, ma nyikwa Anak nodakie. (Hebron noger higni abiriyo motelone Zoan manie piny Misri.)
They went up into the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman and Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were living there. (Now the building of Hebron took place seven years before that of Zoan in Egypt.)
23 Kane gichopo e Holo mar Eshkol, ne gitongʼo bad yath achiel motingʼo pumbi mar olemb mzabibu. Ji ariyo kuomgi notingʼe e luth kaachiel gi gik mongʼinore kod ngʼowu.
And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cutting down a vine-branch with its grapes, two of them took it on a rod between them; and they took some pomegranates and figs.
24 Kanyo niluongo ni Holo mar Eshkol nikech negingʼado bad olemb mzabibu mochiek.
That place was named the valley of Eshcol because of the grapes which the children of Israel took from there.
25 Bangʼ ndalo piero angʼwen negidwogo ka gia nono pinyno.
At the end of forty days they came back from viewing the land.
26 Negidwogo ir Musa gi Harun kod oganda jo-Israel duto e dala Kadesh manie Thim Paran. Kanyo ema ne gimiyogi dwoko kaachiel gi chokruok duto kendo neginyisogi olemo machiek e pinyno.
And they came back to Moses and Aaron and all the children of Israel, to Kadesh in the waste land of Paran; and gave an account to them and to all the people and let them see the produce of the land.
27 Negimiyo Musa nonro machalo kama: “Ne wadhi e piny mane iorowae, kendo en piny mopongʼ gi chak kod mor kich! Olemo moa kuno eri.
And they said, We came to the land where you sent us, and truly it is flowing with milk and honey: and here is some of the produce of it.
28 Joma odak kuno nigi teko mangʼeny, kendo gidakie mier madongo mochiel motegno kendo malich. Bende ne waneno nyikwa Anak kuno.
But the people living in the land are strong, and the towns are walled and very great; further, we saw the children of Anak there.
29 Jo-Amalek odak Negev; jo-Hiti, jo-Jebus kod jo-Amor odak e piny manie got; to jo-Kanaan odak machiegni gi dho nam e alwora mar Jordan.”
And the Amalekites are in the South; and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill-country; and the Canaanites by the sea and by the side of Jordan.
30 Eka Kaleb nokwero ji mondo olingʼ e nyim Musa kendo nowacho niya, “Wadhiuru kendo wakaw pinyno, nimar wanyalo kawe.”
Then Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 To joma nodhi kode kuno nowacho niya, “Ok wanyal monjo jogo; gitek moloyowa.”
But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
32 Omiyo ne gilandone jo-Israel dwoko marachni kuom piny mane gidhi nono. Negiwacho niya, “Piny mane wadhi nono nego joma odak eigi. Ji mane waneno kuno gin joma robede.
And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.
33 Ne waneno Nefilim kuno (nyikwa Anak aa kuom jo-Nefilim). Ne wanenore mana ka ongogo, to bende mano e kaka ne wachalo e nyimgi.”
There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.
