Numbers 13
1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Bwana akamwambia Mose,
2 Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the sons of Israel. From every tribe of their fathers ye shall send a man, each one a ruler among them.
“Watume baadhi ya watu wakaipeleleze nchi ya Kanaani, ambayo ninawapa Waisraeli. Kutoka kwa kila kabila la baba zao, tuma mmoja wa viongozi wao.”
3 And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah. All of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel.
Hivyo kwa agizo la Bwana Mose akawatuma kutoka Jangwa la Parani. Wote walikuwa viongozi wa Waisraeli.
4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
Haya ndiyo majina yao: kutoka kabila la Reubeni, Shamua mwana wa Zakuri;
5 of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
kutoka kabila la Simeoni, Shafati mwana wa Hori;
6 of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
kutoka kabila la Yuda, Kalebu mwana wa Yefune;
7 of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
kutoka kabila la Isakari, Igali mwana wa Yosefu;
8 of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
kutoka kabila la Efraimu, Hoshea mwana wa Nuni;
9 of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
kutoka kabila la Benyamini, Palti mwana wa Rafu;
10 of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
kutoka kabila la Zabuloni, Gadieli mwana wa Sodi,
11 of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
kutoka kabila la Manase (kabila la Yosefu), Gadi mwana wa Susi;
12 of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
kutoka kabila la Dani, Amieli mwana wa Gemali;
13 of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
kutoka kabila la Asheri, Sethuri mwana wa Mikaeli;
14 of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
kutoka kabila la Naftali, Nabi mwana wa Wofsi;
15 of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
kutoka kabila la Gadi, Geueli mwana wa Maki.
16 These are the names of the men that Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
Haya ndiyo majina ya watu ambao Mose aliwatuma kuipeleleza nchi. (Mose akampa Hoshea mwana wa Nuni jina Yoshua.)
17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Get you up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country.
Mose alipowatuma wakaipeleleze Kanaani, alisema, “Pandeni kupitia Negebu, mwende mpaka nchi ya vilima.
18 And see the land, what it is, and the people who dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,
Mwone nchi ni ya namna gani, na kama watu waishio humo wana nguvu au ni wadhaifu, iwapo ni wachache au wengi.
19 and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad, and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds,
Wanaishi katika nchi ya namna gani? Je, ni nzuri au mbaya? Wanaishi katika miji ya namna gani? Je, haina kuta au ngome?
20 and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood in it, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.
Ardhi iko aje? Ina rutuba au la? Je, kuna miti ndani yake au la? Jitahidini kadiri mwezavyo kuleta baadhi ya matunda ya nchi.” (Ulikuwa msimu wa kuiva zabibu za kwanza.)
21 So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
Hivyo wakapanda na kuipeleleza nchi kutoka Jangwa la Sini hadi Rehobu, kuelekea Lebo-Hamathi.
22 And they went up by the South, and came to Hebron. And Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Wakapanda kupitia Negebu hadi wakafika Hebroni, mahali ambapo Ahimani, Sheshai na Talmai, wazao wa Anaki, waliishi. (Hebroni ulikuwa umejengwa miaka saba kabla ya mji wa Soani ulioko Misri.)
23 And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it upon a staff between two, also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Walipofika katika Bonde la Eshkoli, walivunja tawi lililokuwa na kishada kimoja cha zabibu. Wawili wao wakalichukua lile tawi kwenye mti, pamoja na komamanga na tini.
24 That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there.
Eneo lile likaitwa Bonde la Eshkoli kwa sababu ya kile kishada cha zabibu ambacho Waisraeli walikikata huko.
25 And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
Mwishoni mwa siku arobaini wakarudi kutoka kuipeleleza nchi.
26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh, and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Wakarudi kwa Mose, Aroni na jumuiya yote ya Waisraeli huko Kadeshi kwenye Jangwa la Parani. Hapo ndipo walipotoa habari kwao na kwa kusanyiko lote na kuwaonyesha matunda ya hiyo nchi.
27 And they told him, and said, We came to the land where thou sent us. And surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it.
Wakampa Mose taarifa hii: “Tuliingia katika nchi uliyotutuma, nayo inatiririka maziwa na asali! Hili hapa tunda lake.
28 However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, very great, and moreover we saw the sons of Anak there.
Lakini watu wanaoishi huko ni wenye nguvu, na miji yao ina ngome na ni mikubwa sana. Huko tuliona hata wazao wa Anaki.
29 Amalek dwells in the land of the South. And the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country. And the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.
Waamaleki wanaishi Negebu; Wahiti, Wayebusi na Waamori wanaishi katika nchi ya vilima; nao Wakanaani wanaishi karibu na bahari na kando ya Yordani.”
30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it, for we are well able to overcome it.
Kisha Kalebu akawanyamazisha watu mbele ya Mose na kusema, “Imetupasa kupanda na kuimiliki nchi, kwa maana hakika tunaweza kufanya hivyo.”
31 But the men who went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
Lakini watu waliokuwa wamepanda pamoja naye wakasema, “Hatuwezi kuwashambulia wale watu; wana nguvu kutuliko sisi.”
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up the inhabitants of it. And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
Wakaeneza taarifa mbaya miongoni mwa Waisraeli kuhusu nchi waliyoipeleleza. Wakasema, “Nchi tuliyoipeleleza hula watu waishio ndani yake. Watu wote tuliowaona huko ni majitu.
33 And we saw there the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants. And we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Tuliwaona Wanefili huko (wazao wa Anaki wanatokana na Wanefili.) Tulijiona kama panzi machoni petu wenyewe, nao ndivyo walivyotuona.”
