Joshua 14
1 And this is what the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, allotted for inheritance to them:
Basi haya ndiyo maeneo Waisraeli waliyopokea kama urithi katika nchi ya Kanaani, ambayo kuhani Eleazari, Yoshua mwana wa Nuni na viongozi wa koo za kabila za Israeli waliwagawia.
2 their inheritance was by lot, as Jehovah had commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and the half tribe.
Urithi wao uligawanywa kwa kura kwa yale makabila tisa na nusu, kama Bwana alivyoamuru Mose.
3 For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them.
Mose alikuwa amewapa yale makabila mawili na nusu urithi wao upande wa mashariki mwa Yordani, lakini Walawi hawakupewa urithi miongoni mwa hao wengine,
4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they gave no part to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
kwa kuwa wana wa Yosefu walikuwa makabila mawili; Manase na Efraimu. Walawi hawakupata mgawo wa ardhi, bali walipewa miji tu kwa ajili ya kuishi, pamoja na maeneo ya malisho kwa ajili ya makundi yao ya kondoo, mbuzi na ngʼombe wao.
5 As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
Kwa hiyo Waisraeli wakagawana ile nchi, kama vile Bwana alivyomwagiza Mose.
6 Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, Thou knowest the word that Jehovah spoke to Moses the man of God, concerning me and thee, in Kadesh-barnea.
Kisha watu wa Yuda wakamwendea Yoshua huko Gilgali, naye Kalebu mwana wa Yefune yule Mkenizi, akamwambia, “Unajua jambo ambalo Bwana alimwambia Mose mtu wa Mungu huko Kadesh-Barnea kukuhusu wewe na mimi.
7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to search out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
Nilikuwa na umri wa miaka arobaini, wakati Mose mtumishi wa Bwana, aliponituma kutoka Kadesh-Barnea kuipeleleza hiyo nchi. Nami nikamletea taarifa kama kulingana na nilivyosadiki moyoni.
8 And my brethren that had gone up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.
Lakini ndugu zangu tuliopanda nao waliifanya mioyo ya watu iyeyuke kwa hofu. Bali mimi, nilimfuata Bwana Mungu wangu kwa moyo wote.
9 And Moses swore on that day, saying, The land whereon thy feet have trodden shall assuredly be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever! for thou hast wholly followed Jehovah my God.
Hivyo katika siku ile, Mose akaniapia, ‘Nchi ambayo umeikanyaga kwa miguu yako itakuwa urithi wako na wa watoto wako milele, kwa sababu umemfuata Bwana Mungu wangu kwa moyo wote.’
10 And now behold, Jehovah has kept me alive, as he said, these forty-five years, since Jehovah spoke this word to Moses, when Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
“Sasa basi, kama vile Bwana alivyoahidi, ameniweka hai kwa miaka arobaini na mitano tangu wakati alipomwambia Mose jambo hili, wakati Waisraeli wakiwa wanazunguka jangwani. Hivyo mimi hapa leo, nina umri wa miaka themanini na mitano!
11 I am still this day strong, as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out and to come in.
Bado ninazo nguvu kama siku ile Mose aliponituma. Bado ninazo nguvu za kwenda vitani sasa kama vile nilivyokuwa wakati ule.
12 And now give me this mountain, of which Jehovah spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day that Anakim are there, and great fortified cities. If so be Jehovah shall be with me, then I shall dispossess them, as Jehovah said.
Basi nipe nchi hii ya vilima, ambayo Bwana aliniahidi siku ile. Wewe mwenyewe ulisikia wakati ule kwamba Waanaki walikuwako huko na miji yao ilikuwa mikubwa na yenye maboma, lakini, kwa msaada wa Bwana, nitawafukuza watoke huko kama vile alivyonena.”
13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Ndipo Yoshua akambariki Kalebu mwana wa Yefune, na akampa Hebroni kama urithi wake.
14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed Jehovah the God of Israel.
Hivyo Hebroni imekuwa mali ya Kalebu mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi tangu wakati ule, kwa sababu alimwandama Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, kwa moyo wote.
15 Now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; the great man among the Anakim. And the land rested from war.
(Hebroni uliitwa Kiriath-Arba hapo mwanzo, kutokana na huyo Arba ambaye alikuwa mtu mkuu kupita wote miongoni mwa Waanaki.) Kisha nchi ikawa na amani bila vita.
