Joshua 14
1 This was the land that was allotted to the Israelites to own in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua, son of Nun, and the leaders of the tribes.
Maeneo haya ya nchi ambayo watu wa Israeli waliyapokea kama urithi wao katika nchi ya Kanaani. Urith huu uligawanywa kwao na Eliazeri kuhani, na Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, na viongozi wa makabila ya mababu wa familia zao kati ya watu wa Israeli.
2 The decision regarding the land division among the nine and a half tribes was made by casting lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses.
Urithi wao ulichaguliwa kwa kupiga kura kwa makabila tisa na nusu, kama vile Yahweh alivyoagiza kwa mkono wa Musa.
3 Moses had allotted land to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan but he had made no allocation to the Levites among them.
Kwa kuwa Musa alikuwa amewapa urithi makabila mawili na nusu ng'ambo ya Yordani, lakini Walawi hawakupewa urithi wowote.
4 The descendants of Joseph had become two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were not given any land, only towns to live in and pasture for their flocks and herds.
Kabila la Yusufu kwa uhalisia yalikuwa makabila mawili, Manase na Efraimu. Na hakuna sehemu yoyote ya urithi waliyopewa Walawi katika nchi, lakini walipewa miji ya kuishi ndani yake pamoja na sehemu ya malisho ya mifugo yao na kwa ajili ya riziki zao.
5 So the Israelites followed the instructions the Lord had given Moses in allocating the land.
Watu wa Israeli walifanya hivyo kama vile Yahweh alivyomwagiza Musa, basi waliiganywa nchi.
6 Leaders from the tribe of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb, son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, “You remember what the Lord told Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh-barnea about me and you.
Kisha kabila la Yuda lilikuja kwa Yoshua huko Giligali. Kalebu mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi, akamwambia,”Unajua kile Yahweh alichomwambia Musa mtu wa Mungu juu yako na mimi huko Barnea.
7 I was forty when Moses, the servant of God, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land. When I returned I told the truth in my report.
Nilikuwa na umri wa miaka arobani wakati Musa mtumishi wa Yahweh aliponituma kutoka Kadeshi Barnea kuipeleleza nchi. Nilimletea taarifa tena kama nilivyotakiwa kufanya katika moyo wangu.
8 But those who went with me made our people afraid. However, I have faithfully followed the Lord my God.
Lakini ndugu zangu walioenda pamoja nami waliifanya mioyo ya watu iyeyuke kwa woga. Lakini mimi nilimfuata Yahweh kabisa.
9 At that time Moses made a solemn promise, telling me, ‘The land where you have walked will belong to you and your children forever, because you faithfully followed the Lord my God.’
Musa aliapa katika siku hiyo akisema, “Hakika nchi ambayo miguu yako imetembea juu yake itakuwa urithi wako na kwa watoto wako milele, kwasababu umemfuata kabisa Yahweh Mungu wangu.
10 Look—the Lord has kept me alive these past forty-five years as he promised, from the time the Lord told Moses this while Israel was wandering in the wilderness. Now I'm eighty-five,
Tazama! sasa, Yahweh amenihifadhi hai kwa miaka hii arobaini na tano, kama alivyosema - tangu kipindi kile Yahweh alivyomwambia Musa neno hili, wakati huo Waisraeli walikuwa wakitembea jangwani. Tazama! sasa katika siku hii ya leo nina miaka themanini na mitano.
11 but I'm still as strong today as when Moses sent me out. I'm as strong and ready for battle or for whatever may come as I was then.
Bado hata siku hii ya leo nina nguvu kama nilivyokuwa katika siku ile ambayo Musa alinituma. Nguvu zangu za sasa ni sawa na nguvu zangu za kipindi kile, kwa ajili ya vita na kwa kwenda na kwa kuja.
12 So give me the hill country that the Lord spoke about. You heard at that time about the descendants of Anak who lived there in large, fortified towns. If the Lord is with me I will drive them out as the Lord promised.”
Sasa basi, nipe nchi hii ya milima, ambayo Yahweh aliniahidi katika siku hiyo. Kwa kuwa ulisikia katika siku hiyo kuwa Wanakimu walikuwa huko katika miji yenye ngome. Itakuwa kwamba Yahweh atakuwa pamoja nami na ya kwamba nitawafukuzia mbali, kama vile Yahweh alivyosema.”
13 So Joshua blessed Caleb and granted him ownership of Hebron.
Kisha Yoshua alimbariki Kalebu mwana wa Yefune na alimpa Hebroni kama urithi wake.
14 So Hebron belonged to Caleb, son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, from that day to this because he had faithfully followed the Lord, the God of Israel.
Hivyo Hebroni ikawa urithi wa Kalebu mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi hata leo, kwasababu alimfuata kabisa Yahweh, Mungu wa Israeli.
15 (Hebron was formerly called Kiriath-arba, named after a great leader of the descendants of Anak.) And the land was at peace.
Basi, jina la Hebroni hapo mwanzo lilikuwa ni Kiriathi Arba ( Arba ambaye alikuwa ni mtu mkuu miongoni mwa Wanakim). Kisha nchi ikawa na raha bila vita.
