Joshua 18
1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
Setelah menaklukkan negeri yang dijanjikan TUHAN, seluruh umat Israel berkumpul di Silo, lalu mereka memasang Kemah Kehadiran TUHAN.
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
Masih ada tujuh suku bangsa Israel yang belum menerima bagian tanah.
3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel: 'How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, hath given you?
Jadi, Yosua berkata kepada umat Israel, "Kalian mau menunggu sampai kapan lagi, baru kalian pergi menduduki daerah yang diberikan TUHAN, Allah leluhurmu, kepadamu?
4 Appoint for you three men for each tribe; and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.
Pilihlah tiga orang dari setiap suku. Saya akan menyuruh mereka meninjau seluruh negeri ini untuk mencatat batas-batas daerah yang mereka ingin miliki. Sesudah itu, mereka harus kembali kepada saya.
5 And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.
Tanah itu harus dibagi menjadi tujuh bagian. Yehuda akan tetap di wilayahnya sebelah selatan, dan Yusuf di wilayahnya di utara.
6 And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring the description hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
Gambar batas-batas ketujuh bagian tanah itu harus dibuat, dan diserahkan kepada saya. Nanti saya membuang undi untuk mengetahui apa yang ditentukan oleh Allah untuk kalian.
7 For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance; and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.'
Hanya suku Lewi tidak akan menerima bagian tanah bersama-sama dengan kalian, karena bagian mereka ialah menjadi imam-imam untuk melayani TUHAN. Dan mengenai suku Gad, Ruben dan sebagian suku Manasye, memang mereka sudah menerima bagiannya di sebelah timur Sungai Yordan. Musa, hamba TUHAN, sudah memberikan tanah itu kepada mereka."
8 And the men arose, and went; and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying: 'Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come back to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.'
Maka Yosua memberikan petunjuk-petunjuk yang berikut ini kepada orang-orang itu, "Pergilah meninjau seluruh negeri ini dan buatlah gambar batas-batasnya; kemudian datanglah kembali kepada saya. Nanti saya akan membuang undi di sini di Silo untuk mengetahui apa yang ditentukan TUHAN untuk kalian." Setelah menerima petunjuk-petunjuk itu dari Yosua, pergilah mereka meninjau tanah itu.
9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book, and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh.
Seluruh negeri itu mereka jelajahi, lalu mencatat batas-batas ketujuh bagian tanah itu serta mendaftar juga kota-kota yang ada di dalamnya. Kemudian mereka kembali ke Yosua di perkemahan di Silo.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD; and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
Lalu Yosua membuang undi untuk mengetahui apa yang ditentukan TUHAN untuk mereka. Setelah itu Yosua memberikan bagian tanah kepada setiap suku bangsa Israel yang belum kebagian tanah.
11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families; and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Pembagian pertama ialah tanah untuk keluarga-keluarga dalam suku Benyamin. Bagian mereka itu terletak antara tanah suku Yehuda dan tanah suku keturunan Yusuf.
12 And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Di sebelah utara, batas-batas tanah mereka mulai di Sungai Yordan, lalu naik ke lereng sebelah utara Yerikho, kemudian ke barat melalui daerah pegunungan sampai sejauh daerah gurun Bet-Awen.
13 And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz — the same is Beth-el — southward; and the border went down to Atroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.
Garis perbatasan itu terus pula ke lereng di sebelah selatan Lus (yang terkenal sebagai Betel), lalu turun ke Atarot-Adar di gunung sebelah selatan Bet-Horon-Hilir.
14 And the border was drawn and turned about on the west side southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal — the same is Kiriath-jearim — a city of the children of Judah; this was the west side.
Dari sebelah barat gunung itu, garis batas tanah itu membelok ke selatan menuju ke Kiryat-Baal (yaitu Kiryat-Yearim). Kiryat-Baal adalah milik suku Yehuda. Itulah garis batas tanah itu di sebelah barat.
15 And the south side was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.
Batas-batas di sebelah selatan mulai dari tepi Kiryat-Yearim terus ke sumber-sumber air Me-Neftoah,
16 And the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the Valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel.
lalu turun ke kaki gunung yang berhadapan dengan Lembah-Hinom di ujung utara Lembah-Refaim. Sesudah itu garis batas itu ke selatan melalui Lembah-Hinom sebelah selatan lereng-lereng gunung di negeri Yebus, terus menuju ke En-Rogel,
17 And it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
membelok ke utara ke En-Semes, lalu ke Gelilot di seberang Pendakian Adumim. Sesudah itu garis batas itu turun ke Batu Bohan (Bohan adalah anak Ruben),
18 And it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah.
lalu melalui sebelah utara lereng-lereng gunung yang berhadapan dengan Lembah Yordan, kemudian turun ke lembah itu,
19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan; this was the south border.
melalui utara lereng-lereng gunung Bet-Hogla, dan berakhir di bagian utara Laut Mati di tempat Sungai Yordan bermuara. Itulah perbatasan bagian selatan.
20 And the Jordan was to be the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families.
Sungai Yordan merupakan perbatasan sebelah timur. Demikianlah batas-batas tanah yang diberikan kepada keluarga-keluarga dalam suku Benyamin untuk menjadi milik mereka.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz;
Kota-kota yang dimiliki oleh keluarga-keluarga dalam suku Benyamin, semuanya ada dua belas kota dengan desa-desa di sekitarnya, yaitu: Yerikho, Bet-Hogla, Emek-Kezis, Bet-Araba, Zemaraim, Betel, Haawim, Para, Ofra, Kefar-Haamonai, Ofni, dan Geba.
22 and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el;
23 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;
24 and Chephar-ammonah, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth;
Juga empat belas kota berikut ini dengan desa-desa di sekitarnya: Gibeon, Rama, Beerot, Mizpa, Kefira, Moza, Rekem, Yirpeel, Tarala, Zela, Elef, Yebus (yaitu Yerusalem), Gibea dan Kiryat-Yearim. Itulah tanah-tanah yang diberikan kepada keluarga-keluarga dalam suku Benyamin untuk menjadi milik mereka.
26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah;
27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah;
28 and Zela, Eleph, and the Jebusite — the same is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
