Joshua 22

1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

١ ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى يَشُوعُ الرَّأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالْجَادِيِّينَ وَنِصْفَ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى،

2 and said unto them: 'Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded you;

٢ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لَقَدْ وَفَيْتُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا أَوْصَاكُمْ بِهِ مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ، وَأَطَعْتُمْ كَلامِي فِي كُلِّ مَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ.

3 ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.

٣ وَلَمْ تَتَخَلَّوْا عَنْ إِخْوَتِكُمْ طَوَالَ هَذِهِ الأَيَّامِ الْكَثِيرَةِ حَتَّى هَذِهِ اللَّحْظَةِ، بَلْ نَفَّذْتُمُ الْمُهِمَّةَ الَّتِي أَوْكَلَهَا إِلَيْكُمُ الرَّبُّ.

4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as He spoke unto them; therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan.

٤ وَهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمُ الآنَ قَدْ أَرَاحَ إِخْوَتَكُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَهُمْ، فَانْصَرِفُوا إِلَى خِيَامِكُمْ وَإِلَى أَرْضِ مِلْكِكُمُ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمْ مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ فِي شَرْقِيِّ الأُرْدُنِّ.

5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and to cleave unto Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.'

٥ إِنَّمَا احْرِصُوا جِدّاً عَلَى مُمَارَسَةِ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَالشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أَمَرَكُمْ بِها مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ، وَهِيَ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَتَسْلُكُوا فِي كُلِّ سُبُلِهِ وَتُطِيعُوا وَصَايَاهُ وَتَتَمَسَّكُوا بِهِ وَتَعْبُدُوهُ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَنُفُوسِكُمْ».

6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents.

٦ ثُمَّ بَارَكَهُمْ يَشُوعُ وَأَطْلَقَهُمْ، فَمَضَوْا إِلَى خِيَامِهِمْ.

7 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them,

٧ وَكَانَ مُوسَى قَدْ وَهَبَ لِنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مِلْكاً فِي بَاشَانَ، أَمَّا نِصْفُهُ الآخَرُ فَقَدْ أَعْطَاهُمْ يَشُوعُ مِيرَاثاً مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِمْ غَرْبِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ. وَعِنْدَمَا أَطْلَقَهُمْ يَشُوعُ أَيْضاً إِلَى خِيَامِهِمْ بَارَكَهُمْ

8 and spoke unto them, saying: 'Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.'

٨ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «ارْجِعُوا إِلَى خِيَامِكُمْ بِغَنَائِمَ كَثِيرَةٍ وَبِمَوَاشٍ وَفِيرَةٍ وَبِفِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَنُحَاسٍ وَحَدِيدٍ وَمَلابِسَ كَثِيرَةٍ جِدّاً، تَقَاسَمُوا غَنِيمَةَ أَعْدَائِكُمْ مَعَ إِخْوَتِكُمْ».

9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

٩ فَرَجَعَ أَبْنَاءُ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَأَبْنَاءُ جَادٍ وَنِصْفُ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مِنْ عِنْدِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ شِيلُوهَ الْوَاقِعَةِ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، إِلَى أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ، أَرْضِ مِيرَاثِهِمِ الَّتِي امْتَلَكُوهَا حَسَبَ وَعْدِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُوسَى.

10 And when they came unto the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look upon.

١٠ وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ رِجَالُ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى حَوْضَ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، شَيَّدُوا عَلَى ضَفَّةِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ مَذْبَحاً رَائِعَ الْمَنْظَرِ.

11 And the children of Israel heard say: 'Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel.'

١١ فَقِيلَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَا قَدْ بَنَى أَبْنَاءُ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَأَبْنَاءُ نِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى مَذْبَحاً فِي حَوْضِ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ مُقَابِلَ جَانِبِنَا مِنَ النَّهْرِ».

12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.

١٢ فَاحْتَشَدَ كُلُّ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي شِيلُوهَ مُتَأَهِّبِينَ لِمُحَارَبَتِهِمْ.

13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest;

١٣ وَأَرْسَلُوا فِينْحَاسَ بْنَ أَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنَ إِلَى أَبْنَاءِ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَأَبْنَاءِ جَادٍ وَأَبْنَاءِ نِصْفِ مَنَسَّى فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ

14 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.

١٤ عَلَى رَأْسِ وَفْدٍ مِنْ عَشْرَةِ زُعَمَاءَ يُمَثِّلُ كُلُّ زَعِيمٍ مِنْهُمْ سِبْطاً مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying:

١٥ وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلُوا إِلَى جِلْعَادَ قَالُوا لَهُمْ:

16 'Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD: What treachery is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, to rebel this day against the LORD?

١٦ «هَذَا مَا تَقُولُهُ لَكُمْ كُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ: مَا هَذِهِ الْخِيَانَةُ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبْتُمُوهَا فِي حَقِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَارْتَدَدْتُمْ عَنِ الرَّبِّ وَبَنَيْتُمْ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ مَذْبَحاً، مُتَمَرِّدِينَ بِذَلِكَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ؟

17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD,

١٧ أَلَمْ يَكْفِنَا إِثْمُ فَغُورَ الَّذِي لَمْ نَتَطَهَّرْ مِنْهُ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ مُنْذُ أَنْ تَفَشَّى الْوَبَأُ فِي جَمَاعَةِ الرَّبِّ،

18 that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against the LORD, that to-morrow He will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

١٨ حَتَّى تَرْتَدُّوا أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ عَنِ الرَّبِّ؟ إِذَا تَمَرَّدْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْخَطُ غَداً عَلَى كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

19 Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us; but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God.

١٩ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَرْضُكُمْ نَجِسَةً فَتَعَالَوْا إِلَى أَرْضِ الرَّبِّ، الَّتِي نُصِبَ فِيهَا مَسْكَنُ الرَّبِّ، وَرِثُوا بَيْنَنَا، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَتَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى الرَّبِّ وَلا عَلَيْنَا بِتَشْيِيدِكُمْ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ مَذْبَحاً غَيْرَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا.

20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass concerning the devoted thing, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.'

٢٠ أَلَمْ يَرْتَكِبْ عَخَانُ بْنُ زَارَحَ خِيَانَةً فَسَرَقَ مَا حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ، فَانْصَبَّ السَّخَطُ عَلَى كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ وَحْدَهُ فَقَطْ الَّذِي هَلَكَ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ إِثْمِهِ؟»

21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke unto the heads of the thousands of Israel:

٢١ فَأَجَابَهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى:

22 'God, God, the LORD, God, God, the LORD, He knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in treachery against the LORD — save Thou us not this day —

٢٢ «إِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ هُوَ إِلَهُ كُلِّ الآلِهَةِ؛ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ هُوَ إِلَهُ كُلِّ الْآلِهَةِ. هُوَ يَعْلَمُ، وَعَلَى شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ أَنَّنَا لَمْ نَبْنِ الْمَذْبَحَ تَمَرُّداً عَلَيْهِ أَوْ خِيَانَةً فِي حَقِّهِ وَإلَّا فَلْيُهْلِكْنَا هَذَا الْيَوْمَ،

23 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following the LORD; or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let the LORD Himself require it;

٢٣ وَلْيُعَاقِبْنَا الرَّبُّ نَفْسُهُ إِنْ كُنَّا قَدْ شَيَّدْنَا هَذَا الْمَذْبَحَ لِلارْتِدَادِ عَنْهُ أَوْ لإِصْعَادِ مُحْرَقَةٍ أَوْ تَقْدِمَةٍ أَوْ تَقْرِيبِ ذَبَائِحِ سَلامٍ عَلَيْهِ.

24 and if we have not rather out of anxiety about a matter done this, saying: In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying: What have ye to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

٢٤ إِنَّمَا أَقَمْنَاهُ خَوْفاً مِنْ أَنْ يَقُولَ يَوْماً أَوْلادُكُمْ لأَوْلادِنَا: بِأَيِّ حَقٍّ تَعْبُدُونَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

25 for the LORD hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no portion in the LORD; so might your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

٢٥ لَقَدْ جَعَلَ الرَّبُّ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ حَدّاً فَاصِلاً بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَنَا يَا أَبْنَاءَ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ، فَلَيْسَ لَكُمْ نَصِيبٌ فِي الرَّبِّ، وَبِذَلِكَ يَثْنِي أَوْلادُكُمْ أَوْلادَنَا عَنْ تَقْوَى الرَّبِّ.

26 Therefore we said: Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice;

٢٦ وَذَلِكَ مَا جَعَلَنَا نَقُولُ: هَيَّا نَبْنِي مَذْبَحاً، لَا لِنُقَدِّمَ عَلَيْهِ مُحْرَقَةً أَوْ ذَبِيحَةً،

27 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come: Ye have no portion in the LORD.

٢٧ إِنَّمَا لِيَكُونَ شَاهِداً بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ أَجْيَالِنَا الْقَادِمَةِ بَعْدَنَا، بِأَنَّنَا نَعْبُدُ الرَّبَّ بِذَبَائِحِنَا وَمُحْرَقَاتِنَا وَتَقْدِمَاتِ سَلامِنَا، فَلا يَقُولُ أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ غَداً لأَبْنَائِنَا: لَيْسَ لَكُمْ نَصِيبٌ فِي الرَّبِّ.

28 Therefore said we: It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say: Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.

٢٨ وَقُلْنَا: إِذَا حَدَثَ وَقَالُوا ذَلِكَ لأَجْيَالِنَا غَداً، أَنَّهُمْ يُجِيبُونَهُمْ: انْظُرُوا شِبْهَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ آبَاؤُنَا، لَا لِلْمُحْرَقَةِ وَلا لِلذَّبِيحَةِ، بَلْ لِيَكُونَ شَاهِداً بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ.

29 Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn away this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the LORD our God that is before His tabernacle.'

٢٩ فَحَاشَا لَنَا أَنْ نَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَى الرَّبِّ وَنَرْتَدَّ عَنْهُ بِبِنَاءِ مَذْبَحٍ لِلْمُحْرَقَةِ أَوِ التَّقْدِمَةِ أَوِ الذَّبِيحَةِ غَيْرَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا الْقَائِمِ أَمَامَ مَسْكَنِهِ».

30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.

٣٠ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ فِينْحَاسُ الْكَاهِنُ وَقَادَةُ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُرَافِقِينَ لَهُ مَا أَجَابَ بِهِ أَبْنَاءُ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَأَبْنَاءُ نِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى، حَظِيَ ذَلِكَ بِرِضَاهُمْ.

31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh: 'This day we know that the LORD is in the midst of us, because ye have not committed this treachery against the LORD; now have ye delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.'

٣١ فَقَالَ فِينْحَاسُ بْنُ أَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنُ لَهُمْ: «الْيَوْمَ عَرَفْنَا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ بَيْنَنَا، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَرْتَكِبُوا هَذِهِ الْخِيَانَةَ بِحَقِّهِ، وَبِذَلِكَ أَنْقَذْتُمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ عِقَابِ الرَّبِّ».

32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them back word.

٣٢ وَرَجَعَ فِينْحَاسُ بْنُ أَلِعَازَارَ الْكَاهِنُ وَالرُّؤَسَاءُ عَائِدِينَ مِنْ أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ إِلَى أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ حَيْثُ يُقِيمُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَأَخْبَرُوهُمْ بِجَوَابِهِمْ.

33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt.

٣٣ فَاغْتَبَطَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَبَارَكُوا الرَّبَّ وَتَخَلَّوْا عَنْ فِكْرَةِ مُحَارَبَةِ الرَّأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالْجَادِيِّينَ وَتَخْرِيبِ أَرْضِهِمْ.

34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar —: 'for it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.'

٣٤ وَسَمَّى بَنُو رَأُوبَيْنَ وَبَنُو جَادٍ الْمَذْبَحَ «الشَّاهِدَ» لأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّهُ شَاهِدٌ بَيْنَنَا بِأَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ إِلَهُنَا.