Joshua 14
1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
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 By lot was their inheritance, as Yhwh commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
Urithi wao ulichaguliwa kwa kupiga kura kwa makabila tisa na nusu, kama vile Yahweh alivyoagiza kwa mkono wa Musa.
3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
Kwa kuwa Musa alikuwa amewapa urithi makabila mawili na nusu ng'ambo ya Yordani, lakini Walawi hawakupewa urithi wowote.
4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
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 As Yhwh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
Watu wa Israeli walifanya hivyo kama vile Yahweh alivyomwagiza Musa, basi waliiganywa nchi.
6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that Yhwh said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea.
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 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Yhwh sent me from Kadesh–barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
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 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed Yhwh my God.
Lakini ndugu zangu walioenda pamoja nami waliifanya mioyo ya watu iyeyuke kwa woga. Lakini mimi nilimfuata Yahweh kabisa.
9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed Yhwh 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 And now, behold, Yhwh hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since Yhwh spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
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 As yet I am as strong this day as I was 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 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 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof Yhwh spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be Yhwh will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as Yhwh said.
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 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
Kisha Yoshua alimbariki Kalebu mwana wa Yefune na alimpa Hebroni kama urithi wake.
14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed Yhwh God of Israel.
Hivyo Hebroni ikawa urithi wa Kalebu mwana wa Yefune Mkenizi hata leo, kwasababu alimfuata kabisa Yahweh, Mungu wa Israeli.
15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
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.
