Joshua 18
1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
Kisha kusanyiko lote la watu wa Israeli walikusanyika pamoja hapo Shilo. Walilijenga hema la kukutania hapo na waliishinda nchi mbele yao.
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
Kulikuwa na makabila saba miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli ambayo yalikuwa bado hayajapewa urithi wao.
3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which Yhwh God of your fathers hath given you?
Yoshua aliwaambia watu wa Israeli, “Je mtaacha mpaka lini katika kuingia nchi ambayo Yahweh, Mungu wa baba zenu, amewapeni ninyi?
4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
Chagueni ninyi wenyewe watu watatu kutoka katika kila kabila, na nitawatuma. Wataenda na kuipeleleza nchi juu na chini. Wataandika maelezo pamoja na maelekezo kuhusu urithi wao, na kisha watarudi kwangu.
5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
Wataigawanya nchi katika sehemu saba. Yuda itasalia katika eneo lao upande wa kusini, na nyumba ya Yusufu itaendelea katika himaya yao katika upande wa kaskazini.
6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before Yhwh our God.
Mtaigawanya nchi katika sehemu saba na kisha mtaniletea maelezo hayo hapa kwangu. Nami nitapiga kura kwa ajili yenu hapa mbele za Yahweh Mungu wetu.
7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of Yhwh is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of Yhwh gave them.
Walawi hana sehemu miongoni mwenu, kwa kuwa ukuhani wa Yahweh ni urithi wao. Makabila ya Gadi, Rubeni na nusu ya kabila la Manase wameshapokea urithi wao ng'ambo ya Yordani. Huu ni urithi ambao Musa mtumishi wa Yahweh aliwapa wao.
8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before Yhwh in Shiloh.
Hivyo, watu waliinuka na wakaenda. Yoshua akawaamuru wale walioenda kuandika maelezo ya nchi, akisema, “Pandeni juu na mshuke chini katika nchi na andikeni maelezo kuhusu nchi na kisha mrejee kwangu. Nitapiga kura kwa ajili yenu hapa mbele za Yahweh huko Shilo.
9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
Watu walienda na walitembea juu na chini katika nchi na wakaandika maelezo kuihusu nchi hiyo juu ya gombo kwa miji yake katika sehemu saba, kwa kutaja miji, kila mmoja katika sehemu moja. Kisha wakarudi kwa Yoshua katika kambi huko Shilo.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yhwh: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
Kisha Yoshua akapiga kura kwa ajili yao huko Shilo mbele za Yahweh. Na hapo Yoshua akaigawa nchi kwa watu wa Israeli, kila kabila lilipewa sehemu ya nchi.
11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Katika kabila la Benyamini, ugawanaji wa nchi ulifanyika kwa kupewa kwa koo zao. Eneo la nchi waliyopewa lilikuwa kati ya wazawa wa Yuda na wazawa wa Yusufu.
12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth–aven.
Katika upande wa kusini, mpaka wao ulianzia katika Yordani. Mpaka ulipanda hata sehemu ya juu kaskazini mwa Yeriko, na kisha ukapita katikati ya nchi ya milima upande wa magharibi. Huko ukafika hadi nyika ya Bethi Aveni.
13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.
Kutoka hapo mpaka ulipita upande wa kusini katika mwelekeo wa Luzi (sehemu ile ile inayoitwa Betheli). Kisha mpaka ukashuka chini hata Atarothi Adda, karibu na mlima uliolekea kusini mwa Bethi Horoni.
14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth–horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
Kisha mpaka ukaendelea upande mwingine: katika upande wa magharibi uligeukia upande wa kusini, ulienda mbele kuukabili mlima ulio ng'ambo ya Bethi Horoni. Mpaka huu ulikomea huko Kiriathi Baali ( ambao ndio Kiriathi Yearimu), mji ambao ulikuwa ni wa kabila la Yuda. Na huu ndio ulikuwa ni mpaka katika upande wa magharibi.
15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath–jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
Katika upande wa kusini, mpaka ulianzia nje tu ya Kiriathi Yearimu. Mpaka uliendelea kutoka Efroni hata chemichemi ya maji ya Neftoa.
16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,
Kisha mpaka ulishuka chini hadi mpaka wa mlima ambao ulikuwa mkabala ya bonde la Beni Hinomu, ambalo lililokuwa katika upande wa kaskazini mwishoni mwa bonde la Refaimu. Kisha ulishuka chini kuelekea bonde la Hinomu, sehemu ya kusini mwa mteremko wa Wayebusi, na uliendelea kushuka chini hadi Eni Rogeli.
17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En–shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
Ulizunguka upande wa kaskazini, kuelekea mwelekeo wa Eni Shemeshi, na kutoka hapa ulienda hadi Gelilothi, ambao ulikuwa mkabala na mwinuko wa Adumimu. Kisha ulishuka chini kuelekea Jiwe la Bohani mwana wa Rubeni.
18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
Ulipita kuelekea upande wa kaskazini wa bega la Bethi Araba na chini kuelekea Araba.
19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth–hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
Mpaka ulipita hadi upande wa bega la kaskazini la Bethi Hogla. Mpaka ulikome katika ghuba ya kaskazini mwa Bahari ya Chumvi, katika upande wa kusini mwishoni mwa Yordani. Huu ulikuwa ni mpaka wa upande wa kusini.
20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
Yordani ulikuwa mpaka wake katika upande wa mashariki. Na huu ulikuwa ni urithi wa kabila la Benyamini, na walipewa kwa kila ukoo wao, mpaka baada ya mpaka, kwa kuizunguka nchi yote.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth–hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
Kwa hiyo sasa miji ya kabila la Benyamini kufuatana na koo zao ilikuwa ni Yeriko,
22 And Beth–arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth–el,
Bethi Hogla, Emeki Kezizi, Bethi Araba, Zemaraimu, Betheli,
23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Avimu, Para, Ofra,
24 And Chephar–haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Kefari Amoni, Ofini, na Geba. Ilikuwa ni miji kumi na miwili, pamoja na vijiji vyake.
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
Kulikuwa pia na miji ya Gibeoni, Rama, Beerothi,
26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
Mizpe, Kefira, Moza,
27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Rekemu, Iripeeli, Tarala,
28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Zela, Haelefu, Yebusi (ambao ndio Yerusalemu), Gibea, na Kiriathi. Kulikuwa na miji kumi na nne, pamoja na vijiji vyake. Huu ulikuwa ni urithi wa Benyamini kufuatana na koo zao.
