Joshua 14

1 And these [are] they of the sons of Israel who inherited in the land of Canaan, whom Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, caused to inherit;

以下是以色列子孫在客納罕地所得的產業，那是司祭厄肋阿責爾和農的兒子若蘇厄，以及以色列子孫各支派的族長給他們劃分的，

2 their inheritance [is] by lot, as YHWH commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe;

按照上主藉梅瑟吩咐的，以抽籤方式將土地分給又個支派，

3 for Moses has given the inheritance of two of the tribes, and of half of the tribe, beyond the Jordan, and he has not given an inheritance to the Levites in their midst;

因為梅瑟在約旦河東，已將產業分給了另兩個支派；在他們中只沒有給肋未人分配產業。

4 for the sons of Joseph have been two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they have not given a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, and their outskirts for their livestock, and for their possessions;

實際上，若瑟的子孫形成了兩個支派，即默納協和厄弗辣因。雖沒有分配給肋未人產業，卻給了他們一些城市作住所，和城郊草地，為牧放他們的的牲畜和羊群。

5 as YHWH commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel have done, and they apportion the land.

上主怎樣吩咐梅瑟，以色列子民便怎樣進行劃分土地。

6 And the sons of Judah come near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite says to him, “You have known the word that YHWH has spoken to Moses, the man of God, concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh-Barnea:

猶大的子孫來到基加耳見若蘇厄時，刻納次族耶孚乃的兒子加肋布對若蘇厄說：「上主在卡德士巴爾乃亞，關於你和我對天主的人梅瑟所說的話，你是知道的。

7 I [was] a son of forty years in Moses, servant of YHWH, sending me from Kadesh-Barnea, to spy out the land, and I bring him back word as with my heart;

當上主的僕人梅瑟從卡德士巴爾乃亞，派我去偵探這地方時，我正十四歲，我全按我的良心回報了衪。

8 and my brothers who have gone up with me have caused the heart of the people to melt, and I have been fully after my God YHWH;

當與一同上去的弟兄們使百姓喪氣時，我紿終服從了上主我的天主。

9 and Moses swears in that day, saying, Nevertheless—the land on which your foot has trodden, it is to you for an inheritance, and to your sons—for all time, for you have been fully after my God YHWH.

那天梅瑟曾起誓說：你的腳所踏過[的地方，必定永久歸你和你們的子孫作為產業，因為你始終服從了上主我的天主。

10 And now, behold, YHWH has kept me alive, as He has spoken, these forty-five years, since YHWH spoke this word to Moses when Israel went in the wilderness; and now, behold, I [am] a son of eighty-five years today;

現在你看，自從上主對梅瑟說了這話，上主便照所應許的，使我又活了四十五歲，經過了以色列人在曠野漂流的時期，現在我已是八十五歲的人了。

11 yet today I [am] strong as in the day of Moses’ sending me; as my power [was] then, so [is] my power now, for battle, and to go out, and to come in.

但我現在還很強壯，如派我去的那一天一樣；不拘是打仗或是出入行動，我現在的力量和那時完全一樣。

12 And now, give this hill-country to me, of which YHWH spoke in that day, for you heard in that day, for Anakim [are] there, and great, fortified cities; if [it] so be [that] YHWH [is] with me, then I have dispossessed them, as YHWH has spoken.”

現在，請你將上主所許下的那座山地賜給我，因為那天你也曾聽過這話。固然，那裏有有阿納克人，城池又大又堅固，或許上主會與我同在，照上主所應許的，我能將他們趕走。」

13 And Joshua blesses him, and gives Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance,

若蘇厄就祝福了他，將赫貝龍給了耶孚乃的兒子加肋布作為產業。

14 therefore Hebron has been to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite for an inheritance to this day, because that he was fully after YHWH, God of Israel;

因此赫貝龍直到今日仍為刻納次人耶孚乃的兒子加肋布的產業因為他紿終服從了上主以色列的天主。

15 and the name of Hebron [was] formerly Kirjath-Arba (the man [was] the greatest among the Anakim); and the land has rest from war.

赫貝龍以前名叫克黎雅特阿爾巴，原是阿納克人中的一個偉人。以後國內昇平，再無戰事。