Deuteronomy 3

1 “Then we turned [north] and went toward the Bashan region. Og, the king [of that area], and all his soldiers marched [south] to fight against us at Edrei [town].

١ ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلْنَا وَاتَّجَهْنَا نَحْوَ طَرِيقِ بَاشَانَ، فَخَرَجَ عُوجُ مَلِكُ بَاشَانَ لِمُحَارَبَتِنَا بِكَامِلِ جَيْشِهِ، فِي إذْرَعِي.

2 Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, because I will enable your [army] to defeat [MTY] him and all his army and to capture all their land. Do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who ruled in Heshbon [city].’

٢ فَقَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ: «لا تَخَفْ مِنْهُ. قَدْ نَصَرْتُكَ عَلَيْهِ مَعَ سَائِرِ جَيْشِهِ وَأَرْضِهِ، فَتَفْعَلُ بِهِ كَمَا فَعَلْتَ بِسِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِي كَانَ مُقِيماً فِي حَشْبُونَ.»

3 “So Yahweh enabled us to defeat [IDM] King Og and all his army. We killed them all; we did not allow any of them to remain alive.

٣ فَحَقَّقَ لَنَا إِلَهُنَا النَّصْرَ أَيْضاً عَلَى عُوجٍ مَلِكِ بَاشَانَ وَعَلَى سَائِرِ جَيْشِهِ، فَهَزَمْنَاهُ حَتَّى لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُمْ حَيٌّ،

4 There were 60 cities in that region near Argob, in King Og’s kingdom of Bashan. But we captured all of them

٤ وَاسْتَوْلَيْنَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ مُدُنِهِ وَكُلِّ قُرَاهُ. فَكَانَتْ فِي جُمْلَتِهَا سِتِّينَ مَدِينَةً مُنْتَشِرَةً فِي كُلِّ مِنْطَقَةِ أَرْجُوبَ الَّتِي تُشَكِّلُ مَمْلَكَةَ عُوجٍ فِي بَاشَانَ.

5 All those cities had high walls [around them] with gates and bars. We also captured many villages that did not have walls [around them].

٥ وَكَانَتْ جَمِيعُ هَذِهِ مُدُناً مُحَصَّنَةً بِالأَسْوَارِ الْعَالِيَةِ وَالأَبْوَابِ وَالْمَزَالِيجِ، فَضْلاً عَنْ قُرَى الصَّحْرَاءِ الْكَثِيرَةِ.

6 We completely destroyed everything, just as we had done [in the area that] King Sihon ruled. We killed all the men, women, and children.

٦ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا كَمَا فَعَلْنَا بِمُدُنِ سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ حَشْبُونَ، وَقَضَيْنَا عَلَى الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالأَطْفَالِ.

7 But from those cities we took for ourselves all the livestock and other valuable things.

٧ وَلَكِنَّنَا غَنِمْنَا لأَنْفُسِنَا كُلَّ الْبَهَائِمِ وَأَسْلابِ الْمُدُنِ.

8 “So at that time we took from those two kings of the Amor people-group all the land east of the Jordan [River], from the Arnon [River] gorge [in the south] to Hermon Mountain [in the north].”

٨ وَأَخَذْنَا حِينَئِذٍ مِنْ أَيْدِي مَلِكَيِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الأَرْضَ الْوَاقِعَةَ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ مِنْ وَادِي أَرْنُونَ حَتَّى جَبَلِ حَرْمُونَ.

9 (That mountain is called Sirion by the people of Sidon [city] and is called Senir by the Amor people-group.)

٩ وَيَدْعُو الصِّيدُونِيُّونَ جَبَلَ حَرْمُونَ «سِرْيُونَ». أَمَّا الأَمُورِيُّونَ فَيَدْعُونَهُ «سَنِيرَ».

10 “We captured all the towns on the (plateau/high level land), and all the Gilead [region], and all the Bashan [region] as far east as Edrei and Salecah towns, which also belonged to Og’s kingdom.”

١٠ وَهَكَذَا اسْتَوْلَيْنَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ السَّهْلِ وَسَائِرِ جِلْعَادَ وَبَاشَانَ إِلَى سَلْخَةَ وَإِذْرَعِي مَدِينَتَيْ مَمْلَكَةِ عُوجٍ فِي بَاشَانَ.

11 (Og was the last king who was a descendant of the Repha giants. His bed was made of iron. It was almost (14 feet/4 meters) long and (6 feet/2 meters) wide. It is still [RHQ] in Rabbah [city] in the Ammon area.)

١١ وَكَانَ عُوجٌ آخِرَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ الرَّفَائِيِّينَ. وَكَانَ سَرِيرُهُ مَصْنُوعاً مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَلا يَزَالُ مَحْفُوظاً فِي (مُتْحَفِ) رَبَّةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ. طُولُهُ تِسْعُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَمْتَارٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ) وَعَرْضُهُ أَرْبَعُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ).

12 “From the land that we captured at that time, I allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the land [north] of Aroer [town] near the Arnon [River], and some of the hilly area of the Gilead [region], along with the nearby towns.

١٢ وَقَدِ امْتَلَكْنَا آنَئِذٍ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ، فَأَعْطَيْتُ لِلرَّأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالْجَادِيِّينَ بِلادَ عَرُوعِيرَ الْوَاقِعَةَ عَلَى وَادِي أَرْنُونَ وَنِصْفَ جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.

13 The other part of the Gilead [region] and all of the Bashan [region], which was the Argob [region] that King Og had ruled, I allotted to half of the tribe of Manasseh.” (The entire Bashan [region] is called the land of the Repha giants.)

١٣ كَمَا أَعْطَيْتُ لِنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى بَقِيَّةَ جِلْعَادَ، وَكُلَّ مِنْطَقَةِ أَرْجُوبَ وَبَاشَانَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُشَكِّلُ مَمْلَكَةَ عُوجٍ، وَهِيَ تُدْعَى أَيْضاً أَرْضَ الرَّفَائِيِّينَ.

14 “Jair, from the tribe of Manasseh, conquered all the Bashan area as far [north] as the border of the Geshur and Maacah territories. He gave his own name to the villages there, and they are still called the villages of Jair.

١٤ فَأَخَذَ يَائِيرُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ مَنَسَّى جَمِيعَ مِنْطَقَةِ أَرْجُوبَ حَتَّى حُدُودِ الْجَشُورِيِّينَ وَالْمَعْكِيِّينَ، وَأَطْلَقَ اسْمَهُ عَلَى أَرْضِ بَاشَانَ، فَدَعَاهَا حَوُّوثَ يَائِيرَ (وَمَعْنَاهَا قُرَى يَائِيرَ) إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

15 The [northern part of the] Gilead [region] I allotted to the Machir [clan, who are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh].

١٥ كَذَلِكَ أَعْطَيْتُ مَاكِيرَ جِلْعَادَ.

16 I allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the southern part of the Gilead [region, extending south] to the Arnon [River]. The middle of the river is the [southern] boundary. The [northern] boundary is the Jabbok River, which is part of the border of the Ammon area.

١٦ أَمَّا الرَّأُوبَيْنِيُّونَ وَالْجَادِيُّونَ فَقَدْ مَلَّكْتُهُمُ الْمِنْطَقَةَ الْمُمْتَدَّةَ مِنْ جِلْعَادَ حَتَّى مُنْتَصَفِ وَادِي أَرْنُونَ، حَيْثُ تَنْتَهِي حُدُودُهُمْ. وَكَذَلِكَ إِلَى وَادِي يَبُّوقَ الْمُتَاخِمِ لِحُدُودِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

17 [To the west their territory extended] to the Jordan [River] Valley, from Galilee Lake [in the north] to the Dead Sea [in the south] and to the slopes of Pisgah [Mountain] to the east.

١٧ كَمَا امْتَدَّتْ حُدُودُهُمْ إِلَى الْغَرْبِ حَتَّى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي وَادِي الْعَرَبَةِ، مِنْ كِنَّارَةَ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ الْمَيِّتِ تَحْتَ سُفُوحِ جَبَلِ الْفِسْجَةِ شَرْقاً.

18 At that time, I told you three tribes, ‘Yahweh our God is giving you this land [east of the Jordan River], for you to occupy/capture. So now, give your soldiers weapons, and send them [across the Jordan River] ahead of the men from the other Israeli tribes [to help them to conquer/capture the land that has been allotted to them].

١٨ وَأَمَرْتُ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَنِصْفَ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى قَائِلاً: قَدْ أَوْرَثَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا. فَلْيَعْبُرْ أَبْطَالُكُمْ مُدَجَّجِينَ بِالسِّلاحِ فِي طَلِيعَةِ إِخْوَتِكُمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

19 But your wives and children and your very numerous cattle must stay in the towns that I have allotted to you.

١٩ وَلْتَمْكُثْ نِسَاؤُكُمْ وَأَطْفَالُكُمْ وَمَوَاشِيكُمْ، الَّتِي أَعْلَمُ كَثْرَتَهَا، فِي مُدُنِكُمُ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لَكُمْ

20 [Your men must help your fellow Israelis] until Yahweh enables them to live there peacefully after they capture all the land that Yahweh our God is giving to them on the west side of the Jordan [River], just like he did for you [here on the east side of the river]. After that, you all may return to this land that I have allotted to you.’

٢٠ إِلَى أَنْ يَمْتَلِكَ إِخْوَتُكُمُ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي يُوَرِّثُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَهُمْ غَرْبِيَّ الأُرْدُنِّ وَيُرِيحُهُمْ مِثْلَكُمْ. ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ الَّذِي وَهَبْتُهُ لَهُ.

21 And I told Joshua, ‘You [SYN] have seen everything that Yahweh our God did to those two kings, [Sihon and Og]. He will do the same thing to the people [who are now] in the land that you will be entering.

٢١ وَقُلْتُ حِينَذَاكَ لِيَشُوعَ: «لَقَدْ شَهِدَتْ عَيْنَاكَ مَا أَنْزَلَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ بِهَذَيْنِ الْمَلِكَيْنِ، فَإِنَّهُ هَكَذَا سَيَصْنَعُ بِجَمِيعِ الْمَمَالِكِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ عَابِرٌ إِلَيْهَا.

22 Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God is the one who will fight for you all.’”

٢٢ لَا تَجْزَعُوا مِنْهُمْ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ يُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ».

23 “At that time, I earnestly prayed, saying

٢٣ وَتَضَرَّعْتُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ قَائِلاً:

24 ‘Yahweh our Lord, you have merely begun to show me that you are very great and to show me the powerful things that you can do [MTY]. There is certainly no [RHQ] god in heaven or on earth who can do the powerful things/deeds that you [have done].

٢٤ «يَا سَيِّدُ هَا أَنْتَ قَدِ ابْتَدَأْتَ تُعْلِنُ لِعَبْدِكَ عَظَمَتَكَ وَقُوَّةَ قُدْرَتِكَ فَأَيُّ إِلَهٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَعَلَى الأَرْضِ يُجْرِي مِثْلَ أَعْمَالِكَ وَجَبَرُوتِكَ.

25 So please allow me to cross the Jordan [River] and to see the good/fertile land on the west side, the beautiful hilly area and [the mountains in] Lebanon.’

٢٥ دَعْنِي أَعْبُرُ لأَرَى لُبْنَانَ وَالأَرْضَ الْخَصِيبَةَ غَرْبِيَّ الأُرْدُنِّ بِتِلالِهَا الطَّيِّبَةِ».

26 But Yahweh was angry with me because of [what] your ancestors [had made me do], so he would not pay attention to me. Instead, he said, ‘That is enough [talk from you]! Do not talk to me about that again!

٢٦ لَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ غَضِبَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، وَلَمْ يَسْتَجِبْ لِي، بَلْ قَالَ: كَفَاكَ. لَا تَعُدْ تُكَلِّمُنِي فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ.

27 Climb up to the top of Pisgah [Mountain] and look toward the west and to the east, toward the north and to the south. Look at [MTY] it all carefully, because you will not cross the Jordan [River to see the land from there].

٢٧ اصْعَدْ إِلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ الْفِسْجَةِ وَتَلَفَّتْ إِلَى الْغَرْبِ وَالشِّمَالِ وَالْجَنُوبِ وَالشَّرْقِ وَشَاهِدِ الأَرْضَ بِعَيْنَيْكَ لَكِنْ لَنْ تَعْبُرَ إِلَى غَرْبِيِّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ.

28 But tell Joshua what he must do and encourage him to be strong, because he is the one who will lead the people [across the river in order that they can] occupy/capture the land that you will see [from the top of the mountain].’

٢٨ إِنَّمَا يَشُوعُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقُودُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَقْسِمُ لَهُمُ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي تُشَاهِدُهَا. كَذَلِكَ أَوْصِهِ وَثَبِّتْهُ وَشَجِّعْهُ.

29 So we remained in the [Jordan River] Valley close to Beth-Peor [town].”

٢٩ وَهَكَذَا مَكَثْنَا فِي الْوَادِي مُقَابِلَ بَيْتِ فَغُورَ.