Joshua 14
1 Eleazar the Supreme Priest, Joshua, and the leaders of the [twelve] tribes repeated what land would be allotted to each of the Israeli tribes in Canaan.
Inilah tanah warisan di negeri Kanaan sebelah barat sungai Yordan, yang dibagikan oleh Imam Eleazar, Yosua, dan para pemimpin kepada suku-suku Israel.
2 Yahweh had told Moses many years previously in what way he wanted the division of the land to be decided. Moses had already declared that two and a half tribes would be allotted land on the east side of the Jordan [River]. Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. [Half of the tribe descended from Manasseh was allotted land on the east side of the Jordan, along with the tribes of Reuben and Gad]. The people belonging to the nine and a half other tribes [on the west side of the Jordan River] threw (lots/stones that had been marked) to decide which land each tribe would receive. The tribe of Levi was not allotted any land. They received only towns [that already existed], towns in which to live, and (pastures/fields of grass) for their animals.
Pembagian tanah warisan kepada sembilan setengah suku Israel dilakukan dengan cara mengundi, sesuai perintah TUHAN kepada Musa.
Musa sudah memberikan kepada dua setengah suku Israel tanah warisan di sebelah timur sungai Yordan, sedangkan suku Lewi tidak diberinya tanah warisan.
Keturunan Yusuf terdiri dari dua suku, yaitu Manasye dan Efraim. Masing-masing suku menerima tanah warisan, sedangkan suku Lewi tidak mendapat tanah warisan selain kota-kota untuk mereka tempati dan padang rumput di sekitarnya untuk menggembalakan ternak mereka.
Demikianlah bangsa Israel membagi negeri itu sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN kepada Musa.
6 One day some men from the tribe of Judah went to Joshua while he and all the Israelis were at Gilgal. Among those men was Jephunneh’s son Caleb. He said to Joshua, “[I am sure that] you remember what Yahweh said to the prophet Moses about you and me when we were at Kadesh-Barnea.
Suatu hari, Kaleb anak Yefune, keturunan Kenas, bersama orang-orang suku Yehuda datang kepada Yosua di Gilgal. Kata Kaleb kepada Yosua, “Ingatlah apa yang TUHAN katakan kepada Musa, utusan Allah itu, tentang kita berdua waktu kita berada di Kades Barnea.
7 I was 40 years old at that time. Moses sent me [and you and some other men] to explore this land. When we returned, I gave to Moses a true report [IDM] about what we had seen.
Saya berumur empat puluh tahun ketika Musa, hamba TUHAN itu, mengutus saya dari Kades Barnea untuk mengintai negeri ini. Lalu saya kembali dan melaporkan keadaan yang sebenarnya,
8 The other men who went with us [gave a report that] caused the people to be afraid [IDM]. But I fully/completely believed [that] Yahweh [would enable us to take the land from the people who lived there].
sedangkan saudara-saudara yang pergi bersama saya membuat bangsa Israel ketakutan. Tetapi saya tetap taat kepada TUHAN Allahku dengan segenap hati.
9 So on that day, Moses solemnly promised me, ‘[Some of] the land on which you walked will become yours. It will belong to your descendants forever. I am giving it to you because you fully trusted in Yahweh, my God.’
Pada hari itu Musa berjanji kepada saya, katanya, ‘Tanah yang kamu jelajahi akan menjadi warisanmu dan keturunanmu, karena kamu sudah taat kepada TUHAN, Allah kita, dengan sepenuh hati.’
10 “Now Yahweh has done for me what he promised. Forty-five years have passed since Moses said that to me during the time that we were wandering around in the desert. And just like Yahweh promised, he has kept me alive and well all during that time. Now I am eighty-five years old.
“Sekarang, empat puluh lima tahun sudah berlalu sejak TUHAN memberikan janji itu kepada Musa, sewaktu bangsa Israel mengembara di padang belantara. Seperti yang kamu lihat, selama ini TUHAN sudah menjaga saya tetap hidup, seperti yang dijanjikan-Nya. Sekarang saya sudah berumur delapan puluh lima tahun,
11 I am as strong today as I was on the day that Moses sent me [to explore this land]. I am as ready to fight now as I was then.
tetapi saya masih sama kuatnya seperti pada waktu Musa mengutus saya. Saya masih cukup kuat untuk berperang maupun untuk kegiatan lainnya.
12 So please give me the hilly area that Yahweh promised to give to me at that time long ago. At that time, you heard [me say] that the Amalek people-group lived there. You heard me say that their cities were large, and they had walls around them [to protect them from attacks by their enemies]. But now, Yahweh will help me, and as a result I will force them to leave, just like Yahweh said would happen.”
Jadi, berikanlah kepada saya daerah pegunungan yang dijanjikan TUHAN hari itu. Engkau mendengar pada waktu itu bahwa orang-orang raksasa Anakim tinggal di kota-kota besar berbenteng di daerah sana. Akan tetapi, bila TUHAN menyertai saya, saya akan mengusir mereka, seperti yang TUHAN katakan.”
13 So Joshua [asked God to] bless Caleb, and he gave to Caleb [the city of] Hebron.
Lalu Yosua memberkati Kaleb dan memberikan kota Hebron sebagai warisannya.
14 Previously that city was called Kiriath-Arba, because Arba was the greatest man among the Amalek people-group. Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb, because Caleb completely/fully trusted in Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], and obeyed him. After that happened, there was (peace/no battles) in [Canaan] land [for many years].
Sampai saat kitab ini ditulis, kota Hebron masih milik keturunan Kaleb karena dia sudah taat kepada TUHAN Allah Israel dengan segenap hati.
Sebelumnya kota Hebron bernama Kiryat Arba, yang artinya kota Arba. Arba adalah orang Anakim paling besar. Lalu damailah daerah itu karena tidak ada lagi peperangan di sana.
