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.
Questo invece ebbero in eredità gli Israeliti nel paese di Canaan: lo assegnarono loro in eredità il sacerdote Eleazaro e Giosuè, figlio di Nun, e i capi dei casati delle tribù degli Israeliti.
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.
La loro eredità fu stabilita per sorte, come aveva comandato il Signore per mezzo di Mosè, per le nove tribù e per la mezza tribù;
infatti Mosè aveva assegnato l'eredità di due tribù e della mezza tribù oltre il Giordano; ai leviti non aveva dato alcuna eredità in mezzo a loro;
però i figli di Giuseppe formano due tribù, Manàsse ed Efraim, mentre non si diede parte alcuna ai leviti del paese, tranne le città dove abitare e i loro contadi per i loro greggi e gli armenti.
Come aveva comandato il Signore a Mosè, così fecero gli Israeliti e si divisero il paese.
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.
Si presentarono allora i figli di Giuda da Giosuè a Gàlgala e Caleb, figlio di Iefunne, il Kenizzita gli disse: «Tu conosci la parola che ha detto il Signore a Mosè, l'uomo di Dio, riguardo a me e a te a 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.
Avevo quarant'anni quando Mosè, servo del Signore, mi inviò da Kades-Barnea a esplorare il paese e io gliene riferii come pensavo.
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].
I compagni che vennero con me scoraggiarono il popolo, io invece fui pienamente fedele al Signore Dio mio.
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.’
Mosè in quel giorno giurò: Certo la terra, che ha calcato il tuo piede, sarà in eredità a te e ai tuoi figli, per sempre, perché sei stato pienamente fedele al Signore Dio mio.
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.
Ora, ecco il Signore mi ha fatto vivere, come aveva detto, sono cioè quarantacinque anni da quando disse questa parola a Mosè, mentre Israele camminava nel deserto, e oggi, ecco ho ottantacinque anni;
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.
io sono ancora oggi come quando Mosè mi inviò: come il mio vigore allora, così il mio vigore ora, sia per la battaglia, sia per ogni altro servizio;
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.”
ora concedimi questi monti, di cui il Signore ha parlato in quel giorno, poiché tu hai allora saputo che vi sono gli Anakiti e città grandi e fortificate; spero che il Signore sia con me e io le conquisterò secondo quanto ha detto il Signore!».
13 So Joshua [asked God to] bless Caleb, and he gave to Caleb [the city of] Hebron.
Giosuè lo benedisse e diede Ebron in eredità a Caleb, figlio di Iefunne.
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].
Per questo Caleb, figlio di Iefunne, il Kenizzita, ebbe in eredità Ebron fino ad oggi, perché pienamente fedele al Signore, Dio di Israele.
Ebron si chiamava prima Kiriat-Arba: Arba era stato l'uomo più grande tra gli Anakiti. Poi il paese non ebbe più la guerra.
