Numbers 13
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Hoe ty nitsara’ Iehovà amy Mosè,
2 “Send some men to Canaan [land] to explore it. That is the land that I will give to you Israelis. Send men who are leaders in their tribes.”
Añiraho ondaty hitingañe an-tane Kanàne añe, ie hatoloko amo ana’ Israeleo, songa amantoho ondaty raike o fifokoan-droae’eo, fonga mpamelek’ am’ iereo.
3 So Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded him/me. He/I sent out twelve Israeli men who were all leaders of their tribes. He/I sent them from their/our camp at Paran in the desert.
Aa le nampionjone’ i Mosè boak’ am-patrambei’ i Parane ao iereo ami’ ty nandilia’ Iehovà, songa mpiaolo’ o ana’ Israeleo indaty rey.
4 These are the names of the men [and the tribes they belonged to: ] Shammua, the son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben;
Aa le zao o tahina’ iareoo: tam-pifokoa’ i Reòbene, t’i Samoà ana’ i Zakore;
5 Shaphat, the son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon;
tam-pifokoa’ i Simone t’i Safate ana’ i Horý;
6 Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
tam-pifokoa’ Iehodà t’i Kalebe ana’ Iefonè;
7 Igal, the son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar;
tam-pifokoa’ Isakhare t’Igale ana’ Iosefe;
8 Hoshea, the son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim;
tam-pifokoa’i Efraime t’i Hoseà ana’ i None;
9 Palti, the son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin;
tam-pifokoa’ i Beniamène t’i Paltý ana’i Rafò;
10 Gaddiel, the son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun;
tam-pifokoa’ i Zebolone t’i Gadiele ana’i Sodý;
11 Gaddi, the son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh;
tam-pifokoa’ Iosefe, tam-pifokoa’ i Menasè: t’i Gadý ana’ i Sosý;
12 Ammiel, the son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan;
tam-pifokoa’ i Dane, t’i Amiele ana’ i Gemalý;
13 Sethur, the son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher;
tam-pifokoa’ i Asere t’i Setore ana’ i Mikhaele;
14 Nahbi, the son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali;
tam-pifokoa’ i Naftalý t’i Nakhbý ana’ i Vofsý;
15 and Geuel, the son of Maki, from the tribe of Gad.
tam-pifokoa’i Gade, t’i Geoele ana’ i Makhý;
16 Those are the names of the men whom Moses/I sent out to explore Canaan. [Before they left], Moses/I gave Hoshea a new name, Joshua, [which means ‘Yahweh is the one who saves].’
Ie ro tahina’ ondaty nafanto’ i Mosè hitingañe i taneio, le novae’ i Mosè ty tahina’ i Hoseà ho Iehosòa.
17 Before Moses/I sent them to explore Canaan, he/I said to them, “Go through the southern part of Canaan, and then go [north] into the hilly area.
Aa le nirahe’ i Mosè iereo hitingañe an-tane Kanàne añe naho nafanto’e ty hoe: Mionjona mb’ amo Negeveo mb’eo vaho mañambonea mb’ am-bohibohitse añe,
18 See what the land is like. See if the people who live there are strong or weak. See if there are many people or only a few people.
le isaho te inoñe i taney naho ondaty mimoneñe aoo ke maozatse ke maifoifo, he tsy ampeampe he maro;
19 Find out what kind of land they live in [RHQ]. Is it good or bad? Find out about the towns in which they live [RHQ]. Do they have walls around them or not?
le i tane imoneña’ iareoy, ke soa he raty; naho o rova itoboha’ iareoo ke t’ie tobe he arikoboñen-kijoly;
20 Find out about the soil [RHQ]. Is it (fertile/good for growing crops) or not? Find out if there are trees there [RHQ]. Try to bring back some of the fruit that grows in that land.” [He/I said that because] it was the beginning of the time to harvest grapes.
le i taney ke kobokara he tsy mamokatse; ke mitiry hatae he tsie. Aa le mahasibeha vaho añandeso ty voka’ i taney. Toe san-doha-voam-balòboke henane zay.
21 So those men went to Canaan. They went [through the entire land], from the Zin desert [in the south] all the way to Rehob [town] near Lebo-Hamath [in the north].
Aa le nienga iereo nijoko boak’ am-patrambei’ i Tsine mb’e Rekhobe am-pimoaha’ i Hamate mb’eo.
22 In the south, they went to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, [huge men] descended from Anak, lived. Hebron was a city that was built seven years before Zoan [city] was built in Egypt.
Le nionjoñe mañatimo naho nigodam-b’e Kebrone naho Akimane naho e Sesaý vaho e Talmaý, mb’amo ana’ i Anàkeo mb’eo. (Naoreñe fito taoñe taolo’ i Tsoane e Mitsraime añe ty Kebrone.)
23 In one valley, they cut from a grapevine one cluster of grapes. [Because it was very large, they needed] two men to carry it on a pole. They also picked some pomegranates and some figs [to carry back to their camp].
Le nivotrak’ am-bavatane’ Eskole eo iereo vaho nibira tsampam-baloboke rekets’ angaroza’e raike nampitarazoeñe ondaty roe am-baoñe, naho nangalak’ ampongabeindañitse vaho aviavy.
24 They called that place Eshcol [which means ‘cluster’] because they had cut that [huge] cluster of grapes there.
Natao Vavatane’ i Eskole i taney amy angaroza nihitsife’ o ana’ Israeleoy.
25 After they explored the land for 40 days, they returned to their camp.
Ie efa-polo andro añe le nimpoly i nitampoñe i taney rey,
26 They came to Aaron and Moses/me and the rest of the Israeli people in the desert at Paran. They reported to everyone what they had seen. They also showed them the fruit that they had brought back.
le niheo mb’amy Mosè naho i Aharone vaho i valobohò’ Israeley am-patram-bei’ i Parane e Kadese mb’eo ninday saontsy ama’e naho amy valobohò’ Israele iabiy, vaho naboa’ iereo ty voka’ i taney.
27 But this is what they reported to Moses/me: “We arrived in the land that you sent us to explore. It is truly a beautiful land, and it is very fertile [IDM]. Here is some of the fruit.
Le hoe ty natalili’ iareo ama’e, Nigodañe’ay i tane’ nañiraha’o anaiy. Toe iorikorihan-dronono naho tantele, hehe ty voka’e.
28 But the people who live there are very strong. Their cities are large and are surrounded by walls. We even saw some of the [huge] descendants of Anak there.
Fe misañatse ondaty mimoneñe amo taneo; le faheran-kijoly fatratse o rova’eo vaho jabajaba; mbore nioni’ay ao o ana’ i Anàkeo.
29 The descendants of Amalek live in the southern part [of the land], and the descendants of Heth, Jebus, and Amor live in the hilly area [to the north]. The descendants of Canaan live along the coast of the [Mediterranean] sea and along the Jordan [River].”
Mimoneñe an-tane atimo ao o nte-Amalekeo; le mimoneñe am-bohibohitse ao o nte-Kheteo naho o nte-Iebosèo vaho o nte-Amareo; le mimoneñe añ’ olo’ i riakey naho añ’ olo’ i saka Iardeney o nte-Kanàneo.
30 [When they said that, the people were afraid and started to cry out very loudly]. But Caleb told the people who were standing near Moses/me to be quiet. Then he said, “We should go there and take the land, because we are certainly able to conquer it!”
Nampianjiñe’ i Kalebe añatrefa’ i Mosè ondatio, nanao ty hoe: Antao hionjoñe mb’eo amy zao hitavañe i taney, tsy kalafo te mahagiok’ aze tika.
31 But the men who had gone with him said, “No, we cannot attack [and defeat] those people! They are much stronger than we are!”
Fe nanao ty hoe ondaty niharo-lia ama’eo: Tsy lefen-tika ty hionjoñe haname ondatio amy t’ie maozatse te aman-tika.
32 So those men gave to the Israeli people a bad report about the land that they had explored. They said, “The land that we explored is very large; we cannot conquer it. And all the people whom we saw are very tall.
Le naboele’ iereo ty talily nahatsonevotse o ana’ Israeleo amy tane nitingane’ iereoy, ami’ty hoe: I tane niranga’ay mpitingañey, le tane mampibotseke o mpimone’eo, vaho mijoalajoala ze hene ondaty niisa’ay ama’e.
33 We even saw the descendants of Nephili there. The descendants of Anak [whom we saw there] are descended from the giant Nephili people. When we saw them, we felt [as small] as grasshoppers [SIM], and they thought that we looked like grasshoppers too!”
Nioni’ay ondaty joakeo (toe tarira’ ondaty joake o nte-Anàkeo); le nihoe valala am-pañentea’ay zahay vaho zahay am-pahaisaha’ iareo.
