Numbers 13
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Kisha BWANA akanena na Musa, akamwambia, “tuma watu waende kuipeleleza nchi ya Kanani, ambayo nimewapa wana wa Israeli.
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.”
Tuma mwanamume mmoja kutoka kila jamaa ya kabila. Kila mwanamume awe kiongozi katika kabila lake.”
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.
Musa akawatuma kutoka jangwa la Parani, ili watii amri ya BWANA. Watu wote hao walikuwa viongozi wa watu wa Israeli.
4 These are the names of the men [and the tribes they belonged to: ] Shammua, the son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben;
Majina yao yalikuwa haya yafuatayo: kutoka kabila la Reubeni, Shamua mwana wa Zakuri;
5 Shaphat, the son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon;
Kutoka kabila la Simeoni, Shafati mwana wa Hori;
6 Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
Kutoka kabila la Yuda, Kalebu mwana wa Yefune;
7 Igal, the son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar;
Kutoka kabila la Isakari, Igali mwana wa Yusufu,
8 Hoshea, the son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim;
Kutoka kabila la Efraimu, Hoshea mwana wa Nuni;
9 Palti, the son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin;
Kutoka kabila la Benjamini, Paliti mwana wa Rafu;
10 Gaddiel, the son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun;
kutoka kabila ya Zabuloni, Gadieli mwana wa Sodi;
11 Gaddi, the son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh;
kutoka kabila la Yusufu (hiyo inamaanisha kutoka kabila la Manase), Gadi mwana wa Susi;
12 Ammiel, the son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan;
kutoka kabila la Dani, Amieli mwana wa Gemalili;
13 Sethur, the son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher;
kutoka kabila Asheri, Setu mwana wa Mikaili;
14 Nahbi, the son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali;
kutoka kabila la Naftali, Nabi mwana wa Vofisi;
15 and Geuel, the son of Maki, from the tribe of Gad.
kutoka kabila la Gadi, Geuli mwana wa Machi.
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].’
Haya ndiyo majina ya wanaume ambao Musa aliwatuma kwenda kuipelelza ile nchi. Musa akamwita Hoshea mwana wa Nuni kwa jina la Joshua.
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.
Musa akawatuma kwenda kuipeleleza ile nchi ya Kanani. Naye akawaambia, “Mkaanzie Negebu hadi mahali pa milima.
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.
Kaipelelezeni nchi kujua ni nchi ya namna gani. Wachunguzeni watu wake, kama ni watu wenye nguvu au dhaifu, kama ni wachache au ni wengi.
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?
Chunguzeni nchi hiyo wanayoishi ni nchi ya namna gani. Ni nzuri au mbaya? Miji yao ikoje? Je iko kama kambi au ni miji yenye ngome?
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.
Chunguzeni ni nchi ya namna gani, kama ni njema kwa mazao au la kama kuna miti au hapana. Mwe hodari mkalete sampuli za mazao ya nchi,” Sasa ni muda wa msimu wa malimbuko ya mizabibu.
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].
Kwa hiyo wale wanaume wakaenda kuipeleleza ile nchi kutoka jangwa la Sini mpaka Rehobi, karibu na Lebo Hamati.
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.
Walienda kutoka Negebu nao wakafika Hebroni. Ahimani, Sheshai, na Talmai, Uzao wa Anaki nao walikuweko, Sasa Hebroni ilikuwa imejengwa miaka saba iliyokuwa imepita kabla ya Zoani wa Misri.
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].
Nao walipofika katika bonde la Eshikoli, walikata matawi ya mizabibu lenye kishada cha zabibu. Na makundi mawili ya wapelelezi wakakibeba kwenye mti. Pia wakaleta makomamanga na mtini.
24 They called that place Eshcol [which means ‘cluster’] because they had cut that [huge] cluster of grapes there.
Mahali pale paliitwa Eshikoli, kwa sababu ya kishada cha mizabibu ambacho wana wa Israeli walikata kule.
25 After they explored the land for 40 days, they returned to their camp.
Baada ya siku arobaini, wakarudi kutoka kuipeleleza nchi.
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.
Wakaja kwa Musa, Haruni na kwa watu wote wa Israeli katka jangwa la Parani, kule Kadeshi. Wakaleta taarifa kwao na kwa Waisraeli wote, na kuwaonyesha matunda ya nchi ile.
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.
Wakamwambia Musa, “Tulifika katika ile nchi uliyotutuma. Kwa hakika ni nchi ya kutiririka maziwa na asali. Na baadhi ya matunda yake ni haya hapa.
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.
Hata hivyo, watu wanaoishi huko ni wenye nguvu. Miji yao ni mikubwa tena ina maboma. Pia tuliwaona wana wa Anaki huko.
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].”
Waamaleki wanaishi Negebu. Wahiti, Wayebusi, na Waamori nao wanaishi katika milima ya hiyo nchi. Wakanaani wanaishi kando ya bahari na mto Yorodani.”
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!”
Kisha Kalebu akawatuliza watu waliokuwa mbele ya Musa, akasema, “Twendeni tukaiteke nyara hiyo nchi, kwa kuwa tuna uhakika wa kuikamata.”
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!”
Lakini wale watu waliokuwa wameenda naye walisema, “Hatutaweza kuwashinda hao watu kwa kuwa wao ni hodari kuliko sisi.”
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.
Kwa hiyo wakasambaza taarifa za kukatisha tamaa kwa Wana wa Israeli juu ya nchi ile waliyoipeleleza. Walisema, “Ile nchi tuliyoiona ni nchi inayowala watu wake. Watu wote tuliowaona ni watu warefu.
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!”
Kule tuliiona majitu, wana wa uzao wa Anaki, ambao nii uzao wa majitu. Sisi tulionekana kama panzi machoni mwao tulipojilingsnisha nao, hivyo ndivyo tulivyoonekana machoni mwao pia.”
