Yosua 15
1 Anyigba si wotsɔ na Yuda ƒe viwo la ƒe anyigbemeliƒo dze egɔme tso Edom ƒe dzigbemeliƒo dzi, tso Zin gbegbe la, eye wòtɔ Negeb ƒe dzieheliƒo.
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south.
2 Dzieheliƒo sia tso Dzeƒu alo Ƒukuku la to le anyigbeme
And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward;
3 ɖo ta dziehe tso Akrabim to dzi mɔ la gbɔ heyi Zin. Eɖo ta dziehe to Kades Barnea, to Hezron heyi Adar, trɔ ɖo ta Karka,
and it went out south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed on to Zin, and went up on the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed to Hezron, and went up toward Addar, and turned toward Karkaah,
4 eye wòyi Azmon. Eto tɔʋu si le Egipte ƒe liƒo dzi la ŋu heyi ɖatɔ Domeƒu la. Esia nye Yuda ƒe anyigbemeliƒo.
and passed on to Azmon, and went out by the torrent of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. That shall be your border southward.
5 Ɣedzeƒeliƒo la tso Dzeƒu la ŋu yi Yɔdan tɔsisi la nu. Anyigbemeliƒo la dze egɔme tso afi si Yɔdan tɔsisi la de nu Dzeƒu la me le,
— And the eastern border was the salt sea as far as the end of the Jordan. — And the border on the north side was from the tongue of the salt sea, at the end of the Jordan;
6 hetso eme yi Bet Hogla, Bet Araba ƒe anyiehe yi Bohan, Ruben ƒe vi ƒe kpe la gbɔ.
and the border went up toward Beth-hoglah, and passed north of Beth-Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;
7 Tso afi ma la, liƒo la to Akɔr ƒe balime yi Debir, eye wòtrɔ yi anyiehe kple ɣetoɖoƒe dome ɖo ta Gilgal le Adumim towo ƒe akpa kemɛ dzi, le balime la ƒe dziehe lɔƒo. Egayi En Semes ƒe tsi dzidziwo gbɔ heyi En Rogel.
and the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and turned northward to Gilgal, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the torrent; and the border passed to the waters of En-shemesh, and ended at En-rogel;
8 Liƒo la to Ben Hinom ƒe Balime azɔ, to Yebus, afi si wotso Yerusalem ɖo ƒe dziehe lɔƒo, to ɣetoɖoƒe yi toawo dzi le Ben Hinom ƒe Balime tame heyi ɖase ɖe Refaim ƒe balime ƒe seƒe le dzigbeme.
and the border went up to the valley of the son of Hinnom, toward the south side of the Jebusite, that is, Jerusalem; and the border went up to the top of the mountain that is before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim northward;
9 Egatso to la tame heyi Nef to la ƒe tsi dzidziwo gbɔ heyi du siwo le Efrɔn to dzi la gbɔ hafi trɔ ɖo ta dzigbeme, ƒo xlã Baala (si wogayɔna be Kiriat Yearim)
and the border reached along from the top of the mountain toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out toward the cities of mount Ephron; and the border reached along to Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim;
10 ɖo ta Edom ƒe to Seir gbɔ, yi Yearim to alo Kesalon ƒe dzigbeme, yi Bet Semes heto Timna ŋu.
and the border turned from Baalah westwards toward mount Seir, and passed toward the side of Har-jearim, that is, Chesalon, northwards, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed Timnah.
11 Liƒo la yi togbɛ siwo le Ekron ƒe dzigbeme la gbɔ, trɔ ɖo ta Sikeron to, Baala to la ŋu, yi Yabneel hewu nu ɖe Domeƒu la to.
And the border went out to the side of Ekron northwards, and the border reached along toward Shicron, and passed mount Baalah, and went toward Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea.
12 Ke ɣetoɖoƒeliƒo enye ƒu gã la kple eŋu nyigbawo. Esia nye Yudaviwo ƒe liƒo godoo va kpe le woƒe ƒomeawo nu.
— And the west border is the great sea and [its] coast. This is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.
13 Yehowa gblɔ na Yosua be wòatsɔ Yuda ƒe anyigba ƒe akpa aɖe na Kaleb, Yefune ƒe vi la. Ale wotsɔ Arba du si wogayɔna be Hebron, du si wotsɔ Anak fofo ƒe ŋkɔ na la na Kaleb.
And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, that is, Hebron.
14 Esia ta Kaleb nya Anak ƒe vi etɔ̃awo, Talmai, Sesai kple Ahiman ƒe dzidzimeviwo le anyigba la dzi,
And thence Caleb dispossessed the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, who were born of Anak.
15 eye wòwɔ aʋa kple ame siwo nɔ Debir, du si woyɔna tsã be Kiriat Sefer la me.
And from there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
16 Kaleb gblɔ be yeatsɔ ye vinyɔnu Aksa na ŋutsu si awɔ aʋa aɖu Kiriat Sefer dua dzi.
And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
17 Otniel, Kenaz ƒe vi, ame si nye Kaleb ƒe tɔɖiyɔvi la, ɖu dua dzi, ale Kaleb tsɔ via nyɔnu Aksa na Otniel wozu srɔ̃a.
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
18 Esi Otniel kple Ahsa dze mɔ yina woƒe nɔƒe la, Ahsa gblɔ na Otniel be yeabia anyigba ye fofo kpe ɖe esi wòna ye xoxo la ŋu. Ale wòɖi le eƒe tedzi dzi be yeaƒo nu kple ye fofo, Kaleb, tso eŋuti. Kaleb biae be, “Nu kae hiã wò?”
And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father a field; and she sprang down from the ass. And Caleb said to her, What wouldest thou?
19 Axsa ɖo eŋu be, “Na nu bubu aɖem, elabena anyigba si nènam la nye gbegbe sɔŋ! Na teƒe si tsi le lam.” Ale Kaleb tsɔ tsivudo si le to dzi kple balime la nɛ.
And she said, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a southern land; give me also springs of water. Then he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
20 Esiae nye anyigba si wona Yuda ƒe viwo.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
21 Woƒe du siwo nɔ Edom le Negeb ƒe liƒowo dzi woe nye: Kabzeel, Eder, Yagur,
The cities at the extremity of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the south, were: Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
22 Kina, Dimona, Adada,
and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
23 Kedes, Hazor, Itnan,
and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Jithnan,
24 Zif, Telem, Bealot,
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25 Hazor Hadata, Keriot Hezron (si nye Hazor),
and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-Hezron, that is Hazor,
26 Aman, Sema, Molada,
Amam, and Shema, and Molada,
27 Hazar Gada, Hesmon, Bet Pelet,
and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-Pelet,
28 Hazar Sual, Beerseba, Biziotia,
and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;
29 Baala, Im, Ezem,
Baalah, and Ijim, and Ezem,
30 Eltolad, Kesil, Horma,
and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
31 Ziklag, Madmana, Sansana,
and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansanna,
32 Lebaot, Silhin, Ain kple Rimon. Du siawo katã de blaeve-vɔ-asiekɛ kple kɔƒe siwo ƒo xlã wo.
and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and their hamlets.
33 Du siwo wotsɔ na Yuda ƒe viwo le gbadzaƒe la woe nye: Estaol, Zora, Asna,
— In the lowland: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
34 Zanoa, En Ganim, Tapua, Enam,
and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah and Enam,
35 Yarmut, Adulam, Soko Azeka,
Jarmuth and Adullam, Sochoh and Azekah,
36 Saaraim, Aditaim, Gedera (alo Gederotaim). Du siawo nye du wuiene kple kɔƒe siwo ƒo xlã wo.
and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities and their hamlets.
37 Wogatsɔ du wuiade kple woƒe kɔƒewo na Yuda ƒe viwo. Du siawoe nye: Zenan, Hadasa, Migdal Gag,
Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad,
38 Dilean, Mizpeh, Yɔkteel,
and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
39 Lakis, Bozkat, Eglon,
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
40 Kabon, Lahmas, Kitlis,
and Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chithlish,
41 Gederot, Bet Dagon, Naama, Makeda,
and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities and their hamlets.
42 Libna, Eter, Asan,
Libna, and Ether, and Ashan,
43 Yefta, Asna, Nezib,
and Jiphthah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
44 Keila, Akzib kple Maresa. Du siawo le asiekɛ kple wo ŋu kɔƒeduwo.
and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities and their hamlets.
45 Ekron ƒe du kple eŋukɔƒewo katã hã nɔ Yudatɔwo ƒe anyigba la me.
Ekron and its dependent villages and its hamlets.
46 Liƒo la gatso Ekron yi ɖatɔ Domeƒu la, eye du kple kɔƒe siwo te ɖe Asdod ƒe liƒo ŋu la hã le anyigba la me kpe ɖe Asdod du la kple eƒe kɔƒewo,
From Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets.
47 Gaza kple eƒe kɔƒewo, heyi keke Egipte ƒe tɔʋu la kple Domeƒu la ƒe ƒuta, tso Egipte tɔʋu la nu le anyigbeme yi Tiro le dzigbeme ŋu.
Ashdod, its dependent villages and its hamlets; Gazah, its dependent villages and its hamlets, as far as the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea and [its] coast.
48 Wogatsɔ du blaene-vɔ-ene siawo kple wo ŋu kɔƒewo le tonyigba la dzi hã na Yuda ƒe viwo: Samir, Yatir, Soko,
— And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Sochoh,
49 Dana, Kiriat Sana (si nye Debir),
and Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, that is, Debir,
50 Anab, Estemo, Anim,
and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51 Gosen, Holon, Giloh,
and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their hamlets.
52 Arab, Duma, Esam,
Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan,
53 Yanim, Bet Tapua, Afeka,
and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah,
54 Humta, Kiriat Arba (alo Hebron) kple Zior. Dus siawo le asieke kple woƒe kɔƒeduwo.
and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, and Zior: nine cities and their hamlets.
55 Maon, Karmel, Zif, Yuta,
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
56 Yezreel, Yokdeam, Zanoah,
and Jizreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
57 Kain, Gibea kple Timna. Du siawo le ewo kple woƒe kɔƒeduwo.
Kain, Gibeah and Timnah: ten cities and their hamlets.
58 Halhul, Bet Zur, Gedor,
Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor,
59 Maarat, Bet Anot, Eltekon. Du siawo le ade kple woƒe kɔƒeduwo.
and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities and their hamlets.
60 Kiriat Baal (si wogayɔna hã be Kiriat Yearim) kple Raba. Du siawo le eve kple woƒe kɔƒeduwo.
Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets.
61 Bet Araba, Midin, Sekaka,
— In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62 Nibsan, Dzedu la kple En Gedi. Du ade kple woƒe kɔƒeduwo.
and Nibshan, and Ir-Hammelah, and En-gedi: six cities and their hamlets.
63 Yuda ƒe viwo mete ŋu nya Yebusitɔwo, ame siwo nɔ Yerusalem la ɖa o, eya ta Yebusitɔwo gale afi ma, le Yuda ƒe viwo dome va se ɖe egbe.
But as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not dispossess them; and the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
